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Common Council To Consider Billboard Ban, Merger Study

Common Council To Consider Billboard Ban, Merger Study ONEONTA – Two controversies – unhappiness over internally illuminated billboards and a proposed joint town-city study of consolidation – will be addressed when Common Council meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday. One motion, proposed by Council member Mike Lynch, calls for a one-year moratorium on the billboards. DC Marketing has erected two along I-88, one near the Lettis Highway exit, the other next to the Hampton Inn. Other entities are now considering additional…

Police: Man Driving Wrong Way On I-88 Hits Bus, Cited For DWI

Police: Man Driving Wrong Way On I-88 Hits Bus, Cited For DWI ONEONTA – State Police at Oneonta yesterday announced the arrest of a Worcester man for DWI after he allegedly struck a bus while driving the wrong way on I-88 in the Town of Oneonta late Saturday evening.  Andrew C. Scheiner, 28, was charged with a misdemeanor, aggravated driving while intoxicated, with a blood alcohol level of .22, and several other vehicle and traffic law violations, according to the…

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IN MEMORIAM: Hilda Mercun, 94; A Founder Of What Became SFCU

IN MEMORIAM: Hilda Mercun, 94; A Founder Of What Became SFCU ONEONTA – Hilda S. Mercun, 94, of Oneonta, one of the organizers of what became today’s Sidney Federal Credit Union, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at Fox Hospital. She was born June 19, 1920, in Herminie, Pa., the daughter of Anthony and Agnes (Kodrich) Slivsek. Hilda was married to Joseph F. Mercun on Nov. 21, 1940 in Worcester.  The couple lived in Philadelphia and in Freehold, N.J.,…

Scout Councils Look At Merger, Seek Input At Crumhorn Meeting

Scout Councils Look At Merger, Seek Input At Crumhorn Meeting MILFORD – Over the past month, the Utica-based Revolutionary Trails and Oneonta-based Otschodela Boy Scout Councils have been working on a comprehensive feasibility study to examine possible consolidation, and have scheduled a meeting to solicit input at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, at the Henderson Scout Reservation on Crumhorn Mountain. Scouts, their parents and interested members of the community are welcome. The new Boy Scout Council would include over 3,500 Cub…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.