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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, December 6, 2013
OHS WINS DRAGO TOURNEY
City of The Hills
Summit Followup
Ec-Dev Day Of Decision Arrives
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Dr. R. Colin Armstrong, director, Hartwick College Choir, rehearses the Catskill Choral Society for his first performance as conductor: Bach’s “Magnificat” Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th/OTHER PHOTO, A3
Future Holds Budget Pain, Mayor Says
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s Common Council prepared to pass the 2014 city budget Tuesday, Dec. 3, Mayor Miller warned rising costs and stagnant revenues portend painful choices ahead. “There are three components of revenue: property taxes, which are capped by the state at 1.66 percent and nobody wants to raise them anyway; state aid, which hasn’t been increased in five years; and whatever happens with sales tax,” the mayor said in an interview. THAT’S JAN. 17: Lou Allstadt and Chip Northrup’s presentation on how there is too little gas for fracking locally will be Jan. 17 at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, not Dec. 17. Details forthcoming. INTERNS GALORE: SUNY Oneonta’s internship coordinator Megan Ackley will detail internship opportunities at an Otsego County Chamber After Hours 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, in the Morris Conference Center. RSVP at 436-2534.
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bove, it looked like the championship game of the Drago Tournament might get away from the OHS Yellowjackets basketball team, towards the end of the fourth period, and Oneontas’ Britten Zeh, Angeline McGraw, Emily Zeh, Anna Bischoff and Mackenzie Catan were worried sick. But it wasn’t long before they pulled ahead to win 5932 against Johnson City, and they couldn’t be happier/OTHER PHOTO, A3
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“long day” of “face-to-face conversations” may determine by week’s end how economic development will happen in Otsego County, according to IDA Interim Director Doug Gulotty. HOMETOWN ONEONTA Thursday, Dec. 5, Gulotty, left, and the IDA board, meet- Seward shared the ing in the Old City podium at a press Hall, will consider conference last year. two candidates for the position of county economic development director, he said. The discussions may affirm Gulotty’s conception of the director as a “facilitator,” or it may result in a strong executive who can be Please See ED-DEV, A6
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Thursday evening until 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, 25 straight hours of bargains, ompared to last deals and door-busters. year’s Midnight Deep discounts at clothMall Madness, this ing stores like Rue 21 and EXTENSION FETE: State year’s 8 p.m. Thanksgiving Maurice’s lured in cusSen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, opening was what Southside tomers, while others were will be keynote speaker at Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA drawn in with limited-ediMall manager Luisa Monthe annual meeting and din- tanti called “a more civilized Caitlin Adman, Stamtion goodies. “Bath & Body ford, gets down to the ner of Cooperative Extenhour.” Works was selling these serious business of sion of Otsego and Scoharie “After everyone’s been satin gift bags filled with mailing her letter to Counties at 6:30 p.m., Thurs- eating all day, they wanted $100 worth of products for Santa. day, Dec. 12, at Justine’s, to get out and walk around,” $20,” Montanti said. “They Cobleskill. $20. Reservashe said. “People were in a were sold out that night.” with their families.” tions at 547-2536 ext. 0. good mood, they were here Please See MONTANTI, A6 The mall was open from
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or results of the Thursday, Dec. 5, deliberations on the future of economic development in Otsego County, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Montanti: ‘Black Thursday’ Kinda Fun By LIBBY CUDMORE
Gulotty Idea At Odds With Seward Concept
$5,000 NASA Award Will Help RoboKronos Compete In Troy By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ust three days before the deadline to register for the 2014 FIRST Robotics regional tournament in Troy, RoboKronos lead mentor Paul Agoglia was getting nervous the NASA grant he applied for wasn’t going to come through. “They were supposed to
announce on Friday, Nov. 29,” he said. “I was checking the website, and nothing had been posted.” But by 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, the announcement was in – RoboKronos had won a $5,000 grant from NASA. “It’s a good feeling,” he said. “It’s a cushion.” The grant, one of 10 given for the Thursday-Saturday, Please See ROBOTS, A6
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