Gas Leak Shuts Down Route 23 ONEONTA – Route 23 near WalMart was shut down to traffic and residents were evacuated from the Lantern Hill trailer park after workers hit a 6–inch gas line that supplies Southside, Angel Heights and Davenport.…
Ruined Beer Dramatizes It: More Energy Needed Here New Ommegang President Campbell Raises Alarm By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The threatened loss of 700 jobs at Amphenol is one thing, but the ruination of hundreds of gallons of beer at Brewery Ommegang last week dramatizes it even more: Otsego County needs more energy. At Otsego Now’s annual meeting this morning at Northern Eagle Beverage’s new Town of Oneonta headquarters, Ommegang President Doug Campbell reported a NYSEG…
IN MEMORIAM: Rodney Jones, 59; NYSEG Veteran ONEONTA – Rodney Stephen Jones, 59, a 40-year NYSEG electrical field planner, passed away on Dec. 9, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. He was born April 17, 1956, in Walton, the son of Richard and Catherine (Stanton) Jones. Rodney graduated from Walton Central School, Class of 1974. He went on to SUNY Morrisville and attained an associate degree in electrical engineering in May 1976. He joined NYSEG in September 1976 and was working there…