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PRESIDENTS & Otsego County

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…

Online Poll Results

Online Poll Results Here are the online poll results for the question:  ‘What do you think about President Obama’s new executive action on gun control?’…

Cooperstown #8 On Fodor’s List Of Best Small Towns

Cooperstown #8 On Fodor’s List Of Best Small Towns COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown, celebrated this spring by “I Love NY” and honored by President Obama’s visit, has another promotional feather in its touristic hat: Fodor’s Travel has just selected it as eighth on a list of ten of “America’s Best Small Towns.” “Cooperstown isn’t just a destination for sports lovers,” the listing says, “with cultural attractions including the Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival, the annual Glimmerglass Opera season, and the Fenimore Art…

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New Republic Publishes Column By Mayor Katz

New Republic Publishes Column By Mayor Katz COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Jeff Katz discusses fracking and President Obama’s visit in a guest column in the current edition of The New Republic magazine. “The sense that, even in intense disagreement over the major issue of fracking, there was a core connection between the people and their president, that they could be opposed but still together, gave truth to the words of the (other) Boss,” he concludes.…

kuzminski commentary

The Weird Emptiness Of It All Editor’s Note:  Adrian Kuzminski, Sustainable Otsego moderator, distributed these observations on the President’s visit to Cooperstown through various listserves. The most fascinating thing to me about Obama’s visit to Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame was the wierd emptiness of it all, which I think says a lot about our current public political culture, or the lack thereof. The organizers of the anti-fracking rally I was part of anticipated (hoped for) large crowds,…