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Unadilla Hosts Rally To Protest Floyd Death Otsego County’s third “Rally for Justice,” in memory of George Floyd, drew 125 people to the Unadilla Village Park Saturday, June 13. Featured speakers included Rev. LaDana Clark and Human Rights Commission Chair Shannon McHugh, both of Oneonta, but also serious Taury Seward, Binghamton, a comedian by trade, Meer Singh, 13, an Oneonta student who listed five steps people can take to fight racism, and Dwight Mott, a Unadilla businessman, who adopted Rwandan…
LOCAL JURIST HELD STATEWIDE SWAY Sure-Footedly, Coccoma Moved Up Legal Ladder By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – While at Albany Law School, Judge Michael V. Coccoma remembered hearing stories from professor Francis Anderson about trying cases “out in the country” in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. “He practiced law in Cooperstown,” said Coccoma. “Years later, when I was a county judge, he stopped into my courtroom and waited in the back for a break. We had a…
LETTER FROM GEORGETOWN What I Didn’t Know About Racism By CONOR YOUNGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Over the last two weeks, Americans have voiced their anger, frustration and shock over the murder of George Floyd through large-scale protests across the county, including in our very own Oneonta and Cooperstown. These events reminded me of something I wrote in one of our local newspapers right after the 2016 election as a college senior interning with Otsego County Judge Brian Burns. The…
EDITORIAL Otsego County, Reclaim Natty Bumppo As Own Editor’s Note: This editorial, from May 6, 2016, is timely again today, after the news that the Pomeroy Foundation has awarded a “Legends & Lore” historical marker to both Fly Creek, home of David Shipman, and Hoosick Falls, home of Nathaniel Shipman. Alan Taylor, the eminent historian and author of the Pulitzer-winning “William Cooper’s Town” is emphatic in his conclusion: David Shipman was James Fenimore Cooper’s inspiration for the famed Natty Bumppo.…
County Got Leg Up On Police Reform Due To Sheriff’s Son’s Case, Psychological Test Upgraded By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rebounding from the year-long investigation of Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Otsego County may have gotten a head start in meeting the wide-ranging reforms coming out of Albany, said county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield. Last year, the county already upgraded pre-employment testing for correctional offices, deputies, parole officers – “anyone who carries a…
NEW CHAPTER IN HISTORICAL FEUD Both Bumppo Claims Equal, Power Foundation Declares By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – Wuz we robbed? The Pomeroy Foundation has, finally, approved a “Legend & Lore” marker for the grave of David Shipman, whom James Fenimore Cooper himself identified as the model for Natty Bumppo, who ranks with Huck Finn among the foremost protagonists in American literature. At the same time, though, Pomeroy also approved a “Legend & Lore” marker for…
JUNETEENTH MARKS SLAVERY’S END Bell Rung 155 Times, Hailing Emancipation Tom Heitz, former Sessions member at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, rings the bell 155 times, beginning at noon today, to mark the end of slavery in 1865. Rev. LaDana Clark and Jim Leslie stand sentinel. Heitz and Leslie each rang the bell 50 times, with Clark ringing the final 55. Inset, A “Freedom” display stands in front of the Historic Marker noting that the church, in 1827, was the site…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/June 18, 2020 Guidance Due Soon On ‘Some’ Activities On Campuses In Fall ALBANY – The state will shortly issue guidance to college and universities to allow some in-person instruction and on-campus housing this fall, Governor Cuomo said at today’s coronarivus briefing. Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta provided reopening plans to Albany two weeks ago, and are awaiting responses. The governor also:…
Hall ROCKIN’ Again Rock Hall Of Fame Pushed To Open As Soon As Possible By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ‘Walk This Way.” “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” “Check Your Head.” These aren’t just favorite albums and songs – they’re directives on how to enjoy the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, which reopened this past Monday, June 15. “Museums and museum professionals think about this all the time,” said Hall President Greg Harris, an…
