Best Bets August 12, 2021 Summer Music Festival returns, Hartwick to host tractor pull The Cooperstown Summer Music Festival is back with the Grammy -nominated wind quintet “Imani Winds.” They are known for dynamic playing, adventurous programming and outreach programs, which have inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The cost is $30/person. At The Otesaga in Cooperstown at 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 15. Call 877-666-7421 or visit cooperstownmusicfest.org for information.…
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Funding Denied, But RSS Says It Will Press Ahead On Riverside Apartments Altamont Developer Will Reapply, Despite Neighborhood Opposition By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – RSS didn’t get the state funding for its controversial Riverside Apartments, but that doesn’t mean it’s giving up. The state Office of Homes & Community Renewal didn’t approve the 64-unit complex for low-income housing, but Altamont-based Rehabilitation Support Services still plans to move forward, said Ed Butz, RSS managing director. “There are…
Signs Say Loud: RSS Not Welcome Mayor Herzig Would Be ‘Surprised’ If State Funds River Street Project By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Bill Shue doesn’t see the Sixth Ward’s fight against housing developer RSS as a strictly Sixth Ward issue. “If this can happen here, it can happen anywhere,” he said. “It can happen in Center City or on the East End.” The Sixth Ward Neighbors United, which has vocally opposed Rehabilitation Support Services’ proposed 64-unit…
People Who Would Live In RSS Are Committed To Recovery, Dostal Says LEAF Director Responds To Neighbors Organizing By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In response to the formation of “Sixth Ward Neighbors United,” LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal said there are “misconceptions” about the proposed Rehabilitation & Support Services housing development and the 14 units set aside for people in addiction recovery. “Those people get to move into those units because they have engaged in a…
THE TARGET: RSS PROPOSAL 50 Neighbors Uniting To Fight Housing Project By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Christened “Sixth Ward Neighbors United,” River Street residents and businesspeople met for more than two hours with city, county and state elected officials at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club Thursday evening to discuss strategies to oppose RSS’s housing development in their neighborhood. “There are multiple bad reasons for RSS’s project,” said Fran Colone, a vocal critic of the housing development…
Former Reporter Plans To Run From 6th Ward ONEONTA – Mark Boshnack, retired Daily Star reporter, this afternoon said he plans to run for the Sixth Ward Common Council seat being vacated by Deputy Mayor Russ Southard. His announcement sets up a contest with Scott Harrington, who announced Friday he is seeking the Ward 6 seat. With Mark Davies announcing this morning he will vie against Seth Clark for the Ward 2 seat, at least two of five vacancies will be…
IN MEMORIAM: Madeline Santos, 100; Enjoyed Long Life In Sixth Ward Home ONEONTA – Madeline P. Santos, 100, said goodbye on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, to the life she treasured. She had been living at Fox Nursing Home since August 2016. Mickey was born on Love Joy Street, Buffalo, on Oct. 23, 1918 to Paolo and Giulia (Stirpi) Spaziani. Much of her life was spent on the North end of Miller Street in her beloved Sixth Ward, AKA, the Lower…
Developer Briefs Sixth Ward On Plans For 65 Apartments By CATHY NARDI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With so many housing opportunities gobbled-up by college students who pay by the room, Rehabilitation Support Services of Altamont has concluded Oneonta needs more affordable apartments. Rehabilitation Support Services took the first step toward meeting that need Wednesday night, appearing before the city Planning Commission and Sixth Ward neighbors to outline a plan to eventually bring 64 affordable apartments here.…
Editorial, July 13, 2018 Let Young Entrepreneur Bring Nick’s Diner Back To Life Here’s the choice: The nearly complete restoration of Oneonta’s historic Nick’s Diner can go forward, with better than even chances it will succeed. Or, almost complete, it can be allowed to remain vacant, eventually deteriorating to the point it will be razed or removed. It is hoped it will be in much better hands this time around. A failure to keep track of finances and track expenditure…
IN MEMORIAM: Virginia M. Naples, 91; Raised Amid 6th Ward’s Joys, Hardships ONEONTA – Virginia Mary Naples, 91, a member of the extended Oneonta family, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Pasquale and Rose (Perrine) Mongillo. Virginia graduated from Oneonta High School, Class of 1943. She married Albert M. Naples on Nov. 9, 1947, at St. Mary’s Church, Oneonta. Albert predeceased her on July…