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As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the Northeast, please return to this page for school and road closings, and shelter locations in Delaware, Otsego and Chenango County.

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Peter Wlasiuk, the man convicted of murdering his wife and dumping her body in Guilford Lake in 2002, was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison today at the Chenango County Courthouse.

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At a press conference Thursday afternoon at NBT Bank’s main branch in Norwich, NBT senior vice president and residential mortgage manager Joseph Culver announced that NBT Bank has pledged $1 million in residential mortgages to support Norwich’s first-time homebuyer program

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Congressman Richard Hanna will make a stop in Norwich Saturday. He will be at the Norwich fire house at 12:30 p.m. to meet with his constituents, and then will take part in the annual YMCA Halloween parade at 2 p.m.

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With Hurricane Sandy's imminent landfall in the northeast, possibly New York, it evokes memories of last year's Hurricane Irene, from which several local communities are still recovering.

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An Endwell man was sentenced in Federal court Thursday on child pornography charges.

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At first, Hurricane Sandy was forecast to head out into the Atlantic Ocean. Then, it was a 50-50 shot of coming ashore in the northeast. Now, forecasters say it's imminent.

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The Oneonta City School Board was presented a $4.6 million capital-spending proposal at its meeting Wednesday night.

Interim superintendent David Rowley said the proposal focuses on security, construction and general upkeep repairs that have not  been addressed in recent years.

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Facebook did a dirty thing to a lot its users this week. It actually began a while ago when it started offering "promoted posts" to page administrators.

What Facebook has done now is make it so only 10-15 percent of a page's fans see that page's updates on the fan's news feed unless the page itself pays exorbitant fees to reach all its fans.

But there is a solution for fans to make sure all your favorite pages' updates appear on your feed. Just follow these steps:

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