Summer Dreams Local Connections In Slave’s Escape Fills Franklin Stage Final Performances This Weekend • Check www.franklinstagecompany.org By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FRANKLIN – For “Possessing Harriet” director Leslie Nobel, it was about helping people witness history. “In her diary, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote about meeting Harriet Powell and that the conversation affected her deeply,” Nobel said. “The playwright, Kyle Bass, took dramatic license to imagine that conversation.” “Possessing Harriet,” which opened to a packed house Thursday, July 11,…
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BOUND VOLUMES July 25, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Excerpts from a letter written by John Adams to Benjamin Rush on the subject of Slavery in America. “The turpitude, the inhumanity, the cruelty, and the infamy of the African commerce in slaves, have been so well represented to the public by the powers of eloquence, that nothing I could say would increase the just odium in which it is and ought to be held. Every measure of prudence, therefore ought to…
LETTER from JACOB SACKETT Candidate Goss Remains ‘Fervent Oneonta Advocate’ To the Editor: I write to you in light of the June 25 Democratic primary election for Oneonta Common Council. I wish to convey to the voters of Oneonta who Mr. Jerid Goss is as a candidate, member of Oneonta’s community, and also as an individual. I have known Jerid my entire life, having grown up alongside him, and cannot speak higher of his moral character and ambition. Over the…
LETTER from CATHE ELLSWORTH Can Four-Way Stops Reform Bad Drivers? To the Editor According to the article “4-Way Stop Sign Eyed For Glen, Grove Corner,” found at allotsego.com, a proposal is being made by the Village Board to help eliminate accidents at that location by making it a four-way stop. The article points out that Glen and Grove has the second most accidents of all the intersections in the village. It is also noted in the article that the intersection…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN If Dogs, Why Not Cuddly Rabbits? To the Editor: Bassett Medical Center adds dogs to its security patrol. You can’t be serious? Safety of patients? Dogs carry many diseases as well as ticks. Some people are allergic to dogs and dog hairs. Yet another disease in the hospital environment to be wary of. So now when we go into the hospital, we will see attack dogs patrolling the hallways with armed officers, and this is…
Letter from TOPHER HAMMOND Hospital, Country Going To The Dogs To the Editor: I read the article about the new K-9 security dog at Bassett Hospital, and felt the article was deceptive. The article emphasized how friendly this dog supposedly is, and how it could be approached by children as long as they first got an “affirmative response” from the dog’s handler. Presumably, if they don’t obtain such consent, they might be attacked. If you read between the lines, it…
COLUMN THE VIEW FROM FLY CREEK Do We Give More Than We Take, And Does It Matter? By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In my last column, I discussed “Sustainable Living” – one of the three principles of Sustainable Otsego. Today I want to consider the second principle, “Economic Independence.” I’ll take up the last principle, “Home Rule,” in a later column. The phrase “economic independence” is bandied about these days by politicians and pundits alike. But what would…
The Lofts May Fulfill Dream Of A Renewed Downtown Speaking of development, The Lofts On Dietz, artist studios and middle-income apartments proposed for downtown Oneonta, is simply thrilling. The developer – a father-son combination, Ken and Sean Kearney, principals in Parkview Development Inc. – have completed two similar projects, in Beacon and Poughkeepsie, The father outlined the project to Common Council July 16, and to the city’s Planning Commission the following evening, and came across as seasoned, knowledgeable and level-headed.…
EDITORIAL No Land For Apartment Complex? Harrumph! “The Grove” developer Josh Edmonds did the right thing Wednesday, July 17, in withdrawing his application for a 12-unit apartment building between Pine Boulevard, one of the Village of Cooperstown’s finest streets, and lower Chestnut. It promised to be a long fight, with no certain end. As reported here before, Edmonds has figured out the home of the future – energy efficient, bright, supremely comfortable – and has built a half-dozen of them…
Oneonta Landmark Closes Aug. 25 Avanzatos’ Restaurant Dynasty Comes To End Editor’s Note: Gianluca Avanzato, who recently published his first book, “City of the Hills,” asked to write this valedictory of his family’s role at Stella Luna. By GIANLUCA AVANZATO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For nearly 47 years, brothers Vincenzo and Antonio Avanzato, along with their families, have offered their passion for community, hospitality, and quality food to Oneonta. After Aug. 25, 2019, the Avanzatos’ most recent restaurant,…
