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Sally A. Beams, 86; Postmaster, Firefighter, Town Historian

IN MEMORIAM: Sally A. Beams, 86; Postmaster, Firefighter, Town Historian WEST DAVENPORT – Sally A. Beams, 86, former West Davenport postmaster, firefighter and town historian, died on Thursday, March 25, 2021, at Fox Hospital, following a brief illness. She was born in Rye, the daughter of William and Beatrice (Mott) Balcom.  At an early age, she moved to East Meredith and graduated from Charlotte Valley Central School.  She married Benjamin C. Beams on Dec. 21, 1952.…

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ZAGATA: The Cost Of A Free College Tuition

COLUMN VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT The Cost Of A Free College Tuition By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com You might read the headline and ask, “How can something that is free have a cost.  First of all, nothing is really free.  That includes the free lunches at school, the free grants the City of Oneonta receives from time to time to pay consultants or deploy flower pots, and free college education. A public school education is free to the…