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Hillary Must Be Practicing How To Blunt Donald Insults

TOM MORGAN’S MONEY TALK Hillary Must Be Practicing How To Blunt Donald Insults Editor’s Note:  The column, Money Talk, by Tom Morgan of Franklin, the retired Oneonta investment counselor, is syndicated nationally.  Here is this week’s column. A few thoughts on the campaign for the White House. By now, millions are lusting for the debates. My guess is that the first one will break records for viewership. Another guess is that Hillary is already practicing how to handle insults.  She probably…
August 5, 2016

Kim M. Gohde, 64, Middlefield; ‘Chief’ Stricken Working At Fair

IN MEMORIAM Kim M. Gohde, 64, Middlefield; ‘Chief’ Stricken Working At Fair MIDDLEFIELD – Kim M. Gohde, 64, of Gatley Road, Town of Middlefield, a carpenter and former Middlefield fire chief, died unexpectedly Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. He suffered a heart attack at the Otsego County Fair, where he was volunteering, as he had for hundreds of hours over many years. Born June 5, 1952, at Bassett Hospital, Kim was the son of Earl and Dorothy (Butler) Gohde of Middlefield.…
August 5, 2016

Common Council Makes It Easier To Raise Dog, Cat Fees In Future

Common Council Makes It Easier To Raise Dog, Cat Fees In Future By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – One more reason to keep your dog on a leash. At their meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2 Common Council updated the “Animals” ordinance in the local law to make it easier to change fee schedules for impounded animals. “Fees change from year to year,” said Mayor Gary Herzig.  “By removing the fees from the ordinance, we’re not having to change…
August 4, 2016

Bassett Family Immigrated To Otsego County In 1815

Bassett Family Immigrated To Otsego County In 1815 COOPERSTOWN – Dr. John Davis, author of the upcoming “Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown: 200 Years of Healthcare in Rural America,” prepared this timeline in connection with “Under the Cupola,” an article in this week’s AllOTSEGO.life section of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta newspapers, now on newsstands. CLICK TO REVIEW BASSETT TIMELINE…
August 3, 2016

County Board OKs Tourism Contract

County Board OKs Tourism Contract Privatized Promotion Extended To Put ‘Heads In Beds’ Locally COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives this morning approved a second three-year contract with Destination Marketing of Otsego County, ending months of uncertainty about the privatized tourism-promotion effort. The contract runs from this coming Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2019. On issue that was resolved:  DMOC had sought a five-year contract, but settled for three.…
August 3, 2016

Covert: Public More Likely To Report Bias, Hate Cases

Covert: Public More Likely To Report Bias, Hate Cases Cooperstown Sees Its First Two Cases Ever By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Although applied in the Village of Cooperstown for the first time this summer – twice – bias laws have been on the books for years, according to Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert. What’s changing is public attitudes toward possible racial and homophobic confrontations are changing, he said:  “It’s very unusual, but people aren’t going to put…
August 3, 2016

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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