EDITORIAL We’ll Miss Roars For That Great American The passing of the great Hank Aaron last Friday, Jan. 22, at age 86, emphasized the death threats the future Hall of Famer received as he neared breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record on April 8, 1974. Death threats? Contemptible. But there’s a better perspective on Aaron’s 715th home run that broke Babe’s mark at a Braves’ home game in Atlanta. “A black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep…
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Winter Carnival Will Go On, With COVID-19 Precautions By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com This year, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival’s theme is “Around the World, but Safe at Home.” Scheduled Feb. 16-21, a couple of weeks later than usual, the carnival’s “Around the World” theme was intentionally broad to allow for more participation, according to Committee Chair Molly Myers. And, because of COVID-19, it sought to reflect the need to stay safe. In past years, all events were held…
BOUND VOLUMES January 28, 2021 200 YEARS AGO “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” The exemplification of this moral is perpetually occurring on the most common objects of daily attention. The very paper on which I am now writing, affords me an example. A little while ago it was clipped off from an old garment, a useless rag. Betty would have swept it to the door. But the industrious rag man took it up and gave…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 28, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Thank Heaven For Derek Jeter Pandemic Takes Down Fly Creek Cider Mill Working The System, Getting The Shot Winter Carnival Will Go On, With COVID-19 Precautions Survey Seeks Your Opinions Of Local Police AllOTSEGO.life GOHS’ Borzozowski Took Deep Dive Into Adopted City’s Past In Thriller, Frankenstein Born At Hyde Hall EDITORIAL We’ll Miss Roars For That Great American WHAT IF? Hosting MLB…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT To Vote For, Or Not Vote For CHRIS WALLACE: What about the argument that it would be useful, from the point of view of people who think that what the president did was wrong, to ban him from seeking public office again, which would be one of the results of holding this (Impeachment) trial? U.S. SEN. MARCO RUBIO: I think that’s an arrogant statement for anyone to make. Voters get to decide that. Who are we to…
LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Working The System, Getting The Shot I had my first COVID-19 vaccination Sunday, Jan. 26. To get an appointment, I went through all the protocols and algorithms that I discussed previously in this column. I was able to find an appointment Sunday in Plattsburgh. A day later I found an appointment for Utica on Feb. 3 and canceled the Plattsburgh appointment and then I kept looking for something closer and sooner. Lucky for me, some close…
LETTER from CORLISSA CARD Boys Message In Bottle: Let’s Think Differently To the Editor: I have always considered myself a logical thinker and have tried to teach my children to be realistic: Pay your bills on time, keep your things tidy, go to bed on time, eat healthy and above all show respect to others. I have been known to be a bit overbearing, and I am certain my husband and children can attest to that. When I was younger,…
Bernie’s Everywhere Since U.S Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., sat crankily at President Joe Biden’s Inauguration last Wednesday, Jan. 20, a “Bernie meme” – an Internet icon – has been popping up online around the nation. Locally, friends on the Celebrate Coopers-town Facebook page couldn’t help but join the fun.…
In Search Of (Oneonta!) History GOHS’ Brzozowski Took Deep Dive Into Adopted City’s Past By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Even as a boy growing up in Antrim, N.H., young Bob Brzozowski befriended his elderly neighbors, entranced by stories they told about the good ole days in their rural community. When, age 9, he got a stamp collection book for Christmas, it piqued his interest in the larger world, from emerging African nations to Great Britain’s islands in the…
LETTER from TERRY BERKSON Wine Bottle Lowers The Wall Before the advent of COVID-19, to celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary, Alice and I drove down to Key West, and were lucky enough to get a room at The Grand Guest House in Old Town. It’s a great place if you like to share a breakfast table with fellow tourists. This time during our brief stay we met a couple from Brussels, three people from Germany and an ex prize fighter…
