Merger To Delay Rural Broadband COOPERSTOWN – Word on whether Otsego County will win funding for a much-hoped rural broadband project has been put on hold until at least July, Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes told Otsego County Board of Representatives this morning. County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, expressed dismay at the news: “Children who can’t access the Internet at home are at a severe disadvantage. re we going to have to wait four more years? That’s an entire class that…
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Clark Might Appoint Hulse To Otsego Now IDA Foe Would Fill One Of 9 IDA Seats COOPERSTOWN – Rick Hulse, a foil to Otsego Now’s economic-development initiatives when he was a county representative, may be nominated by county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to Otsego Now’s board at the county Board of Representatives’ monthly meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Clark was at a NYSAC conference in Albany today, and didn’t respond to an e-mail. But a Clark ally on the…
CLARK’S COMMITTEE CHAIRS Gelbsman Put On IGA Helm; Carson To Lead Public Safety COOPERSTOWN – Three of Oneonta’s five county reps are emerging as key players in the fifth year that county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, will chair the county Board of Representatives: Craig Gelbsman, R-12 (representing Wards 3 and 4), in his second term, will chair the influential Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, which oversees economic development. Already, Gelbsman has been serving as the county board’s liaison on the Otsego Now (IDA)…
Colleagues Reject Stuligross Idea Of Shifting Meetings To Evenings COOPERSTOWN – Kay Stuligross’ perhaps quixotic effort to move county board meetings from mornings to evenings was stopped short at the county Board of Representatives reorganizational meeting today. The Oneonta Democrat made the motion to change the monthly meeting from 10 a.m. to a time between 5 and 7. The motion required a two-thirds vote, but receive support from only four of the 14 reps. Ten voted no. In making the motion, Stuligross…
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Frazier, Stammel Contacted By Powers In Bid For Chair COOPERSTOWN – Two more county representatives said they have been contacted by Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, seeking their support in his bid to bump Kathy Clark, R-Otego, from the chairmanship of the Otsego County Board of Representatives. The board’s vice chair, Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said he received an e-mail from Powers, but advised him he will be supporting Clark. Incoming county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta, said he had heard from…
LEN CARSON, R-DISTRICT 13 Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator By JIM KEVLIN – for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Should it be any surprise that “the possibility of public service” caused Len Carson to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 13, representing Ward 5 (outer Chestnut Street) and the city’s fabled Sixth Ward? As a teenager, he became an Eagle Scout. Even before graduating from Laurens Central School in 1983, he was a volunteer firefighter in his…
ANDREW MARIETTA, D-DISTRICT 8 Better Communications Key For New Town Of Otsego Rep By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the run-up to taking office, county Rep.-elect Andrew Marietta, D-Town of Otsego, has had a chance to chat with County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner about the DMV dilemma. It’s this: The state requires counties to have Departments of Motor Vehicles, but is sending license renewals to drivers directly, urging them to renew by mail with Albany or online. “If…
MEG KENNEDY, R-DISTRICT 5 Elected For First Time, Kennedy Aim: Bring Bed-Tax Money Home Editor’s Note: This is the second of six profiles, one each on the six new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, Peter Overacker, R-District 6 (Decatur, Maryland, Westford, Worcester) Special to AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Meg Kennedy, the representative-elect for District 5, wants to use her position in Otsego County…
ANDREW STAMMEL, D-DISTRICT 4 Youngest County Rep Supports New Jobs, Including Waterpark Editor’s Note: This is the first of six profiles, one each on the six new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, that will appear each Wednesday up until they take office Jan. 1. Next week, Megan Kennedy, R-District 5 (Hartwick, Milford and New Lisbon). By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Rep.-elect Andrew Stammel, D-Town of Oneonta – he will be the…