Murder Mystery, Scottish Delights, Cat Yoga Returns Was it Mr. Mustard in the bedroom with the rope? Or Mrs. Scarlett in the study with the revolver? Only the Oneonta High School drama club knows the answer as they present “Clue: On Stage.” Tickets, $10. 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. 11-12, Oneonta High School, 130 Upper East Street, Oneonta. (607) 433-8200. •…
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Betsy Hayes, 70, Toddsville; Focus Family Council Chair COOPERSTOWN – M.E. “Betsy” Hayes, 70, Toddsville, long active in public health initiatives, and most recently in the news as president of the Centers at Cooperstown (former Focus) Family Council, passed away on Jan. 2, 2019, from complications of a recent illness. Born in Plainfield, N.J., to Norma and Dick Wagner, Betsy cherished the memories of her early childhood in the South Jersey town of Delanco, moved to metropolitan Cranford, N.J., in…
Earl N. Buffett, 94; Trooper Headed Clark Family Security COOPERSTOWN – Earl Nathaniel Buffett, Jr., 93, a retired state trooper and former head of security for the Clark family interests,passed away, Jan. 1, 2019, at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in Oneonta. A native of Long Island himself, he was born May 9, 1925, in Huntington, a son of Earl Nathaniel and Estelle May Conklin-Buffett. After graduating from high school, Buffett enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March…
EDITORIAL HOMETOWN Views and Perspectives Levels Rising On Reservoir Of Good Will Bliss Achieves Key Goal: Collegiality On County Board The amiable Dave Bliss, who is entering his second year as chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, patently has achieved his first goal: A “change of culture” toward a more amiable atmosphere. “I believe we have a working relationship with departments heads and other board members,” the former 24-year Middlefield town supervisor, a Republican, said in an interview…
LEGAL POT? NY Should Beware Of Pitfalls Editor’s Note: This appeared in YourAAA, the Jan./Feb. edition of the Automobile Association of America/Northeast. Our state Legislature may legalize recreational marijuana as soon as this month. The legalization of marijuana is gaining popularity within the U.S. A recent Gallup poll found that 66 percent of Americans support marijuana legalization. More than half the states have legalized marijuana use to some extent, whether it be for medicinal use with cannabis strains like this…
HOMETOWN History Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 150 Years Ago Oneonta Home & Vicinity: Our town begins to feel the impulse of increased railroad facilities and will soon double its wholesale trade in flour, salt, plaster, lime, coal and general merchandise. Many carloads of lime are taken every week from this station by the farmers of Laurens, Morris, Hartwick, and other towns for agricultural purposes. The more the…
Column by Mike Zagata for January 11, 2019 Renewables Not Ready To Replace Gas Those who oppose using fossil fuels to provide the bulk of our energy needs without offering viable alternatives are depriving this and future generations of job opportunities. When our country attempts to keep our illegal immigrants seeking to enter our country illegally in pursuit of jobs, Nancy Pelosi and those aligned with her call it “immoral”. What should we call doing that to our own citizens?…
ONLINE Daily Newspaper Launched Editors with ink in their veins thrill at the news that traditional books are rebounding (10 percent as of mid-2018) and Kindle appears to have peaked, and is now declining (3.8 percent). Happily, Otsego County’s newspapers – the 211-year-old Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, now 10 years old – are stable, profitable and ever-striving to serve the reading public, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. But www.AllOTSEGO.com is growing in leaps and…
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO Amidst the numerous and interesting objects which have experienced the benevolence of individuals, and the countenance of the government, it is pleasing to observe that the interests of the Dumb and the Insane have not been overlooked – two unfortunate descriptions of our fellow creatures, shut out from the blessings of social communion, and entitled to our deepest…
Douglas J. Spence, 85; With Twin Brother, Lived Eventful Life ONEONTA – Douglas J. Spence, 85, who worked on Apollo 8, met the Beatles and spent 31 years in the newspaper business in Florida, died at his home in Ormond by the Sea, Fla., on Dec. 18, 2018. He and his twin brother, Donald, were born in Oneonta on March 28, 1933, to the late John and Betty Spence. After graduating from Oneonta High School in 1952, the twin brothers…
