THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 11-12, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Pizza-Making Legend Ends 41-Year Career 30 Years Later, Sister Spurns Killer’s Apology Erie Clerk Sues To Halt ‘Green Light’ Law MLB Stars Celebrate Sam Nader On 100th MacDonald: To Fulfill Twilight Years, Plan Streaker Adds Surprise To Outlaws Game EDITORIAL Democrats Failed ‘Green Light’ Litmus Tests COLUMNS HAYNER: Law Prohibits Illegals Getting Licenses KUZMINSKI: Only Grassroots Can Save Planet MASKIN: Participate In…
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‘GREEN LIGHT’ POSITION PAPER Law, Precedent Prohibit Giving Driver’s Licenses To People Here Illegally Editor’s Note: Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner developed this position paper on the state’s new “Green Light” law before asking President Trump to intervene and ensure it doesn’t require New York State’s county clerks to violate their oath of office. By CRAIG HAYNER • Saratoga County Clerk The ability of states to regulate who drives on their roadways dates back to the Model T with the…
Sal Grigoli Remembers Hard Work, Nice Folks Pizza-Making Legend Ends 41-Year Career By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Forty-one years! I haven’t even been alive that long,” Sal Grigoli reports people saying to him these days. That’s the amount of time – age 19 to age 60 – that the founder and owner of the venerable Sal’s Pizzeria has been spinning dough disks at 110 Main St. You’ll still see him there for the next few weeks…
EDITORIAL • July 11-12, 2019 County Board’s ‘Green Light’ Resolution Was Litmus Test – And Democrats Failed It First, it should be said that there’s a troubling lack of interest this year in running for the Otsego County Board of Representatives, whose reach, from road building to social services, touches all 60,094 of us. In the 14 districts, there are only three contests coming out of the June 25 primary: In District 2, the one-term Democrat, former Morris Town Board…
OTHER COUNTIES MAY JOIN IN Erie Clerk Sues To Halt State ‘Green Light’ Law By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Another option for county clerks to challenge the state’s “Green Light” law opened up this week, as Erie County Clerk Michael “Mickey” Kearns went to federal court to block enforcement until its constitutionality can be determined. The “Green Light” law, due to go into effect Dec. 14, would require county clerks to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented residents/illegal…
THE VIEW FROM FLY CREEK Only Grassroot Activists Can Save Our Planet By ADRIAN KUZMINSKI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Sustainable Otsego has been both a social network and political action committee since its founding in 2007. Over that time, it has advanced three principles around which local life could be organized: Sustainable Living. Economic Independence, and Home Rule. Today let me address Sustainable Living; I’ll take up the other two in later columns. Sustainable Living turns out to be a…
SENIORITY PROFILE: TAMMY MACDONALD For Fulfilling Twilight Years, Start Planning By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERTOWN – Our twilight years can be as fulfilling as our early ones. That is what Tamie MacDonald, Otsego County’s Office for Aging director, wants people of all ages to know, and that her office can help us realize it. “We can change our own story of what aging is,” MacDonald said. “No one wants to be frail or dependent on people. It’s…
FINE FOOD • FUN FOOD By The Lake, By The Beautiful Lake The Blue Mingo never disappoints. This was my first time there this season; now that the rain has stopped, I hope to get there a few more times before Columbus Day. Just walking in is a delight. Smart thinking on their part – you walk through a tasteful gift shop where it seems you just need one of everything! Then starts a delightful lunch sitting outside on the…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS • THINGS TO DO Rock ‘n’ Roll Summer Peaks At The Fenimore By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Long live rock and roll! Rock & Roll Hall of Fame president Greg Harris leads a panel discussion on “Fenimore Rocks! Herb Ritts and the Image of Rock Music” as part of the Fenimore Art Museum gala weekend. Afterwards, enjoy cocktails and a buffet. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, July 13, Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Route 80, Cooperstown. Info, fenimoreart.org…
FROM WAR ON POVERTY’S FRONT LINES Participate In Census – Or Lose Clout By DAN MASKIN • Opportunities For Otsego CEO As mandated by the Constitution, the United States conducts a decennial census. This once-every-10-year count of the population – it is coming up in April 2020 – shapes the future of our communities and helps ensure political power is fairly allocated among the states and at the local level. Some communities, like those with higher rates of low-income households…
