It’s not the Mohawk Valley, says Otego’s Buzz Hesse [Editor’s note: This piece comes from the careful pen of Buzz Hesse, Otego, New York, resident and an expert on New York’s geography and geology.] Did you know we now live in the Mohawk Valley Region? Traveling east on I-88 at Otego, New York exit 12 (mile marker 46), there is a relatively new New York State sign promoting the state’s tourism. At the bottom of the sign, in huge letters,…
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2 Officers, Driver Save Injured Hawk On I-81 County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Stalter, top left, a licensed falconer, and DEC Officer Tim Card hold up a Red Tail hawk, since nicknamed Lucky, they rescued Tuesday from Interstate 81. Deputy Frank Koren Jr., inset right, the first officer who responded to the scene, kept his new buddy warm in a Christmas sweater. According to sheriff’s deputies, driver Maureen Richter saw the injured bird while traveling on I-88 in the Town of…
Trooper, Adults, Child Hurt In 3-Car Crash Driver Slams Into Police SUV On I-88 SCHENEVUS – A state trooper, two adults and a child were hospitalized after a Richmondville woman, 32, failed to move over on Interstate 88, and smashed into the back of a stopped state police SUV hard enough to drive it into a third car that had been pulled over for a traffic stop, police report. The trooper was from the Oneonta Barracks, Troop C, and the…
Rig Driver Ejected In 1st Fatal XNG Crash Gas Leaks, 80 Homes Evacuated Near I-88 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, a key player in shifting gas-carrying XNG trucks out of Otsego County, said the truck crash west if Binghamton that killed a 52-year-old driver was a predictable tragedy. This was the first fatal accident involving an XNG truck since the “virtual pipeline” emerged after state regulators blocked the proposed Constitution Pipeline in…
ARTICLE UPDATED 5 Homes Evacuated After Gas-Bearing Rig Flips On Interstate 88 Tractor-Trailer Not XNG’s, Company Says CENTRAL BRIDGE – A tractor-trailer carrying compressed natural gas overturned Sunday morning on Interstate 88, shutting the highway and resulting in the precautionary evacuation of five homes, the Schenectady Gazette is reporting this morning. The rig was not owned by XNG, that company that had been routing trucks through Otsego County, according to company Vice President Matt Smith. Since last fall, most of…
Truck Overturns On I-88 Near Sidney SIDNEY – I-88 is open again following a tractor-trailer accident that left the truck driver injured and fuel and cargo scattered on the roadside. James E. Witt, 40, Scio was traveling eastbound on I-88 in Sidney when he traveled off the southern shoulder and traveled approximately 500 feet before striking earth embankment and overturning on its side. Unadilla and Wells Bridge Fire Departments were dispatched to the scene at 5:23 p.m. and the Witt…
Anti-Faso Billboard Erected Over I-88…
Double-Slaying Suspect Taken Into Custody After I-88 Crash By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHOHARIE – The suspect in last night’s double homicide in Laurens was taken into custody following a crash on I-88 in Schoharie, according to Sheriff Tony Desmond. According to Desmond, sheriff’s deputies received a “Be On The Lookout” alert for a red Chevy Colorado pickup truck from the Otsego County Sheriff’s department. Deputies stationed near Richmondville saw a truck matching the description headed eastbound on…