Drive-In Graduation Out, But OHS Seeks Novelty By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Superintendent Thomas Brindley wants to make sure that the Class of 2020 is celebrated, no matter what. “These students really deserve it,” he said. “It breaks our hearts that we might not be able to all participate in the graduation milestones, but our mission is to put something together so that they can enjoy it.” Since Governor Cuomo announced Friday, May 1, that New…
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To Beat Covid Blahs, Victory Gardens Return By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com MOUNT VISION – ‘V’ for vegetables – or victory. “A lot of the companies we buy from say the ‘Victory Garden’ is making a comeback,” said Ed Wilms, Mount Vision Garden Center, who opened his family’s 26 greenhouses Friday, May 1. “People are worried they won’t have enough vegetables, so they’re planting their own. Sales are up across the board.” “We’re starting a new garden,” said Sarah…
Letter From AL COLONE With Time On Our Hands, Let’s Revisit One Oneonta To the Editor: During this time of crisis, Governor Cuomo’s daily report on the coronavirus in New York State has brought me a sense of reassurance that we will “beat the beast!” He regularly talks of making something good come out of bad situations; he speaks of the positive outcomes which have resulted from past crisis. What will things look like in our lives after the COVID-19…
The View From Albany Don’t Forget Lyme Disease The Coronavirus threat continues to dominate our lives in so many ways. As the weather starts to improve and people spend more time outdoors, while practicing social distancing and following other safety guidelines, there is another issue to keep in mind – Lyme disease. May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month and with the number of reported cases in New York rising each year, it is important to arm yourself and your family…
Letter From CHIP NORTHRUP The Answer? Conservation To the Editor: George W. Bush is an old acquaintance of mine, I have known him since before he was governor of Texas, much less President. Although he was a so-so governor and a terrible President, one thing he’s not is a hypocrite. His erstwhile opponent, Al Gore, became the darling of the environmental movement with his groundbreaking film, “An Inconvenient Truth.” The most inconvenient truth about “Inconvenient Truth” is that Gore subsequently…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 30-May 1, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE BEGINNING OF THE END? NO JETER INDUCTION UNTIL 2021 Week 1, Donors Give Foundation $127K With Elective Surgery, Bassett Normalizing Seward: Prayers Helped Me Through COVID-19 From Edmeston Comes NYC Angel Of Mercy ‘Bad Batch’ Cause 4 Oneonta Overdoses AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Masks – Necessity Or Fashion Statement? Garden Club’s Daffodils Brighten Oneonta Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIALS With Facts…
LETTER from MICHAEL WHALING And by The Way, Pesticides Still Used On Lakeside Links To the Editor: As spring slowly approaches, golf season will begin and pesticides applied to the Leatherstocking Golf Course on the sloping west shore of Cooperstown’s drinking water source and Susquehanna River headwaters. While this practice has been previously challenged by this writer and others, the Biological Field Station has been silent. Their only comment was: “Nothing was found” in their testing. While this is good…
LETTER from JAY FLEISHER Support President? Support Dictator To the Editor: Have you ever asked why? Why are Trump’s “facts” different from those of experts? Why does he mock and attack journalists who ask tough questions? Why does he encourage radicals to demonstrate? Why does he ignore information from knowledgeable scientists? Why does he want to open the economy before its safe? Why does he surround himself with “yes” men and women? Why can’t he tolerate criticism? Answer these questions…
LETTER from ALBERT COLONE Pandemic Proving: Socialism Only Answer To the Editor: The most important word to define the “Cares Act” is socialism. One thing is for sure, the private sector will not be the source of a post COVID-19 recovery, either in job creation or in providing the source of accompanying funds! Think of it: It wasn’t that long ago that President Trump and his Congressional Republican allies were chastising Democrats for wanting to bring nasty “socialism” to America;…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Is Mother Nature Telling Us To Rest? To the Editor: Far away from here, in the Middle Kingdom, a place we know of as China. A little bat dove out of the rafters and took flight. It skimmed along, above the market stalls grabbing up bugs. The bat had no idea that it would do more for nature in a few weeks then all mankind could ever do. It was just being a bat. A…
