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Oneonta, N.Y., Friday, September 2, 2016
Pasta Amatriciana To Rescue Avenzatos Revive Favorite To Benefit ’Quake-Rocked Town
Algal Bloom Closes Gilbert Lake Shores
awful it was,” Tony said. DEC Expert To Brief Water-Quality Board “We used to serve Bucatini All’Amatriciana, the dish – harmful algal blooms By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA that town is known for.” – were spotted on the water, Since 247 people were prompting closure of the ony and Vinne Avankilled Wednesday, Aug. LAURENS beach to swimmers, includzato are bringing a 24, when a 6.2 magnitude ing the 60 expected racers classic dish back to earthquake struck the town cool swim in the dog for the YMCA’s annual Stella Luna for a good cause. of about 1,000 people on days of August? Not Gilbert Lake Swim. “We were talking about Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Wednesday, Aug 24, a fund at Gilbert Lake. “We were originally supJon Keane, Laurens, the earthquake in Italy and drive, “Amatriciana per The beach has been closed posed to have the swim on ladels Amatriciana the town of Amatrice, how Please See SAUCE, A7 since last week after HABs Please See DANGER, A7 sauce at Stella Luna. By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Supermarket Manager John Ray discusses how “Hannaford To Go,” the store’s new drivethru service, will work when it’s launched in the next few days/DE-
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trial for Casey Callahan, 50, formerly of Goodyear Lake, accused of killing of his wife Elizabeth 16 years ago by running her over with a truck in Pennsylvania, probably won’t happen until 2017. “There’s not as much of a rush; he’s not sitting in the county jail, he’s already serving a sentence in Attica,” said the district attorney’s investigator, Michael Ten Eyck, after Callahan was back at the county courthouse Monday, Aug. 29. His next visit here will be Oct. 3. NEW BRIDE: Congressional candidate Zephyr Teachout married Nick Juliusburger, a principal in Synergy Corporate Technologies, Saturday, Aug. 27, in Dover Plains, then went back on the campaign trail, her staff reported. ‘ANNIE’ AUDITIONS: Tryout for the Orpheus Theatre’s production of “Annie” at 7 p.m. Monday or Tuesday, Sept. 5-6, at Foothills. JUSTICE IN COUNTY: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told a Glimmerglass Festival crowd Friday, Aug. 26, that, after 220 years, the Constitution is ever more “perfect.” See story at
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Hit By Car, Career Over For Runner
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Young hero Amari Champen high-fives Mayor Herzig during his tour of the Public Safety Center, as Officers Charles Whitmore and Ryan Pondolfino look on.
Cool-Headed Youngster Brings Help For Cousin Amari, 5, Tours Police, Fire Stations
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hough he’s only 5, Amari Champen has the heart of a hero. “His 20-year-old cousin, Devon, was babysitting him at his dad’s house and she had an epileptic seizure in the bathroom,” said his mom, Alissa Valentine. “She was in and out of it, but she was able to tell him to call 911.” Amari called for an ambulance, gave them his name and address, and then went outside the Cherry Street Please See HERO, A7
Amari and Chief Dennis Nayor show off their medals.
t appears senior Daniel Gilbert, a member of Hartwick College’s 2015 Men’s Cross Country Sportsman of the Year Team, is out for the season after colliding with a car Thursday, Aug. 25, at the campus’ West Street entrance. “He broke both his legs, his kneecap, Gilbert his arm, his shoulderblade, collarbone, two ribs and he has facial fractures,” his dad, Bob Gilbert, reported. Daniel, 21, from Andover, Mass., was at West Street with a group of runners; he hesitated, then ran into the road and collided with a car, went through the windshield, went over the hood and fell to the pavement when the car stopped, according to Oneonta Police Lt. Douglas Brenner. “Growing up on Ford Avenue, we called that intersection ‘crash corner’,” said Please See GILBERT, A2
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Matthew Thornton, right, incoming Oneonta Community Christian School principal, poses with his successor, David Tuthill, the interim principal who is stepping aside.
New OCCS Principal Hopes To ‘Develop Whole Child’ By LIBBY CUDMORE
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t might have been the easiest job interview Pastor Matthew Thornton ever had. “Board member Bill Shue asked if
I’d ever canoed on the Moose River,” said Thornton, who grew up in Boonville. “I told him I had, and he said, ‘Sold, you got the job’!” Thornton is the new principal at Oneonta Community Christian School, Please See PRINCIPAL, A2
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