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Police: Shotgun, Rifle Stolen, Suspect Faces More Charges ONEONTA – A rifle and shotgun found during a January traffic stop were discovered to have been stolen from a Delaware County home, according to the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office. Jeremy J. Morris, 32, Oneonta, was arrested on Jan. 13, following a traffic stop where he, a convicted felon, was found to be in possession of a hypodermic needle, a rifle, a shotgun and to be operating a vehicle without a license,…
Skating In Badger Park Reopens COOPERSTOWN – At 10 a.m. Saturday, Badger Park will reopen its public ice skating rink. Staff is currently working to rebuild the ice after warm weather caused the rink to close on Jan. 30. The holiday schedule will be active for the week of Feb. 15 due to school vacation.…
Troopers Identify Man In Fatal Stericycle Accident ONEONTA – An employee of Stericycle on Lower River Street was killed after he was caught between a tractor trailer and a loading dock yesterday morning. John H. Murphy, 68, of Oneonta, was killed after he attempted to walk between a tractor trailer and a loading dock, unaware that the truck was backing up. He was fatally struck, and died at the scene. The Oneonta Fire Department and State Troopers assisted at the scene,…
Merger To Delay Rural Broadband COOPERSTOWN – Word on whether Otsego County will win funding for a much-hoped rural broadband project has been put on hold until at least July, Otsego Now CEO Sandy Mathes told Otsego County Board of Representatives this morning. County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, expressed dismay at the news: “Children who can’t access the Internet at home are at a severe disadvantage. re we going to have to wait four more years? That’s an entire class that…
Driver With 4 Children In Car Faces DWI ONEONTA – After 911 calls about an erratic driver on I-88, state police arrested an Oneonta man for DWI with his four children in the car. Andrew J. Adams, 35, was arrested at 8:10 p.m. Saturday after crashing his Chevy Impala into a guard rail near mile marker 33 in the Town of Sidney, troopers said. No one was injured, and the investigation determined that Adams was impaired by drugs at the…
‘ACTION’ SATURDAY AT UNATEGO Otsego’s Emergency Agencies Ready For Active Shooter Drilll OTEGO – Oneonta EMS, Otsego County 911 and Cooperstown Medical Transport are among the emergency-service agencies set to participate in an active-shooter drill at Unatego High School on Saturday, Jan. 23. The drill, which will run 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., will help train emergency service providers on how to handle an active shooter scenario. It will be conducted by members of the state police, Wells Bridge Fire Department, Otego Fire…
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SPOTLIGHT REPORT From Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal IF CONSTITUTION STALLS, WOULD AMPHENOL STAY? Lacking Supply, Gas Supplier Shifts Focus To Pennsylvania Editor’s Note: This “Spotlight Report” is reprinted from this week’s Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. Pick up allotsego.com’s sister newspapers weekly for news, features and commentary about the Otsego County regional issues. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com The future of Amphenol Aerospace’s 1,000-job Sidney plant if the state rejects the Constitution Pipeline is “a relatively minor blip…
Man Killed In Otego Train Crash From Bloomville, State Police Say Wife Thrown From Golf Cart, Broke Both Legs, Troopers Report OTEGO – A husband from Bloomville, Charles W. Turk, 57, was killed when the golf cart he was driving struck a train at about 2:54 p.m. Sunday behind 515 Route 48, Otego, state police announced this afternoon. When troopers from Oneonta arrived to investigate, they found him underneath the overturned golf cart. His wife, Cynthia E. Turk, 58, was thrown from…