HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 Writers Salon with Local Author at CANO WRITERS SALON—7:30 p.m. Open mic and presentation with Adrienne Martini on Victorian explorer Isabella Bird. Community Arts Network of Oneonta, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta. Visit https://www.canoneonta.org/writers-salon BLOOD DRIVE—Noon to 5 p.m. Oneonta YMCA at the Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. RedCrossBlood.org You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County…
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The Otsego County Board of Representatives authorized the Department of Social Services to contract for 10 additional rooms for emergency housing at Motel 88 in Oneonta at its meeting on Wednesday, August 2. The $621,000.00, 18-month contract doubles the number of rooms at Motel 88 and brings DSS to a total of more than 60 rented rooms at local hotels. The county DSS is required by New York State to provide emergency housing to eligible families.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Making Democracy Work With Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy DEMOCRACY FORUM – 7 p.m. Join Otsego County Board Members Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy to learn how they decided to run for office, and what the individual can do for democracy at the local level in this presentation ‘Making Local Democracy Work Better.’ Free, all welcome. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Held at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.lwvoneonta.org You have…
Help wanted Businesses struggle to find workers By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Help wanted signs can be seen throughout Otsego County, including this one at Kwik Fill in Oneonta. (Michael Forster Rothbart/AllOTSEGO.com) ONEONTA — A blue and white sign stands in the grass at the entrance to Southside Mall in the town of Oneonta: “JOBS! Cooperstown All-Star Village APPLY NOW.” In either direction, along the mile-long commercial strip from Wal-Mart to Home Depot, at least eight stores…
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Ruled 'Essential Services,' OFO Shelters Reopened By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Martini Bliss ONEONTA – Citing the domestic violence and homeless shelters "essential services," the Otsego County Board of Representatives and the county's Department of Social Services have reopened both buildings. "We're happy that they have reopened and that they are helping these vulnerable populations in our community," said county Rep. Adrienne Martini, D-Oneonta, chair of the county board's Human Services Committee. "It's so important that they be…
OFO Closed Shelters With One-Day Notice, County Board Learns Reps Ask: What's Agency's Responsibility? By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Martini ONEONTA – On the morning of Tuesday, March 17, Opportunities for Otsego advised the county Social Services Department it was closing its shelters by 5 p.m. that evening. “OFO said, because of the new social distancing, they were shutting their doors,” County Attorney Ellen Coccoma advised the county Board of Representatives as this morning’s monthly meeting, held via…
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