Common Council OKs Extension Of Fire Pact Until Valentine’s Day By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With less than 72 hours before the expiration of its fire contract Town of Oneonta Fire District #1, Common Council this afternoon voted to extend the contract 45 days, as recommended by state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma at last Thursday’s hearing. “It’s unfortunate that this is how we have to do business,” said Mayor Gary Herzig during the special meeting. “But I’m confident that…
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Common Council Fire Pact Meeting Changes, Will Now Be On Tuesday ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has changed the special meeting to brief Common Council on fire-contract negotiations with the Town of Oneonta Fire District #1 to 3:30 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday). The meeting is open to the public. By telephone, the mayor was able to poll seven of eight Council members last Thursday, after state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma extended the city-town contract until Valentine’s Day, and directed both…
IN MEMORIAM: Susan Stevens, 58; Otesaga Employee COOPERSTOWN – Susan Stevens, a former resident of Pierstown and employee at The Otesaga, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2015, at the Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem, N.C. She was 58. Arrangements are pending with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.…
City, Some County Candidates To Be Sworn In New Year’s Day ONEONTA – Successful Oneonta area candidates in the Nov. 3 local elections will take their oaths of office at noon New Year’s Day in Foothills’ Atrium. A reception will follow. First, state Supreme Court Judge Michael V. Coccoma will swear in City Court Judge Lucy Bernier for another term. Then Judge Bernier will swear in Mayor Gary Herzig and Common Council members, and any county board representatives who are present.…
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George W. Smith, Jr.; Quarterback On Bursey’s 1947 Undefeated Team COOPERSTOWN – George W. Smith, Jr., 85, quarterback on legendary coach “Red” Bursey’s 1947 undefeated football team, died peacefully Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., after a brief illness. George was born March 10, 1930, in Delhi, to George W. Smith and Viola Freidenstine Smith. He spent his early years in Delaware County, and began his education in the Rock Valley and Goulds schools where…
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