With Airy Mesh, Richard Friedberg Captures… Nature’s Might Oneonta Sculptors ‘Terrible Beauty’ Opens At Munson-Williams-Proctor By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As 2010 arrived, Richard Friedberg was feeling “dispirited, unhappy that we did not have a great chance of solving our environmental problems, our climate problems.” “I needed a change,” said Friedberg, who has a studio in a Harpersfield barn, halfway from Oneonta to Stamford. Then, on April 20, change arrived: BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded; 11 workers…
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EDITORIAL Chamber Looks Past COVID And So Should The Rest Of Us With herd immunity headed our way – by mid-summer or earlier – it IS time to look toward what’s next. So interim Otsego Chamber President Al Rubin’s letter to members, which arrived Monday in e-mail boxes, is ideally timed. The letter was an appeal to members to volunteer for chamber committees: Marketing/Education, Membership Services/Events and Finance/Audit. “We want your input, we want your voice,” wrote Rubin, “and we…
EDITORIAL With Seward, Bassett Reclaims Some Of County’s Ebbing Clout Someone was remarking the other day that, over almost four decades, Otsego County had two key players that could be called upon in any crisis. One, Bill Streck, Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO since 1984, who spent years developing contacts in Albany. A Democrat, he was a go-to guy around here, someone who could call the Governor’s Office and expect an answer. Two, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who served in…
Herzig, Bliss Frustrated County Still Awaits Vaccine By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For now, Otsego County is not getting the COVID-19 vaccines it should, according to Mayor Gary Herzig and county board Chairman David Bliss. Both men represent the county on the Mohawk Valley Regional Control Room, which briefs local officials weekly on the state’s COVID-19 response. The county’s not getting “proportionate distribution,” the amount based on its relative population to the rest of the state, Herzig said…
Richer, Morris Man Returns From Idaho Treasure Hunter Claims $10K Prize By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Kristian House, proprietor of Oneonta’s former Monkey Barrel Toys, loves puzzles. In fact, he’s found a way to make a living by solving them. In the decade since he moved back to the county, he’s earned income as a toy store owner, math teacher and writer of crosswords and math problems. (His crosswords show up in newspapers including the New York…
BOUND VOLUMES February 18, 2021 200 YEARS AGO Perjury – A fellow by the name of Herrrington was indicted and tried at the Court of General Sessions held in this Village (Cooperstown) on February 8, 1821, on the charge of Perjury, for having sworn in a vote for Governor at the last election, without possessing any freehold estate. He was convicted and sentenced to seven years hard labor in the State Prison. Thus, one man at least, has paid dear…
LETTER from GERRY WELCH Is ‘Stop The Steal’ Just A Beginning To the Editor: “Stop The Steal.” Buccaneers didn’t win the Super Bowl! Stage a coup at the NFL headquarters. Take it to the Supreme Court. Day of infamy! If none of these contemptuous acts work, wallow in disdain. GERRY WELCH Cooperstown…
HOMETOWN HISTORY February 18, 2021 150 Years Ago Learn All You Can – Never omit an opportunity to learn all you can. Sir Walter Scott said that even in a stagecoach he always found somebody that could tell him something that he did not know. Conversation is frequently more useful than books for purposes of knowledge. It is therefore a mistake to be morose and silent among persons whom you think to be ignorant, for a little sociability on your…
Editorial America IS Great Over Three Generations, Oneonta’s Naders Prove It With the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the summer-long riots following George Floyd’s death and debates over race relations, we can forget: We live in a great country, where ambition and hard work are almost assuredly rewarded. A case in point – a life in point – is Sam Nader, the respected and beloved former mayor of Oneonta, who passed away Tuesday, Feb. 9, at age 101. When…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 18, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE TV-Only Induction ’21 Met With Acceptance County Still Awaits Vaccine Bassett Recruits Seward As Liason With Albany Treasure Hunter Claims $10K Prize AllOTSEGO.life The Wisdom Of Sam Nader Baseball, Politics, Community Defined His Contribution EDITORIAL America IS Great With Seward, Bassett Reclaims Some Of County’s Ebbing Clout LETTERS NORTHRUP: Impeachment Burnished At Least One Politician WELCH: Is ‘Stop The Steal’ Just A…
