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This Week: 08-29-24

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 29, 2024 Front Page Trustees Pondering Culverts, ‘Heroes’ Banners, Sign Law Parties Meet To Consider Uses for, Conservation of Former Boy Scout Camp County Offers Advice on Safe Bat Handling Inside Oneonta’s Theis Preps Paris Paralympics Team for Race Group Discusses Spay/Neuter, Solutions to Unwanted Pet Problem Non-lead Ammo Rebate Offered to Deer Hunters Farmers’ Museum Prepares for Seasonal Favorite Harvest Festival News Briefs News Briefs: August 29, 2024 Summer…

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Happenin’ Otsego; 08-30-24

READING PROGRAM—1 p.m. “Summer Reading Program Sundae Party.” Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main Street, Richfield Springs. (607) 858-0230 or visit https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064602523166…

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Trustees Pondering Culverts, ‘Heroes’ Banners, Sign Law

The two most-discussed topics at the Cooperstown Village Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, August 26 had trustees looking both low and high across the village landscape. On the one hand was an issue related to amending a Special Use Permit in order to allow the construction of dwellings over a stream and culvert on a private property in the village. On the other hand was whether to pursue a request made by interested parties to update village law in…

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County Offers Advice on Safe Bat Handling

In an effort to combat potential human and pet exposure to a possibly infected bat, the Otsego County Rabies Information and Statistics webpage directs people to an informative, three-minute, 10-second video produced by the Minnesota Department of Health about how you can safely remove a bat from your living space.…

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Skunk Tests Positive for Rabies

The skunk was found to be acting abnormally and tested positive for rabies on Saturday, August 24. According to the report, several farm animals were exposed to the skunk. All were up to date with their rabies vaccine. There was human exposure, and the individual is being treated with post exposure prophylaxis, officials said.…

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Oneonta’s Theis Preps Paris Paralympics Team for Race

“We are doing great! Completed one week pre-Paralympic training in Italy and just arrived to Paris last night,” Theis wrote in an e-mail. “We were welcomed at the airport by friendly people and a full security detail. We had our first practice on the venue and later today we go through the Team USA Welcome Experience, where gear is distributed. Everyone is healthy, focused, and ready to race!”…

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Non-lead Ammo Rebate Offered to Deer Hunters

New York deer hunters can receive a $60.00 rebate for non-lead ammunition purchased for the 2024-25 season. Fragments from lead ammunition can travel up to 18 inches through a carcass from the point of impact, and pose a serious health risk to animals further up the food chain.…

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