IN MEMORIAM: Frank Giudice, 89; WWI Veteran, Mechanic At Packard ONEONTA – Frank Giudice, 89, a World War II veteran and career-long auto mechanic, beginning at the local Packard dealership, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at Fox Hospital. Frank was born in Oneonta on March 28, 1927, the son of Sebastian and Maude (Pizza) Giudice, and was one of 10 children. He married Constance Winnie of Port Jervis in 1950; they recently celebrated 65 years of marriage. They had…
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Hospitals Initiate ‘Code Yellow’ When Word Of Pile-Up Arrives By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com Sunday’s 15-vehicle pile-up on I-88 caused the Schenevus Fire Department to smoothly implement its emergency-management plan. The same happened at the other end – at Bassett and Fox hospitals, where eight people injured in the crash were taken. Without knowing whether there would be “2 or 30” patients coming in from the I-88 crash, trauma surgeon Dr. Shelby Cooper called a “Code Yellow” to alert the…
STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/2 Half Of $200,000 Impact Aid Will Ease Taxes, Herzig Says ONEONTA – Half of state Sen. Jim Seward’s $200,000 “pilot program” money to help the City of Oneonta cope with impacts of SUNY Oneonta will be used for tax relief, Mayor Gary Herzig told the audience at this morning’s presentation on the state budget at Foothills Performing Arts Center. This announcment comes as so many people have been struggling with their taxes in recent years with some…
STATE BUDGET BRIEFING/1 Cuomo Envoy Peppered On Minimum Wage Hike By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Businesspeople and elected officials peppered state Veterans Affairs Director Eric Hesse with critical questions about the prospective minimum-wage hike and other issues contained in the 2016-17 state budget when he appeared here this morning on Governor Cuomo’s behalf. REVIEW SLIDE SHOW ON DVA CHIEF’S VISIT “Why has the state exempted state workers?” asked county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to approving murmurs from a…
No Decorations On Mortarboards! ONEONTA – The Oneonta City School Board last evening, by a 6-1 vote, rejected a proposal to allow seniors to decorate their graduation caps at the June 25 commencement, according to school board President Jamie Reynolds. Only board Vice President Bill Grau voted aye.…
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IN MEMORIAM: Carol Ann Brannigan, 64; L.I. Native Longtime Employee At Bassett MILFORD – Carol Ann Brannigan, a longtime employee in Bassett Hospital’s accounts receivable office, passed away Sunday morning, April 3, 2016, at Bassett. She was 64. A native of Long Island, she was born Nov. 9, 1951, in Huntington , a daughter of the late Mike and Rosalyn (Smidt) Spunt. On May 5, 1973, Carol Ann married Harry George Brannigan in Huntington. For the past 27 years they…
Work Starts Next Monday On Oneonta Streetscape ONEONTA – Construction of the City of Oneonta’s new Downtown Streetscape will begin next Monday, the 11th, Community Development Director Bill Kerbin announced today. REVIEW LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT’S REPORT Work will begin on the corners of Chestnut Street and Main Street, and will proceed eastward block by block. Work will occur weekdays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. …
MAYOR HERZIG, PEACEMAKER He Backs Off Some Divisive Charter Issues, Seeks Advice Toward Reaching Consensus By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has extended several olive branches on the proposed City Charter changes, some contentious. They were contained in a memo to Common Council that he made public today. The memo will be discussed at the Tuesday Council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. MAYOR HERZIG DISTRIBUTES CONCILIATORY MEMORANDUM On one contentious issue – whether to…
