‘I’m certain that being called a ‘n—–‘ and experiencing hate many times in the past 47 years of my life has contributed greatly to my feelings of insecurity and lack of acceptance’ MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT Principal, Former Oneonta Council member, NAACP vice president Living With The ‘N-Word’ By MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many people seem to believe that if one supports the Black Lives Matter movement, they cannot also be pro police. I disagree. And I refuse to participate in the vitriol…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 29-30, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE PROFILE: SUNY Oneonta’s New President Facing Cluster, Hartwick Confines Students 75-Guest Wedding Yields 19 COVID Cases Many Local People Casting Ballots Early Cooperstown Recruits New Village Clerk Stamford Priest Assigned To Cooperstown ENDORSEMENTS Oberacker, Senate; Buttermann, Assembly Delgado Invincible, Earns Second Term What Happens After Presidential Election LETTERS STERNBERG: Delgado Kept His Promises ROWLEY: If ‘Safe Act’ Is Flawed, Change It NORTHRUP:…
LETTER from PATRICIA BROCKWAY Guns Needed To Protect Families To the Editor: The 2AS (Second Amendment Sanctuary) group has provided to the Otsego County Board of Representatives a resolution for its approval, along with petitions signed by 3,295 local residents. The resolution should be seen as a commitment of the county board to stand by their oath of office. When an elected official takes an oath, we, as residents, should want them to uphold that oath. Asking them to vote…
Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta Original, 1942-2020 Our ‘Mr. Bojangles’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the passing of “Mr. Bojangles” creator Jerry Jeff Walker, Doug Decker thinks it’s time to honor Oneonta’s most famous son. “It’s time,” he said. “I don’t think people realize how important he was to the western, gonzo and country scene. They revered him.” Walker – Oneonta’s own Ron Crosby, before he took his stage name and found fame with his 1968…
LOCAL LEGACY: 33 YEARS OF SERVICE SUNY Chancellor, Wife Brought Experience, Friends To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If not for the Whartons, would Rosalynn Carter have ever looked across world-famous Otsego Lake toward the Sleeping Lion? In 1978, when Clifton R. Wharton Jr. became SUNY chancellor, one of the functions he inherited was hosting a two-day retreat twice a year at The Otesaga for all 64 SUNY presidents. The first day was a work day,…
Facing COVID-19 Cluster, Hartwick Confines Students By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With 12 cases at Hartwick College since Friday, Oct. 23, President Margaret L. Drugovich is asking students to stay in Oneonta for the next 27 days. “And if you choose to travel to a red or orange zone, you will not be allowed to return to campus for the remainder of the fall semester,” she said in a video posted on the college website, www.hartwick.edu.…
75-Guest Wedding Yields 19 COVID Cases By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you were at that 75-guest wedding in the Town of Otsego, you better get tested for COVID-19. According to Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, 19 people have tested positive for the virus following a wedding at a local home. “Our challenge with this wedding is that they have not been the best at cooperating,” said Bond. “We have not yet received the…
EDITORIAL Whoever Wins, Let’s Take The Long View Don’t Let Nation Come Apart; Next Election 2 Years Away Not a great choice. On the one hand, Donald John Trump, 74, the Republican incumbent, who made dramatic advances in China relations, trade, border security, Mideast peace and the economy in his first term, but whose erratic behavior, particularly in combatting COVID-19, has eroded support. On the other hand, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., 77, the Democratic challenger, prepared for the presidency by…
Teri Barown’s Successor Recruited In Former Clerk By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN —Jenna Utter was worried. She had three children at home – Lucas, 10, Dawson, 6 and Leah, 5 – and had lost her job as a paralegal in County Attorney Ellen Coccoma’s office after working for the county – in various roles – since 2012. Then, she saw that the Village of Cooperstown was seeking a deputy treasurer. “It was local and I wouldn’t have…
Many People Are Casting Votes Early By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2018, the first year early voting was permitted, 340 people took advantage of it. This year, by noon Tuesday, Oct. 27, three days into early voting, 2,053 early-voting ballots had already been cast. “Saturday this year, more people voted early than in the entire nine days last year,” said Mike Henrici, Democratic county elections commissioner. Saturday, 544 people voted early; Sunday, 563; Monday, 796.…
