During public comment, two representatives of the Cooperstown Faculty Association, the union representing the district’s teachers, reflected on positive events in the district before sharing concerns about labor grievances.…
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Community opposition has persisted meeting after meeting, the town (and planning) board has appeared exasperated by a lack of clarity in project specifics, and now Hartwick College—which Eco-Yotta had said they were hoping to partner with—has distanced itself from the project.…
According to a SUNY Oneonta media release, news-academic partnerships have emerged as a critical contributor to the national news landscape and one solution to the crisis facing local news. “As the largest system of higher education in the nation, SUNY’s contribution to the state of local news and information could be profound for underserved regions,” officials said.…
Shortly before the event kicked off, Frazier sat down for an exclusive interview with AllOtsego. She emphasized her former presence on the City of Oneonta Common Council from 2017-2019 as a signifier of her past experience in office and in understanding the network needed to balance higher and lower levels of government.…
Rivera’s victory is a sea change in the town, where in the 2023 election Republican Randal Mowers ran unopposed and in 2021 won with around 77 percent of the vote against Teresa DeSantis, who also just won a seat on the town board this month. Rivera will succeed his opponent, Interim Town Supervisor Brett Holleran...…
The holiday shopping season is officially underway, with the Black Friday and Small Business Saturday sales events both happening this week. On downtown Oneonta’s Main Street, the business district’s many independently-owned shops...…
The roundabout construction project at the intersection of State Route 7 (Main Street), State Route 23 (James F. Lettis Highway), and Maple Street in downtown Oneonta is entering its final stages. Traffic in all but one direction had reopened as of the morning of Friday, November 21.…
A Franklin woman representing herself sued Otsego County, the Sheriff’s Office and two deputies in May over alleged misconduct. In seeking $5 million in damages, Janel Whitbeck alleges false arrest, deliberate indifference to her medical needs, violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act...…
Two companies have recently inquired about building a data center at the Oneonta Rail Yards in the City of Oneonta. Otsego Now, the county’s quasi-governmental umbrella development agency, owns most of the area property.…
Dozens of firefighters, their families, and other locals gathered at the Fly Creek fire station to welcome a newly-purchased, lightly-used fire truck on its journey back from an Illinois fire department on Wednesday, November 12.…
