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seeking help for a cause. “Anyone who comes into the restaurant knows they have my support,” he said. Now, the community is ready to rally around Boden, who has discovered he has Stage 4 Mantle Cell Please See BODEN, A6
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he public hearing on the 201617 CCS budget – it includes a 0.43 percent proposed tax-levy hike, the lowest in years, is at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 9, in the cafeteria. The levy increase is $49,156; the total budget, $566,850 or 3.17 percent, to $18.4 million. The budget vote is Tuesday, May 17.
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tsego County’s retiring congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19, announced Monday, May 2, he won’t run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018. He had formed a committee to explore the race, but said he will accept an offer to be a visiting lecturer at Williams College for a year and is exploring other opportunities in academe. He also said he plans to spend more time with wife Mary Jo and their three teenagers. See his full statement at
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DRIVER CHARGED: The
driver in the 9:30 a.m. crash Friday, April 29, on Route 28 near Smith Ford that tied up traffic for a half-hour was charged with driving with ability impaired by drugs, the county Sheriff’s Department reports. Details at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
SAD NEWS: Annie Stew-
art, the CGP stalwart who had been fighting ovarian cancer for the past year, passed away Sunday, May 1. Full obituary, see page B6 QUIZ WIZARDS: CCS’ Mid-
dle/High School quiz team came in 17th in the National Academic Quiz Team’s Small School National Tournament Sunday, May 1, in Chicago.
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Jean W. Johnson, Cooperstown, enjoys Robert Schneider’s “A New York View: Country Landscapes,” at The Fenimore Art Museum with her daughter, Meghan King, visiting from Pittsburgh for a family reunion, and son Tim Johnson.
Glow Of Bob Schneider’s Muse Fills Fenimore Gallery By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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s a pupil in Katonah, Bob Schneider was the “art kid. You know, there’s always an art kid in school.” That was then. “I’ve been painting professionally for 30 years now,” said Schneider, whose exhibit, “A New York
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View: Country Landscapes,” is appearing under the same roof with Whistler and ToulouseLautrec’s this summer at The Fenimore Art Museum. “Of course, I’ve been painting much longer than that.” (The Fenimore has been featuring one local artist a summer since 2012). Raised in the Hudson Valley, Schneider fell under the spell Please See SCHNEIDER, A7
t was a story that captured what it’s all about: The Friday before Police Chief Mike Covert met with village trustees to discuss PAARI’s accomplishments, a Cooperstown mom OD’d on heroin. The Freeman’s Journal Her young Chief Covert dedaughter then tails PAARI successes to date. stepped on the needle, and both ended up in the Bassett ER. That was one of the facts and anecdotes Covert shared as a surprise addition to the agenda at a Thursday, April 28, Village Board meeting that had been announced as dealing with final adjustments to the 2016-17 village budget. With that story, and news that five of the 55 local addicts being Please See PAARI, B7 THE FIVE CANDIDATES – two Democrats and three Republicans – running for the 19th Congressional seat in their parties June 28 primaries met in a forum Tuesday, May 3, at Oneonta High School. See
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