HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 28 Explore Otsego County Farms FAMILY FARM DAY – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Explore 41 local farms throughout Schoharie, Otsego, and Delaware Counties. Tour, try products, learn about farming from fish farming to beekeeping, more. Pick up your farm guide from participating, farms, farmer’s markets, libraries, more in the 3 counties. Call 607-547-2536 or download guide from www.familyfarmday.org…
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ARTICLE UPDATED 5 Homes Evacuated After Gas-Bearing Rig Flips On Interstate 88 Tractor-Trailer Not XNG’s, Company Says CENTRAL BRIDGE – A tractor-trailer carrying compressed natural gas overturned Sunday morning on Interstate 88, shutting the highway and resulting in the precautionary evacuation of five homes, the Schenectady Gazette is reporting this morning. The rig was not owned by XNG, that company that had been routing trucks through Otsego County, according to company Vice President Matt Smith. Since last fall, most of…
Suspect Detained in Laurens Double Homicide LAURENS – Otsego County Sheriffs have detained a suspect in a double homicide in the Town of Laurens last night. Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. said that a relative of the deceased called 911 at 8:49 p.m. to report that they had found two adult family members dead inside their residence. Devlin declined to specify the age, gender or relationship of the deceased.…
Schoharie Gets $1 Million More To Prevent Flooding In Future MIDDLEBURGH – Schoharie County, which to date has received $23.1 million in aid to help with its recovery from damage suffered in 2011 from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, today received an additional $1 million to cope with its continuing revival. The money was announced at a press briefing her this morning, that included U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19; state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie. …