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Roundabout Construction To Begin May 27

During Phase One of this major construction project, most of the intersection of Main Street (Route 7), Lettis Highway (Route 23) and Maple Street will be closed to all traffic. Only the northbound slip ramp leading to the Post Office and A. O. Fox Hospital and the south side slip ramp from Main Street to Lettis Highway will remain open to traffic.…
April 24, 2025
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Main Street and Lettis Highway Get Facelift

Main Street and Lettis Highway Get Facelift On Saturday, September 10, about a dozen SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick students joined several community volunteers in a long-overdue clean-up of the triangle at the intersection of Main Street and Lettis Highway in the City of Oneonta. “The city’s lack of funds and staffing had put the maintenance of this entrance to Oneonta on a backburner,” Mark Drnek, Mayor of Oneonta, said. “But a local resident, Wendy Slicer, saw an opportunity to engage…
September 15, 2022
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BASSETT: Make Lettis Safer: Run Buses Until 9 p.m.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR from LISA R. BASSETT Make Lettis Safer: Run Buses Until 9 p.m. To the Editor: Regarding the headline in your Jan. 2 edition, “NYDOT Said ‘No’ To Grant At Lettis,” I am really sorry that the transportation grant, applied for by the Town and City of Oneonta, was turned down. But, come to think of it, all of that requested money is not necessary. The lady, April Johnson, crossed the highway 100 yards from a legal pedestrian…
March 4, 2020
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Seward Invites DOT Chief To Lettis Crash Scene

Seward Invites DOT Chief To Lettis Highway Crash Site By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA In the wake of pedestrian April Johnson’s death, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has invited state DOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez to Lettis Highway, where the 32 year old woman was struck by a car. “I want her to tour the area with me and see it first hand,” Seward said. “It wasn’t built with pedestrians in mind, but we need to accommodate…
February 5, 2020
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Struck By Car, Injured, Victim Dies in Hospital

Struck By Car, Injured, Victim Dies in Hospital ONEONTA – April Johnson, 32, Oneonta, the woman who was struck by a car on the Lettis Highway on Monday, Dec. 30 has died, according to Police Chief Doug Brenner. She had been hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at Albany Medical Center since the accident; Brenner said, and died Saturday, Jan. 11.…
January 13, 2020
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DOT Said ‘No’ To Grant; Now, Pedestrian Struck

Woman Treated At Albany Med DOT Said ‘No’ To Grant; Now, Pedestrian Struck By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2018, the City and Town of Oneonta collaborated on a state Department of Transportation grant that would have built sidewalks and increased lighting on both sides of Lettis Highway, from Main Street to Route 23, the Southside strip. “The roadway could be safer for pedestrians,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “It is used by pedestrians out of necessity…
January 2, 2020
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Lettis Highway Accident Victim Identified

Lettis Highway Accident Victim Identified, In ICU ONEONTA – Oneonta Police have identified the woman struck by a car last night on the Lettis Highway as April Johnson, 32, Oneonta. Johnson allegedly crossed the highway in an area not marked for pedestrians and was struck by a car driven by David Shafer, 41, Otsego. She was taken by ambulance to Fox Hospital and transferred to Albany Medical Center, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit.…
December 31, 2019
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Oneonta Woman In Critical Condition After Being Struck By Car

Oneonta Woman In Critical Condition After Lettis Accident By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An Oneonta woman is in critical condition at Fox Hospital after she was struck by a car on the Lettis Highway earlier this evening. According to Police Chief Doug Brenner, an Oneonta woman was walking with a friend when she allegedly crossed the James F. Lettis Highway approximately 100 yards from the intersection of Main Street. “The area is not marked for pedestrians…
December 30, 2019
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PEDESTRIAN HIT ON LETTIS HIGHWAY

Exit 15 Ramp Closed After Accident PEDESTRIAN STRUCK ON LETTIS HIGHWAY By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Police are on the scene of a motor vehicle accident on the James F. Lettis Highway after a pedestrian was allegedly hit by a car this evening. According to Rob O’Brien, Otsego Count 911 director, a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle near the I-88 Exit 15 westbound off-ramp at 7:42 p.m. The pedestrian was transported to Fox Hospital with…
December 30, 2019
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