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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, December 9, 2016
City of The Hills Erna Morgan McReynolds Presenting At U.N. Forum
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t’s been clear Financial Advisers. around here for On July 4, 2015, her some time now team-building prowthat Erna Morgan ess was feature in a McReynolds, manBarron’s cover story, aging director of “Financial Advisers: wealth management 3 Winning Teams.” Morgan at Morgan Stanley’s Erna But Tuesday, Dec. McReynolds Oneonta office, is at 6, she did herself one the top of her field. better, speaking at the Every year since 2008, United Nation’s New York she appeared on Barron’s City headquarters on a list of the Top 100 Women Please See U.N., A3
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Sofia Kurban brought daughter Iliana, 2, and son Rafael, 4, to join hundreds of Oneontans for the annual Community Christmas Treelighting Thursday, Dec. 1, in Muller Plaza. For a slide show, visit
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Herzig Hopes $3M Coming From Cuomo
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ayor Gary Herzig is hoping $3 million to allow construction to begin in the spring on the city’s Food Hub at Market and Chestnut will be among the CFAs Governor Cuomo plans to announce Thursday, Dec. 8, at The Egg in Albany. CFAs – Consolidated Funding Applications – are the vehicles for economicdevelopment grants through the Cuomo Administration. To hear about the $3 million, plus funding for other city projects, check in by noon Thursday at
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City School Enrollment Most Stable By JIM KEVLIN
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NC BOCES’ annual projections based on “live births” in the past school year show enrollments will decline in all its 19 school districts – except Oneonta’s. Based on “live births” data, Oneonta High School can expect 15 percent more students 12 years from now. The county’s second-biggest high school,
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Cooperstown Central, can expect a drop of 34 percent. “In projecting demographically, institutions – two colleges and a hospital – tend to give a district stability,” said ONC BOCES Superintendent Nick Savin, referring to SUNY Oneonta, Hartwick College Please See DATA, A7
After 5 Months On Lam, Missing Cat Back Home
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PUBLIC BRIEFING: A “public engagement meeting” of the city’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative Local Planning Committee is planned at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 13, at Foothills, where specific projects being considered will be detailed. Public comment welcome.
Sabrina is back in the arms of Randy and Joanne Fritz after months at large. Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
JOINS CITY HALL: Judy Pangman, a Lamont By LIBBY CUDMORE Engineers senior planner, has joined City Hall as director of community development, EMMONS succeeding Bill Kerbin. ive months after she escaped from her cat THE DARKEST... Days carrier outside of the will be getting longer at 5:44 Oneonta Veterinary Hospia.m. Wednesday, Dec. 21.
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tal, Sabrina is safely home for Christmas with her family, Randy and Joanne Fritz. “She’s happy to be home,” said Randy. “She’s a very good cat.” The Fritzes reported the other day that Sabrina was Please See CAT, A3
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To gasps and applause, the pride of Otsego County is illuminated with 50,000 lights at the Rockefeller Center ice rink Wednesday, Nov. 30/ SPECIAL REPORT, B1
HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD