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Warming Station

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Oneonta warming site at capacity

Oneonta warming site at capacity By Kevin Limiti Opportunities for Otsego and the Oneonta Police Department are exploring strategies to get homeless people in the area sheltered now that winter is here. An executive order issued by former Governor Andrew Cuomo says that after temperatures go below 32 degrees, the homeless must be sheltered. Catholic Charities, the Main Street Baptist Church, Otsego County Department of Social Services, and other religious groups opened a new warming station in Oneonta in March…

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A Warming Shelter Planned – But Where? Asks Committee

A Warming Shelter Planned, But Where? Asks Committee By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Plans for The Caring for the Homeless Collaborative’s proposed warming station can get underway once a location is determined, the group discussed today during their meeting. “We’ve come up with a couple of locations, but for one reason or another, it fell apart,” said Lynn Glueckert, executive director, Catholic Charities. Among the proposed sites were the Salvation Army and the River St. Baptist…

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