THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta January 27, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Village Democrats pick March slate as one trustee seeks to move future elections to November Invasive insects make a meal out of county’s Hemlocks Inside The Paper Local java purveyors eye Starbucks plans Helios wins national honors, program grant Farm Wage Board sets overflow meeting, decision soon? ‘Big Papi’ headed to Cooperstown Fund will support Otego Library Perspectives Editorial Hello in there…
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News from the Noteworthy: Fund will support Otego library A donation to the Community Foundation of Otsego County from Otego author Dennis Fowler has created The Greater Otego Library and Education Fund, focused on maintaining the Harris Memorial Library building, supporting library programs and operations, and encouraging activities to educate and enhance the lives of the residents of the village. “Otego is such a wonderful place,” said Mr. Fowler, a 50-year resident and writer with nearly 60 books published, including…
‘Big Papi’ headed to Cooperstown Get ready to welcome the entire population of the city of Boston on July 24 when Fenway favorite David “Big Papi” Ortiz joins the ranks of the greats enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was the only one of the 30 candidates to reach the necessary 75 percent of votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and gets into the Hall in his first year of eligibility. The tally leaves out career…
Farm Wage Board sets overflow meeting, decision soon? Because so many people registered to participate in its three virtual sessions, New York’s Department of Labor this week added an additional public hearing to its Farm Laborer Wage Board schedule for Friday, January 28, at 2 p.m. The three-member board is considering the existing 60-hour-per-week overtime threshold for farm workers in New York State “and the extent to which the overtime work threshold may be lowered.” Some worker advocate groups want…
Helios wins national honors, program grant Helios Care — formerly Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care —won a $200,000 year-end grant from The Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for its award-winning “Choices” program, designed to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and address social needs for individuals with serious illness. “The cost of the final year of life is the most expensive,” said Helios Care President and CEO Dan Ayers. “Any service that can show reduction of cost has a place in…
Bound Volumes 210 YEARS AGO Pocket Book Found! Picked up between Moss’ store in Burlington and DeForests’ tavern in Edmeston on Wednesday the 25th—a Red Morrocco Pocket Book; a good deal worn, containing a number of notes and a small sum of money. The owner can have it again by proving property and paying charges. Roswell Patterson. January 25, 1812…
News from the Noteworthy: Gov’s budget a reason to be cheerful Happy New Year! I had difficulty celebrating the 2022 New Year. I was certainly unable to make any resolutions. After all, I’ve spent the last two years being very resolute. As the third year of the pandemic loomed, I saw the year beginning with a continued onslaught of information, from new or revised protocols, to new plans to protect our health, our community, and our way of life. But…
Letter: Farms can’t afford threshold The future of agriculture locally may be in the hands of a three-member board. The decision they make will impact our farms immediately. The decision to be made — should the overtime threshold for farm labor move from 60 hours to 40 hours? The answer — no. According to a study from Cornell’s Dyson School and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (commissioned by New York State) 72 percent of workers stated they would not…
Letter: The Babe’s grandson weighs in on Hall vote Today, January 25, the National Baseball Hall of Fame makes its annual announcement of who has made the cut and has answered the call. This should be a number one priority on the daily news shows if baseball is America’s Pastime, but the truth is baseball is the game that time has passed. Tom Brady’s speculated retirement has commanded a seven-minute segment on “The Today Show” promoting football’s greatest player before…
Don’t underestimate her By Ted Potrikus Her beloved Buffalo Bills lost in a weekend heartbreaker, but aside from that, Governor Kathy Hochul has had a pretty good couple of weeks. She’s able to talk about turning the corner against the winter Omicron surge, with seven-day averages for new hospital admissions, new cases, and cases-per-100,000 declining in every part of the state. She laid out a blueprint for New York’s upcoming fiscal year, a $216 billion bonanza adorned with property tax…