With Tenants Out, Exit Realty Listing Hotel For $1.85M One Tenant Remains, But City Working To Locate New Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Within days of the listing, potential investors have already expressed interest in looking at the former Oneonta Hotel, according to realtor Adam Karns. “We had a camp out towards Stamford that expressed interest, and I know another agent had someone interested,” he said. “But we haven’t taken anyone through yet.” Following Judge…
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ARTISTS WANT TO COLLABORATE Feasibility Report: Oneonta Is Perfect For Artspace Project By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Artspace believes that Oneonta would be an ideal location for a mixed-use, live/work spaces for artists, according to a report from the Minneapolis-based non-profit released today. “The report speaks clearly,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “They found a lot of support and a real sense of need for this kind of construction.” Collaborative workspace/maker space was the most-needed usage, the…
TERRENCE TRUITT IN CUSTODY Leads Poured In, Leading To Arrest Of Oneonta Man, 34 Police, Fire Chiefs Detail What’s Known By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Within hours of Saturday morning’s fire that claimed the life of former Oneonta firefighter John D. Heller, the leads began to pour in. “We had more than 70 leads,” said Police Chief Doug Brenner an hour ago at a press conference held jointly with Fire Chief Pat Pidgeon. “And the investigation…
STATE OF THE STATE BREAKFAST This Year, Oneonta Will Bloom With DRI Money, Mayor Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – This will be the year, Mayor Gary Herzig said, that the City of Oneonta begins to see the results of the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grants “In 60 days, we’ll unveil the redesign of our downtown,” he said. “And this redesign is not by City Hall, but by 80 downtown business owners who have submitted…
AllOTSEGO.com EXCLUSIVE City Hall, OFD Union Spar Over Staff Levels By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Negotiations between City Hall and the Oneonta Professional Firefighters have spilled out into the open. The Oneonta Professional Firefighters accused Mayor Gary Herzig of “mischaracterizing” OPF’s “advocacy for maintaining adequate staffing” of the Oneonta Fire Department in a Dec. 17 press release. OPF President Andrew Turner reiterated the Fire Department’s continuing need for “six trained firefighters…on duty 24/7” in order to keep Oneonta safe. “This…
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul In City To Tour Corning ONEONTA – Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Oneonta today to see the Corning plant and tour Main Street, Mayor Gary Herzig reports. “She was very impressed with Corning’s jobs and the training they give their employees to help them move up in their careers,” said Herzig. “She also spoke with them about the upgrades to the plant.”…
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Herzig: Negotiations Underway Firefighters’ Call For More Staffing Surprises Mayor ONEONTA – The Oneonta city firefighters’ union call for increased staffing in the wake of Tuesday’s Church Street housefire was “surprising,” coming in the midst of contract negotiations, Mayor Gary Herzig said today. “The city has proposed scheduled adjustments that will provide the flexibility needed to ensure optimal staff coverage under all circumstances,” Herzig said.…
Council Names City Airport After Ex-Mayor Sam Nader “This was the single greatest point of pride in my dad’s life,” said former mayor John Nader, as he accepted a plaque this evening after Common Council unanimously voted to rename the Oneonta Municipal Airport as The Albert S. Nader Regional Airport. Nader, president of SUNY Farmington, who drove up for the event, read a statement from his father, who remarked, “I regret that I am unable to be with you tonight,…
Common Council Approves Study for New Downtown Hotel By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Downtown Oneonta could soon be the site of a new boutique hotel. Oneonta’s Common Council authorized the Mayor to contract with the consulting firm, REVPAR International, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia to do a marketing feasibility study for developing a downtown-area boutique hotel during their meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 20. Funded by a state grant of $19,000, the feasibility study will determine if a boutique hotel…
