Woman Treated At Albany Med DOT Said ‘No’ To Grant; Now, Pedestrian Struck By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2018, the City and Town of Oneonta collaborated on a state Department of Transportation grant that would have built sidewalks and increased lighting on both sides of Lettis Highway, from Main Street to Route 23, the Southside strip. “The roadway could be safer for pedestrians,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “It is used by pedestrians out of necessity…
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THE GOAL: IGNORE NY ‘SAFE LAW’ Social Media Buoys Gun Sanctuary Idea New County Rep Brockway Finds Proposal Going Viral By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A Facebook Group aimed at making Otsego County a “Sanctuary for the Second Amendment” is picking up momentum. On Dec. 20, an active hunter and gun owner, Kaleb White of Oneonta, created the “2A Otsego County Sanctuary Group” on the popular social media platform. In just over a week, more than 800…
MACIEJ ZOLTOWSKI CHOSEN Catskill Symphony Search Decides On Polish Conductor By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In the end, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra chose Maciej Zoltowski. “In advance of the first rehearsal, Maciej asked for a roster and he studied it,” said Diane Williams, CSO board chair. “One musician told me that pleased him so much that Maciej knew his name when he called on him.” The selection of Maciej, the former managing and artistic director of…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 2-3, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Social Media Buoys ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Effort Catskill Symphony Picks Polish Conductor DOT Denied Grant; Now, Pedestrian Felled ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Goal At $5 Million Public Hearing Set On Bassett Parking Lot EDITORIALS 2019 Full Of Oddities, But Things Change In New Decade, We’ll Get What We Expect COLUMNS SEWARD: Lawless Rewarded, Lives Endangered? ZAGATA: Save Eagles From Environmentalism LETTERS to the EDITOR…
NEW FACES AT 197 MAIN ST. ‘Pink Shoes’ Remark Caused Clark Oliver To Get Into Politics Editor’s Note: This is the last of three profiles of new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives who will take office Jan. 1. By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It was in elementary school that Clark Oliver realized he would always have to fight for what he believed in. “Maybe if your kid didn’t wear pink shoes, he wouldn’t…
PART II: JUSTICE FOR ALL? On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crimes To Get Harder, D.A. Muehl Foresees Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a three-part series on New York State’s justice reforms, which go into effect Jan. 1. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN –Fifteen days is nowhere near enough time to marshall all evidence in a criminal case, argued District Attorney John Muehl. But that’s what the justice reforms that came out of Albany during the…
Springbrook Envisions Upscale Apartments In Historic Ford Building By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy, got the good news a few nights before Christmas. Her proposed Ford Block Revival – 22 apartments for executives and professionals above 186-212 Main St. – has been awarded a $1 million CFA grant through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. The three-story building is on the National Register of Historic Places. “It’s not just our Christmas present,” she…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 26, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CITIZEN OF YEAR THE KENNEDY METHOD • County Rep Shepherds In Professional Management, Energy Task Force, More • EDITORIAL: Kennedy Recalls Garretson OTSEGO COUNTY YEARBOOK – 2019 FRONT PAGE Springbrook Plans 22 Upscale Apartments On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crime Gets Harder ‘Pink Shoes’ Remark Led Oliver To Politics IN MEMORIAM Karl Schoonover, 77, Optometrist, County Rep Marshall Palmer, 83; Served SUNY For 40 Years…
EDITORIAL As Did Garretson, So Does Kennedy Kindred Spirits In Problem-Solving In a way, our Citizen of the Year designation – it will continue, of course – has come full circle. Interviewing Meg Kennedy, this year’s designee, brought to mind Tom Garretson, the first designee, in 2006. Throughout that stormy year, when the Cherry Valley area was torn between those who feared 24 industrial-sized windmills would degrade the town’s environment and ambience, and those who saw a boon in new…
2019 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR The Kennedy Method County Rep Shepherds In Professional Management, Energy Task Force, More By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Leadership gravitated toward Meg Kennedy, to hear her tell her story. She first realized that was happening at an Oneonta Farmers’ Market vendors’ meeting in 2008 or 2009, where a difficult issue was being debated. As the point of decision approached, Tom Warren, who runs the Stone & Thistle Farm, raising meadow-fed lamb…
