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Betsy J. Snyder, 81; Financial Manager For Medical Group

IN MEMORIAM:  Betsy J. Snyder, 81; Financial Manager For Medical Group COOPERSTOWN – Betsy J. Snyder, Latham, a Cooperstown native who pursued a career in the Capital District,  died Sunday morning May 15, 2016, at her Latham home. She was 81. Born in Cooperstown on Oct. 18, 1934, Betsy was the daughter of Clifford and Genevieve (Knapp) Snyder. She graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1952.…

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Seward Bill Helps Employers Hire Drug-Court Graduates

Seward Bill Helps Employers Hire Drug-Court Graduates ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward’s bill to provide tax credits to employer who hire people who graduate from drug court or similar programs is part of a package of 48 recommendations in a special report from the Joint Senate Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction, his office announced today. “A job is more than just a paycheck for someone in recovery.  It is a symbol of self-worth and a validation that others…

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East Meredith Man Killed In Kortright Car Accident

East Meredith Man Killed In Kortright Car Accident KORTRIGHT – A 58-year-old East Meredith man was killed after his truck veered off the road and struck a culvert yesterday evening in the Town of Kortright. In responding to a 911 report of a motor-vehicle accident on West Kortright Church Road, state troopers determined that Michael C. Berry was driving a 1996 Dodge Ram pickup truck southeast when he left the road for an unknown reason.  He struck a culvert, causing the…

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Polls Open Today Until 8 p.m. For School Budget, Candidates

Polls Open Today Until 9 p.m. For School Budgets, Candidates Polls are open today until 9 p.m. in Oneonta, and 8 p.m. in Cooperstown – and in school districts around Otsego County and the state – to residents to vote on school budgets and elect school board candidates. Oneonta voting is at Foothills Performing Arts Center; Cooperstown voting is at the high school.…

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CONSTITUTION SUES NY’S DEC

CONSTITUTION SUES NY’S DEC Denying 125-Mile Pipeline Called ‘Arbitrary, Capricious’ ALBANY – Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC today challenged the state DEC’s decision blocking the 125-mile natural-gas transmission line in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,  Second District, the company announced a few minutes ago. The state Department of Environmental Conservation last month denied the company’s request for a Section 401 Water Quality Certification under the Clean Water Act.…

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Carol Robbins, 90; Active In Civic Life For Six Decades

IN MEMORIAM: Carol Robbins, 90; Active In Civic Life For Six Decades ONEONTA – Carol Schwartz Robbins, an active participant and leader in Oneonta’s civic life for more than six decades, died at her home Sunday, May 1, 2016, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Friends and family are invited to a celebration of Carol’s life at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at the Unitarian Universalist Society, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Carol Helen Schwartz was born Dec. 15, 1925, in…

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Douglas VanZandt, 80; City Resident Taught Science At Unatego

IN MEMORIAM: Douglas B. VanZandt, 80; Oneonta Resident Unatego Science Teacher ONEONTA – Long-time Oneonta resident Douglas B. VanZandt Sr., a retired Unatego High School science teacher, died on May 5, 2016, from medical complications at Loudoun INOVA Hospital in Ashburn, Va. Douglas was born on Aug. 1, 1935, the second son of Emory and Lena VanZandt. He graduated from Oneonta High School, and he later received a bachelor’s from New Mexico State University and master’s from Syracuse University.…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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