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Rig Driver Ejected In 1st Fatal XNG Crash FRESHMAN OFF FENCE
Gas Leaks, 80 Homes Evacuated The Freeman’s Journal
Luke Gheen and son Fox, summering on Otsego Lake from Colorado, navigate The Farmers’ Museum’s corn maze during last weekend’s Harvest Fest, two days of beautiful weather and fun. More photos at
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or Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, a key player in shifting gas-carrying XNG trucks out of Otsego County, said the truck crash west of Binghamton that killed a 52-year-old driver was a predictable tragedy. www. OTSEGO.com This was the first fatal acNeighbors Say cident involving an XNG truck since the “virtual pipeline” Flashing Sign emerged after state regulators Blocking View blocked the proposed Constitution Pipeline in 2016. COOPERSTOWN “It’s very sad,” Dillingham said. “But those trucks were omplaints that a never fully tested, they’re flashing stop sign prone to roll-overs and, if the at Fair and Lake conditions were right, they streets is marring the view of could explode.” Glimmerglass are being reAt 1 a.m. on Monday, Sept. ferred to the Village Board’s 23, Broome County Sheriff’s Streets Committee for a redeputies were called to the examination and review. scene of a tractor-trailer The Village installed the accident on Interstate 88 sign on Aug. 28, four months eastbound at Exit 2 in the after a man drove down Lake Town of Fenton. Street into Lake Otsego and Upon arrival, first responddrowned. But village resiers noticed that the vehicle, an Photo courtesy Broome County Sheriff’s Department dents told trustees Monday, XNG Compressed Natural Gas The wreckage of an XNG truck lines strewn along I-88 west of Sept. 23 that the flashing truck had a hazardous material Binghamton after it crashed at 1 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, as the stop sign would not have Please See XNG, B4 driver, who died in the crash, swerved to avoid a deer. prevented the accident. For full story, visit
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►a $12M county budget deficit has been pared to $78M, said county board Chair David Bliss, and more cutting is left to do. ►Ccs is creating a new administrative position, director of pupil services, as the special ed population has risen from 10 to 14 percent is a few years. ►a car drove off Oneonta’s Main Street viaduct and landed on the railroad tracks.
Delgado: Impeach President By JIM KEVLIN
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tsego County’s Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, Tuesday, Sept. 24, joined at least 61 Democratic congressmen who changed their minds over the weekend and now support impeachment of President Rep. Delgado Trump. “Having taken an oath of office before God and my fellow citizens to support Please See DELGADO, A8
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INNOVATIVE PROGRAM THRIVING IN 10TH YEAR
Waits Over An Hour, 3-Year Degree, $40,000 In Savings Record Haul Seen On Still Enticing Hartwick Undergrads Hazardous Waste Day By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA
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o Brittany Hall of Milford, Hartwick College’s three-yeardegree program – now marking its 10th anniversary – isn’t just about saving $40,000 on a bachelor’s degree, although that’s enticement enough.
A three-year degree, proximity, sold Milford’s Brittany Hill.
Before making her decision, she scouted all nursing programs within an hour, and realized the hour commute each way would prevent her from working part time while in school. Now in her third year, the daughter of Cynthia and Mark Miler spends one day a week in classes – a 15-minute drive away – and two days, 12 hours each, Please See DEGREE, A9
Advertising Called Key To Success By JIM KEVLIN MIDDLEFIELD
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onnage and volume are still being tallied, but the car count is in, and 920 vehicles lined up to drop off paint, e-waste, prescriptions – you name it – at Household Hazardous Waste
Day Saturday, Sept 21, at the county government’s Meadows Office Complex. That was up from 500 last year, almost double, county Planning Director Karen Sullivan is reporting. The day before, Friday the 20th, in Unadilla, it was the same story: 162 vehicles, double the year before Please See WASTE, A3
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD