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& The Otsego-Delaware Dispatch Complimentary
Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, June 7, 2013
Volume 5, No. 37
City of The Hills
CITY REALTORS RAISE ALARM
Renters, Beware Of Scam Please, Don’t Send Deposits Overseas By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Oneonta’s Skylar Gargash savors a Popsicle at OWL’s annual Ice Cream Social Sunday, June 2, at the Boys & Girls Club/MORE PHOTOS, A2
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eginning Tuesday, June 11, Common Council members will meet informally with any member of the public who wants to attend for an hour of conversation. The sessions will be 8-9 a.m. at the Collage Food Boutique in The Shops At Ford & Main, across from City Hall. Zijin Wu and Frank Efrain Lopez operate the entity. PAINT A MURAL: Main Street Oneonta is seeking mural proposals for downtown locations; stipend, $650. E-mail proposals or questions to design@ mainstreetoneonta.com. HAMPTON LAUDED: Hampton Inn Oneonta has received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence, given to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews. Only the top-performing 10 percent are eligible. PRIZES DUE: The winning 2013 Sally Mullen Local History student projects will be announced Tuesday, June 11, at a reception 6:307:30 p.m. at the History Center. $75, $50 and $25 prizes will be awarded. FRACKING FORUM: Two Natural Resources Defense Council attorneys, Kate Sinding and Jonathan Krois, will discuss town fracking bans at 7 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Morris Central School.
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OHS senior Ryan Ficano accepts his Angie Bertuzzi Memorial Scholarship during the Oneonta Dollars For Scholars organization’s reception Tuesday, June 5, at the SUNY Oneonta Hunt Union Ballroom/LIST OF HONOREES, B4
JUST REWARDS
56 OHS SENIORS RECEIVE DOLLARS FOR SCHOLARS
ou might think $650 for a twobedroom, 1½-bathroom house on Oneonta’s East End seems too good to be true. Because it is. “Someone showed up at my office looking for the keys to 86 Elm St.,” said Maria Graham, a realtor with Prudential Fox. “They had already sent $2,100 to a P.O. Box in England. They were told the place was renting for $700.” It works like this, according to HOMETOWN ONEONTA Benson Realty’s Maria Graham at 86 Betsy Shultis. A Elm, one property scam artist, often targeted in a scam. overseas, scans realty sites in U.S. cities – recently, in Oneonta – and crafts bogus rental ads on Craigslist. The rent is enticing. “They’ll list it for Please See SCAM, A7
S John Chamard, long-time Dollars recording secretary, is recognized for years of dedication.
Shelby Cleveland wins the Niles award, as did her mom.
JOB CREATOR DUE AT COUNTY BOARD
andy Mathes, former Green County IDA director credited with bringing 1,000 jobs to two commerce parks in that county, planned to address the Otsego County board Wednesday, June 5, on economic development possibilities here. At 8 a.m. Friday, he planned to appear at the Citizen Voices pro-business group’s monthly meeting at the Carriage House on Oneonta’s Southside. Public welcome. Details, see WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Clark Oliver Joins ‘Celebrity Ghost Stories’ Ommegang Can Rival
Egg, SPAC For Shows
By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ormer “101 Dalmatians” chorus pup Clark Oliver could have taught his canine co-star on “Celebrity Ghost Stories” a thing or two about dog tricks. “They find the grandfather’s dog dead in the shed,” said Oliver, who plays Craig Kilborn as a child in
the dramatic re-telling of a murderous haunting. “Except that the dog would not stay down.” 3,500 Fans Drawn To Old Crow Medicine Show The flashback is the latest role for the Oneonta-born actor, who performance Saturday, May By JIM KEVLIN was plucked out of Valleyview El25. ementary to perform with the 2009 Outpacing all expectation, national tour of the hit Disney rewery Ommegang 3,700 showed up. stage show. “I was the understudy in the Town of Most concert organizers for Roly-Poly, but they said I Middlefield had might consider any wrinkles wasn’t fat enough for the role,” expected 2,500 people at the associated with that turnout Please See ACTOR, A3 Old Crow Medicine Show’s Please See CONCERTS, A6
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