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Troopers Arrest Upstate NY Woman on Drug Charges
New York State Police conducted a raid in rural Herkimer County on Wednesday which resulted in the arrest of a Salisbury woman on drug charges. Troopers say, the New York State Police Troop D Violent Gang and Narcotics Enforcement Team, Bureau of Criminal Investigation, and uniform members executed a search warrant at 866 Emmonsburg Road in the Town of Salisbury, in Herkimer County.
Fatal Crash Closes Route 7 in Oneonta, New York
Per the New York State Police and DOT, Route 7 in Oneonta is closed after a fatal accident involving a pedestrian. According to 511.ny.org: Crash road closed and Crash with fatal on NY 7 both directions between East End Ave (Oneonta) and CR 47 (Oneonta) 2 all lanes of 2 lanes blocked for a crash involving a car and pedestrian with one confirmed fatality. All WB traffic is being diverted off at CR 47 to I-88 WB to NY 23 for reentry to NY-7. EB traffic is being diverted off at NY 23 to I-88 EB to CR 47 for reentry to NY 7. DOT and other emergency personnel on scene. Started Open Reach. IR#5865090.
Local baseball teams meet in Cooperstown tournament
The 12U Tigers baseball team made the near 1,000-mile trip to Cooperstown, New York, and ran into a familiar opponent in the third round of tournament action. The 12U Tigers faced the Barnstormers, who are made up of players from Edwardsville, O'Fallon and Milstadt. Members of the 12U Tigers include...
State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall Threatened To Shoot Black Teens
This is why it is important to vote in every election and to find out just who you are voting for supports. State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall attended the party at a friend’s home in New Hartford, New York, with her husband and three teenage children. Four black teenagers arrived after receiving an invite allegedly via a text. An argument then a fight broke out allegedly over the black teens attendance. The black teens couldn’t because they lost their keys in the scuffle and State Supreme Court Justice Erin Gall interjected her authority threatening to shoot the teens and throw their keys in the toilet if she found them, and then proceeded to brag about her son beating someone up, she also encouraged police when they arrived to arrest the and all was caught on body-cam video.
Pauline Mary LaLiberty
Pauline Mary LaLiberty Gloversville - Pauline Mary LaLiberty, 65, passed away peacefully on July 18, 2024, surrounded by her family. Pauline was born in Gloversville on May 7, 1959 to the late Paul Sr. and Ila Mae (Bush) Zuckerwar. In keeping with Pauline's wishes, there will be no funeral services....
Gloversville approves $9M bonds
GLOVERSVILLE - Gloversville has until 2049 to pay back part of a new multi-million dollar capital bonding package. City lawmakers on Tuesday approved more than $5 million in bonds to fund public safety, water infrastructure and recreation projects, as well as an additional $3.6 million for a new public works facility.
Major funders bet big on rural America and ‘everyday democracy’
Someone may need to tell Carlton Turner that he’s working to save democracy. Turner is co-director of the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production in the town of Utica, population 600, where his family has lived for eight generations. The organization, better known as Sipp Culture, is helping breathe life into a region that’s seen schools, grocery stores, and factories shutter or leave. A project in the works: transformation of one of Utica’s oldest buildings into a cultural center and commercial kitchen.
Compost Service Finds Like-Minded Customer
A new compost pick-up service, Worms Waste Not, recently opened for business. Founder Dr. Rachel Frick Cardelle explained, “Worms waste not and neither should we.”. The company’s web-site encourages visitors to “green your routine.” Instead of sending organic waste to the landfill, where it rots and produces methane gas, which warms the planet, people can compost kitchen scraps.
Judicial Conduct Commission Calls For Removal Of NY Judge Who ‘Harbored Racial Bias’ Against Black Teens
A judicial watchdog panel has determined that a state Supreme Court justice should be removed from the bench after going on an angry, violent and offensive dog-whistle rant against Black teenagers who showed up to a graduation party that appeared on its live-stream to be open-invite when it wasn’t.
We Are Committed to You—Will You Now Commit to Us?
In May 2020, Iron Spring Press contracted with Susquehanna Polling and Research Inc. to conduct a “Consumer Preference Attitude Survey” regarding its “Hometown Oneonta” free weekly newspaper. Residents of both the City and Town of Oneonta were asked a series of questions to identify their primary source of local news, whether or not they read “Hometown Oneonta” and, if so, how often, and whether or not—given the many challenges newspapers were experiencing at the time and continue to face today—they would subscribe to “Hometown Oneonta” if it were converted from a free newspaper to paid subscription.
Head-on collision leaves 1 dead in Brookfield
A head-on collision in Brookfield left one dead on Tuesday, according to the New York State Police. Police responded to NY-8 in the town of Brookfield for a two-vehicle head-on collision on Tuesday, July 23, at around 3:48 p.m. Police said the preliminary investigation determined that Dominick Brown, 44, from...
Summer Dreams Briefs: July 25, 2024
COOPERSTOWN—Acclaimed pianist Richard Goode will present a program featuring Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas in a Cooperstown Summer Music Festival concert at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 30. It will be held in the Ballroom at The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake Street. For more information or to buy tickets, visit cooperstownmusicfest.org.
Albany-based United Way chapter seeking to navigate Fulton County
GLOVERSVILLE — Step 1: Take over. Step 2: Figure out the rest. United Way of the Greater Capital Region is working to address the latter after expanding into Fulton County in an effort to provide support for human services groups. The county was long managed by a namesake chapter of United Way Worldwide.
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