Town Fire Board Declares Quorum, Elects Ron Peters…
Oneonta Fire Commissioners Meeting Planned For Tonight ONEONTA – The remaining Town of Oneonta fire commissioners, Johna Peachin and Fred Volpe, will have the regularly scheduled meeting of the Oneonta Fire District tonight at the Elm Park Methodist Church at 6 p.m. Additionally, former commissioner Don Lamanna’s resignation letter will be read at the Town of Oneonta Board Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 11. …
Herzig Chides Fire Board: Stop Spreading Falsehoods By MICHAEL RODA Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At tonight’s Common Council meeting, Mayor Gary Herzig publicly chided Town of Oneonta Fire District commissioners for what he described as telling tales out of school. While Fire Commissioners Johna Peachin and Fred Volpe sat stony-faced in the gallery, Herzig took them on for, he said, briefing Town Supervisor Bob Wood and the town board about long-stalled negotiations over the contract so the city’s professional department…
Route 58 Near Emmons In For Repaving ONEONTA – County Highway Department crews will begin paving Route 58, Town of Oneonta near Emmons, Monday, Sept. 18, according to Deputy Superintendent Rich Brimmer.…
City Joins Town In Steps To Fight Climate Change…
IN MEMORIAM Hugh Henderson, Community Leader ONEONTA – Hugh I. Henderson Sr., who dedicated much of his life to the public service of Oneonta and Otsego County, died peacefully at home, following an extended illness, on Friday, April 14, 2017. He was born March 18, 1937, at Parshall Hospital in Oneonta, the son of Robert L. Henderson Sr. and Marie Elizabeth Henderson. As a child he lived in Davenport and East Meredith. In 1946, his family moved to a dairy…
Fire Chief: Christopher’s Blaze Started In Front Dining Room By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The overnight fire that destroyed Christopher’s Restaurant on Southside started in the front right corner of the building, a dining area, according to Oneonta Fire Chief Patrick Pigeon. A passerby called the fire in at 2:20 a.m. and crews arrived less than five minutes later to find the fire fully involved. “We started an aggressive attack through the front doors, but after…
FIRE DESTROYS CHRISTOPHER’S Oneonta Landmark Burns Overnight By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department is still on the scene after an early morning blaze destroyed landmark Christopher’s Restaurant on Southside. The call came into the city fire department at 2:20 a.m. and professional firefighters arrived on the scene to find the restaurant fully engulfed. “It no longer exists,” said fireman Al Sayers Lutz. “It’s been completely destroyed.”…