New York Gas Price Update STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com (October 25, 2021) – New York gas prices have risen 7.8 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.51/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 6,118 stations in New York. Gas prices in New York are 25.1 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.26/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in New York is priced at…
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Tricks and Treats for Halloween For those looking for a virtual event, Bigger Dreams Productions has something for you. On October 30 at 7 p.m., BDP will premiere their original production, “An Evening with Poe.” The premier will be streamed via the YouTube link to be posted on the group’s website and social media prior to the start. The production will be filmed at Oneonta’s Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center. Brooke Tallman, Vice President of the BDP board, said…
Opinion by Patricia Kennedy We’re more than a nice place to visit I recently returned from a much- anticipated vacation with my family. In the weeks and days leading to this vacation, it seemed as if all I could think about was how good it would be to get away—from the house I spent a year living AND working in. From the office I’ve become reacquainted with in the last six months. From vaccination reports, retention reports, vacancy reports, and…
A look at key local contests By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta Mayor The months-long race to replace longtime Oneonta mayor Gary Herzig comes to an end next week when voters choose between Common Council members Mark Drnek (D) and Len Carson (R). The League of Women Voters hosted the candidates in a debate last week, during which Carson thanked Drnek for joining him in running a “gentleman’s campaign.” Drnek said he feels he is in “good shape”…
County Board contest could be close By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The race for Otsego County Board of Representatives District 3, which covers Laurens and Otego, could stand among the more competitive contests on November 2. Republican incumbent Richard Brockway once again faces off against Democrat Caitlin Ogden in a repeat of their 2019 campaign for the seat.…
Otsego County General Election Polling Places And Ballot Highlights CHERRY VALLEY Community Center 2 Genesee St, Cherry Valley EDMESTON Municipal Building, 2 West St, Edmeston EXETER Highway Garage 7411 State Hwy 28, Schuyler Lake HARTWICK Town Office Building 103 Town Dr, Hartwick LAURENS Town Building, 37 Brook St, Laurens…
Fire on Main Street yesterday under investigation By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Oneonta Fire Department responded to a fire at the Java Island on Main Street at 5:45 p.m. which closed down the street, Sunday, Oct. 24. Smoke could be seen coming out of a window on the second floor.…
Otsego Area Rowing to compete in two regional events BY TED POTRIKUS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Four members of Otsego Area Rowing (OAR) will go to Boston, Massachusetts this weekend to race in the world’s biggest two-day rowing event, the Head of the Charles Regatta. Lang Keith, Laura Kilty, Joe Novitski, and OAR founder and coach Andrea Thies, a two-time Olympian, compete with international rowers in mixed-double and single-rower events taking place on the city’s famed Charles River. One week later,…
SUNY lecture looks at ‘The 57 Bus’ incident By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — At 18, Sasha Fleischman was lit on fire while riding the bus home from school in Oakland. Fleischmann is gender non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. They fell asleep, and another teen, Richard Thomas, lit their skirt as a prank. Thomas was arrested at school; Fleischmann was hospitalized for weeks with severe third-degree burns. Dashka Slater, a journalist who lives close to the…
New Oneonta police chief ‘humbled’ by role By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Oneonta Police Department has a new chief of police, Christopher Witzenberg, who has a long history of serving in leadership roles. Witzenberg was previously an OPD lieutenant and became acting chief after Doug Brenner retired last winter. “It’s humbling,” Witzenberg said. “I’ve been pretty pensive the last week about the things I’ve done to get here.”…
