Construction Speeds Toward Richfield Stewart’s Opening Mike Shova, in top photo, of D&E Contracting, Albany, directs crew that today was paving the parking lot at the new Stewart’s Shop under construction on Main Street, Richfield Springs, since September on the site of the former Kinney Drugs. Another sign of the Nov. 23 opening of the expanded Stewart’s was evident a quarter-mile to the east, where, in photo at right, a father-son team, Ray Judd Sr. and Ray Judd Jr., were…
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ELECTION NIGHT 2016 EVERYTHING GOES SEN. SEWARD’S WAY By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO>com ONEONTA – Eight months ago, Otsego County’s veteran state senator, Jim Seward, was reeling from the body blow of a bladder cancer diagnosis. He fought back, underwent surgery April 14, and by early summer was declared cancer free, returning to his Oneonta office and his Capitol office on June 1. This evening, he was on top of his political world: • He was expected to turn…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 FASO TIDE SINKS TEACHOUT IN 19TH With 647 of 687 precincts reporting in the 19th Congressional District, it appears John Faso will succeed his Kinderhook neighbor, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, in the district that includes Otsego County. As of a few minutes ago, Faso was leading Democrat Zephyr Teachout by 145,825 to 118,141, and word was the former Republican gubernatorial candidate in 2006 was preparing a victory speech. Teachout, a Fordham law professor who moved from The…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 Otsego Town Voters Reject Professional Roads Chief FLY CREEK – An 18-year-old with no experience but sufficient vote will continue to qualify to run the Town of Otsego Highway Department. An Otsego Town Board proposal to professionalize the roads chief position was roundly defeated, 899 (56.76 percent) to 685 (43.24 percent), in today’s balloting. Town Supervisor Meg Kiernan, who returned to the town’s top job Jan. 1, after a four-year hiatus, had proposed and championed the idea,…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 Magee Hangs On For Another Term ONEONTA – Numbers just in from Republican headquarters in Oneonta show veteran Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, has held on to the 121st District for a 14th term. Magee turned back Republican John Salka, the Brookfield town supervisor and member of the Madison County legislature, 24,818 to 22,975.…
ELECTION NIGHT 2016 TRUMP ROMPS OVER CLINTON The New York Times was reporting on “razor thin” margins nationally between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, but “The Donald” romped in Otsego County. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting a few minutes ago, the Trump/Pence ticket garners 11,230 or 48.2 percent of votes cast to the Clinton/Kaine ticket’s 9,285, or 39.85 percent.…
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…
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FBI Advises Oneonta Police Of Election-Related Threats ONEONTA – The FBI contacted the Oneonta Police Department over the weekend after threatening posts were made on Facebook by a man with an Oneonta address. “The posts were saying how we need to protect our Second Amendment rights, how guns weren’t just for hunting animals, that sort of thing,” said Lt. Douglas Brenner.…
IN MEMORIAM Michael Nicolais, 91; Clark Estates President COOPERSTOWN – Michael Nicolais, 91, former president of The Clark Estates who served on the board of directors at The Baseball Hall of Fame and The Fenimore Art Museum, passed away peacefully this morning, Nov. 7, after a short battle with cancer. As recently as six months ago, he was still indulging in his daily activities, walking a mile and a half to his health club, doing a modest work-out, having breakfast…
