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Town of Columbia

Seamon: Gov’t Should Serve the People

I’m running for Town of Columbia supervisor because residents are looking for new leadership, and I’m prepared and committed to deliver that. It is simply time for a change—with new energy, new ideas, new openness, and new personnel.…

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Developer Holds Public Meeting

Developer Holds Public Meeting By DAN SULLIVANILION Last Tuesday, May 9, solar developer EDF (Electricite de France) Renewables hosted one of the meetings the company is required to hold under the rules established by the State Office of Renewable Energy Siting, known as ORES. Public outreach is a necessary component for developers who hope to build large, utility-scale projects in New York. The framework for these projects is laid out in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, a 2019…

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Seamon: Survey Shows Project To Be Very Unpopular

Letter from Nathan Seamon Survey Shows ProjectTo Be Very Unpopular The Town of Columbia survey results for the proposed Columbia Solar Project and Battery Storage Facility conducted by mail in March and April are in and have been tabulated. At the request of the Columbia Town Board, the survey was conducted by the Columbia Planning Board to better understand the opinions of the residents and property owners about the proposed solar project that developer EDF Renewables has been pitching in…

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A Partial Observer: Town of Columbia Residents Wary of Project

A Partial Observer Town of Columbia Residents Wary of Project The Town of Columbia is being pitched a 350 megawatt solar and 20 MW battery storage project by French owned, and San Diego based EDF Renewables. The project outreach to local landowners began quietly in 2019 and will require approximately 2,200 usable, contiguous acres—equal to 10 percent of the land in the Town of Columbia, which is known to have some of the most fertile farmland in the state. The…

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Doris M. Gay, 88; Active In Richfield Church 40 Years

IN MEMORIAM: Doris M. Gay, 88; Active In Richfield Church 40 Years RICHFIELD SPRNGS – Doris M. Gay, 88, an active member of the Richfield Springs Baptist Church for 40 years, passed away Friday, March 29, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. She was born on April 28, 1930, in Ilion, the daughter of Dawes J. Dunham and Winifred (Scouten) Dunham and attended Ilion High School. On May 1, 1948, she was united in marriage to Ernest “Ernie” M. Gay.  They resided…

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Doris Irene Clapp, 74; Survivors Include Cooperstown Daughter

IN MEMORIAM: Doris Irene Clapp, 74; Survivors Include Cooperstown Daughter COLUMBUS – Doris Irene Clapp, 74, Town of Columbus, passed away on Jan. 2, 2019, at her home.  Survivors include a daughter in Cooperstown. Doris was born on July 25, 1944 in Delhi, the daughter of Halbert and Hazel (Oliver) Davis.  Her childhood was spent in the New Berlin area where she attended New Berlin Central School.…

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Schuyler Lake Woman Airlifted In Fatal Crash

Schuyler Lake Woman Airlifted In Fatal Crash Sherburne Man Dies In Head-On Collision COLUMBUS – A 46-year-0ld Schuyler Lake woman was airlifted to Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, after a fatal crash shut down Chenango County Route 25 in the Town of Columbus for several hours Saturday morning, Troop C reports. State Police at Norwich were dispatched to a head-on collision at 1:34 a.m., Saturday.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.