New Oneonta board member ready to learn By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Elected November 4 to his first term as a member of the Town of Oneonta Board at only age 24, Skylar Thompson says he’s looking forward to working on the “day-to-day issues” having an impact on the place he’s lived his entire life. “That’s what local politics affects the most,” the young Republican said. He cited rural broadband and enhancement of Town parks and recreational facilities…
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2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Consultant Explores Applying Method To Main St., Southside By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal WEST ONEONTA – Geothermal energy fever is sweeping Greater Oneonta. First the city and now the town are “seriously considering” going geothermal, using heat from beneath the earth to warm above-earth homes. Jay Egg, a geothermal system consultant, met at length with City Manager George Korthauer and other staffers Tuesday, April 9, and is due back at…
Coccoma To Rule By Month’s End Judge Mediating Dispute Between Town, Fire Board By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma convened a session between lawyers for the Town of Oneonta and the town Fire District commissioners at 3 p.m. today to see if he could mediate an agreement satisfactory to both sides on whether the fire district can dissolve at the end of the year as it intends. If the fire…
Editorial for August 31, 2018 A Good Idea From Fire Commissioners: Dissolve, Let Town Negotiate OFD Pact When one least expects it, a breakthrough. The Town of Oneonta’s Board of Fire Commissioners has voted, 3-2, to set a hearing to consider dissolving. The vote could come at the end of the hearing, scheduled at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Elm Park Methodist Church. Good idea. About time. If the fire district is dissolved, a “fire zone” continues to exist…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 Mowers Tops Stolzer In Town Of Oneonta WEST ONEONTA – Randal I. Mowers has beaten Mike Stolzer for the Oneonta Town Board seat, 1,235 to 900. Mowers, who has run Mowers Towing Service, a family business, since 1992, is a lifelong town native who has been serving on the Zoning Board of Appeals. His election tips the balance back in the direction of the Republicans. Democrat Stolzer, who is a landlord who operates an art gallery on…
ELECTION DAY IS NOV. 8 Mowers, Stolzer Compete For Oneonta Town Board RANDAL I. MOWER’S CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE MICHAEL STOLZER’S CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE…
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE NAME: Michael Stolzer OFFICE BEING SOUGHT: Oneonta Town Councilman COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Town of Oneonta EDUCATION: College (four years, graduated with honors) plus 2 years, Brooklyn Museum School PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: After studying there, I was hired by the Brooklyn Museum as a studio technician. Two years later, I left and started my own business, becoming self-employed at the age of 24. In 1980, I was hired to manage and maintain two large estates, which I did until they…
CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE NAME: Randal I. Mowers OFFICE BEING SOUGHT: Oneonta Town Councilman COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Town of Oneonta EDUCATION: Graduate, Oneonta High School, Class of 1977 Graduate, Milford BOCES Auto Tech, 1977 (Two-year course) Graduate, Superior School of Auctioneering, 1975 Lifetime Studies Graduate, Gordon I. Mowers and Betty J. Mowers School of Common Sense and Respect PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Grew up in the business world, at former Gordon Mowers Southside Gulf. As auctioneer, mentored under Rex Acurso, James Lettis, John Kinsey,…
IN MEMORIAM Richard A. Murphy, 66; Coach, Educator; Town, County Leader ONEONTA – Richard A. Murphy, 66, after 35 years as a speech therapist, 20 years in real estate, 28 years as a Little League coach and 12 years in public office, died at home Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, after a long battle with a brain tumor. He was born on Sept. 19, 1949, in Floral Park, the son of Eugene F. and Frances V. (Leahy) Murphy, and was raised…
LETTER TO ALLOTSEGO.COM EDITOR Town Board: Offer Would Raise Fire Fee Only 15¢ Per Thousand Editor’s Note: This letter from the Oneonta Town Board arrived too late for this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal. Due to its timely nature, we are publishing it as the first Letter to the Editor of our website. To the Editor of AllOTSEGO.com: The Town of Oneonta is protected by two fire districts. West Oneonta protects the town basically west of…