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POWER OUT FOR 20 HOURS, MORE

CHECK NYSEG REPORTS POWER OUT FOR 20 HOURS, MORE At of 1:46 p.m. today, NYSEG was reporting 3,392 local customers were still out of power after the heavy rainstorms, accompanied by thunder and lightning, that swept across Otsego County last evening.  As of 2:01, that had dropped to 626, so the outages are expected to be resolved today. A drive south on Route 28 from Cooperstown during the early afternoon showed a pocket of outages beginning just south of the…

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Great Score Overcomes Bland ‘Sweeney’ Setting

NIGHT AT THE OPERA  Great Score Overcomes Bland ‘Sweeney’ Setting By PAT THORPE • Review for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd” has been described as “operatic” since its debut in 1979 and it didn’t take long for this musical thriller to move to the opera house. John DeMain conducted Sweeney’s operatic debut in 1984 and has probably led more performances than anyone on Earth – very good reasons the Glimmerglass Festival orchestra sails with confidence and power through…

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Privatized Tourism Effort Wins Key Committee OK

Privatized Tourism Effort Wins Key Committee OK Administration Committee Acts Wednesday COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives’ Intergovernmental Affairs Committee this morning unanimously approved a three-year contract with Destination Marketing of Otsego County (DMOC), opening the way to end a months-long debate. The contract is for three years, while DMOC was seeking an extension to five years.  However, county Rep. Len Carson, R-Oneonta, an IGA member, said he would be open to extending it to four years at some…

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Oneonta Woman Arrested For DUI After Otsego Crash

Oneonta Woman Charged With DUI After Otsego Crash ONEONTA – An Oneonta woman was arrested for driving while impaired by drugs after she drove her car off Route 28 in the Town of Otsego, state police report. The suspect is Deborah Perkins, 53. An investigation determined that Perkins was driving while impaired by drugs when she crashed, and a search revealed that she unlawfully possessed about six grams of marijuana, troopers said. In situations like this, those who are being…

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Arrest Made In Edmeston Bank Heist

Suspect Arrested In Edmeston Bank Heist By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – An Earlville man is in Otsego County jail today after he was arrested Sunday and charged with robbing the NBT Bank branch in Edmeston on May 23. Dennis D. Gelatt, 31, was taken into custody when Otsego and Madison county sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at a Madison County home.…

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Dietrich Leads NBT Bancorp; Watt To Succeed Him In 2017

Dietrich Leads NBT Bancorp; Watt To Succeed Him In 2017 NORWICH – 2016 will be a year of change in NBT Bancorp’s executive offices, the company announced after its board of directors approved a succession plan Tuesday. NBT Bancorp President/CEO Martin A. Dietrich was promoted to chairman on Tuesday, following the retirement of Daryl R. Forsythe, but only until the end of this year. At that point, Dietrich will retire and by succeeded by John H. Watt Jr., who Tuesday…

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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.