Comp Plan Committee Revises Vision Statement By PARKER FISH • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The city’s Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee agreed nothing should be left to interpretation in new plan: It met for an hour tonight to simply re-word the vision statement. The vision statement summarizes the characteristics of the city, and what the future should be. In essence, the vision statement summarizes the entire comprehensive plans in a few short sentences. “In my line of work, this is…
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Rubin, Catan Elected Town Fire Commissioners By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 82 votes for Al Rubin and 83 votes for Michelle Catan, the two join Johna Peachin, Ron Peters and Fred Volpe on the Town of Oneonta Fire Commission. Voter turnout was higher than normal in an election that can attract results in the single digits, with both candidates supporting paid fire protection from the City of Oneonta.…
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Mayor Appoints Committee To Revise City’s Comp Plan By LIBBY CUDMORE Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Council member Russ Southard, Sixth Ward, Greater Oneonta Historical Society Executive Director Bob Brzozowski, developer Seth Clark and Destination Oneonta’s Rachel Jessup were all named this evening to the Steering Committee to update the city’s comprehensive master plan. “This is the group that will facilitate the update to the 2007 comprehensive plan, incorporating the City’s vision, addressing the railyards and the Downtown Revitalization Initiative,” said Mayor…
A&D’s Al Rubin: Competition Welcome, But Safety Required ONEONTA – Al Rubin, president of A&D Transportation Services and an adopter of Uber-like Red Route, wants to make sure that, if Uber, Lyft or other ride-sharing companies do come into Oneonta, that local riders will be safe. “You want to know who’s operating in your city,” he told Common Council during the public hearing on the city’s Taxi and Livery code earlier this evening. “You want to regulate against surge pricing, make sure these…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Tells Of Uber-Like Ride-Sharing In Oneonta In today’s weekly report, “Morning Headlines,” on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reported on Red Route, an Uber-like ride-sharing system being pioneered in Otsego County by A&D Transportation Services. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
