Holiday Lanes Hosts Rigas Bowling Lessons For 2nd Year
Holiday Lanes Hosts Rigas
Bowling Lessons For 2nd Year
2 OneontasDip Toe IntoGeothermal
2 Oneontas
Dip Toe Into
Geothermal
Consultant Explores Applying
Method To Main St., Southside
By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal
WEST ONEONTA – Geothermal energy fever is sweeping Greater Oneonta.
First the city and now the town are “seriously considering” going geothermal, using heat from beneath the earth to warm above-earth homes.
Jay Egg, a geothermal system consultant, met at length with City Manager George Korthauer and other staffers Tuesday, April 9, and is due back at City Hall this week with initial findings.
Wednesday, April 10, he briefed the Oneonta Town Board and the full audience in attendance.
Both municipalities are asking Egg for feasibility studies, the city for pairing geothermal development with replacing the South Main Street water main; the town, for doing the same on a loop that would be created for the Southside water district.
There are unknowns, said Town Supervisor Bob Wood. “We don’t know how much this would cost,” he said. “It will likely be at least a couple millions of dollars.”
Other unknowns are how much heat would be produced, how much it would cost, the return on investment, and home many businesses and homes need to connect.
Regardless, Egg said it’s a reality renewable energy will replace fossil fuels in the coming years, especially given New York State’s current incentives to switch.
Oneonta Man, 62, Airlifted From Walmart Parking Lot After Hit Crossing Route 23
Oneonta Man, 62, Airlifted
From Walmart Parking Lot
After Hit Crossing Route 23
ONEONTA – An Oneonta man with “serious injuries” was airlifted from the Walmart parking lot to a Binghamton area hospital last evening after he was struck by a car while crossing Route 23 on near the big box store, state police report.
Steven A. Grant, 62, was reportedly injured at 6:54 p.m.
$8.7 M. SOUGHT TO UPGRADE LETTIS, BUILD SIDEWALKS
$8.7 M. SOUGHT TO
UPGRADE LETTIS
ONEONTA – The city and town of Oneonta yesterday applied for an $8.7 million state DOT grant to make Lettis Highway safer and more attractive and to build sidewalks between Home Depot and Lowes on Southside.
The grant application was approved at a special common council meeting Wednesday night to meet the deadline. Mayor Gary Herzig said he expects to hear on the application by January.
Head-On, 2-Car Crash Snarls Southside Traffic
Head-On, 2-Car Crash
Snarls Southside Traffic
Oneonta AAA Finds New Home On Southside
Oneonta AAA Finds
New Southside Home
Gas Line Leak Shuts Down Route 23
Gas Leak Shuts Down Route 23
ONEONTA – Route 23 near WalMart was shut down to traffic and residents were evacuated from the Lantern Hill trailer park after workers hit a 6–inch gas line that supplies Southside, Angel Heights and Davenport.
Denny’s Celebrates Remodel With Ribbon Cutting, Specials
Denny’s Celebrates Remodel
With Ribbon Cutting, Specials
Southside Welcomes Five Star Urgent Care
Southside Welcomes
Five Star Urgent Care
Fire Chief: Christopher’s Fire Started In Dining Room
Fire Chief: Christopher’s Blaze
Started In Front Dining Room
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – The overnight fire that destroyed Christopher’s Restaurant on Southside started in the front right corner of the building, a dining area, according to Oneonta Fire Chief Patrick Pigeon.
A passerby called the fire in at 2:20 a.m. and crews arrived less than five minutes later to find the fire fully involved. “We started an aggressive attack through the front doors, but after 10 minutes, we realized it wasn’t going to work,” said Pigeon. “The fire was already up in the roof system.”
According to Pigeon, they spent another 20 minutes inside trying to battle the blaze, but with so many rooms, the fire was impossible to contain. “We would douse one room, and the fire would just be pushed to the next,” he said.
Fire Destroys Christopher’s Restaurant
FIRE DESTROYS
CHRISTOPHER’S
Oneonta Landmark Burns Overnight
By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – The Oneonta Fire Department is still on the scene after an early morning blaze destroyed landmark Christopher’s Restaurant on Southside.
The call came into the city fire department at 2:20 a.m. and professional firefighters arrived on the scene to find the restaurant fully engulfed. “It no longer exists,” said fireman Al Sayers Lutz. “It’s been completely destroyed.”
McDonalds Manager Named Outstanding Manager
Southside McDonald’s Manager
Wins Top Honors For Restaurant
ONEONTA – John Crotts, General Manager of the McDonald’s on Southside, knows that it’s all about service with a smile.
“I enjoy my job,” he said. “We have a good time here.”
And last week, Crotts was once again given the McDonald’s Outstanding Restaurant Managers award for the Philadelphia Region, which spans from Pennsylvania to Watertown, as well as parts of New Jersey and Delaware. “It goes to the top 10 percent of General Managers across 14,000 restaurants nationwide,” he said. “It’s really nice to get.”
High Winds Take Down Southside Sign
High Winds Take Down
Southside Eatery Sign
Holiday Inn Express Unveiled, But Neighbors Voice Concerns
Holiday Inn Express Unveiled,
But Neighbors Voice Concerns
Somewhere Over The Rainbow…
Somewhere Over The Rainbow…
