Fingers Crossed. Forums May Achieve ‘Single Point Of Contact’ Editorial for the edition of Thursday-Friday Oct. 16-17, 2014 Otsego County has never done economic development – and never will, county Treasurer Dan Crowell told the 2014 Otsego Leadership class when it convened last April at the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Economic development requires risk-taking, Crowell said, and the county Board of Representatives simply has been unwilling to risk taxpayer money. He couldn’t imagine the reps ever will. That’s prudent; they shouldn’t.…
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More Local Laws? Instead, Let Us Reason Together Edition of Thursday-Friday, Oct. 9-10 Attorney Doug Zamelis, it’s become evident around here over recent years, is a guy you want on your side of any legal fight. That first inkling came when, representing opponents of Community Energy’s 70-75 Jordanville Wind Farm (later Iberdrola’s), he identified violations of the state’s Open Meetings Law to take things back to zero. The project – the towers would have been visible from Otsego Lake –…
Northern Eagle Plans Seek More Economic, Ag Growth Edition of Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26 Editor’s Note: Northern Eagle Beverages President George Allen delivered these remarks Thursday, Sept. 18, at the ground-breaking on an 82,000-square-foot brewery and warehouse on Browne Street, Town of Oneonta, a hops-to-taps collaboration of the Hager family’s Northern Eagle, Cooperstown Brewery Co. and Hager Hops. The vision for the future started in July 2012 when a new site was being considered in the Pony Farm Industrial Park. That…
Oneonta Town, City Should Join In Regional Water Authority The Oneonta Town Board is energetically seeking to make a historic mistake that will have increasingly negative impacts on Greater Oneonta for decades to come. Southside neighbors are being asked to approve a water district that would allow construction of a water plant in Emmons’ Fortin Park. Let’s hope, for their good and that of the whole, that they say no. Right now, downtown Oneonta, step by step, is coming back.…
Facts, Level-Headed Tactics Way To Lessen Student Rowdiness During the debate over Hillside Commons last year, one landlord was talking about how, as the academic credentials of SUNY Oneonta students rose – they are still rising – the damage to his apartments declined. Of course, it makes sense. The more students who are more focused on their studies, the less interest they have in Beer Pong and the like. While there is always elevated concern about mischief in college towns…
