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05-16-24

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This Week: 05-16-24

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 16, 2024 Front Page Board Candidates Make Case for Support Amid Controversy Oneonta’s Main Street Offers a Variety of Shopping Options Local Teen Reports on Trip to U.S. Capitol for Allergy Fly-In LaCombe Set To Deliver Inaugural Svahn Lecture Inside Festival Appoints New Honorary Life Trustees, Board Members Springbrook, Vêsucré Announce Partnership Many Happy Returns of the Day UUVA Plant Sale Is Saturday RSS Invites Community to MVSC Open House…

Bound Volumes: May 16, 2024

160 YEARS AGO
Important War News—The very day upon which our last paper was printed, the powerful armies of Grant and Lee met in dreadful conflict and once more the blood-stained hills and valleys of Virginia echoed and re-echoed the sound of booming cannon. For several weeks Gen. Grant had been concentrating his forces and perfecting his arrangements; and, as soon as ready, he “moved upon the enemy’s works.” The accounts at hand, up to the hour of writing this article…

Hometown History: May 16, 2024

50 YEARS AGO
Rape victims will now have access to a counseling service in the City of Oneonta which would provide post-assault information on medical and psychological care. Public Safety Board members discussed the idea at a meeting Monday night. Last night the Common Council implemented the program and set up a fund to pay counselors. Safety Board members and Police Chief Joseph DeSalvatore agreed that such a service would be invaluable. The availability of women counselors, trained in psychology, would…