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In ‘Extreme Pain,’ Driver At Bassett After Viaduct Crash Stilson Faces Felonies, OPD Reports By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – “In extreme pain,” Shawn N. Stilson, 27, Oneonta, walked into the police station at 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning, bleeding from multiple cuts and complaining of pain, according to Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner. “He told police he had crashed his car and been ejected,” said Brenner. Officers investigated and found Stilson’s car had broken through the fence…
53-Foot Trailer Bears City Logo Shearers Rig Tells Nation: ‘We’re Onta Something’…
CLYDE, MILLIE WRIGHT HONORED Hartwick Christens Field After College Benefactors…
FAITHFUL BULLISH AT ANNUAL DINNER ‘Remain Laser Focused,’ DiNapoli Tells Democrats State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who keynoted last evening’s county Democratic annual dinner, urged the party faithful to focus “laser-focused” on the presidential election in November 2020. “My fear it that we will make the mistake again of looking for perfection,” he said, “and in the end it will hurt us … Reach outside your comfort zone of your support base and don’t just talk to people who agree with…
Record Crowd, Record Funds At Out Of The Darkness Walk Some 285 walkers this morning raised over $22,500 to benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention during Oneonta’s eighth annual Out Of The Darkness Walk from the Sixth Ward Booster Club field. Above, Olive Vergari, Ithaca, Clarice Wahl, Oneonta, Brittny Mott, East Meredith, Taylor Hall, Oneonta, and Julie Goupil, West Laurens, carry the banner as they lead the way. At right, Caryn Balnis, Oneonta, sings “Dancing In The Sky” by…
Truitt Murder Trial Scheduled For Jan. 20 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With a motion to suppress evidence rejected this morning, Gabriel Truitt, charged with the murder of John Heller after he allegedly lit his girlfriend’s Walling Avenue apartment on fire, will stand trial in Otsego County Court Jan. 20. 2020. During a hearing this morning in front of county Court Judge Brian Burns, Truitt’s lawyer Dennis Laughlin submitted motions to suppress photos and video taken…
COLUMN THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Poverty? Don’t Blame The Rich, But Ourselves Talk about getting things backwards and exposing your political bias at the same time, while totally ignoring the facts – and you’ve identified Oneonta’s mayor, as reflected in a column he writes elsewhere. We have poverty because of folks like him who deny reality when it comes to renewables vs. fossil fuels, who even fight renewables like solar and who do everything they can to keep industry…
JUSTICE for GILLIAN Sister, Senator Plan Rally For Parole Reform By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – When David Dart was sentenced for the murder of Gillian Gibbons, her sister Jennifer Kirkpatrick remembered a chilling message he gave her in the courtroom. “He looked right at me and said, ‘I’ll be back,’” she recounted. Now, 30 years after Gillian’s death, Jennifer is mounting a campaign to keep her convicted killer in prison. “My goal is to let the community…
COLUMN IN TIME OF TRUMP, DiPERNA ASKED: ‘How Did American Stray So Far From Its Ideals?’ Editor’s Note: Paula DiPerna, the author and global strategic environmental policy adviser who ran for Congress in 1992 for the 23rd District, which then included Otsego County, has a home in Cooperstown. This is an excerpt from her latest book, “Travels in the Time of Trump.” DiPerna will be giving a book talk at 2 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Green Toad…
