THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 5, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Community pay tribute to Bob Schlather Senator Schumer visits Oneonta to plug job accelerator center Inside The Paper Greater Oneonta Historical Society to unveil new exhibit Nelson Mondaca nominated for Culinary Student Chef of the Year Music biz track matches science and art at SUNY Oneonta Perspectives Editorial Great Choice, Governor COLUMNS POTRIKUS: The unifying power of baseball KEVLIN: Hello from Arizona…
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Hochul taps Delgado for Lieutenant Governor A stunning announcement out of Albany this morning upends the race for Otsego County’s congressional representation with Governor Kathy Hochul choosing Rep. Antonio Delgado as her new Lieutenant Governor. In a statement, the governor said, “I am proud to appoint Antonio Delgado, an outstanding leader and public servant, as Lieutenant Governor of New York, and I look forward to working with him to usher in a new era of fairness, equity, and prosperity for…
News from the Noteworthy Land Use, Energy and the Economic Future of Upstate New York Climate change and land use are inextricably bound together. The collision between the two creates tension. We are experiencing that tension in multiple ways — not least of which is the drive to create more renewable energy through use of solar and wind-power generation on central New York farmland. There currently are proposals — some approved and some being considered — to develop large solar…
Column by Dr. Richard Sternberg Out of My Shell Last week, I took a major step for myself and poked my head out of my shell. I decided that the situation with COVID is really not going to get much better. It is going to be endemic like the flu or the common cold and we’re going to have to deal with it. It’s time to get life back to as normal as possible. I decided to take a trip…
Column by Ted Potrikus ‘At Rest’ bill needs to rest, permanently History will forever remember cocktails-to-go as one bright spot amid COVID’s Darkest Age. We might not have been able to dine out, but we could order take-out and our favorite beverage too complex to craft at home. It’s not like Those Who Imbibe weren’t also giving plenty of business to retail liquor stores (mercifully deemed ‘essential’ from the start of the pandemic shut-down) and the wholesalers that serve them,…
Toss your old medications safely Bassett Healthcare warns thousands of Americans call poison control hotlines, get admitted to the hospital, or die each year because of home medication errors or accidental consumption. Eliminating unneeded medications can save lives, they say, especially for children, the elderly, and, yes, pets. Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin and Bassett Healthcare will provide an opportunity for county residents to dispose of those no-longer-needed medicines in a safe way on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, happening…
Editorial Hardly noble We can think of no one other than Vladimir Putin, conspiracy theorists, or tin-foil-hatters who doesn’t support Ukraine these days. Otsego County has stood up large for a nation thousands of miles away, a noble testament to our region’s inherent benevolence. This newspaper has published several reports about people doing good things on behalf of Ukrainians everywhere and, we’ll be honest, we’ve reported only after hearing about the events almost by chance. Maybe we saw a social…
Cars in Philly, NYC, Boston beckon visitors to Cooperstown Cooperstown native Colleen Canyon was walking along Bergan Line Avenue in Union City, New Jersey, last weekend when she spied a black sedan across the street emblazoned with a logo that caught her eye. “It stood out,” she said of the white-on-black car-wrap advertisement for thisiscooperstown.com – the online arm of the Otsego County’s tourism office. “I saw the car across the street and went over and asked the driver about…
A break for seniors in mobile home parks Otsego County seniors who reside in mobile home parks may now be eligible to receive assistance from the Otsego County Office for the Aging and Otsego Rural Housing Assistance (ORHA) for their mobile home repairs. This assistance is to help older adults (age 60 +) to continue living safely and independently in their homes. It is for home repairs such as roofing, plumbing, electrical and flooring. “New York State offers a number…
Foundation grant boosts Farm Friends Program capabilities Thanks to a grant from the John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation, Otsego County’s only farm animal rescue program is poised to take things to the next level. The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) Farm Friends Program began as an offshoot of the Otsego County Animal Cruelty Task Force, an ongoing partnership between the SQSPCA, the Sheriff’s Department, the District Attorney’s Office, and local veterinarians since 2019.…
