from SETH CLARK 58 Businesses Shut Leaving ‘Spooky’ City To the Editor: Oneonta has felt spooky to me lately. “Spooky” is kind of a funny word for a newspaper, but it really is the word that best describes how I feel about so many longstanding local businesses closing. Several were touchstones of my life, businesses that have operated in the greater Oneonta area for decades. I decided a couple of weeks ago to see if my spooky feeling could be…
Samaritans Rescue 100+ Farm Animals Near Garrattsville Man, Woman Who Resided There Facing Neglect, Marijuana Charges By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com GARRATTSVILLE – An electrified goose dead on the front lawn set the scene for horrors to follow at a 166 Backus Road farm about a half-mile from this hamlet: • A dead goat’s carcass, fed on by nearby fenced-off pigs to stay alive. • Pens where hens were packed so tight their feathers were rubbed off. •…