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Lagan Sentenced To 6½-Year Term In Federal Prison

Lagan Sentenced To 6½-Year Term In Federal Prison COOPERSTOWN – Thomas Lagan, one of the investors in a 2015 effort to build a downtown hotel here,  was sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison this morning for allegations arising from the disposal of an estate after the deaths of philanthropists Warren and Pauline Bruggeman, RPI benefactors, the Times Union is reporting. In all, the Bruggeman and other estates involved the misallocation of $12 million, the newspaper reported.…

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SUNY Oneonta Alumnus New NYPD Commissioner

Dermot Shea Graduated In 1990 SUNY Oneonta Alumnus New NYPD Commissioner ONEONTA – Dermot Shea, a 1990 SUNY Oneonta graduate, became the 44th Commissioner of the New York City Police department by Mayor Bill de Blasio in a public ceremony held at One Police Plaza on Dec. 2.  He was appointed by the mayor in November. In April 2014, he was appointed to deputy commissioner of operations by then Commissioner William Bratton. Prior to this appointment, Shea had been a…

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Police, Fire Rescue Woman From Mill Race Waters

Police, Fire Rescue Woman From Frigid Mill Race Waters By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta police officers and firefighters rushed to the spillway between the Oneonta Creek and Neahwa Park last evening to rescue a woman who had gone into the water in an alleged suicide attempt, OPD Lt. Christopher Witzenburg reports. The woman, 34, was reported missing by family members who told police she had threatened self-harm. She allegedly told her family that she was…

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Walter J. Hribar, 84; Korean War Vet, Worked In Frankfort

IN MEMORIAM:  Walter J. Hribar, 84; Korean War Vet, Worked In Frankfort RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Walter J. Hribar, 84, a Korean War veteran and longtime Richfield Springs resident, passed away peacefully on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in his home. He had the comfort of his loving family at side. Walter was born on March 6, 1935, in Fly Creek, son of the late Anthony and Anna Pope Hribar. A lifelong area resident, he was educated at Richfield Springs Central School.…

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Geri Asp Scheele, 86; Teacher, Artist, Loved Gardens, Nature

IN MEMORIAM: Geri Asp Scheele, 86; Teacher, Artist, Loved Gardens, Nature ONEONTA — Geri Mae Asp Scheele, 86, passed away Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019, during convalescence at Fox Nursing Home &d Rehabilitation Center from a late October fall. She was a resident for the past 10 years at The Plains at Parish Homestead, and had lived for 45 years before on Irving Place. Gerri was born on Sept. 19, 1933, in Holdrege, Neb., to Esther Marilla Jenkins Asp and Everett…