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No Word Yet On CFA Ec-Dev Grants

No Word Yet On CFA Ec-Dev Grants Governor Cuomo’s announcement of CFA economic-development grants will not happen this week, and perhaps not next week, according to Jason Conwall, spokesman for the Empire State Development Corp. Originally, the announcement had been expected around Labor Day, the traditional start of the fall campaign season, but that had been delayed to mid-October and, now, beyond.  …

Housing Visions

Plan For 60 Dwelling Units In City Long In Gestation, Developer Says By LIBBY CUDMORE• allotsego.com ONEONTA – When Ben Lockwood, vice president of Housing Visions, came to Oneonta six years ago, he knew he had the tools to fill a need. “I saw the Oneonta really needed housing,” he said. “The student population puts a stress on low-income residents who need access to their jobs, services and shopping.” That project fell through.  But Wednesday, at the city Planning Commission meeting,…

250 Alumni, Spouses Due At 50th Fete

250 Alumni, Spouses Due At 50th Fete By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 Louis C. Jones was on a Guggenheim in the Virgin Islands when Stephen C. Clark invited him to Cooperstown for “a chat.” According to one story, the Joneses hadn’t brought a can opener and were unable to find one in the Caribbean, and Louie off-handedly told wife Aggie this would be a chance to pick up one up. Interviewed on…

AS OF 3 P.M. TODAY, FOCUS TOOK OVER OTSEGO MANOR

AS OF 3 P.M. TODAY, FOCUS TOOK OVER OTSEGO MANOR INDEX – The shift that punched out at 3 p.m. today at Otsego Manor worked for the County of Otsego. The shift that punched in works for Focus Ventures, the private operator of nursing homes, based in Airmont, Rockland County, that now owns the county nursing home. The plan had been to close the deal last Thursday, said county Rep. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, who had been chairing the Otsego Manor Facilities…

13 Purple Hearts Meet, Remember

13 Purple Hearts Meet, Remember By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 When Doug Walker returned home from Vietnam in 1967, he was told to wear his civilian clothes. “We were not very welcome,” he said. But on Sunday, Sept. 28, Walker sat down in the Doubleday Café with 15 veterans of the 2nd Platoon, Mike Company, 3/9 Marines, 13 of them Purple Heart recipients, in a gathering organized by Warren Ryther of Garrattsville. “They…