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Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator

LEN CARSON, R-DISTRICT 13 Experience In EMS, Business Will Guide County Legislator By JIM KEVLIN – for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Should it be any surprise that “the possibility of public service” caused Len Carson to run for the Otsego County Board of Representatives in District 13, representing Ward 5 (outer Chestnut Street) and the city’s fabled Sixth Ward? As a teenager, he became an Eagle Scout.   Even before graduating from Laurens Central School in 1983, he was a volunteer firefighter in his…

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Santa Does Stand-Up

DAH-DUM-DUM-DUM… Santa Does Stand-Up What do you call a line of men waiting for a haircut? A barberqueue Why was the turkey in the pop group? Because he was the only one with drumsticks! What do you call a boomerang that does not come back? A stick…

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Three Arrested In WalMart Drug Bust

Three Arrested In WalMart Drug Bust ONEONTA – Three Mount Vision residents were arrested this afternoon on a variety of charges after investigators observed “suspicious activity” in the WalMart parking lot on Southside Drive, Oneonta. On Thursday, Dec. 15, investigators observed a suspected drug deal in the Walmart parking lot and observed, in plain view, two pills in a plastic baggie inside the vehicle.  They traced the vehicle’s owner, Jason Lee Foster, 33, and determined that earlier that morning, he left…

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Neil Manley, 66; Bassett Employee

IN MEMORIAM:  Neil Manley, 66; Bassett Employee SPRINGFIELD – Neil Manley, 66, a 26-year Bassett Hospital, passed away Dec. 18, 2015 due to complications from a heart attack. He was born Nov. 11, 1949, the son of Russell and Esther Manley (who predeceased him) In addition to his tenure at Bassett, he worked for nine years at Nathan Littauer Hospital in Gloversville.…

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University Police To Be Santa For 40 Local Needy Children

University Police To Be Santa For 40 Local Needy Children ONEONTA – The University Police at SUNY Oneonta hope to start a new holiday tradition tomorrow, hosting the first annual “Cop Shop” to benefit children from underprivileged families within the Oneonta community:  Police will distribute donated gifts to approximately 40 children between the ages of 3-5. “Our goal is to help make things a little easier for these families this holiday season,” said Officer Denise Natoli. “Each child will be…

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Land Trust Names Winter As New Executive Director

Land Trust Names Winter As New Executive Director COOPERSTOWN – John Winter, former executive director of the Woodstock Land Conservancy in the Catskills, will join the Otsego Land Trust as executive director on Jan. 4, the Land Trust announced today. “John’s depth of experience makes him an ideal fit for the job, especially as the land trust continues to grow and expand its operations,” Search Committee co-chairs Caleb Wertenbaker and Martha Frey said in a statement. He succeeds Virginia Kennedy.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.