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🌱 How a Harpersfield cruelty probe turned into a major animal rescue.
Happening soon: Colorful Portrait Drawing with Kathleen Green on the Harpersfield Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:
- How a Harpersfield cruelty probe turned into a major animal rescue.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Remaining cloudy, with a high of 60 and low of 49 degrees.
- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, temps: high: 67, low: 55.
- Thursday: Mostly cloudy and warm, with a high of 76 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Urgent Rescue Pulls 20 Animals From New York Home as Man Faces a Dozen Cruelty Charges (greatergood.com) — An alleged animal cruelty case in Harpersfield led state police and the Susquehanna SPCA to remove about a dozen animals from a home on Odell Lake Road, with the animals now in safe care. A 64-year-old Harpersfield man faces 12 misdemeanor counts and is scheduled to appear in Harpersfield Town Court on January 26, highlighting how local authorities handle animal welfare complaints.
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- Colorful Portrait Drawing with Kathleen Green →
Headwaters Arts Center, 66 Main St, Stamford
11:00 am
Saturday October 3
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🗓 Events Nearby
- 2026 Seminar Series "Dangerous Spaces" - Otsego County →
Worcester Fire Department, 36 Church Street, Worcester
7:00 pm - Dinner Served →
Mill Pond Inn, 102 Main St, Jefferson
5:00 pm - City that Drinks the Mountain Sky at Rexmere Park →
Rexmere Park, W Main St, Stamford
1:00 pm - Town Board Meeting — Town of Middletown →
The Town Of Middletown, 42339 NY-28, Arkville
6:00 pm - Mixed Media Jewelry with Mary Frances Millet →
Headwaters Arts Center, 66 Main St, Stamford
1:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
Friday October 2
Saturday October 3
Wednesday October 14
Friday November 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. posted a job opening for Service Technician in Delhi. Apply here.
- Saputo, Inc. posted a job opening for Filler Operator- Night Shift in Delhi. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Harpersfield here.
🗞 Nearby News
Delhi
- 2026 History Award of Merit Nominations Sought (the-reporter.net)
- Walton Field Hockey Shuts Out Moravia, 1-0 (the-reporter.net)
Oneonta
- Opening Reception for Hartwick X SUNY Oneonta Student Show (wordpress.com)
- Reading 30 years of Otsego Lake history, one zooplankton at a time (eurekalert.org)
- Morgan Library brings a 'piece of Ghana' home to Fort Collins (collegian.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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