SNOW EMERGENCIES UNTIL NOON SATURDAY 12 Accidents Overnight; Snow Fells Trees, Wires By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The overnight snowstorm that continues today has caused a dozen accidents and brought down trees and wires across the county, reports Rob O’Brien, Otsego County 911 director. “The roads are in very poor condition,” he said. “And we’re dealing with trees and wires down everywhere due to the weight of the snow.” In Oneonta, city police have begun ticketing cars parked…
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TREES TOPPLE AS STORM HITS An outlier in a line of strong thunderstorms winged the Cooperstown area shortly before 6 this evening, toppling trees along River Road, Route 28 (near Kevin’s Ford) and in the village itself. Here, Lordan and Lisa Bunch smile with relief, after a maple that snapped in their front yard at Beaver and Delaware streets narrowly missed their house. At left, firefighters confer after pushing a pine that snapped and fell across the bridge at Bowerstown…