IN MEMORIAM Beatrice Loftus, 80, Laurens; Teacher, School Board Member MOUNT VISION – Beatrice Bensink Loftus, 80, a mujsic teacher for more than a half-century and longtime member of the Laurens Central school board, passed away suddenly on No. 30, 2016, at Bassett Hospital. She was born Aug. 17, 1936, in Corry, Pa., the daughter of George and Lucille (Carroll) Bensink. Bea graduated in 1960 from Mansfield State Teachers College, spending the next 50-plus years sharing her talents as a…
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Old Stewart’s Remediated; New Stewart’s Frequented There’s new activity in downtown Richfield Springs, all surrounding the new Stewart’s Shop that opened Nov. 23 on the former Kinney’s site. Above, a Stewart’s contractor is removing the gasoline tanks at the old shop next to Dollar General, preparing the site for sale. At left, the new shop is busy, with customers like Cassidy Winslow, who operates the Chef Diner across Route 20 (Main Street), stopping by after finishing her workday. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
College Rebuilds Memorial On Hartwick Seminary Site Mason Russ Streath, foreground, lays bricks at the site of the old Hartwick Seminary, where a monument (at right) constructed in the 1970s is being replaced by Mark Daneau’s Blue Maple Masonry, Canajoharie. The monument is on the original site of the seminary, established in 1797, that moved to Oneonta in 1928 and became today’s Hartwick College. Daneau, in back, said the reconstruction will be completed in the next week. Two bronze plaques…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DEC. 2 Festival Of Holiday Trees To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. FESTIVAL OF TREES – 6:30-8:30 p.m. Family night. Take a wagon to see the holiday light displays, see Santa and his elves. Decorate trees with ornaments for wildlife, and watch holiday movies. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Co. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, www.friendsofglimmerglass.com CHRISTMAS BAZAAR – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes Christmas tree trimmings, knitted and crocheted items, holiday decorations, a…
ONEONTA TRADITION LIVES! Treelighting Brings Throngs Downtown…
Fossil-Fuel Business Facing Major Change Letter to Editor by LOU ALLSTADT The Freeman’s Journal, Nov. 25, 2016 To the Editor: I am again compelled to respond to Mr. Russell. First, to remove any confusion, accompanying this letter is a graph published by S&P Dow Jones, which I made available to this newspaper two weeks ago. (To see chart, click image at left). The lower line is the original S&P500 index. The upper line shows the newer S&P500 index excluding fossil…
Expert Opinion, Advice Mixed On Future Performance Of Fossil-Fuel Stocks Letter to Editor by DAVID RUSSELL The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2016 To the Editor: I read with interest Cooperstown Village Trustee Lou Allstadt’s response to my article regarding the Cooperstown Village Board’s decision to divest fossil-fuel stocks in the firefighters’ and emergency workers’ defined benefit plan. I thought some of his points merited a response from me. It was refreshing to see Mr. Allstadt lay out a fiduciary…
Investors, Cooperstown Included, Can No Longer Ignore Climate Change Op-Ed by LOU ALLSTADT The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2016 Editor’s Note: Cooperstown Village Board voted Oct. 26 to shift $140,000 in its firefighters’ and emergency squad retirement fund away from fossil-fuel stocks on the advice of Trustee Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president. That prompted an analysis by attorney David Russell, a former pension-fund counsel in the state Comptroller’s Office. This is Mr. Allstadt’s response to Mr.…
The Cooperstown Debate DIVESTING FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS VILLAGE CASTS OUT FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS News Article The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 • Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2016 • Investors, Cooperstown Included, Can No Longer Ignore Climate Change Op-Ed by LOU ALLSTADT The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2016 • Expert Opinion, Advice Mixed On Future Performance Of Fossil-Fuel Stocks Letter to Editor by DAVID RUSSELL The Freeman’s Journal,…
Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The Freeman’s Journal • Nov. 4, 2016 Editor’s Note: David Russell, a Cooperstown resident, was formerly assistant counsel for state Comptroller H, Carl McCall, the sole trustee of the state’s Common Retirement Fund, and has been a long-time manager of alternative investment programs, including social “impact” programs, for public pension plans, endowments and foundations. It is not clear, at least to this writer, the totality of research data or…
