#1 DISTRIBUTION CENTER SITE IS, YES, SCHENEVUS Engineers Pick It From 86 Sites With 2 Miles Of I-88 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, (and Otsego Now then-President Sandy Mathes) must have been prescient. A little over three years ago, they proposed 130 acres of level land on a rise to the north of I-88’s Exit 18 at Schenevus for a 250-500-job distribution center, the type used by Amazon, Dollar General, Walmart…
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Candidate Has ‘Experience, Vision’ As Successor, Seward Gets Behind Oberacker ONEONTA – Retiring state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Oneonta, today endorsed Peter Oberacker, the Otsego County representative and independent business owner from Schenevus, to succeed him next year. “I wholeheartedly endorse Peter Oberacker and look forward to calling him my New York State senator,” said the 34-year veteran.…
19TH CANDIDATES IN COUNTY GOP COMMITTEE BACKS LAWYER, VET V. DELGADO By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WORCESTER – Kyle Van De Water, a lawyer, Army veteran and father of three triplets – his daughter, challenged since her days in the womb, has undergone 30 operations in her 10 years – received the unanimous backing of the Otsego and Schoharie county Republican committees’ executive committees here this evening to challenge freshman Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-Rhinebeck, in this fall’s election.…
TAGUE DROPS OUT OF RACE Oberacker Runs For Seward Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – Partner in his father’s market, executive with a multinational food corporation, entrepreneur in his own market-research firm, town supervisor, county representative and, now, candidate for state Senate from the Otsego-County-centric 51st District. Grounded in Main Street and Wall Street, Peter Oberacker confirmed Tuesday, Jan. 28, that he will seek to carry forward the 34-year legacy of the retiring state Sen. Jim…
EDITORIAL Both Parties Should Find Candidates Who Will Ensure Local Successor To Seward This story’s been related in this space before: Congressman Tim Holden, a Democrat from Pennsylvania’s anthracite county, used to tell campaign crowds: “I’m the only one of 435 Congressmen who gets up every morning and says to himself, ‘What can I do for Schuylkill County today?’” It’s also said that if you don’t appreciate what you have, you lose it.” • The vignette and the aphorism are…
TAGUE DROPS OUT OF RACE Oberacker Explores Running For Senate To Succeed Seward SCHENEVUS – County Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who is also president of FormTech Solutions, a national food research consultancy, is exploring running for the 51st District state Senate seat to succeed James L. Seward, he said yesterday. Last evening, Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, considered the front-runner for the nomination. pulled out, saying he has commitments to fulfill in his 102nd District job. Otsego County GOP Chairman Vince…
Energetic Case Made For County Manager Only 10 At Briefing In Oneonta City Hall; Second Session Tuesday In Cooperstown “I don’t think (county government) is run as effectively as the people who elect us should demand it should be,” county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, inset at right, told the 10 people who attended an informational session this evening in Oneonta City Hall on the county Board of Representatives’ plan to create a $150,000 county manager job to run the $116…
DRAMA AT COUNTY BOARD Majority Takes Hold, Sells Mountaintop Lot To Otsego Land Trust Concern: Non-Profit Won’t Pay Property Taxes By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A coalition of Republican and Democratic reps took control of the floor at this morning’s county Board of Representatives’ meeting and approved the $151,000 sale of the 87-acre Rose Hill property to the Otsego Land Trust, a non-profit not required to pay property taxes. The land, atop Panther Mountain on the…
Martini, Oberacker Run For County Board Again Two additional members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives have confirmed they are running for another term: • Freshman county Rep. Adrienne Martini, D-Oneonta, elected in November 2017, announced a few moments ago. • Late last week, county Rep. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, who chairs the county board’s Public Works Committee, also confirmed his intention.…
Prepared, Brimmer Immediately Gets On With The Job At Hand 26-Year Veteran New County Roads Chief By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rich Brimmer believes he’s part of a success story, and as the newly appointed Otsego County highway superintendent, he intends to extend it. Selected yesterday by the county Board of Representatives, he was at the superintendent’s desk this morning, as he’s been as deputy superintendent since Bill Mason – “a great mentor” – retired last…