Oneonta hopes Dietz Street project will help downtown By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After years of planning, as part of a downtown revitalization initiative, community leaders broke ground at the site of the Dietz Street loft project Friday April 30, in Oneonta, with the hope of revitalizing and bringing “greater vibrancy” to the city’s downtown. Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Maryland, Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, Empire State Development Deputy Director Allison Nowack and other…
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Oberacker Has Government, Private-Sector Experience By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS –‘A businessman’s approach.” That’s how Peter Oberacker, hand-picked to succeed state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, describes what he would take to the state Senate if elected Nov. 3. That approach has guided the job he’s done as Maryland town board member, then town supervisor and, for five years now, county representative from Schenevus, Worcester, Westford and Decatur. He uses the term “ROI” – return on investment. “Where…