EDITORIAL Fans, Cooperstown Spent $10-15 Million Preparing For You Welcome, Induction attendees! Will there really be more than a record-breaking 84,000 of us? Excitement. If you’re been here before, look around: You will see many changes and improvements to Cooperstown’s downtown that have occurred since the last record-setter, when Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn set the record for attendance in 2008. If you came then, you might be astonished by what you see now. Then, all the sidewalks were…
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HOMETOWN History July 12, 2019 150 Years Ago The second annual commencement of Oneonta Union School occurred on Monday, July 12 and closed with the Tuesday evening following. The address before the Pioneer Society by Dr. Jewell was attended by a fair concourse of our citizens, but not nearly as large as it ought to have been. The address was excellent. The suggestions advanced ought to be made practical by our young people, tending as it did to the promotion…
BOUND VOLUMES July 11, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Suicide – A man by the name of William Burgin, living in Middlefield, was found dead, near the house of George Boid, Esq. on Wednesday morning last. His left arm (being strongly girt with a garter) had three deep wounds cut in it, from which he had undoubtedly bled to death – and the coroner’s inquest gave their verdict accordingly. It appears he had previously applied to Esq. Boid, one of the…
Letter from MARY ANNE WHELAN Put Up Your Own Sign, But Leave Others’ Alone To the Editor: The grassy, rather triangular-shaped space at the junction of Route 80 and the Pierstown Road has always been used as a place for various signs – the TANNER HILL HERB FARM. GRANGE BARBEQUE! BOOK SALE! And, in political seasons, postings for various candidates. On Sunday, June 30, a sign in patriotic colors promoting the election of ANY FUNCTIONAL ADULT IN 2020 was up;…
Letter from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Take Care Of Yourself – Now; If You Get Sick, It’s Too Late To the Editor: Who in their right mind would want a one-payer healthcare system? That is not the root problem of the healthcare system. money is not the problem. Americans deserve a free healthcare system. Where does our ill health come from? Answer that and you know who should pay! Thanks to Kaiser and Nixon, healthcare was removed from non-profit status to…
LETTER from AL COLONE We Need More Natural Gas? For What? To the Editor: Why does our area need more natural gas? Since the ’50s and ’60s, our area industries have, for the most part, shrunk in size, while employment levels have been buoyed by the growth in the “not for profit” service sector. Our area has had no population growth since the Civil War! Indeed, we’ve lost population since the 1960s; our young people have out-migrated, leaving for opportunity…
Letter from CHIP NORTHRUP 13 States Have Made ‘Green Law’ Work – Why Not New York To the Editor: State law governs the issuance of driver’s licenses. Since 1993, 13 states and D.C. have issued licenses to residents – i.e. some of them could be illegal aliens. This does not give the cardholder the right to vote. In fact, it says that right on the card. What it does is bring them into compliance concerning requirements for car insurance, car…
Letter from JAY FLEISHER Read Declaration Of Independence; Then, Stand Up For It To the Editor: The Fourth of July has come and gone. Mine was special. It wasn’t the parade or the fireworks. It was the reading of the Declaration of Independence by 46 community volunteers at the Shakespeare & Company facility in Lenox, Mass. If you haven’t read the Declaration of Independence for many years (I sure haven’t) it was a real eye opener. Phrase after phrase, line…
MLB Stars Remember Former Oneonta Mayor Sam Nader On His 100th By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – What do you get Oneonta’s most beloved citizen, Sam Nader, for his 100th birthday? How about a birthday message from his favorite football team? “My father has held season tickets to the Giants since 1952,” said his son, John. “So my cousin’s husband got Eli Manning to record a video sending him a birthday message, thanking him for being such…
THE GILLIAN GIBBONS CASE 30 Years Later, A Sister Spurns Killer’s Apology By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Thirty years after the murder of her 18-year-old Gillian Gibbons, her sister was not expecting the call she got from the state Office of Victim’s Services on Tuesday, July 2. “Just out the blue I got a call saying they had a letter from David Dart – and did I want to hear it,” said Jennifer Kirkpatrick. “In 30 years,…
