WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER The Only Constant Is Change By LARRY BENNETT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Once we are born, every moment of every day brings change. We are born biologically complete, yet with little else to our beings. We can’t speak, walk, or talk. As a baby, then in our youth, in our teens, maybe even through our twenties, we live through endless and often tumultuous changes. Every day offers fresh knowledge and new experiences. Our parents first…
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The Christmas Message Gospel of St. Luke And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.…
YES, VIRGINIA… There IS A Santa Claus, Editor Wrote 8-Year-Old Editor’s Note: The New York Sun’s Francis Pharcellus Church penned this famous response to 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon in 1897. We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If…
EDITORIAL Nostalgia? Why Not Live By Enduring Values Today? As Christmas nears, it was comforting news: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – for years, youngsters from around Otsego County rode the mechanical Christmas legend at Bresee’s Department Store in Oneonta – is in good hands. The venerable four-story emporium at 155 Main St. – now Klugo’s Parkview Apartments – closed in 1994. And when the building changed hands almost a decade later, the Lettis Auction House auctioned off the remaining contents…
MANAGING EDITOR MARKS 10TH Libby Found Love, Work, Heartbreak — And Home Editor’s Note: What a decade! Her friends and colleagues celebrated Manager Editor Libby Cudmore’s 10th anniversary among us on production day, Tuesday, Dec. 10, and agreed to write this memoir. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com There’s a lot for Ian and I to celebrate in December. Our families do Christmas, Yule and Hanukkah, our original anniversary, the New Year’s Eve to cap it all off. But…
EDITORIAL Not John Lambert, Somebody LIKE Him Why does John Lambert, son of Cooperstown and now a county judge, keep coming to mind in the past few weeks? Raised in that village, he was a good student and guard on a top CCS Redskins’ basketball team that won two regional titles in the late 1980s. He graduated from Hartwick College in 1992, and earned a J.D. from New England School of Law in 1998. Then he came home, practiced law,…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Democratic Intrigues Weave Tangled Web By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Speaker Pelosi proudly informed us that she is a Catholic and thus doesn’t hate the President, but she conveniently ignored her pro-choice voting record – even defending the taking of a life about to be born. I think I’d be happier, as a fellow Catholic, if she admitted she hated the President but defended the lives of the unborn. I’d also have more respect…
INTRODUCING ERNA ‘Be Afraid, But Do It Anyway’ By ERNA MORGAN McREYNOLDS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One day a woman who had sat next to me at a fundraising dinner called me. She wanted me to be the speaker at an event for women alumnae from NYU. How could I resist? She titled it, “An Interview with a Financial Superstar”. She asked about my growing up outside a little village in Upstate New York. How did you go from no…
EDITORIAL Everyone Wants Fair Deal For Animal Shelter, County Drop The Threats, Negotiate An Agreement The issue’s been hanging out there for a while: What role should the Otsego County Board of Representatives play in funding the Susquehanna Animal Shelter? Schoharie County’s contribution is $75,000 a year to its shelter. Delaware County splits $88,000 among two shelters. Until now, Otsego County has contributed nothing. The county has been allocating $5,000 a year. It is not a donation, but a fee…
Albany Perspective Reforms May Be Costly, Dangerous Editor’s Note: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has represented Otsego County in Albany since 1986. As we approach the start of 2020, there are a number of new laws that will take effect in New York State. Among them are provisions I am deeply concerned about that will put public safety at risk. The measures include: • Bail changes that will allow 90 percent of individuals arrested to walk free without posting bail;…
