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Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office

Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office ONEONTA – Community Bank has promoted Paul F. Wood to vice president, senior trust officer, in Oneonta. Wood brings to the position seven years of experience in the banking industry. In his new role, Wood will assume responsibility for the bank’s Oneonta trust group, which has provided investment management as well as trust and estate planning services since 1922.…

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Icebox Interrupts Gas Supply, Drives Up Heating Costs

Icebox Interrupts Natural Gas Supply At Biggest Employers NYSEG Forces 4 Oneonta Institutions To Switch To More Expensive Fuel Oil By JENNIFER HILL• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the bitter cold, NYSEG has flagged some of the region’s largest employers to heat with oil instead of natural gas, driving up their heating costs. “We have been burning oil since Tuesday evening,” SUNY Oneonta’ Chief Facilities Planning & Safety Officer Lachlan Squair said.  “I’m fairly certain other places are doing the…

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KENNEDY UNVEILS ENERGY TASK FORCE AT CHAMBER SUMMIT

MUCH-ANTICIPATED ANNOUNCEMENT KENNEDY UNVEILS ENERGY TASK FORCE AT CHAMBER SUMMIT Entity Will Develop County Policy On Economic Development, Environment By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In an announcement awaited with anticipation, county Rep. Meg Kennedy this morning revealed the 21 people who will comprise the Otsego County Energy Task Force. Charged by the county board, the task force will determine county government’s approach to the sometimes conflicting goals of economic development and environmental projection. Kennedy, who is…

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Our Neighbors Struggle Against Whipping Wind

911 Reports 9 Accidents AS WIND WHIPS, WIND CHILL DIPS Visiting from Long Island during today’s Wind Chill Warning, Marianne and Mark Leippert, in top photo, lean into the wind crossing Main Street, Cooperstown, late this afternoon. Inset at right, Scott Anderson clears the sidewalk in front of Coopestown’s Toscano’s, preparing for this evening’s patrons.  The roads have been slippery and visibility short, resulting in an accident on Route 28 at Index at 1 p.m.; police diverted traffic onto Route…

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United Way Hosts First of Monthly Food Giveaway

You Need Food?  United Way Has It By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – You need food?  United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties has it, no questions asked. Working with Fidelis Cares and the Cooperstown Food Pantry, the local United Way today launched its first monthly mass food drive for those in need at North Eagle Beverages, which made its warehouse available for that purpose.…

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Jim Anderson, 81, OHS Grad Played On SU’s 1959 Championship Team

IN MEMORIAM Jim Anderson, 81, OHS Grad Played On SU’s 1959 Championship Team ONEONTA – James Frazier Anderson, 81, of San Tan Valley, Ariz., the OHS graduate who went on to play on Syracuse University’s 1959 national championship football team, passed away from colon cancer on Jan. 4, 2019. Born at home in a farmhouse in Treadwell, he was the son of the late Elmer and Margaret Anderson. Jim led an amazing life! He attended Oneonta High School, Class of…

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City Considers Buying NYSEG’s 1,000 Lights, Changing Them To LED

City Considers Buying NYSEG’s 1,000 Lights, Changing Them To LED ONEONTA – Common Council Tuesday will be briefed on a program to finance City Hall’s purchase of 1,000 streetlights and converting them for energy-saving LED bulbs. Through the state’s “Smart Street Light NY” program, the city would buy all the streetlights, now owned by NYSEG, and install new streetlights with a $1.25 million state loan, which it would repay with an estimated $125,000 in annual savings. At 7 p.m. Tuesday,…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.