WOOD VOWS TO SUE FIRE BOARD EXTINGUISHES FIRE BOARD For Now, Negotiations With City For OFD Protection In Town Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Town of Oneonta Fire District is no more, (at least for now.) As expected, Chairman Johna Peachin and her allies, Fire Commissioners Fred Volpe and Ron Peters, this evening voted for the dissolution, while the two new commissioners, Al Rubin and Michelle Catan, voted against. Though no public comment was…
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BULLETIN Fire Commissioners Vote To Dissolve; Town To Sue ONEONTA – At an “emergency meeting” tonight, the Town of Oneonta Board of Fire Commissioners voted to dissolve itself and the fire district served by the city’s Oneonta Fire Department. However, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, who was present in the packed meeting in Elm Park United Methodist Church, said the Town of Oneonta will sue to allow 12 to 15 months for an orderly transition. CHECK BACK LATER THIS EVENING FOR…
Developer Briefs Sixth Ward On Plans For 65 Apartments By CATHY NARDI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With so many housing opportunities gobbled-up by college students who pay by the room, Rehabilitation Support Services of Altamont has concluded Oneonta needs more affordable apartments. Rehabilitation Support Services took the first step toward meeting that need Wednesday night, appearing before the city Planning Commission and Sixth Ward neighbors to outline a plan to eventually bring 64 affordable apartments here.…
Chamber To Honor 2 Small Businesses At Gala At Otesaga Directive, Reuse Center, 2 Interns Lauded ONEONTA – The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce today announced the award winners who will be honored at its annual Small Business Banquet Thursday, Oct. 11, at The Otesaga Resort Hotel. Directive, a website and online marketing firm, will be the 19th annual Small Business of the Year. The Otsego Reuse Center will be the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield Breakthrough Business of the …
Again, Fire Board Will Try To Dissolve; Town Says It’ll Sue To Stop It Supervisor Wood Says 12-15 Months Needed To Allow For Orderly Transition Of Duties By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Failing to vote to dissolve last night in the face of objections from the audience, the Town of Oneonta’s Board of Fire Commissioners is planning to meet again tomorrow evening to try again. The commissioners have scheduled a meeting for 6 p.m. Thursday at…
IN MEMORIAM Maj. Norma Jean Hager, 77; Retired From Salvation Army Since, She Knitted 453 Afghans For Bassett Newborns MILFORD – Maj. Norma Jean Hager, who retired from the Salvation Army after a four-decade career, was promoted to glory on Sept. 18, 2018, in Milford, where she had retired. She was the daughter of Charles & Charlotte (Stilson) Cargill born on Dec. 31, 1940, in Oneonta. Norma attended school in Oneonta and graduated from OHS in June of 1959. In…
Celebration Of Life Is Saturday For Charles Sawyer, Who Died In Crash ONEONTA – A celebration of life is planned 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Oneonta Elks Club for Charles “Chuckles” Sawyer, 78, died June 2, 2018, from injuries sustained in a car crash. He passed away at Kindred Hospital, Greensboro, N.C. The accident had occurred the previous Oct. 4 in North Carolina; he had been living in Garner, N.C. Born June 15, 1940, in Harpersfield, he was…
Cooperstown Gallery Features Works By Young Local Artists James Matson – assisted by Natalie Wrubleski – has opened the Henry March Gallery at 183 Main St. in the former Paterno Bros. baseball store, featuring works by young local artists, such as Brendon Hall, photo at right. Other artists now displaying their works include Devin Gaviria, John Aborn and Nate Katz, as well as Matson himself, who was raised in Cooperstown and is studying for a master’s degree at the Cooperstown…
Man Honored For Aiding Police Chief In Fight On 4th By CATHY NARDI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An ordinary citizen risked injury to help the city’s police chief in a dangerous situation, and tonight Common Council said thanks. Franklin Weideck, Wells Bridge, was attending the Hometown Fourth of July celebration in Neahwa Park when he saw Police Chief Douglas Brenner on the ground struggling to control a violent suspect. “I was aware of an individual who seemed to have…
IN MEMORIAM: William J. ‘Bud’ Brennan, 85; Edmeston Dairy Farmer Cared For His Animals EDMESTON – Dairyman William J., “Bud”, Brennan, 85, of Edmeston passed away peacefully Sept. 18, 2018, at Chase Nursing Home in New Berlin. Bud was born on Feb. 12, 1933, a son of the late William and Katherine Brennan. He was a selfless dairy farmer who thought of his animals as his family.…