HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 19 Jazz Concert In Neahwa CONCERT SERIES – 7 – 8 p.m. Chris Wolf-Gould Jazz Ensemble performs in Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Visit www.destinationoneonta.com/events/ FIREMANS CARNIVAL – 6 p.m. – Midnight. Features rides, Elk Creek Sky Divers at 6:30 to kick off the festivities, live music by the Jason Wicks Band. Free Parking/admission. Rt. 7, Schenevus. Visit www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/schenevus-firemans-carnival-2018…
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IN MEMORIAM: Bruce Scofield, Schenevus; Enjoyed Active Retirement After GE Career SCHENEVUS – Bruce Charles Scofield, 67, a 38-year employee of General Electric, passed away at home with his family by his side on Nov. 19, 2017. Bruce was born Oct. 11, 1950, in Cooperstown, the son of Charles D. and Isabel R. (Davis) Scofield. He was a life-long resident of Schenevus, graduating from Andrew S. Draper Central School.…
IN MEMORIAM: Stephanie K. Shultis, 48; Managed Family’s Polar Bear Restaurants SCHENEVUS – Stephanie K. Shultis Hurlburt, 48, a manager at her family’s Polar Bear restaurants, passed away September 7, 2017, after a courageous 10-year battle with thyroid cancer. She was born May 9, 1969, in Oneonta, the daughter of Edmund G. and Beth A. (Wells) Shultis. Stephanie grew up in Schenevus, graduating from Andrew S. Draper Central School, Class of 1987.…
IN MEMORIAM: Matthew L. Bowman, 48; Systems Administrator In Capitol District ONEONTA – Matthew Lee Bowman, 48, a computer systems administrator who attended Oneonta schools and received his bachelor’s from SUNY Oneonta, passed away Aug. 20, 2017, in his home in Clifton Park. He was born May 12, 1969, in Tacoma, Wash., and was adopted by John F. and Margaret M. (Mahnken) Bowman. Matt grew up in a military family, traveling the world. After his father retired, his family returned to…
BRIEFING IN SCHENEVUS Questions Greet, Applause Affirms Mathes Appearance 75 Attendees Provided Details Of Hunt For Distribution Center By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.allotsego.com SCHENEVUS – “Welcome,” an audience member called out when Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes finished introducing the concept of a 250- to 600-job distribution center to a community whose commercial base dropped from 57 businesses to a handful in the last half-century. Even with 90 minutes of sometimes probing questions that followed from the 75…
35 DISCUSS DISTRIBUTION CENTER Oberacker: Already, Companies Knocking On Schenevus’ Door By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Since the news broke on AllOTSEGO.com Thursday, Jan. 26, companies seeking distribution-center sites have already begun calling county Rep. Peter Oberacker to express interest, he told the 35 people who packed the Maryland Town Board’s meeting room this evening. “We’ve been contacted,” said Oberacker, the Republican who represents the towns of Maryland, Worcester, Westford and Decatur. “Nobody’s committed, but we’ve…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells Of Distribution Center For Schenevus In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on plans to develop 130 acres off the Schenevus exit to I-88 for Otsego County’s first just-in-time distribution center, which may yield up to 500 jobs. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
OTSEGO NOW OKs OPTION DISTRIBUTION CENTER EYED FOR SCHENEVUS 250-300 Jobs, Construction In 2018 Possible By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego Now today took an option on 175 acres off Interstate 88’s Exit 18 at Schenevus, aiming to bring a 250-300 job distribution center there, perhaps as soon at 2018. The Otsego Now board of directors unanimously approved the $3,000-per-year option, which will allow the SEQRA process – the state-mandated environmental review – to begin as soon at…
IN MEMORIAM: Robert J. Barton, 88; Farmer Helped Form Milk Cooperative SCHENEVUS – Robert J. Barton, 88, a dairy farmer and one of the organizers of the Schenevus-Elk Creek Milk Producers Cooperative in the 1980s, passed away Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, after suffering a heart attack. The son of Iva and Ernest Barton, he was born on May 16, 1928. Bob spent his entire life in Schenevus, most of it working on the family farm. Bob started his education in…