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Volume 10, No. 18
City of The Hills
Magee, Buttermann Battle Shaping Up Activists Parents In Arizona Shaped Challenger’s Outlook
Incumbent Receives Abbate’s Support, Muller Holds Back By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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he morning after Oneonta’s Dan Buttermann announced
he is running for the 121st Assembly District seat Monday, Feb. 5, incumbent Bill Magee began making calls. By the afternoon, he had Assemblyman Bill locked in at least one highMagee, left, may be profile Otsego County Please See DIVIDE, A7 primaried by Oneontan Dan Buttermann.
APPLY NOW FOR $2.66 MILLION Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Mother and daughter culinary team Linda Burgher, proprietor of Soda Jerks, and Heather Mann of Mann Made Cakes, Oneonta, were on hand serving up seafood chili and smokey chili in the outdoor tent at the CANO Chili Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5/OTHER PHOTO, A2.
Schools Close As Big Storm Expected Here ONEONTA
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ith as much as a 10 inches of snow being predicted for Wednesday, Feb. 7, Oneonta City Schools announced the afternoon before they would be closed. Every public school in the county was following suit, plus Oneonta Public Transit, Hartwick College and other institutions. Follow the storm at
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TOP SCULPTOR: Hartwick College philosophy professor and sculptor Stefanie Rocknak is one of five finalists for a National Native Americans Veterans Memorial planned for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the college announced Tuesday, Feb. 6. TOP WOMEN: Nominations are being sought for City Hall’s annual Women Trailblazer Award. Contact City Clerk Nancy Powell at 607-431-1350. The deadline is Feb. 19. HIT AND RUN: Mindy Stevens, 35, Town of Maryland, was arrested Jan. 31 by county Sheriff’s Deputies after Evelyn Ruiz of Milford was found injured in the middle of Route 7 in Milford.
Finally, DRI $$ To Flow By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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ew signs. Fresh facades. Upper floor housing that looks out over Main Street in Oneonta. With Common Council’s vote Tuesday, Feb. 6, to appoint Delaware Engineer-
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for state Assembly in the 121st District, was a boy in Arizona, he witnessed his parents building a high-end candle business, Armadilla Wax Works, by building community. Please See RUNNING, A7
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ing managers of the $2.66 million set aside for the Downtown Improvement Fund, the first piece of the Herzig $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) is settling into place. Please See MONEY, A6
Oneontan, Boyfriend To Divide $500 Prize By PARKER FISH COOPERSTOWN
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rudging through the 8 inches of fresh snow in Council Rock Park, with more snow still falling, John Janitz Jr., Fly Creek, and Katie Marvel, Oneonta, found Cooperstown’s very own buried treasure. Parker Fish/HOMETOWN ONEONTA “You can still see our Oneonta’s Katie Marfootprints from earlier,” vel and her boyfriend, said Marvel. John Janitz Jr., found In nearly white-out condithe Cooperstown Winter Carnival Medallion. tions on Sunday, Feb. 4, Janitz and Marvel trekked around Cooperstown in search of the Winter Carnival Medallion, which came with a $500 prize, courtesy of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta, to the person who located it. Please See $500, A2
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Nathan Zakala, Oneonta, top photo, shares a dance with his daughter Hailey at the Oneonta Family Y’s annual Father-Daughter Dance on Saturday, Feb. 3 at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. At left, George Wells dances with Gialina Ploutz, a daughter of a family friend.
HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD