New owner planning Oneonta Theatre future

The Daily Star reported on the recent purchase of the historic Oneonta Theatre, and the owner's call for ideas to restore entertainment to the stage and screens at 47 Chestnut St.

``This building has some great potential,'' owner Thomas Cormier said.

The purchase is a ``fine'' resolution to questions about the theater's fate, said Patrice Macaluso, president of the Friends of the Oneonta Theatre. The group formed last year to preserve the historic site, and launched plans to buy the complex in downtown Oneonta. Read more about the theatre and the new nonprofit launced around it here.