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Ground has been broken on a new parcel of land for Sidney's Amphenol manufacturing plant.

A fire in a pole barn Tuesday led to the evacuation of roughly 450 students from Sidney elementary and middle school to the high school gymnasium. School officials say a tractor was destroyed and the barn suffered smoke damage as the cause of the fire may have been the tractors battery but the investigation is ongoing.

For many years I have discussed the Oneonta D&H Roundhouse, which was "the largest railroad roundhouse in the world." There is nothing left of this historic place, but the memories of the old "railroaders" lives on. What I did NOT know, is that roundhouses were fairly common in the old days.  ...

Several dozen people attended a luncheon in Sidney on Wednesday to welcome Springbrook to the community.  The event, organized by William Mirabito, was the capstone to a period of growth and expansion for the Otsego County-based provider to the developmentally disabled...

We recently ran a story here about the historic Colonia Theatre reopening in Norwich, NY.  And this comes on the heels of the report that the landmark Walton Theatre has gone digital and will continue to show films far into the future. And of course our beloved old Oneonta Theatre is also back running classic films like "Casablanca," "Gone With the Wind" and "It Happened O

The Amphenol Aerospace facility in Sidney, which has suffered tens of millions of dollars in damage since the floods of 2006, is preparing for Hurricane Sandy to impact the area.

I just came back from a speaking engagement in Windsor, NY today.  All the way down and back I saw workers changing the prices at the gas stations I passed (no, they were not LOWERING them!).  $4.07, $4.09, $4.11. Well, when I finally hit Sidney at 2PM I saw the guy changing the sign out in front of Mirabitos at the corner of East and West mMin Streets...

On Tuesday, state police in Sidney arrested a John Balckburn, 24, of Oneonta, on a fugitive warrant for the charge of arson, issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

An arterial route was proposed way back in 1951 and eventually became part of Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways in 1956. By 1968, plans were drawn up for the East/West arterial that would become known as I-88. This main thoroughfare, which skirts Oneonta and our listening area, runs from Binghamton to Schenectady, some 117 miles.