Oneonta School Board Considers Letting Graduates Decorate Caps ONEONTA – Decorate away! When it meets at 7 p.m. Thursday, the Oneonta City School Board will consider a resolution to allow seniors to decorate their mortarboards at this year’s commencement exercises on Saturday, June 25. The board’s Academic Subcommittee recommended the authorization, although the motion emphasizes “this is not precedent setting. Future decisions on this question are to be the purview of the OHS administration.”…
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Winter Weather Advisory On In Otsego County Until 2 p.m.…
Hillary Due In Cohoes Today; Backers Plan Sanders Rally The campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are planning rallies today in the Capital District in advance of the Tuesday, April 19, New York primary, WAMC is reporting. At 6:15 p.m., Hillary Clinton will be at a rally at Cohoes High School. Doors open at 4:15. At noon, Albany county legislators are planning a “Feel the Bern” press conference at the state Capitol.…
I-88 PILEUP SLIDE SHOW…
BUS, TRACTOR TRAILERS INVOLVED IN I-88 CRASH SCHENEVUS – A Trailways bus, two tractor trailers and as many as 30 cars are involved in the crash on I-88 westbound between Exit 19 to Worcester and Exit 18 to Schenevus. According to 511NY.com, injuries have been reported, but no one was killed. The DOT, as well as State Troopers, ambulances and fire trucks are on the scene. Weather is believed to be a factor in the crash. All lanes will remain closed until 8:30…
Hospice Epicurean Festival Draws Record 380 Attendees…
MULTIPLE CREWS AT I-88 PILEUP SCHENEVUS – Multiple crews are responding at this hour to a pileup on Interstate 88 between Schenevus and Worcester that may involved up to 30 vehicles. Check back for details. HERE IS THE WBNG REPORT…
IN MEMORIAM: Norma Wagner, 89; Retired To Cooperstown With Husband COOPERSTOWN – Norma Wallerius Wagner, 89, who in retirement moved to Cooperstown in 2004 with her husband, Bill, died peacefully in the company of her family on March 20, 2016, in Cooperstown. Born at home in Paterson, N.J., on Labor Day, Sept. 6, 1926, she was the daughter of Otto and Lina Luebbe Wallerius, youngest sister of Lya and Otty, and one of 35 first cousins, spread out all over…
MAYOR HERZIG, PEACEMAKER He Backs Off Some Divisive Charter Issues, Seeks Advice Toward Reaching Consensus By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has extended several olive branches on the proposed City Charter changes, some contentious. They were contained in a memo to Common Council that he made public today. The memo will be discussed at the Tuesday Council meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. MAYOR HERZIG DISTRIBUTES CONCILIATORY MEMORANDUM On one contentious issue – whether to…
Cuomo Cabinet Member To Explain Budget Locally ONEONTA – The public is invited to a presentation, by a member of Governor Cuomo’s cabinet, on the 2016-17 state budget, Mayor Gary Herzig announced today. The presentation will be 9 a.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Foothills Performing Arts Center.…
