Oneonta Mayor Daniel Buttermann opened the meeting by announcing the launch of “Community Conversations,” a series of open forums intended to bring residents into earlier, more frequent dialogue with city leadership.…
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I recently contacted my local Common Council representative inquiring about the status of Brewery Ommegang’s potential purchase of the historic property known locally for its former longtime occupant, the Stella Luna Restaurant, and its owners, the Avanzato family.…
Shortly before the event kicked off, Frazier sat down for an exclusive interview with AllOtsego. She emphasized her former presence on the City of Oneonta Common Council from 2017-2019 as a signifier of her past experience in office and in understanding the network needed to balance higher and lower levels of government.…
The roundabout construction project at the intersection of State Route 7 (Main Street), State Route 23 (James F. Lettis Highway), and Maple Street in downtown Oneonta is entering its final stages. Traffic in all but one direction had reopened as of the morning of Friday, November 21.…
In addition to continuing to build his relationship with city staff, Buttermann said his priorities for the first 100 days of his mayoralty will include filling various boards and commissions that have vacancies or scheduled reappointments.…
We have come to expect low voter turnout for off-year elections, and history shows that the party not in control of the government tends to benefit from this. We are, however, somewhat taken aback by what appears to be a lack of effort on the part of some of those running for office this year.…
Many of the more than a dozen area residents in attendance were there for another reason, however: to hear updates on, and to voice concerns about, the airport’s runway obstruction clearance project. The project has been an ongoing topic of distress within the community since April, when the Common Council approved a resolution to accept a Federal Aviation Administration grant.…
As someone who had attended the most recent Common Council meeting, I admire Mayor Mark Drnek’s tenacity about having money allocated to improving Damaschke Field and paid parking.…
An opening reception on Friday night at the Cooperstown Art Association, registration for this weekend's SQSPCA Barktoberfest and Dog Show, a reading by The Writrixes in Cherry Valley, and CCS sports results are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
It’s budget season. “There’s a lot we don’t know,” said Adrienne Martini, a member of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, to a group of about 15 people gathered in the community room at Green Earth Health Market on the morning of Saturday, September 13.…
