LETTER from CHRISTIAN BASHEAR Protect Our Gun-Using Traditions To the Editor: To express my support of the Second Amendment, I joined the 2AS group here in Otsego County when it was first organized. For far too long, the New York State government has passed more and more insane gun controls without seeming to care at all that they may be unconstitutional infringements to my right to keep and bear arms. I also am sick of the insulting name-calling pro-gun control…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 12-13, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Under New Plan, SUNY Students Return Feb. 1 COVID Rises; County Asks People, Stay Home Rockefeller Center Picks 2nd Oneonta Tree Appointing Oberacker Successor Complicated Raging Fire Destroys Antiques-Filled Barn EDITORIALS Fight Isn’t Partisan; It’s Upstate, Downstate LETTERS BROCKWAY: Gun Deaths? What About DUI, 9/11? FLEISCHER: Much Can Be Expected From Biden BASHEAR: Protect Our Gun-Using Traditions COLUMNS BIDEN: First, Let’s Control…
THE VIEW FROM ALBANY On November 11, Remember Corporal Mayne On Veterans Day, Americans should pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by our veterans. Whether combat veterans or Cold War veterans, all who served need to be given proper praise for a job well done. Our veterans have faced hardships that a non-veteran could never fully understand. Some have faced death in defending our nation’s freedom. Veterans possess the core American values of loyalty, duty, respect, honor, selfless service,…
LETTER from JAY FLEISCHER Much Can Be Expected From President Biden To the Editor: Presidential election results show the popular vote exceeds 145 million (75+ to 70+). The candidate with 75+ pledged to unite America, which will require the cooperation of the 70+. That’s what unity means. To bring America together again and to achieve unity guided by law and order will require the support and partnership of both political parties. With the Presidential change on Jan. 20, 2021, we…
Retiring Senator Receives Bettiol Award By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – A few weeks ago, the young mother of a newborn died – suddenly, before she and the baby’s dad could follow through on their intent to wed. Already stricken, the young father discovered he had no legal claim on the little boy. This is the kind of story state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will tell you when asked about the most satisfying part of his 34…
Pathfinder’s Health Food Helps Customers, Residents By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – For Pathfinder Village CEO Paul Landers, the “secret sauce” in Pathfinder Produce boxes isn’t the recipes, or even the fresh produce. It’s the notes the workers tuck inside. “Each delivery comes with a ‘feel-good card’ that our individuals make,” said Hannah Baulch, ADS coordinator. “And it makes them feel good to write them.” “I always get voicemails from people telling us those notes make their…
Under New SUNY Plan, Students Return Feb. 1 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For the last two weeks, SUNY Oneonta Interim President Dennis Craig has been listening – to staff, to community members, to students. “We have identified that 50 percent of the students desire on-campus courses,” he said in an address sent to the campus community on Monday, Nov. 9. As such, Craig plans to re-open the campus as a “low-density” model, with approximately 900…
LETTER from RICK BROCKWAY Gun Deaths? What About DUI, 9/11? To the Editor: Whenever I decide to comment on something, I first gather the facts. That, however, doesn’t seem the practice of many people in the area. First, the League of Women Voters commented on the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement. Then it was Mary Ann Whelan and others. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and they can speak or write their thoughts. The Freedom of Speech is guaranteed in the…
In COVID-19 Crisis, Pentaris Finds Opportunities By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Everything was going great. A year ago, in collaboration with BriteShot, a TV and movie-industry lighting company in New York City, Custom Electronics was packaging its stand-alone lithium-ion battery packs to illuminate “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order” and other hit TV shows. The product, called The Luminator, made the future look particularly bright for Custom Electronics and its President/CEO Michael Pentaris. Then coronavirus arrived, and…
Raging Fire Destroys Antiques-Filled Barn By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – Inside the barn at 325 Williams Road, Chief Chris Vuolo, Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Department, could hear “multiple” explosions. “There were propane tanks and boxes of fireworks stored inside,” he said. “No one was hurt, thank God.” The fire, which destroyed Wood Bull Antiques owner Kip Coburn’s barn on Christian Hill, Town of Otsego, on Friday, Nov. 6, was called in by a neighbor at…
