Man Killed At Loading Dock ONEONTA – An man was killed this morning at Stericycle on Lower River Street after he became stuck between a tractor trailer that was backing up and a loading dock. The investigation is ongoing. Check back for details.…
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ANDREASSEN BORN AT BASSETT Singer Returns To Coop, ‘Mythical (Natal) Land’ COOPERSTOWN – For Kristin Andreassen, the singer, poet and dancer, her Cooperstown Concert Series performance at 7:30 this Saturday at The Otesaga will be something of a homecoming. “Point of interest – I was BORN in Cooperstown. (Yes, I’m a Bassett baby),” she wrote www.allotsego.com in an e-mail the other day. “So I’m extra psyched to be visiting.” She was raised in Portland, Ore., but “my dad was interning…
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Second Occupant Arrested After Police Discover Pot ONEONTA – A 22-year-old woman was arrested for possession of marijuana during the investigation of a burglary at her home. Cassandra A. Goodspeed, 22, was arrested yesterday after an investigation into a robbery at 73 Center St. early Tuesday morning, during which police found 9.6 pounds of marijuana and a quantity of concentrated cannabis. She was charged with criminal possession of marijuana in the second degree, a class D felony, and criminal possession…
GOP Majority Backs Chair’s IDA Nominee Otsego Now Opponent Rick Hulse Will Serve On Otsego Now Board COOPERSTOWN – Rick Hulse, who had been at odds with the Otsego Now board during his one term as a county board representative, today was appointed by the county board to represent it on the Otsego Now board. “I have serious concern about oversight they have been receiving in recent years,” said county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who championed Hulse’s appointment. The…
Oneonta Teen Arrested On Robbery, Assault Charges ONEONTA – An 18-year-old was arrested Tuesday on charges of robbery and assault stemming from a home invasion in early January. Duquan Davis, 18, of Oneonta, was arrested yesterday and charged with four felonies after an investigation into a robbery last month, where he was alleged to have stolen money from a home. He was charged with Robbery in the first degree, class B felony, Burglary in the first degree, class B felony, Criminal use…
Merger To Delay Rural Broadband COOPERSTOWN – Word on whether Otsego County will win funding for a much-hoped rural broadband project has been put on hold until at least July, Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes told Otsego County Board of Representatives this morning. County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, expressed dismay at the news: “Children who can’t access the Internet at home are at a severe disadvantage. re we going to have to wait four more years? That’s an entire class that…
Farewell To Cooperstown Stalwart; ‘Hub’ Is ‘Food Innovation District’ THIS WEEK’S EDITIONS AVAILABLE AT THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ENJOY CONVENIENCE OF FREEMAN’S JOURNAL HOME DELIVERY…
SLA Immediately Shuts Legends, Choice Ultra Underage Drinking Alleged After Raids ALBANY – The state Liquor Authority today issued two emergency suspensions of licenses of two Oneonta bars: Legends Filling Station at 84 Main St., Choice Ultra Lounge at 3-5 Market St. The suspensions were ordered today by Chairman Vincent Bradley and Commissioner Kevin Kim at a regular meeting of the full board. Effective immediately, no alcohol can be served or consumed on the premises. Following complaints of underage drinking…
Clark Might Appoint Hulse To Otsego Now IDA Foe Would Fill One Of 9 IDA Seats COOPERSTOWN – Rick Hulse, a foil to Otsego Now’s economic-development initiatives when he was a county representative, may be nominated by county Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, to Otsego Now’s board at the county Board of Representatives’ monthly meeting at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Clark was at a NYSAC conference in Albany today, and didn’t respond to an e-mail. But a Clark ally on the…