Editorial First Cooperstown Village Election Was A Wild One Editor’s Note: The uncertainly surrounding this year’s village elections locally and throughout New York State, now scheduled six months late on Sept. 15, brought to mind the tumult surrounding Cooperstown’s first village elections, recounted in Alan Taylor’s “William Cooper’s Town,” which won a 1996 Pulitzer Prize. The (state) Legislature (in 1807) was considering two rival petitions to incorporate the village at the foot of Lake Otsego. Incorporation would provide Cooperstown with…
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Life In The Time Of COVID-19 Your Arm, My Nose In 1882, John B. Finch, then chairman of the Prohibition National Committee, wrote “… your right to swing your arm leaves off where my right not to have my nose struck begins.” This seems like a very appropriate commentary on the current argument between those who are concerned about easing COVID-19 restrictions now and those who want to open the economy immediately. Sadly this, like almost all things in this…
In COVID-19 Era, Moms Salute CCS Grads By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Wendy Kiuber wants to make sure that no Cooperstown senior goes unrecognized. “As the Governor keeps extending the closures, all the parents of the seniors were just trying to figure out what we could do to support them,” said a school board member and the mother of Lady Hawkeye senior Ashley Kiuber. She is being helped by Colleen Donnelly, mother of Kate Donnelly, another…
Oneonta Merchant Tells Story Of Local Business By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though she calls it “Small Talk With Jill,” it could become anything but little. “I know a lot of incredible businesses, and I asked myself, ‘What can I do to help them?’” said Jill Morgan-Meek, owner of Transitions Consignment Boutique, 6 Dietz St. Morgan-Meek, who took over the store from Cindy Staffin in 2014, has launched “Small Talk With Jill,” a weekly video series…
Guest Column All Had ‘Adverse Childhood Experiences’ Research on the impact of what are known as “Adverse Childhood Experiences,” described in more than 70 studies over more than two decades, shows the potential long-term health and mental health consequences of unusually stressful childhood experiences. These contribute to the risk of developing diabetes, chronic obstructive lung disease, heart disease, obesity, liver disease, sexual victimization, depression, substance abuse, and a host of other issues. The impact of corrosive childhood stress can be…
1st Community Foundation Grant Goes To Helios Care ONEONTA – Just two weeks after going public, the Community Foundation for Otsego County has awarded its first grant: $5,000 to Helios Care for PPE – personal protective equipment. The money came from the foundation’s newly established COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund. “This award to Helios Care captures the goal of the fund to support first-line health care providers by supplying them with (PPE) they need to safely conduct home visits,” said…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 7-May 8, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Only One COVID Case Left Locally Glimmerglass Festival Out All Star Village Holds On In COVID Era, Moms Salute CCS Grads Drive-In Graduation Out, But OHS Seeks Novelty 1st Community Foundation Grant To Helios AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 To Beat Blahs, Victory Gardens Return Oneonta Merchant Tells Story Of Local Business Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIALS War Not Over, But Let’s…
Glimmerglass Festival Out By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With the curtain on “The Sound of Music” scheduled to rise in just two months, the Glimmerglass Festival has announced it will not host any live performances this summer. “It was our hope this summer to gather at the Festival,” Francesca Zambello, artistic director, said Tuesday, May 5. “But it became clear that, for all our safety, we cannot gather together to perform the beautiful season we had…
All Star Village Holds On By JIM KEVLIN • Special To AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – Cooperstown Dreams Park in Hartwick Seminary. Strike out. Derek Jeter’s prospective Hall of Fame Induction July 26 in Cooperstown. Strike out. Even the Baseball Hall of Fame is waiting in the dugout for now. For now, that leaves one Otsego County baseball institution in the game this summer: Cooperstown All Star Village on Route 205 here. “We want to play baseball,” is how Marty Patton,…
Letter From P. JAY FLEISHER No Future For Plastics To the Editor: Every few weeks I wait with wonder, “what flavor cool-aid is he drinking now?” And, sure enough, Mike Zagata brought me up to date. Last week’s column told me just how far out of touch he is on virtually all matters related to science. His latest entry (“Better Living Through Plastics”) touts the virtues of plastic and the petroleum industry that provides it, and wouldn’t you know this…
