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Newsstand Price $1 Ali Robinson takes a selfie with brother Julian, who graduated Sunday, June 26, from Cooperstown Central School.
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CVS Plans Ready Trustees To Act By End Of July
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Alex and Jeannine Webster cast their ballots in the Congressional primary on the evening of Tuesday, June 28, at St. Mary’s Church Hall.
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epublican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout will joust Tuesday, Nov. 8, for the 19th District Congressional seat after each trounced opponents in their respective primaries Tuesday, June 28. In Otsego County, Faso beat businessman Andrew Heaney 1,041-394, or 72 percent to 27 percent. Teachout bested Will Yandik 1,020 (70 percent) to 437 ( 30 percent). The margin was similar district-wide. The two winners are vying to succeed retiring Congressman Chris Gibson. BENETAR HERE: Pat “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” Benatar is performing in Oneonta Friday, July 1, at the Catskill Area Hospice’s annual summer fundraiser. Doors open at 5 Sixth Ward Booster Club field on Scramling Avenue. Individual tickets $125; call 432-6773 A FUTURE EMT? A daughter, Abigail McKynze Pierce, was born today – Wednesday, June 22, 2016 – at Fox Hospital to Alisia and Eric Pierce of Cooperstown. Abigail weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz.
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Members of the community he served for 19 years give retiring Milford Central Superintendent of Schools Peter Livshin a standing ovation at Friday, June 24, graduation ceremonies. School Board President Susan Ward, left, presented with him thick photo album commemorating his tenure. At right is Principal Teresa Glavin. Livshin is moving to Colorado.
At the Saturday, June 25, graduation, Richfield Spring Central School Board President Scott Mondore casts a reassuring glance at red-eyed Elementary Principal TheriJo Climenhaga, who after 10 years is becoming Cherry ValleySpringfield superintendent. At right is Brad Smith, school board member.
22-Room Hotel Wins Special-Use Approval A smiling Shannon Rae Sears marches from Glimmerglass Festival’s Alice Busch Theater after Cherry Valley-Springfield’s graduation Saturday, June 25.
On Hot Day, Crowd Of 300 At County’s ‘Coolest Place’ By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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t’s the coolest job in Otsego County – literally. “It’s 60 degrees in here,
VS Health of Woonsocket, R.I., doesn’t let the grass grow under its feet. NEW CVS: To It only see plan, type learned the ‘New CVS’ in first week in search line at June that it was www..AllOTSEGO.com high bidder on the 1.25-acre Cooperstown Motel parcel at the village’s southern gateway, a rare piece of commercial property in Baseball’s Mecca. By June 20, its developer, the Zaremba Group of Lakewood, Ohio, just west of Cleveland along Lake Erie, had already submitted a site plan to Village Hall. Monday, June 27, the Village Board set a public hearing on the SEQRA review – the acronym stands for the state Envioronmental Quality Review Act – for 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 20. Please See CVS, A7
year-round,” said George Allen, president, said of Northern Eagle Beverages’ enormous new warehouse space on Browne Avenue. “We have 68,000 square feet, and 75 percent of that is refrigerated.” Please See CHILLY, A6
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he Village Board Monday, June 27, approved the special-use permit required for the proposed 22-room hotel at 28 Railroad Ave.
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After 16 Years, Murder Charged DA: Goodyear Lake Husband’s Rig Running Over Wife No Accident By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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henever Dolores Lawton sees butterflies, she thinks of her sister
Elizabeth Welsh Callahan. “Lizzy loved butterflies,” she said. “I have a picture of them in my home that always reminds me of her.” “And hot air balloons,” said Lori Sternfels, Lizzy’s niece. “We used to always follow them in the car. I Please See ARREST, A3 Casey Callahan
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD