WHEN You’re 105… …Maybe You Can Have Free Pizza Party! By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WEST ONEONTA – Ritchie Egan and his wife Penny Trimble believe that the secret to a long life might just be pepperoni pizza – perhaps from their Pizza 23 West shop. “When we opened in December 2013, Harry and Barb Martin were our first customers,” said Egan. “Harry’s mom, Rhoda Martin, was turning 99 that year, and he ordered some pepperoni pizza for her.”…
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HOMETOWN History Jan. 3, 2020 150 Years Ago Bank Robbery – The safe of the Schoharie County Bank, at Schoharie Court House, was blown open early Wednesday morning of last week, and robbed of about $5,000 belonging to the Bank, and a considerable larger amount in bonds, jewelry, &c. left on special deposit – amount unknown. Small Pox – The Deposit Courier of last week says that much excitement prevails in parts of the Town of Masonville and of the…
BOUND VOLUMES Jan. 2, 2020 200 YEARS AGO From the Editor John H. Prentiss: Since we resumed the publication of this paper, the subscription list has increased more than four hundred, and not a day passes but adds more or less respectable names to it. This fact is mentioned, because we are certain it will be highly gratifying to many gentlemen in the county, who have manifested a warm interest in the prosperity of the establishment. January 3, 1820 175…
LETTER from GREY MATTERS With ‘Green Light’ In Force, ICE Poster A Provocation To the Editor: Prominently displayed next to each of three cashier window signs at the Otsego County Department of Motor Vehicle office in Oneonta that explain how the new “Green Light” Law will be implemented in Otsego County are signs proclaiming the phone number of the ICE Tip Line. At the Cooperstown DMV office, there is an ICE Tip Line sign on the entrance door and there…
LETTER from ED LEONE Battle Of Bulge Reminds Us Of Drago, Nader’s Sacrifice To the Editor: It’s always the right time to be thankful for our veterans who have served selflessly around the world so that we at home can live in peace. The 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds me of the privations and sacrifice these magnificent soldiers faced all those years ago. I recommend Academy Award winning movie, “Patton,” to see a depiction of the…
LETTER from CONNIE KRAHAM VELEZ CVS Should Value Human Beings Instead Of Robots To the Editor: For those who have not been to the Cooperstown CVS in the last week or two, there are two new additions now. Not two new employees, but two automated check-out stations. Whoever enjoys listening to annoying robotic voices overlapping each other will be glad to possibly be able to save a few seconds so that the upper echelons of CVS management and their stockholders…
LETTER from SHEILA ROSS Could ‘Citizen Of Year’ Be County Administrator? To the Editor: Where will you find a person who would know all about all 24 departments in the Otsego County system? The department heads will be giving the manager the information that he or she needs. The department heads know the laws, state mandates and the ins and outs that apply to their departments. We have a county treasurer and deputy that do a great job with the…
LETTER from SCOTT DUNCAN To Preserve Our Earth, Live By Nature’s Rules To the Editor: So the fracking industry comes into town and uses a lot of clean water that then becomes unusable, tears up and down the roads with trucks, and drills for the gas. Then pipes it out of the county and sells it to? … and this will benefit the poor people, how? Poor people don’t always own the land. Mike Zagata’s description of fracking left out…
LETTER from BOB EKLUND Praise For Fracking? Let’s Call In Fossil-Fuel Fiction To the Editor: Normally, I would not respond to such pithy paeans of praise to the poison profits of pipelines as recently described by Mr. Zagata (Nov. 28-29) in this space. However, since my name and likeness, along with friend and fellow environmental activist Nicole Dillingham, were used as poster people for the piece, I feel I must. First I must admit surprise at Zagata’s entry into fossil-fuel…
LETTER from GARY KOUTNIK County Board Has Honest Folks Trying To Do Best To the Editor: I’ve been paying attention to politics and governance since the Eisenhower administration. It’s always been an important part of my life, from dinners as a boy listening to the news on the radio, and talking about it with my family, all the way to today, listening to and reading about the current Congressional hearings, and talking about them with my wife. So in 2011,…
