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The Freeman’s Journal
Jane Goodall (Kara Gildea) and Flint, her youngest chimp, made an appearance Tuesday, Dec. 1, at CCS’ “Night of the Notables,” where eighth graders depicted famous Americans of past and present to familiarize themselves with U.S. history. More photos at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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tate police are looking for the perpetrator of a “non-specific” threat found in a note outside the Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School library the day before Thanksgiving. The note prompted a search of school grounds that turned up no evidence of any danger, and Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert wrote parents, “We do not believe the safety of our students or staff is in jeopardy.” A bomb threat is a class E felony that can bring up to a year in jail. Anyone with information is asked to call the state police anonymous tip line, 547-4049. TOP DOCS: Bassett physicians Donald A. Raddatz, Steven D. Resnick and William J. Richtsmeier have been selected for inclusion in the Best Doctors in America 2015 database, the hospital announced.
Only Oneonta, CV-S See Rise In Projections
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Amid an adoring youthful throng, Santa Claus arrives Friday, Nov. 28, at his cottage in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park. He will be listening to children’s Christmas wishes the weekends of Dec. 4-6 and 11-13, and every day from Friday, Dec. 18, through Christmas Eve.
2 Addicts Reach For Helping Hand By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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Elated Police Chief Expects More fielded a call from a mother who had been driving from hospital to hospital, trying to get her 23-year-old son into rehab for his heroin addiction.
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Covert made some calls, including calls to the Amethyst Recovery Center in Port St. Lucie, Fla. And on Friday morning, the young man was on a plane to start
48 days of in-patient rehab, followed by eight weeks of outpatient treatment, where he would stay in a sober living center. “His mom called me, laughing and crying at the Please See CHIEF, A6
Rotarian ‘Climbs Everest’ To Level Another Mountain: Polio’s Scourge By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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his year’s ONC BOCES enrollment projections weren’t expected to be a pretty picture for most districts, and Cooperstown Central can expect a 10.3 percent decline (94 students) by the end of the ALL THE DATA decade. For full ONC BOIt was CES enrollment the third report, follow link at largest ALLOTSEGO.COM percentage decline among the nine Otsego County districts in the 19-district ONC BOCES, after Milford Central’s 18.3 percent (73 students), and Morris Central’s 14.6 (53). Increases were projected in only two Otsego districts – Oneonta, 3.6 percent (61 students) and Cherry Valley-Springfield, 2.7 (13). The annual projections, prepared by ONC BOCES Superintendent Nick Savin and released in recent days, show “live births” for the most recent years available – this year, 2010-2013 Please See DATA, A7
ike Jerome climbed all 29,035 feet of Mount Everest without even leaving Otsego County. “Over at the Clark Sports CenPlease See EVEREST, A7
Mike Jerome climbed the equivalent of Everest at the Clark Sports Center, raised $4,000.
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