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Oneonta, CCS Candidates Debate Tonight School board candidates in both the Oneonta City School District and Cooperstown Central School District will appear at public forums this evening at 7 p.m., both sponsored by chapters of the League of Women Voters. The Oneonta forum is in the large instruction room in OHS’ science wing. Cooperstown’s is in the middle/high school cafeteria.…
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Joe Torre’s ‘I Love NY’ Ad Lures Visitors to Hall By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN You may have heard your neighbors remarking on the “I Love NY” TV ads where incoming Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Joe Torre urges us to “join me in Cooperstown.” It turns out conversations about those ads are going on throughout the New York Metropolitan Area, and Torre’s pitch is working. Brad Horn, Hall of Fame Vice President for Communications, said 160 percent more visitors – yes,…
Digital Sign Ordered For Fire House COOPERSTOWN The illuminated sign in front of the Chestnut Street fire house is about to be replaced with a digital one from Stewart Signs, “America’s Premier Sign Company,” of Sarasota, Fla. At its April meeting on the 29th, the Village Board gave the go-ahead to the fire department, which is paying for the placard. The village is exempt from its sign law. Fire Chief Jim Tallman said the sign can play several messages sequentially,…
In Grief, Mom Shares Heartbreak of Heroin By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA The downward spiral started with a trip to the dentist. “My son Jeremy had his wisdom teeth removed and the dentist prescribed him painkillers,” said his mother, Deb France of Oneonta. “Our world was turned upside down.” He first went to jail for theft at 18, and the family’s insurance wouldn’t cover his treatment. He tried to commit suicide, and he was committed to the psychiatric ward. “They said,…