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Well-Wishers Fill Courtroom #1 For Seward, Devlin Swearings-In

Well-Wishers Fill Courtroom #1 For Seward, Devlin Swearings-In Sheriff Recalls Judge’s Prediction Of Heroin Scourge, Vows To Fight On COOPERSTOWN – Four years ago today in Courtroom #1, Otsego County Judge Brian Burns issued the first alarm to an astonished crowd:  He expected heroin would be the biggest scourge the judicial system would face during his term. Today, Judge Burns swore in county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin for a third term, and the lawman ruefully recalled the jurist’s prediction, which proved…

Oneonta Woman Arrested As Fla. Fugitive

Oneonta Woman Arrested As Fla. Fugitive ONEONTA – An Oneonta woman, Vickie E. Tolbert-Dwyer, 46, who allegedly fled from southern Florida last summer, was arrested Sunday afternoon at her 42 River St. home by Otsego County sheriff’s investigators as a fugitive from justice.…

Fracking, Not Casinos, Would Better Benefit

Fracking, Not Casinos, Would Better Benefit Upstate NY Economy, Columnist Concludes By banning fracking and backing casinos, Governor Cuomo got it backwards, New York Times’ columnist Joe Nocera opined in Saturday’s newspaper. “Anyone who cares about the economic viability of New York State should be troubled by these two decisions,” Nocera wrote.  “It is fracking — despite risks — that has the potential to boost struggling communities, by providing well-paying, middle-class jobs. Casinos, meanwhile, are a road to nowhere. The…