The proposed Rehabilitation Support Services housing project at 27 Market Street has been met with strong public push-back, but city officials contend that misinformation, disinformation and fear are driving the response.…
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City of Oneonta community members who call themselves Citizens That Care held their own Town Hall meeting on Sunday, March 3, in response to not feeling heard by Common Council members and Mayor Mark Drnek at a city-sponsored Town Hall on February 27.…
We, the concerned citizens of greater Oneonta, are frustrated by the apparent lack of transparency in the administration of our City Hall government. Dear Mayor Drnek and city staff, your behaviors of ignoring us are clear and your unwillingness to listen and act accordingly is causing this divide in our city.…
Chamber Announces Winners for Spring Awards Dinner ONEONTA—Next Wednesday, May 24, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce will present community awards to businesses, organizations, and individuals who have given back to their communities and have enhanced the overall “quality of place” in Otsego County. The chamber’s Annual Spring Dinner and Awards Presentation event will take place at Dewar Arena at Alumni Field House on the campus of SUNY Oneonta. Nominations for these awards were submitted by area citizens through a…
News Briefs: May 11, 2023 Museum Opens Memorial Weekend CHERRY VALLEY—The Cherry Valley Museum, which houses the Campbell Clock made in 1728 and a number of fascinating exhibits, will open for the season on Memorial Day Weekend. The museum is located at 49 Main Street. Plant Sale Will Be Held on May 20 WEST WINFIELD—The Upper Unadilla Valley Association will hold its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Town of Winfield Park on May 20.…
Locals: People and Businesses in the News, April 19, 2023 EAGER EAGLES: The Leatherstocking Council branch of the Boy Scouts of America awarded 45 of its scouts with the organization’s highest honor, Eagle Scout, for the 2022 calendar year. Members of the Eagle Scout Class logged an average of 190 hours of community service, either individually or as group leaders, to 45 nonprofit organizations across the BSA’s council. The scouts were honored at the Utica Maennerchor Hall in Marcy, New…
Catskill Symphony Orchestra ‘Le Cabaret’: Another One for the Books Żółtowski To Lead Final Concert in May; Buttermann is Guest Conductor By IAN KENYONONEONTA A triumph!” noted Catskill Symphony Orchestra Chair Sarah Patterson, when asked about the 2023 “Le Cabaret” fundraiser at SUNY Oneonta on March 25. The annual event, the second hosted following a pandemic pause in 2020, convened several hundred concertgoers in the Dewar Arena—transformed into a tasteful concert hall, embellished in the CSO’s purple and gold color…
Letter from Dan Buttermann The Common Sense Party Voter registrations are changing quickly. Just five years ago, the Republican party registration outnumbered the no-party registration by 250,000. But in five short years, the no-party registrations have gone way up, and now outnumber the Republicans. The Democratic registration lost ground too. This is a significant change. What has not changed is the requirements for a no-party candidate to be on the ballot — a candidate must secure three times more petition…
LETTER from DAN BUTTERMANN Bill Magee Set Example That Others Can Follow To the Editor: Thank you Bill Magee. I join community members across Upstate New York – friends and colleagues alike – to say: We will all miss Bill Magee. His service to our communities was a lifelong passion and commitment. He worked across the political spectrum to deliver for his district and he did it without the fanfare many politicians expect to receive. He did it by acting…
ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL United We Stand, With Oberacker, Dan Buttermann This year, Otsego County faces a big challenge, and big opportunities. The threat: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is retiring after representing us in Albany for 34 years, where he was able to maintain Otsego County at the center of the 50th District, then the 51st District, through three redistrictings. A Republican when the Senate was usually Republican, he partnered with our Democratic then-assemblyman, Bill Magee of Madison County, to obtain (probably…