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While back in town visiting his biographer on Sunday, Sept. 15, Golden Gloves champ Marvis Frazier flipped pancakes for surprised diners at Pie In The Sky. Pie’s proprietor, Jamie Potter, published “Meet Marvis Frazier” earlier this year.
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surprise to Supervisor Bob Wood – 26 percent favored merger; the rest were undecided. “I think the numbers were a lot
more against it even 20 years ago,” said Wood on the completion of a year-long “Study of Possible Benefits of Consolidation of the City and the Town.” In one key finding, the study did find the merged entity – the “new city” – would realize $5.2 million
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Courtney Hays walks Bart through the crowd in the early hours of the Grand & Glorious.
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LIGHT OUT? A 90-day study is planned to determine if the traffic light at Center and Church, near the former Center Street School, may be removed. SOIL TESTED: To get a jump on next year’s season, gardeners may have soil samples tested at the Huntington Memorial Library, Monday, Sept. 23, through Oct. 6. $3 per test, organized by Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners.
‘Possibilities’ Drive Reaches 60 Percent Of Four-Year Goal hen Jean E. Parish, retired SUNY Oneonta art professor, passed away in February in Chapel Hill, N.C., she left $400,000 of her estate to the college’s “Possibilities Full of Promise” 125th anniversary campaign. Her request was that it be applied to scholarships for art students. “Art is an enhancement for a college,” said Paul Adamo, College Foundation executive director. “It was her dream, her passion, and that’s what she wanted to accomplish.” Since even before SUNY Oneonta announced the $12.5 million fund drive Monday, April 15 – the quiet phase of the drive had been Please See POSSIBILITIES, A7
he CSEA has sued the County of Otsego to block the sale of Otsego Manor. Court papers were filed with the county clerk Aug. 29, and the case was assigned to state Supreme Court Judge Kevin Dowd. Only the cover sheet signalling the action is on file. The full documentation will be reviewed by Dowd before it becomes part of the public record. CHAMBER HONORED: The New York State Business Council has named the Otsego County Chamber, under its new executive, Barbara Ann Heegan, “Chamber of the Year for 2013.”/DE-
to $6.2 million more in sales-tax revenues that now go directly to the county and other towns. The study, led by Town Board member Scott Gravelin and conducted by five committees of community leaders, was presented with Please See MERGER, A6
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Jill Eichler and daughter Ali carry their score, a black office chair back to their car.
Oneonta’s Emilee Leech gets a hug from the Brooks’ House of BBQ mascot at the Grand & Glorious Tag Sale, which Saturday, Sept. 14, again packed Main Street.
n the latest twist in a year of twists, county Treasurer Dan Crowell, headed for career in Army special ops, is suddenly running for a second term. Tuesday, Sept. 17, the county Democratic Committee accepted that the petitions of Russ Crowell Bachman, who has been filling in while Crowell has been in training at Fort Bragg, would probably be thrown out. That leaves Crowell, who had decided in Please See TREASURER, A6
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