DRY RUN Vets’ Riders Seek To Ride Soberly By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Chris Chase, son and grandson of veterans, just wants to make sure that all veterans can enjoy the ride safely. “We were concerned that many of our motorcycle runs involved a lot of alcohol,” said Chase, assistant director of Oneonta Post 259’s American Legion Riders. “We’d stop at a Legion, people would have a few beers. And then we’d stop at the next…
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Cancer Returns, Seward Reports Senator’s Offices Will Remain Open While He Gets Treatment ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced that the cancer he underwent treatment for in 2016 has returned. “My physicians have recommended a series of treatments over the next several weeks that will limit my availability and curtail my normal, active district schedule,” he said in a statement. “While I will be taking some time to concentrate on getting better, my offices will remain open and…
Common Council Approves Dietz Street Parking Lot Sale By LIBBY CUDMORE & JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “Energizing.” “A Spark.” “New blood and vitality.” That was how the audience at Common Council this evening described the proposed Lofts on Dietz, a multi-use project that would include artist’s housing and space for Hartwick College classrooms. And when Common Council voted 7-1 to approve the sale of a portion of the city-owned lot to The Kearney Realty & Development…
2019 GENERAL ELECTION Carson, Harrington Win Common Council Seats Shue, Drnek, Davies Also Join Board By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Republicans have doubled their Common Council seats on Oneonta’s Common Council with wins by Len Carson, Fifth Ward, and Scott Harrington, Sixth Ward. Carson defeated Democratic challenger Danielle Tonner 157-112; Harrington handily held back democrat Mark Boshnak 146-96.…
Voters Keep ‘A Brisk Pace’ At County Polling Stations…
At SUNY, Delgado Hears Student Veteran Struggles SUNY Oneonta student Matthew Williams, an Army veteran who served for five and a half years and recently enrolled at the college, addresses his financial struggles at a meeting with Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19. Delgado met with student veterans today at the Morris Conference Center on campus to discuss methods to support them, both financially and in legislature. “My main grievances are with the V.A.,” said Williams, who told the Congressman he was…
IT’S UNANIMOUS! Oneonta Christian School To Buy Otego Elementary OCA Parent Kim Hastings is a picture of delight, above, as the Unatego Central school board announced a few minutes ago that the Oneonta Christian Academy’s $100,000 bid for the vacant Otego Elementary School has been accepted. Seated behind Hastings, OCA board member Rita Oellerich and Elizabeth Cook, 12th grade teacher and director of programming, embrace. The vote was unanimous, with board member Dick Downey saying the sale “maintains the heart…
IN MEMORIAM: Gene L. Anderson, 63, Oneonta ONEONTA – Gene L. Anderson, 63, of Oneonta died Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, at his home. He was the son of Charles & June (Bullis) Anderson.…
LANGWORTHY: GOP ‘COMING ALIVE’ New State Republican Chair At GOP Pre-Vote Celebration At his first public appearance locally, Nick Langworthy (inset, left) of Buffalo, elected chairman of the state Republican Committee in July, advises 100 candidates and party members at The Otesaga today that the GOP “is a party that’s coming alive” in the face of the state Democrats’ downstate tilt. Albany decisionmakers come “from five square miles” in New York City, he said. “There’s no one in the power…
POLLS TO BE OPEN 6 A.M.-9 P.M. Seats Being Filled Tuesday At County, City, 9 Towns Three seats on the Otsego County Board of Representatives are being contested in Tuesday’s mid-term elections, as are five seats on Oneonta’s Common Council, control of the Richfield Town Board, three state Supreme Court seats, and other local races. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Here’s a list of the contested races:…
