Oberacker, Salka Lead Republican Romp By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com Republicans romped across Otsego County on Election Day 2020, leading with the top of the ticket, President Donald Trump. “We’re not even purple,” said a jubilant GOP County Chairman Vince Casale, as Peter Oberacker won the 51st Senate District and Assemblyman John Salka turned back Oneonta Democrat Dan Buttermann by a large margin in the 121st District. “Otsego County is red.” Casale said the Republican victory margins…
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New GM Rosenthal On Helm At Otesaga By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In September 2013, The Otesaga’s new general manager, Marty Rosenthal, had just completed his first year as GM of a major hotel, the 269-room Millenium Harvest in Boulder, Colo. If he thought he could relax, he had to quickly think again. On Sept. 11, the worst floods in its history struck Colorado, and Boulder was hit hardest, with rains peaking at 17 inches…
Movie Directors: Oneonta Has It All By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta “has literally everything,” said co-director Korey Rowe, as his “Asteroid” was screen-tested Sunday, Nov. 1, at Foothills. “I needed an antique printing press for a commercial: I went to The Farmers’ Museum,” said Rowe, who co-directed the Cuyle Carvin vehicle with Dylan Avery. All three are Oneontans. “We have police and fire chiefs who are willing to drive down Main Street, sirens blaring, to…
COVID-19 Cases Dip; Hartwick Uptick Flattens By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Zero cases of COVID-19 were reported in Otsego County Monday, Nov. 2. Three cases reported Tuesday, Nov. 3. The spikes at Hartwick College and in Cooperstown following a 75-person wedding have, for now, quieted down. “It’s slowed down considerably,” said Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director. Tuesday, Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta both reported one case each. The other two cases were in…
REMARKS from ELLEN TILLAPAUGH Administrator Barown Excelled Editor’s Note: Here are Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch’s remarks at a Sunday, Nov. 1, reception honoring retiring Village Administrator Teri Barown on the veranda at 22 Main. That we are going to miss Teri Barown’s institutional knowledge, competent expertise and efficiency is a given. In my nine years as an elected official, Teri’s leadership abilities were always apparent and so very valued. Village officials, residents and visitors have all benefited from her…
HOMETOWN HISTORY November 5, 2020 150 Years Ago Oneonta Local: Heavy white frost covers the ground these mornings. Another new engine, the “Schoharie” came up the road on Monday last. Jay McDonald has commenced the new home of Albert Morris on Walnut Street which is to be pushed, until it is done. C.H. Bundy of New Lisbon has erected and nearly finished a fine dwelling for Erastus Walling, on Oneonta Creek, It is by far the best house in the…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DENNIS CRAIG MAN of THE HOUR Can Hero Of Purchase Save SUNY Oneonta? By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For SUNY Oneonta’s interim President Dennis Craig, 55, it’s all about how you react to a crisis. “In tough incidents, sometimes you’re more defined by your response than by the incident itself,” he said, whether cheating, an instance of bias, a suicide, even a murder. When that happens, “I’m all about transparency and…
LETTER from ALLEN ANDERSON Election May Preserve Our Flawed, Free Nation To the Editor: If this is not the most important election in my lifetime, it nonetheless ranks as one that I feel is more important than most. In the last four years there has been a consistent and unrelenting drum beat of negativism surrounding our country and our president, his character, and the state of the nation. There have been street riots, calls for social justice, accusations from every…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Limit Public Flagpoles To New York, U.S. Flags To the Editor: Now that Oneonta has gotten into the flag du jour game, it may be time to review the wisdom of flying anything other than an American flag on a publicly owned flag pole. Again. Absent a state law governing what flags can lawfully be flown on municipal flag poles, the only lawful options in New York State are the national flag, the state flag and…
Stamford Priest Assigned To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father Michael Cambi, who arrived at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church as pastor on Labor Day Weekend, grew up in a Catholic family, primarily in Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, with a stint in Northern Virginia. But it never occurred to him to be a priest. He grew up a Yankees fan, played center field and third base, and went off to Notre…
