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Worcester’s I-88 Rest Area Due To Reopen Friday WORCESTER – Closed since 2010, The Interstate 88 rest area, between Excits 18 and 19 in Worcester, is due to reopen this coming Friday. “With the holiday travel season now upon us, I am extremely pleased that this rest stop, a critical component for highway safety, is set to reopen,” said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who pushed for the reopening. “I fought against the NYSDOT decision to shutter this and other…
New Commissioner’s Goal: Helping Children, Families Eve Bouboulis Leads Biggest County Department By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com When Eve Bouboulis, then fresh out of college, took a part-time job as a clerk in the county attorney’s office, she never dreamed she’d find her career. “I didn’t know anyone who had been in foster care or used social services,” she said. “But when I began doing this, I realized how important it was to help kids and families in our area.”…
SOLAR FARM PLAN PROPOSED TO SAVE COUNTY $100K A YEAR By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives this morning heard a presentation on a 10-acre solar farm on Route 11 north of Laurens predicted to save the county $100,000 on its annual utility bill. Daniel Leary of SolarCity, Cranbury, N.J., proposed a “power purchase agreement” on the project at a former gravel pit that, through “remote rural metering,” would allow the county to offset 20 percent…
Democratic County Committee Elects Rissberger Vice Chair, Other Elevated…
SCHWERD RESUMES DUTIES AFTER TWO-MONTH ABSENCE COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who has been absent from county Board deliberations for at least two months, has returned. Schwerd appeared at the county’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee Friday afternoon, and reassumed the chairmanship of that key committee from county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who had been appointed by board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, in the interim. The veteran county rep stepped away from her official duties after leaving the employ…
494 County Households Participated In Hazardous-Waste Collection Day COOPERSTOWN – Some 494 households took advantage of Otsego County’s 17th annual Hazardous-Waste Collection Day the weekend of Sept. 5-6, the county Planning Department announced today. In all, 362 cars dropped off material from 378 households the Meadows Office Complex in the Town of Middlefield. The evening before at the Unadilla town garage, 110 cars dropped off material from 116 households. Hazardous wastes commonly found from around the home were collected throughout the…
Car-Insurance Costs At Lower End In Otsego County In Cooperstown and Oneonta, the average car-insurance bill annually is $1,304, under the state average of $1,516, according to a new report on the Value Penguin web site. The most expensive city for car insurance was New York ($4,093) and the least expensive, Corning ($1,053.) Are you in the process of applying for car insurance? It is no secret that shopping around is the way to go to ensure that you get…
Jocelyn Harris Recognized As A Top Employee REVIEW THE JOCELYN HARRIS CITATION…
County Appoints Social Services Commissioner COOPERSTOWN – Eve Bouboulis, Cherry Valley, Otsego County’s deputy commissioner of social services, was promoted today to commissioner at the county Board of Representatives’ monthly meeting. She replaces Joyce Boyd, who retired in the spring. According to the resolution, the position pays $65,000, but only 18 percent of that is covered by local tax dollars, the rest coming from federal (66 percent) and state (16 percent) reimbursements. Her department is the largest in county government.…
