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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, May 30, 2014
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t’s a fair guess to say that most of the people waiting for President Obama in the Hall of Plaques Thursday, May 22, were waiting to see
Girl Scouts Elizabeth Serafin and Adelle Coe of Oneonta place a ceremonial wreath beneath the flag of the Merchant Marines during the city’s Memorial Day observance Monday, May 26, in Neahwa Park/MORE PHOTOS, A3
Mountain Of Castoffs Gone In Four Hours
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UNY Oneonta anticipated it would take two days to giveaway a mountain of futons, rugs, clothing, appliances, electronics and other items collected from its first MoveOut Donation & Reuse Program. “They were gone in four hours,” said Hannah Morgan, the college’s sustainability coordinator. The material, left behind by departing students, was distributed to local charities, then opened to community members.
their first president. Chuck D’Imperio was waiting to see his sixth. D’Imperio, the veteran radio announcer – he’s been on Oneonta’s airwaves for more than a quarter-century – covered eight national political conventions, four Republican Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Please See MANY, A7 Chuck D’Imperio awaiting Obama arrival.
30 Bills Drawn To Fight Heroin
Seward Panel’s Proposals Ready To Be Introduced
Obama Visit Helps I City Tourism, Too Attracting tourists from abroad – one million a year by 2020 – will shift the balance of trade in our nation’s favor by $5 billion, President Obama told a gathering at the National Baseball Hall of Fame Thursday, May 22.
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People Foray Into Coop, But Enjoy Oneonta’s Evening Offerings
BASEBALL FAN: SUNY Oneonta’s Bill Simons is a moderator By JIM KEVLIN at the National Baseball Hall of Fame 26th Annual COOPERSTOWN Symposium on Baseball & American Culture, underway o sooner had President Obama through Friday, May 30, in come and gone, then renewed Cooperstown. optimism about the possibiliGRANTS SOUGHT: City Hall and entities throughout Candidates the county preparing grants Amy Burnfor June 16, the next CFA sworth, right, deadline. The money is and Dan expected to be distributed Butterman, before fall’s Election Day. at podium,
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LOCAL CHEESES: Sherman Hill Farmstead, Franklin, specializing in cow- and goat’s-milk cheese, has joined the Oneonta Farmers’ Market, open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays in Muller Plaza.
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With Obama, Chuck Adds Sixth President To Roster By JIM KEVLIN
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ties of tourism was heard, and not just in Cooperstown. “The name of Cooperstown brings people to the county,” said Ashley Camarata, sales manager at Oneonta’s Hampton Inn and a board member with the county’s newly privatized tourism-promotion effort, the Des-
tination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County. “Once they’re here, they find there’s much more to do.” Standing in the Doubleday Field parking lot as cheers could be heard from inside the field where the Hall of Fame Classic was being played, Hall Please See TOURISM, A7
By JIM KEVLIN
n just six weeks, the state Senate’s Joint Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction has hosted 16 forums across New York State, including one organized by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, on April 28 in Oneonta, and it is ready to act. At 1 p.m. Seward Wednesday, May 28, in the state Capitol, the two dozen senators on the task force were scheduled to announce a package of 25 heroin-fighting bills, which they plan to have passed by the Republican state Senate by June 9. Support is being sought in the Democratic Assembly to turn the Senate initiative into law. “The problem is everywhere,” said Seward. “All over the state. Small towns, rural areas as well as big cities. It’s going to take a Please See SCOURGE,A7
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o review details on the 25 bills the state Senate Task Force on Heroin & Opioid Addiction is introduced Wednesday, May 28, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Burnsworth, Butterman ‘Ready To Roll’ 2 New School Board Members Look Forward To Takings Seats In July By LIBBY CUDMORE
were elected Tuesday, May 20, to the Oneonta City school board.
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hey bring different skill sets to the Oneonta City school board, but Amy Burnsworth and Daniel Butterman can both agree: All students in the district deserve the best education.
“We need to have services available for all students at all grade levels, whether they’re special needs, gifted and talented, or somewhere in between,” said Burnsworth. “It’s getting more and more difficult to do, but Oneonta City Schools should be a competitive component to attracting more families Please See ELECTED, A7
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5798 Route 80 t Cooperstown t FenimoreArtMuseum.org Winslow Homer, Watching the Breakers - A High Sea, 1896, Oil on canvas, Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1935