This 4th Of July Enjoy Virtual Parade By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com What do Franklin Delano Roosevelt and elephants have in common? Both will be part of a county-wide parade this Fourth of July – virtually, of course. “When Springfield announced that they would be cancelling their 4th of July parade” – the second-oldest continually running such parade in the country – “I knew we had to put something together that would uplift people,” said Michelle Bosma, New…
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PRESIDENTS & Otsego County By JIM KEVLIN FDR IN VAN HORNESVILLE: In 1931, GE President Owen D. Young, then the presumptive nominee for the Democrat nomination for President in 1932, invited New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt to the dedication of the school in Van Hornesville that bears Young’s name. By 1932, FDR had outstripped Young for the Democratic nod, and went on to be elected President four times. STILL NO TRUMP: Another year has gone by, but the current…