COLUMN Pathfinder Success Due To Place, People, Purpose Editor’s Note: Here are remarks President/CEO Paul Landers delivered at the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce annual Gala & Celebration of Business Thursday, May 2, in Foothills’ Atrium. Pathfinder was named the chamber’s NBT Bank Distinguished Business of 2019. By PAUL LANDERS, Pathfinder Village President/CEO About 43 years ago, 30 families were told they needed to find a new school for their children because the State of New York was going to…
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COLUMN Hidden Consequences Of Saying ‘No’ To Gas By MIKE ZAGATA When we live in a community for a lengthy period, we tend to become “comfortable” with those with whom we attend church, purchase services from, hire to do household repairs and who sell us the various products we need. Indeed, over time we simply assume they will always be there. Is that true in Oneonta or, for that matter, in Upstate New York? This past week I had a…
COLUMN VIEW FROM THE GAME It’s All We Need To Know: Home Plate 17 Inches Wide Editor’s Note: Tim Mead, incoming Baseball Hall of Fame president, cited John Scolinos, baseball coach at his alma mater, Cal Poly Pomona, as a lifelong inspiration, particularly Scolinos’ famous speech “17 Inches.” Chris Sperry, who published sperrybaseballlife.com, heard Scolinos deliver a version in 1996 at the American Baseball Coaches Association in Nashville, and wrote this reminiscence in 1996 in his “Baseball Thoughts” column. By…
COLUMN • Capitol Perspective NY Has Third Most Lyme Disease Cases By State Sen. JAMES L. SEWARD • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ALBANY – May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and with the number of reported cases in New York rising each year, it is important to arm yourself and your family with the tools to avoid the disease when possible, and detect and treat when necessary. Lyme disease is an infection, caused by bacteria, that is spread by the bite…
COLUMN • View from Fly Creek Doing The Numbers On Universal Basic Income By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As the economic insecurity of a large segment of the country continues without relief (debts, taxes, low wages, health costs, education costs, etc.), some big new ideas (like the Green New Deal) are getting attention. In my last column, I examined one of these big new ideas: the proposal for a universal basic income (UBI) put forth by presidential candidate…
OH-OH FEST Annual Concerts Struggling In Crises Past, Crisis Present Editor’s Note: The cancellation of Sean Kingston’s concert at OH-Fest Saturday evening, April 20, in Neahwa Park, sparked a pungent debate on All OTSEGO.com’s Facebook pages. Here’s a sampling of the back and forth. ►Kevin Comstock – If students from both colleges are the ones that pick the performers, then the concert should be held on campus … Keep the carnival downtown for the kids and family’s to enjoy. ►James…
LETTER TO CVS PRESIDENT Former Store An Eyesore, Please Help Cooperstown Editor’s Note: Bill Waller of Cooperstown sent this letter Monday, April 22, to Kevin Hourican, president, CVS, in Woonsocket, R.I., about the two-year vacancy of the company’s downtown Cooperstown store. Dear Mr. Hourican, I am writing to inform you of a situation with one of your properties located in Cooperstown, New York. You recently constructed a new CVS store in our Village and vacated your former location on our…
COLUMN A Guaranteed National Income? By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • The View From Fly Creek You might have heard of Andrew Yang. He’s running for president as a Democrat. A long shot, for sure, but he’s already generated considerable interest and support. Last month, he announced that he had received contributions from over 65,000 donors in over 20 states, enough to qualify him for the first round of debates by the Democratic candidates. Yang, from a Taiwanese immigrant family, was born…
COLUMN Help On Way For Small-Forest Owners By MIKE ZAGATA • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal New York’s 19 million acres of forests provide wood-fiber for the state’s $16 billion wood products industry – it’s larger than Maine’s, but we don’t often think of New York as being a leader in wood products. Our forests also provide habitats for wildlife, clean air, clean water, Carbon sequestration and aesthetic enjoyment. In fact, interest in wildlife is the number one reason…
COLUMN • MONEY MATTERS Let’s Build Great Future On Great Past By TOM MORGAN • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal Was America ever great? Former Attorney General Eric Holder poses the question. “Exactly when did you think America was great?” He competes with Governor Cuomo. Cuomo told us “We’re not going to make America great again. It was never that great.” Let us look at that question. But first, let us admit these politicians are simply trying to dilute…
