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Fire Department, 31-29, Outpaces

Police Department In ‘Blood Feud’

Rachel Jessup, manager of the Bank of Cooperstown's Oneonta branch, donates a pint of blood on behalf of Oneonta firefighters this afternoon at the Elks Club. The firefighters and Oneonta police were competing to see who could bring out the most donors at the American Red Cross blood drive. And the OFD topped the OPD, 31-29. Full story in this week's Hometown Oneonta, available on newsstands in the city Wednesday afternoon. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)
Rachel Jessup, manager of the Bank of Cooperstown’s Oneonta branch, donates a pint of blood on behalf of Oneonta firefighters this afternoon at the Elks Club. The firefighters and Oneonta police were competing to see who could bring out the most donors to the American Red Cross blood drive. And the OFD topped the OPD, 31-29. Full story in this week’s Hometown Oneonta, available on newsstands in the city Wednesday afternoon. (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)

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