LETTER from CORLISSA CARD Boys Message In Bottle: Let’s Think Differently To the Editor: I have always considered myself a logical thinker and have tried to teach my children to be realistic: Pay your bills on time, keep your things tidy, go to bed on time, eat healthy and above all show respect to others. I have been known to be a bit overbearing, and I am certain my husband and children can attest to that. When I was younger,…
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Bernie’s Everywhere Since U.S Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., sat crankily at President Joe Biden’s Inauguration last Wednesday, Jan. 20, a “Bernie meme” – an Internet icon – has been popping up online around the nation. Locally, friends on the Celebrate Coopers-town Facebook page couldn’t help but join the fun.…
In Search Of (Oneonta!) History GOHS’ Brzozowski Took Deep Dive Into Adopted City’s Past By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Even as a boy growing up in Antrim, N.H., young Bob Brzozowski befriended his elderly neighbors, entranced by stories they told about the good ole days in their rural community. When, age 9, he got a stamp collection book for Christmas, it piqued his interest in the larger world, from emerging African nations to Great Britain’s islands in the…
LETTER from TERRY BERKSON Wine Bottle Lowers The Wall Before the advent of COVID-19, to celebrate our 44th wedding anniversary, Alice and I drove down to Key West, and were lucky enough to get a room at The Grand Guest House in Old Town. It’s a great place if you like to share a breakfast table with fellow tourists. This time during our brief stay we met a couple from Brussels, three people from Germany and an ex prize fighter…
EDITORIAL WHAT IF? Hosting MLB Event In Plaque Gallery Gets Wheels Turning The idea was to bring fans to Cooperstown. What about taking Cooperstown to the fans? In the Age of COVID, the second sentence is a more intriguing one. And it played out this week with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s annual announcement of the Induction Class of 2021. While it turned out there was no one to announce this year, the MLB Network spent the afternoon transmitting…
HOMETOWN HISTORY January 28, 2021 150 Years Ago In the Village of Oneonta during the year 1870 the mortality was as follows: Total number of deaths: 9; of which 5 were women, 1 man, 2 boys and 1 girl. Ages: Under 1 year and under: 2; between 1 and 5 years: 1; 15 and 20 years: 1; 30 and 40 years: 5. Diseases: Bronchitis: 1; Cancer: 1; Consumption 1; Dysentery 1; Hemorrhage of Lungs 2; Killed by Cars (Railroad) 1;…
Thank Heaven For Derek Jeter No 2021 Inductees, No Schilling, No Bond, No Clemens By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com If not for Derek Jeter and his Classmates of 2020, this would have been another sparse summer for baseball in Cooperstown. For the first time since 2013, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected none of the 25 Hall of Fame candidates above 75 percent, leaving the class of 2021 at zero. Hall of Fame President Tim Mead announced…
Horror Flick Available On Shudder.com In Thriller, Frankenstein Born At Hyde Hall By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A Shudder original, “A Nightmare Wakes,” premieres Feb. 4 on the horror-thriller-supernatural streaming platform. The short was filmed at the Hyde Hall National Landmark on Otsego Lake by Wild Obscura, a “by/for/about women” producer. Directed and written by Nora Unkel, the 90-minute film follows author Mary Shelley “as she creates her masterpiece (Frankenstein), she gives birth to a monster,” the IMDb…
Pandemic Takes Down Fly Creek Cider Mill By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The numbers told Bill Michaels it was time. “I learned a lot going through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program,” said the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard president. “One of them was knowing your numbers. I spent a lot of time looking at them throughout the pandemic.” In 2020, “our customer visitation was down all year. Then, after the holidays, it just stopped, to…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 21, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Obstacles Aplenty On C-19 Shots Fresh Energy’s Needed To Implement Reforms New Lisbon Farm Dog Best In U.S. James Dean, Village Trustee, And Much More EDITORIAL Inauguration 2021 Chance For New Beginning LETTERS Senator Thanks YOU HERZIG: After COVID, Many Projects Will Happen Food For Thought BERKSON: Talk About Coop d’Etats! MORKAL-WILLIAMS: College Campuses Opening Again. Are We Sure It’s A Good…
