Alas, Dear Citizens, Perhaps Some Of The Fault Is In Ourselves Edition of Thursday-Friday Nov. 13-14 It’s such a cliche we won’t even say it directly: all-ay, olitics-pay is-ay ocal-lay. Yes, such was certainly the case in the race for Congress in the 19th, the district that stretches along the Hudson River, then hooks over to, eventually, Otsego County. The incumbent running for his third term, U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-Kinderhook, was everywhere. And even after he soundly defeated…
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Ag Commissioner, In Cooperstown, Hopes To Connect NY Products, Customers By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 13-14 2014 Richard Ball, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture & Markets, wants to make sure everyone in the state has access to Upstate’s bounty. “We have a great resource here in central New York,” he said. “And we want more farmers to have New York State as a customer.” Ball, who is from neighboring Schoharie…
All Recall Former Mayor’s Vitality, Civic Duty, Humor Jim Georgeson, 1919-2014 By LIBBY CUDMORE Edition of Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 When Sam Nader succeeded Jim Georgeson as mayor in 1960, he found nothing that Georgeson had left behind. “I said to him, ‘You didn’t even leave me a sheet of paper’!” recalled Nader. “And he said, ‘I knew you were smart enough that you could figure it out’!” Georgeson, 95, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, at The Otsego Manor, three days before…
Inclusion May Be As Simple As A Simple ‘Good Morning’ By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 Inclusion can begin with a simple “good morning.” Stated in different ways, that was one observation that came out Saturday, Nov. 8, as 60 people at “Oneonta: An Inclusive Community” engaged in “envisioneering” – Mayor Dick Miller’s term – to imagine what an optimum community might look like in 2025. The exercise, also called a Diversity Summit, was hosted…
‘SAVE ELM PARK SOCIAL HUB’ Threat Upsets Seniors By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition Of Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 ONEONTA For the Gathering Post Seniors, the lunch service at the Elm Park Methodist Church isn’t just about the meal – it’s about the community. “We’d be sitting at home doing nothing. We need this,” said Elizabeth Whiting. “We’re like a family here.” “Right, sis,” teased Gene Baker. Five days a week, as many as 40 senior citizens come from…
Turning A Page At Green Toad By LIBBY CUDMORE • All OTSEGO.com Edition of Friday, Nov. 14 2014 ONEONTA Whenever Jim Havener went out of town, he always brought something back for Michele Barry at the Green Toad Bookstore. “He’d come in and say, ‘I stopped in the cutest little bookstore and they did this…’,” she said. “It showed me he was interested and in touch with what works in a business.” It was that interest that inspired her to…
Schenevus Introduces Young To Vets’ Sacrifice By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 13-14, 2014 SCHENEVUS For Jay Palmer, Westford, Schenevus Central School’s annual Veterans Day breakfast isn’t just a meal – it’s a chance to remind the next generations about the price of freedom. “I come to show these young kids that a lot people gave their lives for the country they live in today,” he said. “Freedom isn’t free.” Palmer, who was stationed at a U.S.…
AFTER VIETNAM WAR, NOTHING EVER SAME By JIM KEVLIN•allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 13-14, 2014 ONEONTA The worst came after Kent State, where Ohio National Guardsmen shot and killed four college students and wounded nine others when a May 4, 1970, protest against the Vietnam War turned violent. The next day, the SUNY Oneonta campus erupted, as did campuses across the nation. “Twenty-five to 30 of our kids went up for the demonstration,” recalled William “Bud” Pirone, then an Oneonta High…
DMV, Elm Park Saved During County Budget Workshop COOPERSTOWN – After two weeks of worry about the possible closing of the Cooperstown DMV office and the relocation of the Elm Park senior meal center, a sigh of relief came when both items were once again placed on the 2015 budget proposal by an overwhelming majority. During a three-hour workshop, the members of the Otsego County board debated, argued and added items to the County Treasurer Dan Crowell’s proposed budget. In…
4th Graders Receive Awards for Local History Projects…