LETTER from SAL FURNARI More Trump Flags On The Way To the Editor: This is a reaction to Consuelo Kraham Velez’s letter in the March 18 edition. And I write this for some of those that are fearful of being canceled because they worry about expressing their beliefs that may not be popular with their employer, their neighbor, or their governing body in their community. Of course we will accept a portion of our money back. Let’s call it a…
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LETTER from ERNA MORGAN McREYNOLDS Experiencing ‘Rashers’ To ‘Baps’ Just leaving Belfast to go to London was scary. Soldiers dressed in camouflage gear held machine guns and guarded barbed wire topped fences which ringed the airport. I kissed my family through the fence. Security whisked my suitcase away and sealed my handbag in cling wrap until we landed in London. After 10 days in Northern Ireland, I loved the security. I imagined my plane blown up in mid-air, hurtling to…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG The Doctor Will View You Now On a recent morning, I had a first visit/consultation with a physician from Columbia-Presbyterian in New York City. In going to the city and back to Cooperstown, Columbia presents a special challenge to me. It is a difficult facility to maneuver through under fully normal conditions and these times aren’t normal. It would have required driving about four hours each way and maybe even an overnight stay. Both the physician…
THE DOG CHARMER Finding The Good Breeders Hi Tom, Question: How do I really know I’ve found a good breeder? There are a lot of scams out there with slick websites and darling puppy photos. ELEANOR Dear Eleanor: This is an important question for those who are intent on acquiring a specific breed, especially in today’s world consumed with artificial intelligence and its ability to be convincing in its dishonesty. To me the answer revolves around one word, communication. I’m…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Abandoning Atlanta? How About Moving All-Star Game To Coop Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the league will move its 2021 All-Star Game and MLB Draft from Atlanta. …MLB has yet to select an alternate host site, but might I suggest Cooperstown, NY? Given the short-term logistics of finding a new site, it would have the quaint feeling like Iowa’s Field of Dreams. Plus, it’s the perfect place to honor Aaron and those Hall of Fame…
EDITORIAL ‘Reefer Madness’ Goes Mainstream Maybe when marijuana vendors appear at Disney World, or when the venerable theme park comes up with a Marijuana Mile theme ride, or maybe Marijuana Maelstrom. Then, perhaps, the Village of Cooperstown – “the pinnacle” of youth baseball camps, according to Lunetta Swartout, Cooperstown Stays proprietor, (and she ought to know) – should approve pot shops, or a “recreational cannabis dispensary,” or whatever, along Main Street in Baseball’s Mecca. Maybe then, but now the debate…
HOMETOWN HISTORY April 1, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 135 Years Ago The report of the Wilber National Bank of Oneonta gives some idea of the immense business interests which it represents. The surplus of $92,500 gives evidence of its financial prosperity and soundness, and its nearly $280,000 of deposit certificates (at three percent we suppose) shows a large amount of capital in the country which finds no desirable…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG A&D, OPT, Other Transportation Services Step Up I and multitudes of people, from the President of the United States on down, have tried to convince people to get vaccinated when they are eligible, and to maintain basic public health precautions; wearing masks properly, washing hands and surfaces frequently, and maintaining social distance. Only about 60 percent of the adult population has followed these recommendations and a similar percent say they will get vaccinated. If this continues,…
LETTER from JIM HOWARTH Accelerating Brain Drain Cuomo’s Greatest Failing To the Editor: Speculation and opinions on Andrew Cuomo’s need to resign have been frequent topics in this newspaper. While the allegations of the Governor’s sexual abuses, as well as his COVID-19 policies, have been horrible, they are just that – allegations. Guilt and culpability need substantive proof. I believe the facts will come to light in the Attorney General’s investigation and provide direction for the Governor’s future. One facet…
EDITORIAL Otsego Electric’s Broadband: Entrepreneurism At Its Best Otsego Electric’s Broadband initiative wasn’t mentioned in last week’s editorial on entrepreneurism in arts organizations – it’s an electric cooperative, not a dance troupe. Still, it’s worth a separate nod. While local governments and the citizenry at large were crying out to Albany and Washington for universal Broadband, CEO Tim Johnson and the Hartwick-based, non-profit rural-electrification entity simply did it. As reported last week, in the past three years, Otsego Electric has…
