New York Congressman Marc Molinaro has announced more than 4 million dollars in federal funding has been awarded to the town and city of Oneonta for water infrastructure upgrades. The announcement came during a Monday news confernce at the town’s Robert Wood Water Building in Fortin Park. The funding will allow for the installation of … Read more
New information on damaging weather over the weekend. A survey team from the National Weather Service has determined an EF-1 rated torando tounched down in Herkimer County near the town of West Winfield on Saturday, damaging buildings and uprooting trees. An EF-1 tornado is considered a weak tornado, with winds up to 100 miles per … Read more
A new exhibit at the Fenimore Art Museum celebrates music legend Bob Dylan’s creativity. “Bob Dylan Remastered: Drawings from the Road” features 92 unique and original signed works. Dylan began sketching glimpses of his life on the road at the start of his “Never Ending Tour” in 1988. Works include sketches thatw ere drawn in … Read more
A boil water notice for the city of Norwich was finally lifted on Friday. The Chenango County Health Department implemented the notice on Wednesday for the city’s municipal water supply after routine testing showed inadequate levels of chlorine. The city said the lack of chlorine was due to equipment failure. The city confirmed that repairs … Read more
Oneonta’s new Market Street mural at the Foothills Performing Arts Center will be done by Yulia Avgustinovich. Avgustinovich was chosen as the winner of a competition that closed on June 1st. Both the performing arts center and the Oneonta Public Arts Commission will chip in the funding to pay the artist, who was chosen on … Read more
You will likely see some new technology going up around Oneonta in the very near future. The common council on Tuesday – approved the purchase of new fixed license plate readers for police officers. The technology scans the police car’s surroundings and can read license plates. It then sends that information to a database, and … Read more
Somebody who purchased a lottery ticket in Oneonta is a bit richer today. A winning ticvket was bought at Mirabito on Oneida Street. The ticket was for the Take 5 game – and the winning numbers are 13-18-19-21- and 33. So far, the winner has not yet showed up to claim the prize. The winner … Read more
Opening day for Brigg’s Pool in Wilber Park is scheduled for June 27th. Public Works Director Chris Yacobucci recently told the Daily Star that thigns are on track for the scheduled opening – and no major work needs to be done. Oneonta residents can get free swimming pool access with proof of residency at the … Read more
The regular Oneonta common council mjeeting today will feature discussion about the historic Armory building, and what to do with it moving forward. Right now, which is home to the Oneonta Teen Center and gym, is not ADA compliant. Last year, the city hired an architectural firm to compile a report on the building, and … Read more
You may have noticed work beginning at the Solider’s Monument in Delhi’s Courthouse Square. The work started Monday and is being performed by Lupini Construction of Utica at a cost of around 500-thousand dollars. The initial work involves the removal of the four mortars and the fence around the monument. Those items will then be … Read more