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2 Men Arrested In Cooperstown Raid On Heroin, Marijuana Related Charges COOPERSTOWN – Two Cooperstown men, Ryan R. West, 22, and Timothy L. Pirone, 20, were arrested this morning after a raid of their apartment at 43 Pioneer St. and charged with “a multitude of drug-related charges,” Village Police Chief Michael K. Covert announced. Village police received information in early September of suspected drug possession and usage in the 43 Pioneer, Covert said in a press released. Officers and the District…
SUNY Shares Ishmael Beah’s Story With High School Students…
Conservatives To Decide Tuesday On Hartwick Primary The state Conservative Party’s executive committee meets Tuesday, and will decide then whether David Butler or Juli Sharratt will appear on the party’s line for Hartwick town supervisor on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, according to Shaun Marie Levine, committee member from Schenectady. When primary absentee ballots were counted Sept. 17, the Republican, Democratic and Conservative primaries were all tied. The GOP town committee then gave its endorsement to Bob O’Brien, and…
Closing $9.2 Million Gap ‘Daunting, Do-able,’ County Treasurer Declares COOPERSTOWN – Closing the $9.2 million gap in Otsego County’s prospective 2016 budget is both “daunting and do-able,” county Treasurer Dan Crowell said today of what will be his seventh budget. He added, “I haven’t been through a budget year that’s been easy.” He was commenting after county Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, Budget Review Committee chair, sent out a notice that preliminary budget meetings will be at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.…
Gibson Bill Will Rename Post Office For WWII Medal Of Honor Winner WASHINGTON D.C. – Otsego County’s congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19th, announced a few minutes ago that the House of Representatives approved legislation he authored to rename the Post Office at 90 Cornell St. in Kingston in honor of Staff Sgt. Robert H. Dietz, a Medal of Honor recipient who was killed in action during World War II. The bill passed the House today, September 24, with unanimous bipartisan support. “Having served…
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Strategic Plan Kickoff Sets Outreach Schedule REVIEW OTSEGO COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN SCOPE OF SERVICES…
SUNY’s ‘Common Read’ Author Urges Students To Help Others By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Before he even knew he wanted to be a writer, Ishmael Baeh was learning the fundamentals of storytelling. “My father and I would play a game where he would put me on his shoulders and he would play he was blind,” he said. “I had to tell him the world. He would pretend to walk into the wall, into the fire, and I would…
Hall Leadership Remembers Yogi As Icon, Legend, Great American “Yogi Berra was an American icon, whose impact on baseball and everyday American culture was enormous. Yogi connected with every baseball fan, as a 10-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees, as one of the world’s most notable personalities, and as one of baseball’s most beloved Hall of Fame members. His contributions to our game and to our country will never be forgotten. The National Baseball Hall of Fame…