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Volume 9, No. 33

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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, May 26, 2017

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Hochul Gives $10M In Plans A Green Light

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he City of Oneonta will be able to spend $10 million in DRI funding just the way its planning process determined it should, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul told a gathering at Foothills Friday, May 19. A signature project will be 30 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a public plaza and a Main-to-Market walkway on the Wescott lot next to Old City Hall. For complete list, type “Hochul” in search at

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AIRPORT ADVOCATE:

Dennis Finn, city Planning Commission chair and longtime airport advocate, died suddenly of a heart attack Thursday, May 18/OBITU-

ith three final peals that echoed across the valley, the bell from the Milford United

Methodist Church Church tower came down Monday, May 22, as the demolition of the church neared completion. “Our responsibility now is to look forward and find God’s will for our congregation,” said the Rev. Sylvia Barrett, pastor. Please See CHURCH, A7

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Compressed-Gas Trucks Reportedly Multiplying BELLS RING ON OYARON HILL Nursing major Karu Knudson, Oneonta, receives her mantle from Sydney Leo, vice president/ finance.

Many More Are Seen On Rts. 205, 80 By JIM KEVLIN

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President Margaret Drugovich presents the Margaret B. Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching to Dr. Wendell Frye, professor of German and the college’s oldest professor.

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Theater Arts major Greg Hunter, Oneonta, mugs for the camera as he walks in the processional among 279 seniors who received diplomas at Hartwick College’s commencement Saturday, May 20.

f you’ve see those trucks marked “XNG, Express Natural Gas,” plying up and down certain Otsego County roadways in recent weeks, you’re not alone. Residents along a north-south corridor, some sensitized by resistance to expanding the “natural gas infrastructure,” have noticed the proliferation, and are estimating as few as two trucks an hour each way, to as many as eight an hour, 24 hours a day, 200 in all daily, are on local roads. The northern terminus of this traffic is a compressed natural gas (CNG) terminal in Manheim, north of Please See CNG, A3

For 100 Years, Catholic Charities Has Served The Needy

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Aaron Macken NEW RELAY SITE: Attenthanks dance was down to 100 from Catholic Charities’ 165 last year, but spirits Ameen were high and $50,642.55 Aswad, was raised at the Otsego a CoopCounty Relay for Life Saterstown urday, May 20, at a new site: resident, for Milford’s Wilber Park. helping him get back in AVANZATO SHINES: the mainGianluca Avanzato of stream.

Oneonta was a presenter at Union College’s annual Steinmetz Symposium Day.

Pastor Sylvia Barrett looks forward to the future of the Milford United Methodist Church. The ruins were demolished less than 24 hours after this photo was taken. Photos at

Milford Worshipers, Plus Church Bell, Rise From Rubble Of Burned Building By LIBBY CUDMORE

Oneonta’s acting Police Chief Doug Brenner offered good wishes from the Sons of the American Legion at the Saturday, May 20, unveiling of a historical marker near the gravesite of Cato Freedom, a former slave who farmed in Town of Burlington. Seated is Joanne Fisher, whose husband, NAACP President Lee Fisher, was keynoter./MORE, A4

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Saved, Beneficiary To Testify At 3-County Centennial Banquet BY LIBBY CUDMORE

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aron Macken walked through the doors of Catholic Charities, and his life has never been the same. One year, nine months ago, “I had just gotten out of jail and I needed help getting food,” he

said. “I came into Catholic Charities and met Ameen Aswad. He helped me get food and toiletries, connected me with parenting classes,

helped me get into housing. He really mentored me.” Macken, a graduate of the Otsego County Drug Court and sober for a year and nine months, will speak on the local impact of the organization Wednesday, May 31, at Catholic Charities’ 100th anniversary Please See 100TH, A7

HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER 2010 WINNER OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD


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