Upstate life intrigues newcomer to region I graduated from CUNY Brooklyn just as the coronavirus pandemic was starting. After spending a year stringing for local Brooklyn publications and covering Black Lives Matter protests, I was ready to embrace a different lifestyle when I was offered a position as staff reporter for the Freeman’s Journal. I’m not a sentimental person when it comes to where I live. I lived for three years in Flatbush Brooklyn, which was neither hipster nor trendy.…
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Haring-Inspired Mural In Pioneer Park By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A few years ago, Angel Garcia had just completed what he described as an anti-racism mural, “balanced with positive imagery,” at New York City’s Dual Language Middle School on West 77th Street. “The theme idea was to create a mural that would explore the topic of racism – and healing,” said the Brooklyn artist, who will be creating a mural in Pioneer Park this summer in connection with…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT Crime A Worry, But ‘Quality Of Life’ Of Greater Concern I revisited (social scientists James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling’s 1982 article, “Broken Windows,” in the Atlantic) because I was trying to solve a mystery. On a recent reporting trip to New York City to ask bankers, policy analysts and real estate brokers about the city’s economic future, I kept hearing that crime was a major risk. …When I probed, I found that they talked less…
Daddy Al’s Christmas Adventure By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Sue Dick moved into the home here where she and “Daddy Al” raised their family, she often wondered about the Norway Spruce in the front yard. “I always wanted to decorate that tree,” she said. “But it was always too big and I didn’t have the stuff to do it. But now I’ve finally seen it decorated, and it was beautiful.” With performances by Kelly Clarkson, the Goo…
CLICK FOR TIMES UNION STORY Union ‘Demands’ Troopers Removed From NYC Duties ALBANY – The head of the New York State troopers’ Police Benevolent Association issued a statement Wednesday “demanding” that state troopers be removed from New York City “and cease any law enforcement activities within that jurisdiction,” the Times Union is reporting. “We have arrived at this unfortunate decision due to the hastily written so-called police reform legislation recently passed by the New York City Council,” said PBA President…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Friday, May 29 NYC Looks To Phase 1, Otsego, Others Allowed To Shop, Work Again ALBANY – It’s a sign of a pandemic on the run. At today’s briefing, Governor Cuomo today announced even New York City, which has suffered from CORONA-19 more than almost any community in the world, will enter Phase 1 of reopening on June 8. He also also announced five other regions, including Mohawk Valley (Otsego County’s) can enter Phase 2″, where offices and…
IN MEMORIAM Andrew M. Blum, 89; Banker On Wall Street Led Hyde Hall Revival COOPERSTOWN – Andrew M. Blum, 89, died on May 18, 2020, at his home in New York City, with his loving wife of 47 years, Felicia, at his side. He is survived by three children: Marcia Compton, Olivia Brown and Drew Blum, all of Hillsborough, North Carolina, eight grandchildren, and three great -grandchildren. He also had two stepchildren: Edwin Stebbins and Richard Stebbins. He attended Hobart…
IN MEMORIAM: Audrie L. Knapp, 97; Retired New York City Graphic Artist COOPERSTOWN – Audrie L. Knapp, a retired graphic artist and longtime resident of Manhattan, passed away Thursday morning, January 30, 2020, at Bassett Hospital. She was 97. Born May 1, 1922, in Yonkers, she was a daughter of Clarence and Veronica (Nyahay) Knapp.…
IN MEMORIAM: Lenny Fishman, 83; Owned Taxi Fleet, Limo Service In NYC COOPERSTOWN – Louis Hyman Fishman, 83, who developed and ran a fleet of taxicabs in New York City, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. A native New Yorker, he was born Feb. 3, 1934, in New York City, a son of Alter Eliozor and Gussie née Gittel Fishman.…
Eichlers’ Spruce Selected As Rockefeller Center Tree ONEONTA – The towering Norway Spruce in Angie and Greg Eichler’s Oneonta yard is destined to become the 2016 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, according to a press release sent this morning. “It’s a gorgeous tree,” said Brady Littlefield, the VP of Rubenstein, the marketing company promoting the tree lighting for Rockefeller Center. “We’re very excited.”…
