Police Make Arrest In Stolen Motorcycle Case ONEONTA – An Otego man was arrested and charged with stealing a customized motorcycle from an Oneonta garage back in May. Gregory C. Flanagan, 31, was arrested after a seven-month investigation into the missing motorcycle, a highly-modified 2013 Suzuki motorcycle valued at $35,000. He was charged with the class D felonies of burglary in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree, as well as the misdemeanor of petit larceny. If convicted of all charges, he…
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Police Chief Dennis Nayor Takes State Association Job ONEONTA – Police Chief Dennis Nayor, who has served as City of Oneonta Police Chief since 2012, has accepted a position of Director of Research, Development, and Training with the New York State Association of Chiefs of Police. Chief Nayor began his career as a Patrol Officer on September 27, 1995. Since that time, he has served as DARE Officer, Sergeant, Interim Detective Sergeant, and Lieutenant. He was promoted to Chief of…
Driver, Passenger Arrested On Coke, Marijuana Counts EXETER – A driver and his passenger were both arrested for possessing marijuana and cocaine after a traffic stop in the Town of Exeter. Brandon S. Richardson, 20, of Ilion, was stopped by troopers for allegedly driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone on Route 28 near Schuyler Lake. On approaching the vehicle, troopers reported they smelled marijuana inside and conducted a search, finding 10 grams of cocaine, more than 10 grams of…
Common Council Passes $22 Million City Budget ONEONTA – Common Council unanimously passed the $22,917,579 budget this evening. The budget included a 10 percent increase in water rates across the board to help pay for upcoming water infrastructure projects. “We have pipes that are in need of maintenance,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “These increases will help pay for those repairs.” The six present members all voted yay. Council Members Michelle Osterhoudt, Fourth Ward, and Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, were absent.…
Claire Smith Named First Female Spink Award Winner COOPERSTOWN – Claire Smith, the first female to cover a Major League Baseball beat extensively and as an influential voice among African-American writers, was elected the 2017 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, it was announced today. She will be honored with the award presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the Hall of Fame’s Induction Weekend July…
Girl Reported Missing From Oneonta Job Corps ONEONTA – A 16-year-old girl is believed to have run away from the Oneonta Job Corps Academy early this morning and may be headed towards Rochester, according to state police. Delany Ramos, a student at Job Corps, was reported missing to police this morning. She is Hispanic, about 5 feet tall, medium build and blonde hair. It is unknown what she was wearing. Anyone who has seen her or has information on her disappearance…
Struck By Car, Teen Life-Flighted, Dies UNADILLA – A 15-year-old was struck by a car Monday evening while walking in Unadilla died this morning, according to State Police. Edward A. McKinley II, 15, was walking in the westbound shoulder of Main Street in the Town of Unadilla when he was struck by a 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe that was also traveling westbound. Mr. McKinley was transported by helicopter to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse with severe head and body injuries…
Council Will Name Judy Pangman Community Development Director By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Judy Pangman, a former Lamont Engineering project manager and beef farmer in Carlisle, will be appointed as Oneonta’s new director of community development at tonight’s Common Council meeting. At Lamont Engineering, Cobleskill, she was instrumental in the development and management of infrastructure projects for communities throughout the region, from small ventures to multi-million dollar projects.…
Holiday Inn Express Unveiled, But Neighbors Voice Concerns…
IN MEMORIAM: Regina Snyder, 91; Pharmacist, Cooperstown Native Daughter COOPERSTOWN – Regina G. Snyder, 91, a Native Daughter of Cooperstown and long-time resident of Chapel Hill, N.C., died early Sunday morning, Nov. 20, 2016, at UNC Healthcare-Hillsborough Campus in Hillsborough following a brief illness. Born Aug. 1, 1925, at the Thanksgiving Hospital in Cooperstown, Regina was the only child of Parker E. Snyder and Florence E. née Winslow Snyder. After graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1943, she attended…
