Forum set
on student
rights
ONEONTA _ The
Oneonta Area Branch of
the National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People will sponsor
“Students: Know Your
Rights,” an informational
civil rights session, from
7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at
the State University of
New York’s Center for
Multicultural Experiences.
The program is open
to the public.
Leading the discussion
will be Oneonta lawyers
Andrew Puritz and Ryan
Miosek, who will answer
students’ questions and
inform them of their civil
rights and on how to respond
to law-enforcement
procedures.
Funded by the Student
Association of SUNY
Oneonta, the event is cosponsored
by the Department
of Africana and Latino
studies, the Hispanic
Organization for Learning
and Advancement,
the Caribbean Students
Association, the Africana
and Latino Studies Club,
Sistah Sistah, Chi Upsilon
Sigma and the Center
for Multicultural Experiences.
Lighting
event set
ONEONTA _ Main
Street Oneonta will host
its annual Christmastree-
lighting ceremony at
6 p.m. Thursday in Muller
Plaza on Main Street.
Main Street will be closed
from 5 to 8 p.m.
The event will feature
refreshments, horsedrawn
wagon rides, live
reindeer, carols by the
Catskill Choral Society
and a visit with Santa and
Mrs. Claus in their cottage.
Gingerbread houses
will be on display in
storefront windows, and
members of the Fokine
Ballet Company will portray
dances from “The
Nutcracker.”
For more information,
call 434-6755, e-mail Mai
nStreetOneonta@hotmai
l.com or visit www.Main-
StreetOneonta.com.
Crouch to
attend town
meeting
MASONVILLE _ Assemblyman
Clifford W.
Crouch, R-Guilford, announced
he will attend
a town board meeting on
Wednesday to meet with
constituents.
In a statement released
Monday, Crouch thanked
the members of the town
board for allowing him to
speak at the session.
The meeting will run
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the
Masonville Church at the
corner of state routes 206
and 8. It is open to the
public.
Budget
hearing
planned
COOPERSTOWN _ The
tentative 2010 budget for
Otsego County will be discussed
at a public hearing
at the Otsego County
Courthouse at 193 Main
St. at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The budget, filed by
Treasurer Myrna Thayne
in November, calls for a
property-tax levy increase
of more than 11 percent.
