THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 25, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Polio Rearing Its Ugly Head Social Justice and Strategic Planning at OFO Inside The Paper Police Identify Human Remains Found in Morris Bassett Medical Center’s Midwifery Program Honored Nationally for ‘Innovative and Compassionate’ Care Animal Care Agencies Urge Governor to Sign Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill Dr. Bruce Harris Cross Dedicated Perspectives Editorial What Lies Beneath Columns News from the Noteworthy: Housing Option…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17 Explore festive Historic Village by lantern light HOLIDAY TOUR – 3 – 8 p.m. Tour the historic village by lantern. See it dressed in its winter finery, learn about winter celebration including Christmas and how they were celebrated in Upstate New York in years past. Cost, $20/adult. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/event/holiday-lantern-tours/2021-12-03/…
Kindness: Upstate New York’s specialty! By TARA BARNWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Picture this: you’re at a local grocery store. In a hurry. You get what you need and run out of the store and it’s pouring rain. You get home and realize you left your purse in the shopping cart in the parking lot. Your stomach tightens as you remember you had your monthly rent, in cash, in a bank envelope in your purse. You feel sick. Not a…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 13, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego preps for hiring new administrator Tourism promoter: Focus different for 2021 Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies Schools face budget votes Tuesday; prepare for graduations Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success Master Gardeners to return May 29 Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens…
LETTER from DEB DALTON Program Instructed Us On Racism To the Editor: One of the joys of living in our part of Upstate New York is the ability to recognize and appreciate some individuals who truly make our world better, and who, in a larger populated area, might go unnoticed. In this particular case, I would like to thank and congratulate Liane Hirabayashi and Lynne Mebust for the success of the “Looking in the Mirror: Cooperstown Reflects on Racism” programming…
LETTER from DANNY LAPIN Voting Lets Citizens Hire Best Leadership Editor’s Note: Danny Lapin, D-Oneonta, is retiring from the county board to focus on chairing the city Planning Commission, and to share his reflections on development and environmentalism through his blog, (accessible by Googling “danny lapin blog”.) This is an excerpt to his introduction to the blog. One of my best friends in graduate school lovingly coined the topic of local government the “most important thing nobody cares about.” This…
TRIPTYCH ANCHORS PLEIN AIR SHOW Fenimore Exhibit Brings Mary Nolan’s Art Indoors By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Some 25 years ago, when she was Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director, Polly Renckens held a meeting of people with space to spare in their homes. “We have tourists,” Polly told the gathering. “We need some place to put them. If you have space for a B&B, consider it.” Mary Nolan, who had been doing art as long as she…
LETTER from DAN BUTTERMANN ‘Dazzling’ Green Energy Best Bet On The Future For New York’s Citizens To the Editor: The next New York State budget is on its way to passage, and with the federal stimulus of $12.6 billion it will not be as bad as projected. But there are still many problems ahead. Our state had a budget deficit before the pandemic, and a declining population, which the census will likely confirm later this year. We must look for…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Mar. 11, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Campus Cases Up Principal Departs At CCS Century Old Barn Finds New Home Planning To Retire, Bob Wood Has High Hopes For Southside AllOTSEGO.life From M*A*S*H to Bassett At Warming Station, Needy Are Sheltered EDITORIAL Water Plant Done, Is One Greater Oneonta Inevitable? Hugh MacDougall Encountered Adventures Worldwide FOOD FOR THOUGHT LETTERS CLOSE: Since 1974 D&H Crash, Errors Often Repeated STERNBERG: Neighbors…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT ‘Zoom Towns’ Beckon, Including Hudson Valley A year ago, just before the start of pandemic lockdowns, some 10% or less of the U.S. labor force worked remotely full-time. Within a month, according to Gallup and other surveys, around half of American workers were at distant desktops. Today, most of them still are. And surveys of employers and employees alike suggest a fundamental shift. While forecasts differ, as much as a quarter of the 160-million-strong U.S. labor force…