BE AFRAID, BUT DO IT ANYWAY Burly, Tattooed Men – And Young Reporter By ERNA MORGAN McREYNOLDS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When I walked into that newsroom at The Dominion in Wellington, New Zealand I still had some hope that I might become a superstar journalist. I had landed a job at THE morning paper in the capital of New Zealand. I had never been in a big city newsroom. Reporters pounding their stories on manual typewriters made it noisy.…
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Political Races Aplenty In 2020 Lawyer Challenges Delgado; Jim Powers In Assembly Run By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Having filled a vacancy on the Millbrook Village Board in 2017, Republican Kyle Van De Water, a Poughkeepsie lawyer, ran for a full term in 2018. As he knocked on doors and handed out literature, he discovered volunteers for Democratic Congressional candidate Antonio Delgado had gotten there before him. And Delgado’s army of volunteers also handed out literature for the…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT Fears About Football, Tied To Drop In Pupils By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – Matt Phillips, CCS ’02, shared a poignant story of his family’s affection for Redskins (now Hawkeyes) football, and the 200 fans in the CCS high school auditorium applauded. “If not for football,” said Phillips, today Clark Sports Center’s Activities & Group Reservations director, “I wouldn’t have come to school.” Cooperstown varsity football has had bad years, for sure, but always…
LETTER from RICHMOND J. HULSE, Sr. CCS’ Handwriting On Wall Has Been Visible For Years To the Editor: The time has finally come for all to realize that the viability of CCS is at true risk along with the viability of the Upstate New York region both educationally and economically. Onerous regulation and tax rates have driven businesses and residents out of the Empire State in droves, never to return. School sports programs are a very visible example of community…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 20-21, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Fears For Football Reflect Enrollment Dip In Oneonta, Data Show Stability, Even Growth Looking To Nov. 3, Political Contests Aplenty Pit Bulls Were Taught To Fight – Elsewhere Memoir’s Focus: Running For County Board EDITORIAL If Not Ruffles, Someone With His Qualities COLUMNS GIBSON: Siena Must Turn Out More ‘Servant Leaders’ BENNETT: Are 2 Billionaires Best Choice For U.S.?’ ERNA: Burly, Tattoed…
COLUMN From Congressman To Siena President ‘Servant Leaders’ Will Take Nation To Brighter Future Editor’s Note: Chris Gibson, former congressman for New York’s 19th District, which includes Otsego County, Friday, Feb. 14, was named president of Siena College. Here is an excerpt from his remarks to the college community. By CHRIS GIBSON • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I want to close my remarks by focusing on the students. You are why we are here. And we believe in you. You know…
HOMETOWN History Feb. 21, 2020 150 Years Ago Humorous – A Case of Denied Non-Committal: Old Lady – “Can you tell me, my good man, where I can find Mr. Jones?” Pat: “Sure Ma’am, I expect it would be at his house you would find him.” Lady: “Does he live anywhere in the street here?” Pat: “Sure, no indeed, it’s not for the likes of him to be living in the street at all.” Lady: “You stupid fellow! I mean…
‘LIVE BIRTHS’ & ENROLLMENT In Oneonta, Data Show Stability, Even Growth By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Enrollment in Oneonta City Schools, it turns out, hit bottom with this year’s 10th graders. The 105 sophomores comprise the smallest class, K-12, among the 1,738 students currently in city comprise. What’s more, Oneonta’s schools have by far the largest enrollment, more than double second-place Cooperstown Central, among the 19 school district in ONC BOCES. And, according to the annual…
20 Pit Bulls Trained In Franklin To Fight, But Not Around Here Arrested, Owners Of House Is Facing Multiple Counts By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A little late for Valentine’s Day, but now you can take home Dove, Snickers, Hershey, Sweetie, Maple and Honey. “Jim Fitzgerald of Alpha Dog Consulting came in and assessed the dogs,” said Stacie Haynes, executive director, Susquehanna Animal Shelter, who took in six of the “Franklin 20” pit bulls after they were…
Van De Water Says He’s Running In 19th Millbrook Lawyer Takes On Delgado MILLBROOK – Last week he won the support of the Otsego and Schoharie county Republican committees in a straw poll at the Worcester White House Inn. Today, lawyer and Army veteran Kyle Van De Water made it official: He plans to run against first-term Democratic Congressman Antonio Delgado in New York’s 19th District. Van De Water has been doing what he did in Worcester last week: asking…
