Airport neighbors dispute city access through properties

In response to concerns from neighbors of the Albert S. Nader Regional Airport, the city of Oneonta has paused use of a pathway through their properties for construction work.It follows weeks of interactions between the neighbors and representatives of the city about B. George Road, which also has gone by Bert Brown Road and Mather Road.On Monday, Oct. 19, the city’s contracted airport manager, Matthew Kent, came down the unpaved path and had a disagreement with resident Charles Guilford Terry. The path crosses through Terry’s property and both the towns of Milford and Laurens.Terry said Oct. 22 that when he came home that Monday, Kent was standing in his driveway.“You’re trespassing,” Terry said he told Kent. Kent reportedly told him he would be improving the road so that trucks could access the airport by using it.Terry said Kent had brought heavy machinery across the airport property line and onto his, causing damage to the ground beneath it.

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