LETTER from BRUCE BECKERT Easy Living Makes Nation Vulnerable To the Editor: There’re many points that could be debated. I’ll touch on one. The most crucial for the future of our great country and our grandchildren. SOCIALISM. Radicals, who have no use for this country as it has been, have taken over our Democratic Party. They favor government control over every aspect of our lives. America’s founding fathers fought to prevent this. It’s why our ancestors migrated here. Our soldiers…
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LETTER from SCOTT DUNCAN Come Together To Build Better U.S. To the Editor: I grew up in a small town in Upstate New York where the streets were lined with big maple trees. Some streets had still had slate sidewalks. There were many of those big beautiful old Victorian houses you see in villages across Central New York. I remember marching down the street in the parades. I was a Cub Scout and then a Boy Scout. I think I…
A-MAIZE-ING Place Becomes A Regional Draw By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – For her son William’s 12th birthday, Ellen Pernat had the idea to go to a corn maze. “We couldn’t find one close by,” she said. “And I didn’t want to drive three hours.” So they built one. Now in its third year, the Fly Creek Valley Corn Maze is one of the region’s most popular autumn attractions, drawing as many as 500 visitors a…
Suspect In Mask-Sign Defacement Suspect ID’d By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the end, damage to 11 of the Village of Cooperstown’s mask-ordinance signs totaled just under the $250 threshold for a felony charge. “The total damage came to $238.74,” said Cooperstown Police Chief Frank Cavalieri. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Village Police arrested Luke Smith, 45, Cooperstown, for spray-painting Xes across four large and seven small “Masks on Main” publicizing the must-wear mandate between Main to…
Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2016, administering a half-dozen major state and federal grants at the same time, Cooperstown’s part-time, unpaid village trustees concluded they needed more administrative firepower at 22 Main. A Village Board committee – Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees (now mayor) Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Lou Allstadt – invited a team from NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, to assess operations. When NYCOM recommended creating the…
Route 205 Dedicated To Fallen Hartwick Marine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – The last weekend Michael Winslow spent with his brother, Marine Sgt. John Kempe Winslow, the two went hunting up on a hill overlooking their hometown of Hartwick. “We successfully hunted two bucks,” he said, pointing over his shoulder at the hill behind him. “We always enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping.” Now, in the valley below that hill, a sign dedicated to Winslow, who was…
Wenck: CCS Students ‘Happy To Be Here’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Cooperstown Central School, it’s good to be back. “Last week, the faculty and staff were all saying, ‘We can’t wait until Monday,’” said interim Superintendent Ramona Wenck,. “The kids are happy to be here too. It’s like they say – you don’t know what you have until you’ve lost it.” Divided into “A” and “B” cohorts, students returned to the campus on Monday,…
Freeman’s Journal Village’s Official Paper COOPERSTOWN – At its reorganization meeting Monday, Oct. 5, the Village Board designated The Freeman’s Journal, which has been serving Coopertown since 1808, as an official newspaper. Watch for legal advertising and official notices to keep you apprised of happenings inside 22 Main.…
First SUNY-O Employee Tests Positive For COVID ONEONTA – One month after a COVID-19 outbreak infected more than 700 students, the first SUNY Oneonta employee has tested positive, Kim MacLeod, Associate Director of Communications, announced this evening. According to MacLeod, the affected employee was last on campus yesterday and is now isolating at home. Per its Fall 2020 Re-start Plan protocol, the college has performed enhanced cleaning in the affected employee’s workspace and all communal spaces the employee recently occupied.…
Bond: Wedding Party Latest COVID Cluster COOPERSTOWN – Seven members of a wedding party came down with COVID-19 following the weekend event in Oneida County, according to Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health. According to Bond, there were only 45 people at the wedding, under the state’s maximum cap of 50 people, and precautions were put in place. “This shows that in the wedding setting, sometimes people get closer either when they’re eating or celebrating, and…
