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LETTER from PATSY SMITH Mary-Margaret Robbins Has Brains, Courage, Kindliness To the Editor: I feel strongly that I do endorse the candidacy of Mary-Margaret Robbins for village trustee. I have known Mary-Margaret for a long time, and I admire her brain power, as well as her kindness to others and her guts. Most of us knew her when she was a pharmacists at CVS. Unfortunately, she had to retire from that job to take care of her health. Today she…
Delgado Bill Extends Business Debt Relief Until February 2021 U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-19, yesterday joined U.S. Sens. Chris Coons and Ben Cardin, Democrats from Delaware and Maryland respectively, in introducing the Small Business Debt Relief Extension Act to extend debt relief due to expire at the end of the month through next February. Hundreds of thousands of organizations nationwide have taken advantage of debt reliefs in his Small Business Repayment Relief Act that was part of the CARES Act,…
Clark Oliver, 22, Elected To Chair County Democrats By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Clark Oliver, 22, who graduated from SUNY Oneonta only last December, was elected chairman of the Otsego County Democratic Committee at a Zoom meeting last evening. Also serving as county board member from Oneonta’s District 11, he succeeds Amy Swan, who decided not to seek another term. Oliver signs on with an action agenda, judging from a conversation a few moments ago:…
Epic Landscaping Crew Transforms Village Entry A crew from Epic Landscaping, Fly Creek, is transforming a key entryway to Cooperstown at this hour, transforming the new parking lot at the renovated NY Pizzeria at Chestnut, Elm and Delaware streets into a min-Eden. Drive by and take a look. Effected the transformation are, inset, from left, Nick LaRosa, Cherry Valley, Michael Kelley, Fly Creek, Ryan Strong, Richfield Springs, and Jake Bennett, Richfield Springs. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
EDITORIAL Use County Historian Position To Help Revive Post-COVID Economy ‘History Tourism’ Can Bolster Off-Seasons As it happens, both AllOTSEGO.life stories in this week’s newspaper – it’s rechristened for this one week only as AllOTSEGO.heritage – explore two surprising pieces of our county’s history. Too little known, not to our local historians, listed in the box at right, but to most of the rest of us. Also this week, our county’s Heritage Businesses trumpet their longevity and success in twice-annual…
GUEST COLUMN Man Socks Rooster Last late fall, I was getting ready to box up my chickens and take them to Knight’s auction in West Winfield so that we would be free to spend some time in sunny Florida. My neighbor, Jim, who lives across the road, surprised me when he offered to keep my birds in his coop for the winter. “Why would you want to do that?” I asked. “Body heat,” was Jim’s answer. “The more chickens in…
1,000 AXES TO GRIND Jim Mayne’s Massive Collection Showcased At Edmeston Museum By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – For years, Jim Mayne had coveted the Leonard Hammer, an 1848 tool patented by Edmeston farmer Leonard Powers. It was only the second such patent issued in the United States. “I was visiting a friend who had it, and I asked if I could buy it off him,” said Mayne, interviewed Saturday, Sept. 19, amid a collection of many…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Sept. 24-25, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Otsego County SQSPCA Declares War On ‘Puppy Mills’ Tied, Benton, Robbins Face Sept. 29 Runoff Plan Fixes Oneonta Deck, Razes Eyesore ENOUGH! SUNY-O Infections Irk Chancellor Bassett CEO Promotes 5, Firms Up Plan EDITORIALS Revive County Historian, Revive Economy COLUMNS ZAMBELLO: On Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Opera STERNBERG: Tragedy Proves COVID No Hoax BENNETT: Praising Judge Ginsburg, Except deBLIECK:…
