Letter from Leon Thompson In Gratitude for Local Coverage To the editorial team at AllOtsego.com… I’m writing to you today (11/29) to thank you for your recent coverage of Sweethearts & Heroes in Cooperstown. Everyone on our team is grateful that you used your valuable time and space to let your readers know about our important messages and missions. We appreciate you. If you ever need someone on our team to comment on a relevant story that you’re pursuing, please…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta December 8, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE What To Do About the Deer: An Ongoing Rural Debate Garden Club a Force of Nature Inside The Paper Community Solar Program Seeks Otsego County Participants Renowned Portrait Artist Brings Photo Exhibit to Richfield Springs Great Otsego Light Trail Switches On Give Thanks by Donating Blood or Platelets Tabor Academy Shines Spotlight on Cooperstown’s Bradley Weldon Sports Fred McGriff Unanimously Elected to…
Column by Richard Sternberg Why I Am Masking Up Again (and it’s Not Just COVID) It would be a safe thing to say that I was one of the strongest advocates in Central New York for masking up, having vaccinations up to date—it should be two original, at least the most recent vaccine for the Omicron variants and having been boostered for last year—avoiding crowded indoor spaces, and generally keeping your distance from other people whenever possible. When I now…
Editorial Baby Eagles Look to Their Future Last Saturday, much to our collective surprise and dismay, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team lost to the Netherlands in the first game of the knockout round of the FIFA [International Federation of Association Football] 2022 World Cup, in Qatar. In many and obvious ways it was a very sad day for the young team; in other ways it was the beginning of a four-year campaign to bring the sport to the attention…
Treatments of Long COVID Explored By Richard Sternberg, M.D. As we continue into the third year of the COVID pandemic, increasing interest and concern is becoming evident by the set of symptoms called Long COVID. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition, on their website, says that Long COVID (also known by other names) is the experiencing of symptoms following infection with the virus that causes COVID, SARS-CoV-2. Their definition does not list a specific point in time of…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta December 1, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK Planting for the Future FRONT PAGE City Receives Grant For Theatre Restoration Camera Policy on Hold for Now CGP, Golden Artist Planning Art Exhibit Exploring Voting Rights County Admin Reflects on First Months Inside The Paper Volunteers Needed this Weekend for Ice Rink Prep ‘Promise for Parkie’ Matching Challenge Is Now Underway Visitor Economy Summit a Step Forward Organization Changes Name, Prepares for Holiday…
EDITORIAL Buy Thoughtfully and Buy Locally Until recently, the main streets of Otsego County’s towns, villages, and hamlets were densely populated with various commercial concerns that provided local residents with the majority of the goods and services they required to live full and productive lives. The money exchanged circulated within the communities, and local economies were vibrant and self-sustaining. Food was locally grown; that you could only get certain food at certain times of the year—like sweet corn—only made that…
Making Democracy Work Close to Home: A Conversation with Local Officials The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will sponsor an informal discussion with Chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives Dave Bliss and Town of Otsego Supervisor Ben Bauer on Monday, November 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Clark Sports Center Community Room. The two lawmakers will speak on the importance of running for office, delineating its challenges and rewards, and what compelled them to run…
Structure Fire in Fly Creek A raging fire broke out in Fly Creek off of county highway 26 at the intersection with Stone House Road on the morning of Friday, November 25. Though local emergency responders arrived early to the scene, it had already consumed much of the structure. We’ve been told the entire family was evacuated successfully.…
Otsego Now Promoting Projects, Developing Priorities Countywide By CASPAR EWIG With daily life returning to a semblance of normalcy, Otsego Now is actively continuing its stated quest “to act as a catalyst for economic transformation of the Otsego County economy.” When formed in 2014 as an umbrella organization for Otsego County’s Industrial Development Agency and Capital Resource Corporation, Otsego Now was tasked with the responsibility to “navigate the economic development process, develop sites, provide financial support, prepare workforce, and communicate…