LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Mix Medicine, Wisdom Of Ages To the Editor: So Bassett has a new machine to fight cancer. The TrueBeam. It makes you think that this is the final answer. Have you ever noticed how man is always looking for something outside of himself to heal himself? It’s like COVID: Everyone is wearing masks to protect themselves, and others, and many are waiting for a shot that they think will save them. The trouble is, a…
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LETTER from LEWIS HAMILTON Rabid Bat? Play Ball! To the Editor, Your last edition shows a photo of Congressman Delgado briefing the proprietor of the Cooperstown Bat Company. Immediately beneath in large bold print: “2 Infected in Cooperstown by Rabid Bat.” Journalistic levity or Steele Dossier class opposition research? Respectfully submitted, LEWIS HAMILTON Cooperstown…
OCT. 1, VETERAN TAKES CCS HELM Laurens’ Wenck Retired As Superintendents’ Dean From Start, Educator Solved Problems Editor’s Note: This profile was prepared after Romona N. Wenck’s retirement as Laurens Central superintendent after the 2019-20 school year. Ms. Wenck will take over Oct. 1 as interim superintendent in the Cooperstown Central School District. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – When Romona N. Wenck began her first year as Laurens Central school superintendent in 1998, a challenge already…
LETTER from KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Fauci’s Fault: He Tells The Truth To the Editor: It is sadly another fractured irony floated by the “stable genius” at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. that Dr. Anthony Fauci was “inherited,” implying Trump has no choice. Trump’s displeasure with Fauci is repeatedly more than evident throughout his diatribes for one reason and only one: Fauci tells the truth. His statements are based purely upon scientific data. His refusal to go along with Trump’s political spin, as…
COVID RETREATS Graduate Students Adults, Don’t Need To Be Babied Sorin Convinces SUNY To Keep CGP Open By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – There’s a difference between grads and undergrads, said Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program director. “The graduate students are adults,” she said. “They know how to behave. The undergrads are less grown-up.” Following SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras’ announcement Thursday, Sept. 3, that the SUNY Oneonta campus would close for the remainder of the semester, students reached…
COVID RETREATS Drugovich’s Hard Line Contrasts With Morris’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College Margaret Drugovich has a message for students unhappy with the school’s stringent COVID-19 code of conduct. “We’re asking the students who don’t want to follow our rules to volunteer to leave campus,” said Drugovich during a meeting of Mayor Gary Herzig’s Oneonta Control Room on Monday, Sept. 7. “As hard as it is to say, if you violate our rules, you have…
COVID RETREATS No Cases In City; SUNY Slows At 701 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Finally, some good news in the COVID-19 outbreak. “From what I can see, there is no community transmission,” Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health, said Tuesday, Sept. 8, as the daily infections on SUNY Oneonta dropped to 16 from the Friday, Sept. 4, peak of 134. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, nearly 2,000 rapid tests were conducted at the…
2 Years After Bones Found, Wife Arrested, Charged In Laurens Man’s Murder LAURENS – The wife of a Laurens man reported missing two years ago was arrested on murder charges this morning, following two years of investigations after his remains were discovered in the backyard of their home in Clermont, Fla. Laurie Leigh Shaver was charged with second-degree Homicide (domestic violence) and Accessory After the Fact to second-degree Homicide in connection with the death of her husband, Michael Shaver, who…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 10-11, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK COVID RETREATS No Cases In Oneonta; SUNY Slows at 701 Drugovich’s Hard Line Contrasts With Morris’ CPG Students Adults; Don’t Need Babying FRONT PAGE Cavilieri New Cooperstown Police Chief SSPCA Takes Over Schenevus Menagerie AllOTSEGO.life Sample Fall At The Fenimore Museum Again, Pioneer Patio Wins Beautification Prize EDITORIALS Turmoil At Bassett, But Good Turmoil HISTORY COLUMNS HOMETOWN HISTORY, Sept 11, 2020 BOUND VOLUMES, Sept…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Vote For Candidate With Integrity, Dignity, Veracity To the Editor: The first Presidential candidate that I supported was Barry Goldwater in 1964. That was not a popular position in Texas, where LBJ was revered. I got into a few arguments. I did so because of Goldwater’s integrity, his personal ethics, his honor. The second political candidate I supported was JFK – for the same reasons – compared to Nixon, JFK was a paragon of integrity. I…
