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City Council Seeks Guidance On Fire Readiness

City Council Seeks Guidance On Fire Readiness ONEONTA – Common Council will consider authorizing City Manager Marty Murphy to sign a contract with the Center for Public Safety Management when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. In discussion of acquiring two new fire trucks at the last council meeting, Murphy suggested seeking the center’s guidance in assessing the fire equipment needs so investments in the fleet can be planned.…

Pulitzer-Winning Poet Dennis To Launch Hartwick’s New American Writing Festival

Pulitzer-Winning Poet Dennis To Launch Hartwick’s New American Writing Festival ONEONTA – Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Dennis will be the featured reader at Hartwick College’s two-evening New American Writing Festival Tuesday-Wednesday,Nov. 4-5, in the Shineman Chapel House’s Celebration Room. Also featured will be the work of five Hartwick alumni: Diane Bliss ’81, Lynn Marie Houston ’94, Scot Slaby ’98, Jeffrey Simonds ’10, and Brendan Walsh ’10. The event is free, and open to the public.  Dennis will highlight the event,…

ATV Rider From Long Island Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash

ATV Rider From Long Island Dies From Injuries Suffered In Crash NEW LISBON – Joshua M. Theisen, 24, Medford, Suffolk County, died Wednesday from injuries sustained Sunday in an ATV accident, county Sheriff’s Deputies report. Investigation found that Theisen, who was visiting the area for the weekend, was traveling westbound on Jones Road approximately one half east of the North Welcome Road intersection on a 1998 Honda TRX300FW 4×4 ATV when he lost control of the vehicle and the ATV…

Drains Cut For North Side Rain Gardens ; Southside Soon Complete To Pioneer Alley

Drains Cut For North Side Rain Gardens ; Southside Soon Complete To Pioneer Alley Larry Springer from Central Paving, Ilion, cuts a drain between one of the rain gardens and the gutter this morning, one of the final steps to complete the Village of Cooperstown’s sidewalk project on the north side of Main Street.  Helping is Larry Belsted. Trees – due to be planted in the rain gardens later this month or in early November, after dormancy sets in – will be surrounded by water-friendly plants.…

HIGH COURT WON’T REVISIT ANTI-FRACKING DECISION

HIGH COURT WON’T REVISIT ANTI-FRACKING DECISION The state Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, decided today it will not rehear Norse Energy’s challenge to the Town of Dryden fracking ban, Associated Press is reporting. The court ruled last springt to support Dryden and the Town of Middlefield’s zoning laws prohibiting fracking within town limits.…

Mirroring Siena Poll, Gibson Survey Show Him Leading Eldridge, 56-30%

Mirroring Siena Poll, Gibson Survey Shows Him Leading Eldridge, 56-30% A poll by Public Opinion Strategies on behalf of the Gibson for Congress campaign showed U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19th, leads his Democratic challenger, Sean Eldridge, 56 percent to 30 percent, the incumbent’s campaign announced today. It was district-wide survey of 400 likely voters, reached via landline and cell phone Oct. 14-15 with a margin of error of +/- 4.9 percent in 95 out of 100 cases. The announcement said the new…