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Despite Ruling, Sharratt Continues Supervisor Bid

Despite Ruling, Sharratt Continues Supervisor Bid By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Despite a major legal setback, Hartwick supervisor candidate Juli Sharratt says she’ll continue her campaign. “I’m just really disappointed,” Sharratt said this morning. “What can I say, the law is the law.”  She will appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot on the independent Parity line. Yesterday, state Supreme Court Justice Kevin Dowd threw Sharratt off the Democratic ballot line in the Nov. 3 general election.…
October 10, 2015

Artist’s Crusade To Recognize Heroes Culminates In 10 Portraits’ Unveiling

Artist’s Crusade To Recognize Heroes Culminates In 10 Portraits’ Unveiling COOPERSTOWN – Artist Janet Wentworth Erickson’s two-year effort to identify and paint portraits of 10 unsung heroes in Otsego and Delaware counties culminated this evening in a presentation at the Louis C. Jones Center and the exhibit’s opening across West Lake Road at The Fenimore Art Museum. Erickson, a SUNY Oneonta art professor, accepted nominations, then selected 10 for portraits. The 10 honorees:  Medal of Honor winner Stephen Doane, Walton;…
October 9, 2015

Otsego Chamber VP To Join Corning

Otsego Chamber VP To Join Corning ONEONTA – Today was Shelly Giangrant’s last day at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, where she has been a mainstay for the past 15 years. Giangrant, vice president/member services in recent years, will be joining Corning Inc., and teaching horseback riding in Otego. Chamber President Barbara Ann Heegan recognized Giangrant for “providing dedicated service to our members.  We wish her great success in this new opportunity.” Shelly was recognized at the Chamber After Hours…
October 9, 2015

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

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