BOUND VOLUMES March 12, 2020 200 YEARS AGO On the February 24, at 12 o’clock at night, Joseph Nelson, Nathaniel Brown, Philip Johnson, Lemuel Wood, John O’Brien, James Joyce, David Linus, James Martin, and John N. Baldwin, escaped from No. 12, in the Middle Hall of the State Prison at Auburn, by breaking through the outside wall of the cell. It was done with bars of iron, and is said to have been the work of a week or ten…
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ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL Mary Margaret Will Put People Back In Picture Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns was a breath of fresh air at the Thursday, March 5, League of Women Voters’ debate for Cooperstown Village Board candidates. Village voters should open the windows Wednesday, March 18, and let that fresh air in. Polls are open noon – 9 p.m. at the fire hall. “They never should have allowed CVS to leave Main Street!” she declared, and cut to the heart of an…
MONEY TALK Nothing To Fear – But Flu Itself Are you frightened by this virus? You should be. Consider these scary figures please. Consider up to 45 million Americans infected by this virus. Yes, 45 million!!! With three exclamation points! Consider from 350,000 to 560,000 Americans so sick with it they have to be hospitalized. And consider from 18,000 to 46,000 people dying from the virus. This, according to our Center for Disease Control. These figures describe the situation in…
LETTER from ALBERT COLONE Want Single Oneonta? City Must Use Assets As Leverage v. Town To the Editor: No municipality should extend its services beyond its boundary lines!” That was the opening statement made by Wade Beltramo, general counsel for the New York Conference of Mayors inside the City Council Chambers on March 28, 2017. The general counsel was invited by the City of Oneonta to give a presentation on municipal annexation. I bring it up in that the last…
LETTER from ROGER MacMILLAN Reserve Village Flagpole For The Stars & Stripes To the Editor: I am opposed to flying the rainbow flag from the Cooperstown village flagpole during Pride Month this June. Let me make myself clear, I have many friends who have their personal orientation and I fully support them in every sense of the word. As such, it is none of my business concerning their individual persuasion. However, I believe that the American flag flown from the…
TRADITION RECALLED A DEBATE Then A Newcomer, Waller Helped End Union-Ticket Idea By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s been 42 years, but the idea of the “Union Ticket,” and the community amity it suggests, lives on. It was the subject of a lively debate last Thursday, March 5, at the League of Women Voters’ Candidate Night – three candidates are running for two trustee seats. Early in the evening, Dr. Roger MacMillan, the retired Bassett physician,…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT NYC Looking Upstate To Solve Its Problems By MICHAEL ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Most of you will recall the contentious debate between those who wanted the right to frack for natural gas beneath their property and those who wanted fracking banned. A foundation paid lawyers to visit towns and help them draft language prohibiting the practice of fracking within their jurisdictions under the aegis of “home rule.” Concerned citizens, fearing ground water contamination, pressured the…
LETTER from JEANNE DEWEY Incumbents Can Maintain The Positive Momentum To the Editor: As a Cooperstown village trustee, I have had the privilege of working closely with Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh for the past two years, and with Trustees Joe Membrino and MacGuire Benton for the past one year. We all bring different strengths and ideas to the board, and I firmly believe this benefits Cooperstown. Ellen has vast knowledge of Cooperstown’s history and has been an integral part of the…
ENDORSEMENT EDITORIAL Membrino Adeptly Fills Key Role: Finance Chair Interviewing the three candidates, it was quickly clear: Three exceptional people – and exceptional in different ways – are running for Cooperstown Village Board. Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns is a trained and organized pharmacist, a wife and mother, and someone with an inspiring personal story: enduring misdiagnosed Lyme disease and emerging victorious from a heart transplant. Joe Membrino is a semi-retired D.C. lawyer with a specialty in Indian affairs, who is…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 12-13, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE SUNY, Hartwick, Bassett Ban Travel LeCATES: 6 Quarantined, But No Outbreak Schenevus Top Site For Distribution Center Newcomer, Waller Helped End Union Ticket Mom Found ‘Not Guilty’ In Twins’ Deaths Elementary Principal To Succeed CCS Colleague ENDORSEMENTS Mary Margaret Will Put People In Picture Membrino Fills Key Role: Finance Chairman COLUMNS MORGAN: Nothing To Fear But Flu Itself ZAGATA: NYC Looks Upstate…
