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& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch Complimentary
Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, March 8, 2013
Volume 5, No. 24
City of The Hills
REDO BATHHOUSE, GENERATE ELECTRICITY
City Seeks $3M In Grants FOR THE
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At Not Just Another Bridal Show, the Oneonta region’s latest entry, Patty Bettiol shows off Patty Cakes’ offerings at the two-day event Saturday-Sunday, March 2-3, at the Carriage House, Southside/ MORE PHOTOS, A2
Joe & Mary’s Banquet Back For 2nd Year
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ast year’s was such a hit, the Sixth Ward Athletic Club is planning its second annual Joe & Mary’s Memorial Banquet Friday, April 12, beginning with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m. Jeremy Saunders’ catering service will be preparing individual steaks and such favorites from the former Joe & Mary’s Restaurants as “pigs in a blanket” and apple crisp ala mode. The $35 tickets, limited to 88, go on sale Sunday, March 10, at the West Broadway clubhouse, first come, first serve.
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After pretending he can’t play the bagpipes (he can), Deputy Mayor Mike Lynch at the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s annual Conductor Challenge Sunday, March 3, brought in the reinforcements: The Leatherstocking District Pipe Band marched into the SUNY Oneonta Alumni Fieldhouse to the delight of the 600person sellout crowd. When the crowd voted (with dollars) during intermission, $17,000 was donated, with Lynch raising the most. The CSO’s annual Cabaret Concert – this year, an all-female Irish group, Cherish the Ladies, was the featured act – is its largest fundraiser.
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epairing the city’s signature WPA-era bathhouse in Wilber Park and bringing it in line with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Funding programs to improve single- and multi-family housing in the Housing Task Force’s target area, north of the downtown. Extracting methane produced by the sewage-treatment plant on Silas Lane to use for heating, or perhaps to actually produce electricity. These are among almost a dozen projects, $3 million worth, that City Manager Mike Long has fast-tracked, seeking some of HOMETOWN ONEONTA $8 million the Mike Long in City Mohawk Valley Hall’s lobby, now Regional Econom- undergoing renovations/DETAILS, B2 ic Development Council announced Feb. 19 is available – but only to communities that can complete applications by next Wednesday, March 13. Divide the total among six counties, that Please See GRANTS, A7
Springbrook, Arc, Pathfinder Facing ‘Devastating’ Cuts
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TUBMAN CENTENNIAL:
The U.S. Colored Troops Institute’s annual Harriet Tubman Civil War Dinner, 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Hartwick College’s Dewar Union will make the 100th anniversary of the her death.
By JIM KEVLIN
acing a $120 million shortfall in Medicaid funds, Governor Cuomo has cut his proposed 2013-14 state budget, reducing funding to Springbrook, Arc Otsego and Pathfinder Village by $3.2 million. In a joint press release, Springbrook’s Partricia Kennedy, Arc’s Joe Judd and Pathfinder’s Paul Lambert termed the cuts “devastating.” The entities would lose $1.2 million, $800,000 and $300,000 respectively.
GOING, GOING! Rusted
But Mike Lynch didn’t walk away with the prize: It was a strong field. At left, George Wells, Townsquare Media manager, recounted his days singing in a band; here he performs a Donny Osmond number for Rachel Rissberger and her son Gabriel. Fire Lt. Jim Maloney, right, brought down the house, too: As son Jack (on trombone) and daughter Fiona (on ukulele) performed the James Bond theme (accompanied by the CSO), Maloney emerged from his OFD uniform as 007, then the dapper Bond directed the orchestra with a fire ax.
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‘Awesome’80s Prom’ To Awake Dormant Oneonta Theatre Players
Root’s concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Foothills is headed for a sellout. Details on ticketing, B1. Council Tuesday, March 5, was due to appoint David Schulte as an officer in the OPD. IT’S HERE! At 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10, spring forward!
By LIBBY CUDMORE
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atrick Lippincott and Steve Dillon are reviving the Oneonta Theatre Stage Play-
ers and taking it back in time. “Awesome ’80s Prom” is the first show in the recently reformed Oneonta Theatre Stage Players, which disbanded while Lippincott was in Texas. The company had
a full two seasons in 2010-2011, with “A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol,” “Frankenstein,” “The Odd Couple: Female Version,” and a run of “Always, Patsy Cline” that drew such a crowd an extra weekend of
performances was added. “We do different kinds of plays and musicals,” said Dillon. “I don’t think another company would have touched Patsy Cline.” Please See PLAYERS, A7
HOMETOWN ONEONTA HAS LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION IN OTSEGO COUNTY 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD