EDITORIAL 3 Democrats Prove They Believe In Bipartisanship Let’s Call It: ‘Profiles In Fairness’ It’s a bit of a Christmas story, coming out of the Otsego County Board of Representatives, of all things. It involves at least four of Pope Gregory’s “Seven Virtues” – Charity, Patience, Kindness and Equanimity. (The Seven Deadly Sins, of course, have a higher profile.) Famously, talk is cheap, when it comes to bipartisanship (and generally). But three county representatives – Andrew Marietta, Andrienne Martini and…
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Outpouring Helps Buoy ‘Angel Tree’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Yes, there are more families in need of Christmas cheer. But Salvation Army Capt. Selah Bender can report, there are many more angels to help make the season merry. Take the Angel Tree program, where shoppers can pluck a tag off a tree with the name of a child in need of a Christmas present. “We’ve had entire Angel Trees emptied almost as soon as we put them…
GOAL: FIX NOTRE DAME de PARIS ‘Mary’s Plan’ Mailed To President Macron’s Desk By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By the time you read this, “Mary’s Plan” for the redevelopment of Notre Dame de Paris may be on the desk of France’s president, Emmanuel Macron. “We’re going to print this plan on beautiful paper and send it directly to the palace” – the Palais de l’Élysée – “with beautiful photos,” said Jim Belleau, as he prepared to mail the…
Day of Decision Nears on Gun-Sanctuary Vote Legal Opinion Expected; Resolution In Hand By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Pending a legal opinion on proposed gun-sanctuary status for Otsego County, members of the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee are expected to consider a resolution on the matter when it meets at noon Thursday, Dec. 10. “I haven’t seen that opinion,” county Rep. Andrew Stammel, D-Oneonta, a PSLA member and an attorney, said Monday, Dec. 7. “The…
‘Code Blue’ Fears Spur Shelter Idea By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Main Street Baptist Church has stepped up to provide a home shelter on “Code Blue” nights this winter, when temperatures are below freezing, or the wind chill makes it feel that way. The only obstacle is $40,000-50,000 – a one-time sum needed to enable Catholic Charities to run the program. Once it gets going, the state will fund it. So a fundraising effort was launched this week,…
LeCates: ‘Important Moment By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As COVID numbers continue to rise throughout the county, Dr. William LeCates, Bassett Hospital president, says that the hospital is prepared for the demand. “We have the ability to expand recovery areas,” he said in an interview. “Hospitals have to have these plans in place. We’re seeing an increasing number of community members become ill, and it’s not unexpected that some portion of them will need hospitalizations.” Some are admitted…
‘Critical Point’ Nears Record 17 Hospitalized In County By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Heidi Bond warned us. “I’d say 50 percent of our cases are coming from Thanksgiving,” she said. “We knew this was coming, but it doesn’t make it easy.” As of Tuesday, Dec. 8, with a new record of 17 hospitalizations and 134 active cases of COVID-19, Bond told the county board’s Health & Education Committee her staff is working “overtime and weekends” to keep up…
HOMETOWN HISTORY December 10, 2020 150 Years Ago Home and Vicinity – Next year will witness the erection of more buildings in Oneonta than in any previous year. It has surpassed the expectations of the most sanguine, but we look for greater improvement next year. Many only await the opening of spring to begin the erection of business houses and residences. Mr. Peter W. Swart, so long and well known in this town and vicinity, died quite suddenly at his…
BOUND VOLUMES December 10, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Village Ordinance: “That the owner of every dwelling-house, office, shop or store, shall provide on or before the first Day of October next, under the penalty of one dollar for neglect or refusal so to do, one Leather Fire Bucket for every two fire places in each and every dwelling house, office, shop, or store; and that each dwelling house, shop or store, that may have but one fire place, shall nevertheless…
Democrats Back Away From Coup Control At Hand, But ‘It Wouldn’t Be Fair’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Democratic county reps this week were one vote away from shared control of Otsego County’s $120 million government for the next 14 months. They could have shared fully in who becomes the board’s chair and vice chair. They could have split committee chairmanships. They could have required consensus on every important decision as the county emerges from the COVID-19 threat.…
