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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, May 15, 2015
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MANY FIRSTS AT OJC 5K
Matt Levinson’s Job Corps pals and fans cheer the New Berlin first-time runner over the finish line Sunday, May 10.
Going The Distance By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Preemie baby Bryce Miller’s grandmother Margaret Robinson shows the baby’s photo to SUNY Oneonta President Kleniewski Saturday, May 9, during a pancake breakfast and auction to help parents Patrick and Christine Miller of Mount Vision pay Albany Medical Center bills. Donate at www.gofundme.nijnes
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aryl M. Stern, Class of 1978, the president/CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, will deliver the commencement address at SUNY Oneonta’s 126th commencement Saturday, May 16, and Stern received an honorary doctorate from college President Nancy Kleniewski. Stern also is the author of three books, including the award-winning “Hate Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn Prejudice.”/MORE DETAILS, A2
NEW MILLIONAIRE: A city woman was expected at Hannaford’s Wednesday morning, May 13, to collect $1 million for a scratch-off Lottery ticket purchased there. For details, photo check WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
AVOID CHESTNUT: Chestnut Street will be paved Thursday-Friday, May 14-15. Off street parking it prohibited. With one-lane traffic beginning at 7 a.m. each day, drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible.
ob Corps auto mechanics student Matthew Levinson had never participated in a race before. “I go for walks sometimes,” he said. “So when I saw this, I thought it would be fun.” And when crossed the finish line at the first Oneonta Job Corps 5K
on the Runway race on Sunday, May 10, he may have been last, but he certainly was not least. As the New Berlin native approached the finish line, his classmates and fellow racers gathered around him to and cheer him on as completed the race with a time of one hour, 24 minutes. “It feels good to have people support you,” Please See OJC 5K, A3
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COMPETITION FOR EC-DEV FUNDING
‘HUNGER GAMES’ MAY YIELD $500m
Services, Patrons Rise At Huntington Library
Otsego Joins ‘MV500’ Bid
its digital and media collections, redesigning collection rooms and offering a slew of one are the days of new attractions. the “old-fash“People have reioned” library, discovered libraries with dusty volumes nationwide,” said and a shushing librarWinstead. “When ian. “In talking with the recession hit in college students, I 2008, there was an realized they still had increased use - our this impressions of lientertainment is braries as being quiet, free.” with books only,” And with no said Tina Winstead, video store in town Huntington Memoand many houserial Library director. Director Winholds in the county “But we have so much stead is introunable to get ducing change. more than that!” streaming access, The Huntington their DVDs are Library is undergoing a 21st among their highest circulaIan Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Century makeover, increasing Please See LIBRARY, A6 Children’s room is patchwork of color. By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Consolidate, GO-EDC Urges At 4 Briefings Council member Palmer, foreground, listens GO-EDC Power Point.
Petitions Circulated Asking For State Study By LIBBY CUDMORE
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fter six years of gathering and analyzing data, Albert Colone and Bill Shue, GO-EDC co-founders, distilled their findings into a dire warning.
“Many, many studies show that if the city and the town do not consolidate, we will fail,” said Shue. This week, they are presenting their findings at four informational meetings throughout Oneonta. “Our Please See GO-EDC, A6
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or the past month, four delegates from Otsego County have been part of a sixcounty task force seeking to win $1/2 billion in state funding, and to do so must out-compete at least four other regions of Upstate New York. The four representatives on what’s being called “MV500” are county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, who as owner of First Choice Cleaners is also representing small business; Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, representing municipalities; Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes, representing economic development efforts, and Dan Robinson, president/CEO of New York Central Mutual, representing the county’s larger enterprises. “This is a deal changer if we are selected,” said Mathes. The task force is participating in Governor Cuomo’s version of “The Hunger Games” – as the Wall Street Journal put it – for part of a three-way split of the governor’s $1.5 billion Upstate Please See MV500, A7
HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD