NEW CHALLENGE: HIRING MANAGER Bliss Anticipates Kennedy Will Lead Recruitment, Too By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If – as is anticipated – Dave Bliss is reelected chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the organizational meeting Thursday, Jan. 2, one of his first acts will be to name a committee to recruit the first county administrator. In an interview, he said he sees no reason why county Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, who led the…
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EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
Lagan Sentenced To 6½-Year Term In Federal Prison COOPERSTOWN – Thomas Lagan, one of the investors in a 2015 effort to build a downtown hotel here, was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison this morning for allegations arising from the disposal of an estate after the deaths of philanthropists Warren and Pauline Bruggeman, RPI benefactors, the Times Union is reporting. In all, the Bruggeman and other estates involved the misallocation of $12 million, the newspaper reported.…
Dermot Shea Graduated In 1990 SUNY Oneonta Alumnus New NYPD Commissioner ONEONTA – Dermot Shea, a 1990 SUNY Oneonta graduate, became the 44th Commissioner of the New York City Police department by Mayor Bill de Blasio in a public ceremony held at One Police Plaza on Dec. 2. He was appointed by the mayor in November. In April 2014, he was appointed to deputy commissioner of operations by then Commissioner William Bratton. Prior to this appointment, Shea had been a…
JUSTICE FOR ALL?/PART I Will End Of Bail Endanger Us? Editor’s Note: With New York State’s judicial reforms going into effect Jan. 1, Otsego County judicial and law enforcement leaders have been expressing concerns about possible negative impacts locally. This article, on severely reducing the number of crimes that allow suspects to be held on bail, is the first of three articles. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr. recognized that criminal justice reform…
Police, Fire Rescue Woman From Frigid Mill Race Waters By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta police officers and firefighters rushed to the spillway between the Oneonta Creek and Neahwa Park last evening to rescue a woman who had gone into the water in an alleged suicide attempt, OPD Lt. Christopher Witzenburg reports. The woman, 34, was reported missing by family members who told police she had threatened self-harm. She allegedly told her family that she was…
IN MEMORIAM: Walter J. Hribar, 84; Korean War Vet, Worked In Frankfort RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Walter J. Hribar, 84, a Korean War veteran and longtime Richfield Springs resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in his home. He had the comfort of his loving family at side. Walter was born on March 6, 1935, in Fly Creek, son of the late Anthony and Anna Pope Hribar. A lifelong area resident, he was educated at Richfield Springs Central School.…
IN MEMORIAM: Geri Asp Scheele, 86; Teacher, Artist, Loved Gardens, Nature ONEONTA — Geri Mae Asp Scheele, 86, passed away Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, during convalescence at Fox Nursing Home &d Rehabilitation Center from a late October fall. She was a resident for the past 10 years at The Plains at Parish Homestead, and had lived for 45 years before on Irving Place. Gerri was born on Sept. 19, 1933, in Holdrege, Neb., to Esther Marilla Jenkins Asp and Everett…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11 Holiday Tree Festival TREE FESTIVAL – 6 – 8 p.m. Christmas Tree Exhibit by area businesses, students, others returns. Free. Edmeston Museum, 1 North St., Edmeston.…
