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ONEONTA – Numbers just in from Republican headquarters in Oneonta show veteran Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, has held on to the 121st District for a 14th term.
Magee turned back Republican John Salka, the Brookfield town supervisor and member of the Madison County legislature, 24,818 to 22,975.
Killer Knapp Dies In Prison; Guilty In SUNY Coed’s Death ONEONTA – Ricky Knapp, the man convicted of the 1977 death of SUNY Oneonta student, has died in Mohawk Correctional Facility, according to prison records. Knapp, 66, died March 8, having served 40 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a 1978 manslaughter conviction in the death of 18-year-old Linda Velzy, a SUNY student from Long Island. According to reports, Velzy was last seen Dec. 9 1977, hitchhiking in downtown Oneonta.…
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HE’LL CHALLENGE ASSEMBLYMAN SALKA Dan Buttermann Makes It Official Democrat Primary Possible In 121st ONEONTA – Dan Buttermann made it official today: The Oneonta Democrat plans to challenge Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, for the 121st Assembly District seat, although he first may face a Democratic primary next June. The 121st includes the bulk of Otsego County, including Oneonta and Cooperstown, all of Madison County and part of Oneida. The 2020 election will be Nov. 3. “I am deeply concerned about the future of our district, state and country,” Buttermann said in a press release. “I fear that failure to invest…