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Otsego Now To County: Get Ready To Be Sued

Otsego 2000 To County: Get Ready To Be Sued By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives heard a message this morning: Prepared to be sued. First, Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham appeared at the county board’s monthly meeting with a letter, prepared by Attorney Doug Zamelis of Springfield Center, demanding it withdraw a grant application for a gas decompression plant in the Town of Oneonta.…

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For Now, Only Choice In Sheriff’s Race Is For Due Process

Editorial for September 7, 2018 For Now, Only Choice In Sheriff’s Race Is For Due Process A letter to the editor the other week drew on the Biblical injunction, “The son shall not suffer for the sins of the father, nor the father suffer for the iniquities of the son.” And surely that’s as it should be. That said, it’s legitimate for open-minded citizens to question how county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. has handled the situation involving his son,…

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Cooperstown, Otsego Vote Marietta Back In

Cooperstown, Otsego Vote Marietta Back In INDEX – County Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, targeted for defeat by the county Republican Party, has emerged victorious this evening, 630-417, a decisive margin over Republican Tim Walker. Democrats packed into The Shack on Route 28 here are claiming victory in the City of Oneonta seats on the county board, but it was unclear if these results were official.…

questionnaire — len carson

LEONARD CARSON JR. COUNTY BOARD OF REPRESENTATIVES, DISTRICT 13 Fifth and Sixth Wards, City of Oneonta COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Oneonta EDUCATION: Laurens Central School AAS in Fire Science, Corning Community College, Corning, NY (42) National and/or NYS Certified course materials PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: United States Air Force: 1983-1987 ( Active) & 1990-1992 (Reserve) Owner of Construction Technology: 1990-2000 City of Oneonta Fire Department: 1989-2015 (Call, PT, Provisional, Career) NYS Fire Service Instructor: 2008-2015 Co-owner of DCMarketing: 2011-present Otsego County Board Representative: 2016-present…

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‘I Love Otsego’ Case Going Before Judge

‘I Love Otsego’ Case Going Before Judge By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A court action was filed today on behalf of county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Cooperstown/Town of Otsego, seeking to reclaim the “I Love Otsego” independent line on the Nov. 8 ballot from his Republican challenger, Tim Walker. Marietta’s lawyer, Dennis Laughlin, said the local county judges, Brian Burns and John Lambert, recused themselves, and the case was assigned to state Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Tait…

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Constituents Denounce Faso-Collins AHCA Amendment To County Board

KJOLHEDE: VULNERABLE WOULD BE HURT County Board Pulls Motion Backing Faso’s AHCA Move COOPERSTOWN – After hearing objections from the public, the county Board of Representatives this morning pulled a resolution that would have supported U.S. Rep. John Faso’s amendment requiring the State of New York to absorb any additional costs of federal Medicaid cuts, rather than passing them along to counties. Constituents were lined up out into the hallway outside the County Board’s chamber on the second floor of…

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.