CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE Adult, 4 Teens Arrested After Man, 53, Killed By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WORCESTER – Kenneth Robinson, 53, was killed over $5,000 and marijuana, according to the felony complaint filed against Nicholas Meridy, 32, Oneonta. “The defendant unlawfully entered the residence armed with a long gun intending to steal $5,000 and marijuana,” the complaint readS. “During the commission of the crime, a long gun was discharged by another participant in that crime, causing the…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 17-18, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE AS GOES OTEGO-LAURENS, SO GOES COUNTY Brockway Family Legacy Makes Politics Natural National Strife Motivated Ogden Campaign • Adult, 4 Teens Arrested In Worcester Slaying Cardiff Giant Still Excites 150 Years After Hoax Slow EMS Response Brings Towns Together EDITORIAL McEvoy Memo Warns GOP: You May Lose COLUMNS McEVOY: Manager Certain, But Not Energy, Pot ATWELL: She Would Have Loved That Smile…
CONTROLLING COUNTY BOARD Rick Brockway Family Legacy Made Political Bid Natural Step By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – A couple of months ago, Rick Brockway, a farrier by trade, arrived at a farm east of Stamford, just over the Schoharie County line. The grandmother there directed her grandkids: Go up to the pasture and bring down the horse. As they led the horse to be re-shoed, it got caught in a gate. It reared, and its front…
CONTROLLING COUNTY BOARD National Strife Caused Ogden To Run For County Board Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – When Caitlin Ogden was 11 and living in Palm Harbor, Fla., west of Tampa, her parents learned of a Black Arabian for sale near their native Elmira, and determined to buy it for their horse-loving daughter. When they contacted the seller, it was gone. But the horse’s cousin, two months younger, was available. Thrilled at the gift, Caitlin…
‘PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY’ Businesspeople Confer On Otsego County’s Workforce Challenges ONEONTA – “How do we spark economic development in our region using the resources that we have?” asked Otsego County Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan. That was the question that informed “Pathways to Prosperity,” the second annual Mohawk Valley Region Workforce Summit, being held – perhaps as you read this – at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall. “Who better to answer that question than local leaders who have been 30…
GUEST EDITORIAL in THE JOB SCENE County’s Future: Knowledge Workers By AL CLEINMAN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com Editor’s Note: Alan Cleinman is the founder and CEO of Cleinman Performance Partners, an Oneonta based consultancy serving North America’s eye care industry. He chose to “come home to Otsego.” By 1830, following one of the largest land-development experiments in our young nation’s history, William Cooper had attracted over 50,000 people to Otsego County. It took him only 40 years to accomplish that…
THE JOB SCENE They Love Their Jobs 5 Believe They Have Found Careers Of Their Dreams In Otsego County Profiles by LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com KRISTEN QUIGLEY Springbrook Assistant Manager A high-five, Kristen Quigly recognizes, can change someone’s whole day around. “I love that, with the people I work with, it doesn’t matter if they’ve had a good day or a bad day, you can make that day better with a high-five, some music or even a favorite…
Misleading Siren Quiet; Students Plan Forum After False Emergency By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – During the shooting threat that put SUNY Oneonta under a “shelter in place” order for over an hour Wednesday, Oct. 2, some students say they had to take charge in the classroom. “I had students tell me their teachers either didn’t know what to do or didn’t take the order seriously,” said Timothy Nolan, SUNY Student Association president. “Many of (his fellow students)…
PRESIDENT MORRIS’ INSTALLATION Chancellor Installs SUNY Oneonta’s Eighth President BARBARA JEAN MORRIS PRAISED FOR GROUND-BREAKING CAREER By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Barbara Jean Morris’ installation as eighth SUNY Oneonta president Saturday, Oct. 5, revealed her lighter side. Longtime pal Noelle Norton, a dean at the University of San Diego, reported the two ladies stopping at the Boston Bloomingdale’s perfume counter two decades ago en route to a conference to present the first draft of their paper,…
LETTER from MARTY VAN LENTEN BECKER In Supporting Trump Inquiry, Delgado Doing As He Should To the Editor: You ask in last week’s edition: “Is Congressman Risking His Reelection Over Impeachment?” Antonio Delgado states that he made his decision to vote for an inquiry into articles of impeachment because he “…took an oath before God and his fellow citizens to uphold the Constitution of the United States.” That’s what we elected him to do. We didn’t elect him to leave…
