Early Morning Blaze Guts Nate’s Auto, Tire By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department had to shut down the railroad tracks on Railroad Avenue this morning to battle a blaze that destroyed Nate’s Tire & Auto. According to Robert O’Brien, director, Otsego County 911, the call came in at 3:52 a.m. When crews arrived on scene, the garage was engulfed.…
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MAN FOUND DEAD IN EMMONS BARN FIRE By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EMMONS – A man was found dead when Oneonta firefighters responded to a call about a barn fire at 130 Riverstone Road, according to Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. The Oneonta Fire Department was called to the scene of a fully involved barn fire at 11:20 p.m. last night. Schenevus, Milford and Pindars Corners all provided mutual aid, and they were on the scene until 4…
Police, Fire Rescue Woman From Frigid Mill Race Waters By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta police officers and firefighters rushed to the spillway between the Oneonta Creek and Neahwa Park last evening to rescue a woman who had gone into the water in an alleged suicide attempt, OPD Lt. Christopher Witzenburg reports. The woman, 34, was reported missing by family members who told police she had threatened self-harm. She allegedly told her family that she was…
Four Fire Companies Save House Fire Damages Back Porch, Kitchen Of Oneonta Home ONEONTA – A fire at a home on Winney Hill Road in Oneonta started on the back porch and spread into the kitchen, but fire companies were able to put it out before it consumed the whole house, Oneonta Fire Chief Patrick Pidgeon reported. According to Pidgeon, the fire at the house on 290 Winney Hill Road, a neighbor called in the fire, which started on the…
Firefighters Resuscitate Cat At Oneonta Apartment Fire By JENNIFER HILL • Special To ALLOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta firefighters were able to resuscitate a cat rescued from the fire in the Mayrose Apartment complex on Lewis Avenue this evening. “She was pretty much dead when we found her,” said Capt. Rob Latourette. “I gave her oxygen and she revived quickly.” The cat, named Oreo, is owned by Matt Baker, a resident of the apartment, was also treated at the scene for…
Haunting Memory: 2003 Delhi Flood Firefighter Delello Retires After 32 Years With OFD By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 32 years with the Oneonta Fire Department, firefighter Jim Delello’s served his final tour of duty today as a critical care technician with the Oneonta Fire Department. “You see people at their best and their worst,” he said. “It is gratifying to see the effect you have on people’s lives, and it’s good when you can see…
Job Corps Honors Fallen Hero Heller Chris Kuhn, Director of the Oneonta Job Corps Academy, addresses family, friends and firefighters gathered in ‘the octagon,’ a hallway interchange on the third floor of Oneonta Job Corps named in honor of the late John D. Heller, who lost his life in December rescuing his fiancee and their nephews from the Walling Street arson. “We love him and we miss him.” said Kuhn. “It is our hope that when people walk through this space…
Baking Mishap Causes Fire On Cherry Street ONEONTA – Plans for a pan of brownies went awry after an unknown debris in the oven of an apartment at 9 Cherry St. caught fire. According to Jim Maloney, assistant fire chief, the call came in at 8:10 p.m. “They turned on the oven to pre-heat before making brownies and something in the oven caught fire,” he said. “The fire escaped and got into the structure.”…
NEW EVIDENCE PROMPTS D.A. TO FREE TRUITT Unnamed New Suspect Is Sought In Hero’s Death In Oneonta Fire By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – New evidence obtained by Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl has suggested that Terrence Truitt did not set the fatal fire that killed former Oneonta firefighter John D. Heller. Muehl said that he plans to ask the courts to release Truitt from the Otsego County Jail this afternoon. “Our investigation has revealed additional evidence that ethically…
Oneonta Hotel, City Due In Court Tuesday By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Accusing 195 Main Street owners Melania and Nicolae Pervu of “gross negligence” and warning that they are “approaching criminal behavior,” the City of Oneonta will ask County Judge John Lambert to shut down the former Oneonta Hotel during a hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 5. “The situation has now passed far beyond dirty rugs and stained ceiling tiles from a leaking roof,” wrote David Merzig, city…
