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GOP Nod Goes To Bob O’Brien For Hartwick Town Supervisor HARTWICK – The GOP Town Committee voted this evening to give the endorsement for town supervisor to Hartwick hamlet Fire Chief Bob O’Brien, not the Republican two-term incumbent, David Butler. O’Brien, the county’s recently named 911 Center coordinator, and Butler had been tied when absentee ballots in the Sept. 10 primary were counted Sept. 17, bouncing the choice to the town committee. The nominee said “I’m relieved and I am very pleased…
TOWN BOARD WON’T BID ON BROOKWOOD By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – The Otsego Town Board this evening agreed to back away from the idea of creating a town park at the Otsego Land Trust’s 22-acre Brookwood Gardens. Town Board members took the lead from Councilman Bennett Sandler, who read a detailed statement into the record moments after the 5 p.m. meeting began, where he concluded, “I am disinclined to submit a proposal on behalf of the…
Levine: Meetings With Otsego Town Board Informational, Not Aimed To Guide Outcome COOPERSTOWN – Harry Levine, the Otsego Land Trust board chairman, met with Otsego Town Board members “to answer their questions,” but not to influence them one way or another on whether to pursue a town park at Brookwood Gardens, he said today. “We told them facts,” said Levine. “We repeated what’s in the RFP (request for proposals). Why we‘re doing it. Why we submitted the RFP. What our…
Otsego Town Board Rethinking Town Park At Brookwood Point FLY CREEK – It now appears that the Otsego Town Board, when it meets this evening, will back away from the idea of seeking to create a town park at Brookwood Gardens, according to Town Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell. Atwell said Harry Levine, chairman of the Otsego Land Trust board, has been meeting with town board members in recent days, two at a time, as permitted under the state’s Open Meetings Law,…
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County Strategic Planning Process Underway, Board Chair Clark Says COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County has begun working with local municipalities to develop a Countywide Strategic Prioritization Plan, seeking to identify priorities for economic investment, sustainability, community revitalization and government efficiency. The plan will enhance grant applications, and be a stimulus for greater collaboration within the county, said county Rep. Kathy Clark, R-Otego, chair of the county Board of Representatives, in announcing today that the program is moving ahead.…
August To August, Otsego County Loses 300 Jobs, Labor Dept. Finds Otsego County lost 300 jobs between August 2014 and August 2015, according to the state Department of Labor monthly report, released today. Last August, the county had 27,300 jobs; this August, it had dropped to 27,000 even. No other particulars were broken out for Otsego County. Delaware County also lost 300 jobs, but on a smaller base. Between the two Augusts, jobs dropped from 16,500 to 16,200. Statewide, jobs…