Bassett Reaches Out: Jane Forbes Clark, Dr. Brown Calm Upset Neighbors By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 Bassett has reached out to its neighbors, and the neighbors – disgruntled as recently as Sept. 29 at a Village Hall hearing on simplifying the hospital’s planning challenges by placing it in a single “institutional zone” – seem satisfied for now. “They were in full listening mode,” neighbor Bill Waller, Beaver Street, said after he and…
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Village Of Cooperstown CAN Be A Constructive Partner In Bassett’s Future Edition of Thursday-Friday Oct. 9-10, 2014 To the Editor, I would like to make a small contextual clarification to my published statement made after the no vote on the Hospital Zone. First, I don’t remember saying “forever” (but in the heat of the moment maybe I did). Second, I made that statement out loud to the mayor after I, and I believe Lou Allstadt (possibly others) wanted to have…
Falk: ‘Parking Crisis’ Impacts All Decisions By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN Yes, Village Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Streets Committee, did utter the words “parking crisis” at a Village Board meeting. “Literally, anything we try to do as village government or a private entity within the village, parking always comes up – and not in a positive way,” she said in a follow-up interview the other day. Whether the issue is the proposed hospital zone (she…
MacGuire Benton Energized By Politics By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Laurie Pestar’s dilemma forged MacGuire Benton’s commitment to politics. Through political action, “you can change people lives,” the Democratic trustee said in an interview. He is seeking his first full term on the Village Board in the March 18 elections. In November 2016, Benton and friend Bobby Walker – Mac then headed the county’s Young Democrats; Bobby, the Young Republicans – circulated a petition supporting Laurie…
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…
The City of Oneonta’s request to RSS to consider developing 27 Market Street is not the first time this organization has been called upon to step up. In the 1980s, Mayor Brenner sought our help in providing housing and support services for residents being deinstitutionalized. We have invested in this community for more than 30 years, utilizing our knowledge of the housing market and resources as a non-profit developer.…
Hundreds of residents and visitors joined us for a myriad of winter festivities, ranging from the delightful Hot Cocoa Kick-Off at The Otesaga Resort Hotel to the inaugural Blizzard Bash tailgate event at Doubleday Field parking lot, and everything in between!…
Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh was the first panelist to speak. She provided a summary of the Village of Cooperstown’s accomplishments for 2023 and a glimpse into plans for 2024.…
Collaboration in the achievement of goals is a formula for success, and it’s been the informing principle of these past 22 months of my term as mayor. So, what does that look like? What examples can we provide?…
Mark your calendars for the “Benefit Breakfast and Chinese Auction” to be held at the Hartwick American Legion on Sunday, October 15. Proceeds from this event will assist Tammy Croft with expenses incurred as heart issues have kept her out of work for a long period of time.…