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This Week 04-04-24

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 4, 2024 Front Page Decision on 27 Market Street Postponed Until October Flowers and All that Jazz County Appoints Lettis, Our First Otsego County Female Public Defender Water Trail Will Drive Tourism Village Seeking Volunteer Support Inside Healthcare Network Welcomes Columbia-Bassett Class of 2026 Circling Back: Partnerships, Positions and Fundraising Moving Forward Report Calls for Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing CCS Boys Swim Team Wins Class C Sectional Championship News…
April 4, 2024

Bound Volumes: April 4, 2024

135 YEARS AGO Fire—About half past ten Tuesday evening the fire bell sounded an alarm, and at the same moment a large part of the village was illuminated by the flames which shot up from the old barn on the premises of Mr. B.F. Austin, on Elm Street. In it were four or five tons of baled straw and a covered buggy, which were destroyed. Loss was about $200. No insurance. Phinney Hose put the first stream of water on…
April 4, 2024

Hometown History: April 4, 2024

50 Years Ago April Fools’ Day did not go unheralded in Oneonta. A bomb scare in Tommy’s Place on West Broadway forced proprietor Tommy Pondolfino to close his establishment early last night but the promised explosion never happened. The motive behind the bomb scare, Pondolfino suspects was a late night April Fools’ prank. A waitress at the bar received a call around 10:50 p.m. last night from a man who warned that the bomb would detonate within half an hour.…
April 4, 2024

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