WILL DEMOCRATS STYMIE ACTION? Deadlock Possible On Filling Vacancy On County Board By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Jennifer Mickle COOPERSTOWN – The county board's Administration Committee recessed this morning without taking any action on the Democratic nominee to fill state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker's District seat. The committee interviewed Democrat Diane Addesso, the former Worcester town supervisor. But it decided, since the Admin Committee has a 3-2 Republican majority and has already endorsed Oneonta businesswoman Jennifer Mickle for the…
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Special Admin Meeting Scheduled For Nov. 30 Democratic Prospect To Succeed Oberacker To Be Interviewed Then COOPERSTOWN – A special Administration Committee meeting has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30, to interview the Democrat-backed prospect to succeed state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker in the county board's District 6, Admin Chairman Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick said today. The meeting will not be Dec. 2, as previously reported. The Democrats have already identified a prospect in District 6 (Maryland, Worcester, Westford and…
GOP Nominates Businesswoman To County Board Maryland Resident, Oneonta Realtor Proposed As Oberacker Successor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Jennifer Mickle SCHENEVUS – Republican county committee members from the county board’s District 6 met last evening and nominated Jennifer Mickle, a Town of Maryland resident and Oneonta businesswoman, to succeed state Senator-elect Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, on the county board. The candidate, who also has experience in local government and community service, called it “a wonderful opportunity. I’ve always…
DA: Mom Fell Asleep, Smothered Twin Babies By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kimberly Steeley COOPERSTOWN – Kimberly Steeley, the woman accused of smothering her twins Bonde and Liam in 2018, did so by falling asleep while in bed with the children, District Attorney John Muehl told Judge John Lambert during a suppression hearing in Otsego County Court on Monday. "She told police she nodded off in bed with them," he said. "She was reckless, and there is evidence…
Twins' Mom Indicted In Newborns' Deaths Twins Bonde and Liam sleep in their bassinet last spring. Their mother has been arrested in their deaths. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com DECATUR – On Saturday, May 4, Kimberly Nicole Steeley wrote a poem on her Facebook page, titled, “If I knew x Two,” Kimberly Steeley “If I knew it was the last time I would hold you x2, If I knew it would be the last time I kissed you…
IN MEMORIAM: Ray Tallman, 62; Ran Christmas Tree Farm In Decatur Raymand L. Tallman Jr. DECATUR – Raymond L. Tallman, Jr, 62, who ran Tallman Trees, his family’s Christmas tree business, passed away Feb. 19, 2017, at home after a short illness, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was born to Raymond L. and Ada (Weiman) Tallman on Sept. 10, 1954 in Canal Zone, Panama, where his father was stationed in the Army. The Tallman family moved to Decatur in 1959.…
