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August 2014 - Page 16
Public Invited To Hillside Commons Opening Reception ONEONTA – The public is invited to the opening reception for Hillside Commons, the new 320-student housing project on Blodgett Drive, north of the SUNY Oneonta campus, 5-7 p.m. Tuesday. Built by Newman Development Corp., the project offers upscale student house, including exercise rooms, computer rooms and common lounges in a three-story apartment house.…
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Volunteer Diving Team Recovers ‘Blue Jeans,’ Sailboat Lost In 1995 COOPERSTOWN – The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Volunteer Divers Team located and refloated the sailboat “Blue Jeans” that sank in Otsego Lake in 1995. In late July, the dive team investigated side scan sonar images from a July 2012 remote sensing survey and found the sailboat, with sails and rigging intact. A series of dives to 98 feet was undertaken to bring the Blue Jeans back to the surface undamaged.…
SUNY Oneonta’s Jacqueline Bennett Receives Patent For ‘Green’ Process ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta’s Dr. Jacqueline Bennett has received a patent for her invention of a new chemical process that’s safer, greener and more efficient than traditional methods used to make imines, a class of chemical compounds that has household and industrial applications. Chemical processes used to create essential materials often consume large quantities of relatively toxic compounds that are later disposed of as hazardous waste. Bennett’s research focuses on finding…
Nimble Arts Circus A High Point Of Belgium Comes To Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Some 3,000 revellers return again this weekend for Brewery Ommegang’s annual Belgium Comes To Cooperstown summer beer festival, with a highpoint the performances of Nimble Arts Circus at 12:30 and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Route 33 venue south of the village. …
NORSE ENERGY ASKS HIGH COURT TO RECONSIDER MIDDLEFIELD BAN ALBANY – Norse Energy Corp. has filed a motion to appeal the state Court of Appeals decision upholding fracking bans in the towns of Middlefield and Dryden. As a precedent, Norse’s lawyer Thomas West cites a ban on fracking in Longmont, Colo., that was overturned. Supporters of the New York bans point out that they do not specifically ban fracking, only assert Middlefield and Dryden’s “home rule” right to regulate heavy…
Congressional Hopeful Eldridge To Open Oneonta Office ONEONTA – Sean Eldridge, the Democratic nominee for Congress from the 19th District that includes Otsego County, is opening an Oneonta office at 152-154 Main St. He plans to update supporters on the campaign at an opening reception 10:30-noon Saturday, Aug. 16.…
STATE APPROVES COUNTY SALE OF OTSEGO MANOR TO INVESTOR COOPERSTOWN – The state Department of Health has approved a “certificate of need,” the final hurdle to completing the sale of Otsego Manor, the county nursing home, to Focus Ventures of Rockland County. County Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who chairs the Otsego Manor Committee, received word at mid-morning today. “We don’t know yet when we will be able to close,” said said. “A lot has to happen first in addition to…