At intermission, Helios Care honored Paula Morrell, one of our home health aides, who is retiring after 33 years of service to the organization. Helios Care held a private reception in celebration of Paula’s retirement for her family and friends. Paula Morrell has long been known as “the face” of hospice, as she has touched the lives of so many.…
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Opinion - Page 35
70 Years Ago
All of Oneonta and the surrounding area have been invited today to attend the inauguration of Hartwick College’s fourth president, Dr. Miller A.F. Ritchie. Some 1,000 delegates and official guests, including leading educators from throughout the United States will participate. Special busloads have been chartered from Rochester and other cities. Today is also Founders Day at Hartwick. Oneonta’s Mayor, Roger Hughes, has proclaimed Saturday, October 24, “Inauguration Day” in Dr. Ritchie’s honor. Special programs are to be broadcast…
85 YEARS AGO
Major League Base Ball clubs appear most favorably disposed toward playing exhibition games on historic Doubleday Field in connection with the Centennial Celebration of the National Game. Eight of the sixteen clubs of the National and American Leagues have expressed themselves. Recently, Lester G. Bursey, local program chairman, addressed invitations to the managements of all the clubs, to participate in the celebration by playing here. Replies have been received from the Cincinnati Reds, the Boston Bees, the New…
When we’re young, the world unfolds in found talismans and nursery ditties. Singsong superstitions are verses in the narratives we construct about our lives. I was no exception. Sidewalks transformed into mythical landscapes, each crack a fault line through which my mother’s well-being might crumble.…
This letter is written in enthusiastic support of MacGuire Benton’s candidacy for Otsego County clerk. I have known MacGuire Benton for a number of years and have always found him to be incredibly focused on results, dedicated to our community and, above all, tireless in his work ethic.…
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is getting involved in our local race for Otsego County clerk. Washington is in a state of chaos and dysfunction at the hands of Elise Stefanik’s “leadership.”…
Next Tuesday is All Hallows’ Eve, more commonly known as Hallowe’en, a celebration observed by Christians across the globe on October 31 as the eve of the feast of All Saints Day, which is a day to honor the dead, including saints, martyrs and the faithful departed.…
Among the Otsego County races toward this November’s election, the race to fill the Otsego County clerk [seat] bears interesting detail. As every reader of this letter knows, the candidates for this vacant county clerk position are Jennifer Basile and MacGuire Benton.…
Thank you for printing the piece about the Friends of the Parks pickleball court opening. You mentioned that people who own their own paddles and balls can now use the court, but you didn’t say that people who do not have the equipment may borrow FOTP’s equipment from the library. This enables everyone to play.…
I endorse MacGuire Benton for Otsego County clerk. Working with MacGuire for the past several months, I have observed first hand his energy and commitment to public service. Both are inspiring, and I believe his relative youth is an asset.…
