Perimeter work Oneida offi cials Jets coach Knapp under way eye potential dies after being at Rome Lab Thruway link struck by car Page 3 Page 4 Page 9 157 YEARS FAMILY OWNED ROME, N.Y. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2021 | OUR 139TH YEAR | $1.00 Partly sunny Differing views of festival remembered Tomorrow’s weather ‘Woodstock ‘99 was a blast until it blew up in everyone’s face’ sponsored by BY NICOLE A. HAWLEY streaming service. Staff writer The fi lm will be screened at no admis- It was an event meant to renew the sion charge. For tickets go to www. peace and love vibes of its namesake that RomeCapitol.com. Doors will open at 7 would instead come to a fi ery, rioting end p.m. with a pre-movie reception featuring and become infamously known as “The Copper City Brewing, entertainment and day the music died.” Woodstock trivia. Woodstock ‘99 would put Rome on the Chip Haley, retired Daily Sentinel edi- 1149 Erie Blvd. W. • 315–709–9096 map as the host of some of the biggest tor, who worked as a news reporter names in rock, hip-hop, rap, metal and More weather on page 5 at the time of Woodstock ‘99, recalled grunge with approximately 400,000 music how a festival attended by hundreds of Saturday — Partly sunny fans attending over the four-day festival thousands of concert-goers from all over and slightly warmer with high held July 22-25. It was the second large- the country turned ugly when the venue temperatures in the lower scale music festival, after Woodstock ‘94, literally went up in fl ames. 80s. South winds around that would attempt to emulate the origi- 5 mph. Saturday night — nal Woodstock festival of 1969. “Woodstock ‘99 was a blast until it Showers. Lows in the mid But the reputation of the massive gath- blew up in everyone’s face,” said Haley. 60s. Chance of rain 80%. ering would be marred by environmental “As a reporter for the Rome Daily Sen- conditions that ranged from hot tempera- tinel, I worked with other Sentinel staff tures and a lack of water to overfl owing to cover the thousands of music fans that portable toilets, violence, sexual assault, arrived from all over the country, the big Briefly allegations of rape, exorbitant food and names in music who took the stage — beverage prices, looting, vandalism and MUSH PIT — Concert-goers at the Woodstock ‘99 festival engage in a “mud” fi ght that involved and the unfortunate, fi ery ending to the $65M settlement fi res that erupted throughout the grounds. the event’s portable toilets. (Sentinel fi le photo by John Clifford) gathering.” proposed in suit over In recognition of the 22nd anniversary ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 of the festival, Cinema Capitol, 223 W. documentary Music Box Woodstock 99: to take place tonight from 9-10:50 p.m. Exposure, entertainment contaminated water Dominick St., will co-debut the HBO Peace, Love, and Rage, with a screening — the same time it debuts on HBO’s HOOSICK FALLS (AP) — Plaintiffs in a federal class action lawsuit could get payments and medical mon- itoring as part of a proposed ‘Rome Rises’ returns $65.25 million settlement with three companies over BY NICOLE A. HAWLEY and oversees the website. chemical contamination Staff writer She said the site is constantly chang- of the water supply in the Just as the Phoenix, a mythical beast ing and will include up-to-date informa- upstate New York village that returns from the ashes; so too is tion so city residents can keep informed northwest of Albany. a city website, Rome Rises, making its about major developments. The Times Union report- return. Rome Rises high- ed Wednesday that under City Marketing and lights all the reasons the proposal, Saint-Gobain Events Coordinator why the city would be a Performance Plastics, Hon- Sarah Lokker said the great place to come live, eywell International and 3M website is a virtual work work, play and grow a would pay plaintiffs who are in progress, and will be business. Rich in histo- current or former residents continually updated as a ry and culture, the site of Hoosick Falls for their projects progress. talks about how Rome is home to 10 exposure to perfl uorooctano- Rome Rises — www.romerises.com attractions on the National Register of ic acid, which has been con- — was originally launched as a byprod- Historic Places and countless local land- nected to cancer and thyroid uct of the branding and marketing marks, including Fort Stanwix National disease. Stephen Schwarz, efforts through one of the Brownfi eld Monument; that is ranked within the Top among the attorneys repre- Opportunity Area projects. “Our hopes 10 most affordable mid-sized metropoli- senting the plaintiffs, said it are to make it more of a living document tan statistical areas while also in the Top would “provide immediate that is continually updated as progress 15 safest and most secure. PICKING OUT HER COLORS — August Piquet, 3, and Dominic Calandra, at right, select colors compensation to proper- for tie-die shirts during Thursday’s summer celebration at Pinti Field, as they talk with Kim Ford and throughout the city is made, as well as ty owners and establish a ■ CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Samantha Brockway, of the Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency. The event featured a variety serving as an archive once projects are 10-year medical monitoring of activities and attractions for youth, including a contingent of volunteers from the Rome Police completed,” Lokker said, who manages Community highlights program for early identifi ca- Department. (Sentinel photo by John Clifford) tion and referral for treat- ment of conditions associat- ed with PFOA exposure.” Two face drug, weapons charges after overdoses Facebook: in Sylvan Beach https://www.facebook.com/ RomeDailySentinel SYLVAN BEACH — Two people have charged with one count of third-degree Twitter: been charged with drug and weapon possession of a weapon, troopers stated. @RomeSentinel possession after four people were found The pair are scheduled to appear in court. unresponsive on Harborview Drive very The overdoses, in part, led to an alert Web: RomeSentinel.com early Tuesday morning. by the Oneida County Overdose Email: [email protected] State police said four adults Response Team with the task Phone: 315–337–4000 were found unresponsive force encouraging those from drug overdoses at who are using drugs to 2700 Harborview Drive at take extreme precau- about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday. tions, especially with Inside All four were treated drugs such as cocaine and released from local Obituaries ....................... 5 and methamphetamine. hospitals. Users of those drugs Stocks .............................. 5 State police said they do not typically have a Editorial .......................... 6 searched the residence tolerance for opioids, and Comics ............................ 7 afterwards and uncovered a are at greater risk for an Sports ......................... 9-11 .22-caliber rifl e, a pair of brass overdose fatality when fentan- knuckles and a small amount of yl and/or carfentanil is added to Family, Movies ........ 12-13 illegal drugs. those drugs, often without the user’s Classified ................. 14-15 Residents Joshua J. Stimpson, 36, and knowledge. Autumn R. Schneider, 24, were taken into Anyone fi nding themselves in an emer- A MOON WITH MANY NAMES — An osprey glides in the evening sky above Rome as the custody, authorities said. Stimpson and gency overdose situation should call 9-1-1 rising moon serves as picturesque backdrop on Wednesday evening. The full moon, which will Schneider were not among the four unre- immediately, offi cials said, adding that occur tonight at 10:37 p.m., has different meanings to different cultures. Algonquin tribes referred sponsive adults found at the residence on to it as the “Buck Moon” to signify the time of year when new antlers begin to grow on the heads of those looking for treatment and recovery deer bucks or the “Thunder Moon” because of mid-summer’s thunderstorms. Europeans referred Tuesday, according to state police. services can call 2-1-1 or contact ACR to the July full moon as the “Hay Moon” or the “Mead Moon” related to harvest times. In India, it’s Stimpson and Schneider are both Health at 315-793-0661 for harm reduction called the “Guru Full Moon” and heralded as a time for clearing the mind and honoring the spiritual charged with one count of seventh-degree education and naloxone, the drug often master. As for the osprey, it was likely in a less refl ective mood, looking not for enlightenment but possession of a controlled substance, used to treat overdoses of heroin and rather for a fi nal evening meal for it and its nesting chicks. (Sentinel photo by John Clifford) troopers said. 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