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$16.7M Upgrades Proposed For Jail

COUNTY BOARD APRIL MEETING $16.7M Upgrades Proposed For Jail 32-Cell “Pod” Would Let One Officer  Survey Whole Block From One Post By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – An engineering firm specializing in prisons this morning proposed $16.8 million in renovations and expansions to  the 25-year-old Otsego County Correctional Facility at The Meadows, including a futuristic 32-cell “pod” addition , to the county Board of Representatives. Which begged the question, and county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, asked it:  “What…

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Child Abuse Cases Rising, Otsego County Reps Told

COUNTY BOARD APRIL MEETING Child Abuse Cases Rising, Otsego County Reps Told COOPERSTOWN – Bill Hayes, retired Bassett Hospital social worker and local coordinator of National Child Abuse Prevention Month in Otsego County, told the county board at its monthly meeting this morning that 41 more cases of child abuse were reported locally in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the first quarter last year. Most of the cases are not life-threatening; they involve unnecessary physical abuse, neglect and…

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Ailing College Student Brings ‘Be The Match’ To Cooperstown

Ailing College Student Brings ‘Be The Match’ To Cooperstown  COOPERSTOWN – Stephanie Talaia-Murray was diagnosed with leukemia in the fall of last year. The 21-year-old geology major at Hamilton College was stunned by the news from her doctor at Bassett Hospital. “I had some facial lesions that prompted me to make an appointment to get checked out,” recalls Talaia-Murray.  “It was during my treatment for the skin problem that a blood test showed my white blood cell count was quite low.…

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$200,000 OFFSETS POLICING COSTS

$200,000 OFFSETS POLICING COSTS Seward’s ‘Pilot Program’ Approved For 2 Cities Hosting SUNY Campuses ONEONTA – $200,000 is en route to the City of Oneonta to offset policing costs that result from being a SUNY host community, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced a few minutes ago. The money was included in the 2016-17 state budget agreed upon by the state Senate, the Assembly and Governor Cuomo by last week’s April 1 deadline. “This is a big win for Oneonta,” said…

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Nelson Shaw, 72; C&W Stars At Fair Pampered Him

IN MEMORIAM: Nelson Shaw, 72; C&W Stars At Fair Pampered Him MORRIS – Nelson Shaw Jr., 72, an Otsego County Fair groundskeeper who was a favorite of Minnie Pearl, Loretta Lynn and other country stars who played here over the decades, died April 1, 2016, at the Chestnut Park Nursing Home in Oneonta. The son of Ruth (Sickler) and Nelson Shaw, Sr., Nelson was born Dec. 19, 1943, in Oneonta.  He attended Morris Central School and was a longtime member…

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Carol Ann Brannigan, 64; L.I. Native Longtime Employee At Bassett

IN MEMORIAM:  Carol Ann Brannigan, 64; L.I. Native Longtime Employee At Bassett  MILFORD – Carol Ann Brannigan, a longtime employee in Bassett Hospital’s accounts receivable office, passed away Sunday morning, April 3, 2016, at Bassett. She was 64. A native of Long Island, she was born Nov. 9, 1951, in Huntington , a daughter of the late Mike and Rosalyn (Smidt) Spunt. On May 5, 1973, Carol Ann married Harry George Brannigan in Huntington. For the past 27 years they…

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