Mayoral candidate Len Carson faces backlash over vaccine billboard ads By Kevin Limiti • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Len Carson, the Fifth Ward Common Council member and Republican mayoral candidate, received some heat at the council’s meeting Tuesday, Aug. 17, for approving billboard ads through his company, DC Marketing, that presented false information about coronavirus vaccines. Jennifer Hill spoke at the meeting at City Hall, saying the ads were dangerous and strongly condemning Carson for his role in putting up…
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Oneonta Common Council has contentious vote on housing commission appointment, confirms new fire chief By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — In a two and a half hour meeting, the issue of housing was forefront as the Common Council struggled to come to agree on the choice of an out-of-city resident as part of the housing commission on Tuesday, July 20. This appointment was narrowly approved, 4-3, with Kaytee Lipari Shue, Len Carson and Scott Harrington being the…
AllOtsego people: Mattice excited about new city role By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Oneonta native Greg Mattice has begun his new role as Oneonta’s city administrator. Mattice began his new position July 1, leaving his job as city engineer. Mattice, who said he enjoys playing basketball and spending time with his family, earned a degree in engineering from Syracuse University in 2009. “We’re a small city,” Mattice said. “I do a lot of technical work.” Mattice said…
City of the Hills Concert series to begin Thursday at Neahwa Park A summer concert series will begin Thursday, July 8, in Neahwa Park in Oneonta. The series will feature performances every Thursday between 7 and 8 p.m. The first event will feature the Driftwoods. Common Council accepts grain grant Oneonta’s Common Council passed a motion Tuesday, July 6, to accept a state grant of $180,000 for the Hartwick College Grain Innovation Center. The city’s plan is for the center…
First in-person common council since COVID celebrates recent achievements By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Common Council met in person Tuesday, July 6, with an atmosphere of visible joviality and relief after spending a year meeting via Zoom. “This is something we haven’t done in a long time,” Mayor Gary Herzig said, which elicited some appreciative chuckles. Some of the agenda items passed included motions authorizing the acceptance of a state grant for the development of…
Police review leaves behind serious debates By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta’s Common Council will likely meet its self-imposed June 1, deadline to review, and change or adopt, the city’s Community Advisory Board’s recommendations for the Oneonta Police Department, Mayor Gary Herzig said Tuesday, May 17. Among the topics being discussed are the status of no-knock raids in Oneonta, making statistics of crime and arrests available to the public and a review board to examine the high number…
Planning To Retire, Bob Wood Has High Hopes For Southside By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By the time he retires on Dec. 31, the Town of Oneonta’s municipal water system will be complete, and condos and houses on Southside Drive will be emerging, veteran Town Supervisor Bob Wood is predicting. Simply, “the city does not have any more available land,” said Wood in an interview Friday, March 5, on announcing his retirement. A handful of developers have already…
Jim Seward Lauded, Given Key To Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Comparing retiring state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford to “Ghostbusters,” Mayor Gary Herzig lauded the Senator and presented him with a key to the city for his “timeless support” to the City of Oneonta. “It was never quite ‘Who you gonna call,’ because usually, he called me first,” Herzig said. “And he always asked, ‘What do you need me to do?'”…
Oneonta Law Requires Masks In Private Homes By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With a 5-2 split on party lines and one abstention, Oneonta Common Council Tuesday, Oct. 6, moved closer to applying the state’s “Mask and Face Coverings” law locally, potentially bringing it into everyone’s living rooms. Echoing the state law, the local law that is now going to public hearing requires people to where masks in all “public and private indoor and outdoor locations” when…
LETTER FROM THE CHIEF Officers’ Dedication, Professionalism Have Earned City’s Support Editor’s Note: In this July 19 letter, Oneonta Police Chief Douglas W. Brenner expressed his concern about the“Say Their Names” photo display at the Westcott Lot. Nonetheless, Common Council unanimously approved the display Tuesday, July 21, and it was installed this past Sunday. The Oneonta Police Department has always placed the needs and concerns of the residents and visitors to the City of Oneonta as its first priority. While…
