HOMETOWN History Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 150 Years Ago Oneonta: The entertainment at Union School Chapel on New Year’s evening was a very delightful affair, and despite a wild, wintry storm aAdd Newnd the deep snow it was very well attended. So boisterous was the weather that all of the farmers and child-players could not be there, but all who did come bore their parts so well…
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From The Heart Of Ohio Not So Wild In The Heart Although we do not normally make any New Year resolutions, we must admit that we did this year, as there are times in life when we tend not to make the best choices, leaving us needing to make some changes. And such seems to be the case when we chose the name “From the Wilds of Ohio” for our current writings. Since doing so, we have discovered there is…
A New Year’s Poem By DOREY MUNCH, Oneonta The closing of the old year, The dawning of the new Have brought me to my cupboard Armed with firm resolve To rummage through the shelves within And root out those inhabitants Destined for the garbage bin. What a sorry lot it is It pains me to disclose, For in enumerating, My faults I must expose. Here’s leftover grievances All dried up in the box, There’s a little bottled rage Fizzled flat…
What About Health, Retirement Benefits? To the Editor: Have you ever decided your own salary for the coming year? If so, did you opt to use another person’s money to give yourself a nearly 30-percent raise? Unlikely. Many of us would consider that unethical and shocking. The Otsego County Board of Representatives recently did just that, including their own generous raise in a half-million-dollar management salary reset. Some downplay the financial impact, but the county board raise alone will cost…
GOVERNOR’S 20-POINT ‘JUSTICE AGENDA’ On Spending, Pot, LGBTQ Rights, Cuomo Charts Path Editor’s Note: With Democrats taking control of the state Senate Jan. 1, 2019, Governor Cuomo’s party now controls the state Legislature and his office for the first time in years, prompting him not to wait of the traditional State of the State message, but to issue a first-100-days “Justice Agenda,” a call to action for the state’s Democrats. Here are the 20 points: ►Ensure a Progressive Tax System,…
