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2 Oneontans Facing Charges After Raid Finds Alleged Cocaine

2 Oneontans Facing Charges After Raid Finds Alleged Cocaine ONEONTA –  A man and a woman from Oneonta were arrested Wednesday after the OPD Special Response Team and K9s raided Apartment 2A, 195 Main St., at 6 a.m. and seized a substance suspected to be crack cocaine with a street value of $400, according to Oneonta police. The suspects were identified as Nelson J. Canales, 34, and Jamie L. Osborne, 31.…
October 8, 2015

Judge Dowd May Rule By Friday On Hartwick Candidate Challenge

Judge Dowd May Rule By Friday On Hartwick Candidate Challenge By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – State Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd is expected to rule Friday on an effort by Republicans to knock the Democratic candidate for Hartwick supervisor, Juli Sharratt, off the November general election ballot. Sharratt won the Democratic primary, but Republicans claim one of Sharratt’s petitions lack her address. They also allege that not all required documents were filed on time. But Sharratt’s attorney,…
October 8, 2015

Cherry Valley Fisherman Catches 40-Inch Muskie

Cherry Valley Fisherman Catches 40-Inch Muskie Garrett Petit, Cherry Valley, landed a 40-inch tiger muskie on Aug. 28 at Canadarago Lake, the DEC announced today. The current state record tiger muskie – 35 pounds, 8 ounces – was caught in 1990 in the Tioughnioga River in the Southern Tier. The tiger muskie is a hybrid fish, a cross between a male northern pike and a female muskellunge. The tiger muskies are stocked when they reach 10 inches at five months…
October 8, 2015

Nancy Kiser Feola, 66; Milford Woman Fought Cancer 19 Months

IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Kiser Feola, 66; Milford Woman Fought Cancer 19 Months MILFORD  –  Nancy Feola (nee Kiser) of Milford, who retired from a 30-year career with the Otsego County Attorney’s Office, lost her gallant 19-month struggle with cancer Monday evening Oct. 5, 2015, at Bassett Hospital.  She was 66. Born April 1, 1949, she was the oldest daughter among six children of Arthur Sr. and Helen (Platt) Kiser. She attended the one-room Westville School from 1954 to 1961, then attended…
October 8, 2015

County Board Freezes Hiring Until 2016 Budget Is In Place

County Board Freezes Hiring Until 2016 Budget Is In Place COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives today authorized a hiring freeze at least into the new year. No new workers will be hired until the county board rescinds today’s order. With hiring restricted for the time being, it presents an opportunity for the board to review its hiring process. There has been a number of calls in recent times for tests to be introduced especially when hiring for analytical…
October 7, 2015

SUNY Oneonta Artist Unveils Portraits Of 10 Local Heroes

SUNY Oneonta Artist Unveils Portraits Of 10 Local Heroes  COOPERSTOWN – After piles of nominations and months of secrecy, artist Janet Wentworth Erickson will debut her portrait series, “Community Heroes in Portraiture” at a reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9th, at The Farmers’ Museum’s Louis Jones Center.   The public is welcome. The portraits will be hung at The Fenimore Art Museum. “Portraiture has been a practice since ancient times,” said Erickson.  “From death masks to selfies, every community wants…
October 7, 2015

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

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