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Board Expands Emergency Housing

The Otsego County Board of Representatives authorized the Department of Social Services to contract for 10 additional rooms for emergency housing at Motel 88 in Oneonta at its meeting on Wednesday, August 2. The $621,000.00, 18-month contract doubles the number of rooms at Motel 88 and brings DSS to a total of more than 60 rented rooms at local hotels. The county DSS is required by New York State to provide emergency housing to eligible families.…

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11 COUNTY BOARD RACES EMERGE IN NOV. 2 ELECTIONS

LAPIN ISN’T RUNNING AGAIN 11 COUNTY BOARD RACES EMERGE IN NOV. 2 ELECTIONS New Names: Jastremski, Ross, Catan; 2 Democrats Vying To Face Brockway  By JIM KEVLIN & LARISSA RYAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The 2021 battle for the Otsego County Board of Representatives has been joined, with more candidates fielded than any time in recent memory, with contests in 11 districts. In the 14 districts, 11 Republican candidates, one Conservative (allied with the Republicans) and 13 Democrats filed…

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Delgado Meets With Small Business Community In Oneonta

Rep. Delgado Meets With Small Business Community Ahead of opening his Oneonta office on Thursday, Feb. 7, Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, met with members of Otsego County’s small business community at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel this afternoon. “I’m best equipped as your advocate when I have spoken to you” he told, seated from left, Michelle Catan, Small Business Development Center director; Jill Morgan-Meek, owner, Transitions Boutique; Otsego Now CEO Jody Zakrevsky, and developer Ed May. The discussion was hosted by…

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Dissolution Tabled

Will Fire District Survive? A Stormy Meeting; No Answer Unable To Agree, Fire Commissioners Table Dissolution.  But For How Long? By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Town of Oneonta Fire District lives to see another day. With a motion on the table to dissolve the fire district,  Fire Commission chair Johna Peachin moved to table it at the end of a stormy meeting this evening. The tabling passed unanimously, delaying action on dissolving for now –…

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Rubin, Catan Elected Town Fire Commissioners

Rubin, Catan Elected Town Fire Commissioners By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 82 votes for Al Rubin and 83 votes for Michelle Catan, the two join Johna Peachin, Ron Peters and Fred Volpe on the Town of Oneonta Fire Commission. Voter turnout was higher than normal in an election that can attract results in the single digits,  with both candidates supporting paid fire protection from the City of Oneonta.…