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1,500 Revelers Evoke COVID-Spread Fears

1,500 Revelers Evoke COVID-Spread Fears By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NEW LISBON – County Treasurer Allen Ruffles arrived on the scene Thursday, Oct. 8, to issue a friendly advisory to organizers of the 23rd annual NY Harvest Fest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally. “We told them they couldn’t stay there,” said Ruffles, who was accompanied by county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. The day before, the county had seized the 144 acres for back taxes, he told owner George…

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Harvest Fest Organizer Arrested For Trespassing, Nuisance

FARMER WHO ORGANIZED FEST UNDER ARREST As 1,500 Gathered On Hill, Knarich Ignored Warnings, Sheriff Alleges By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NEW LISBON – The organizer of what’s been described as a pro-marijuana-legalization festival that drew as many as 1,500 people to a rural hilltop over the weekend was arrested this morning. George A. Knarich, 55, is charged with violating Governor Cuomo’s executive orders against COVID-Era mass gatherings on land, it is further alleged, that had been seized…

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