Museum Hosts Safer, Longer Celebration By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Every so often, Farmers’ Museum interpreter Deb Anderson will see someone sneaking a ride on the closed Empire State Carousel. It’s not a ghost or a straggler – it’s daredevil Sam Patch, one of The Farmers’ Museum’s scarecrows, atop Bucky Beaver, the first of the carousel’s hand-carved animals. Sam was created by the museum’s staff, part of the museum’s Celebration of Autumn, underway through Sunday, Oct.…
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LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Don’t Back ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Idea To the Editor: Dear county board members, I am writing to oppose the proposed “gun sanctuary” initiative as being an ill-conceived abuse of the county’s legislative powers, a pointless political stunt and frankly, a bit silly. The United States is, by law, a “gun owner’s sanctuary.” The State of New York has jurisdiction over local gun laws, and no county, town, village or city can pass gun laws that would not…
Apples Abound Sweet Fruit Helps Preserve Gartung Family’s Heritage By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WESTFORD – For your family, a trip to Willy’s Farm & Cider Mill may be a fun afternoon outing. For the Gartung family, it’s a way to keep the family’s legacy alive. With their parents, William and Mary, the 12 Gartung siblings moved to the Westford dairy farm from Long Island in 1960. And when the parents retired, seven of the dozen bought the…
EDITORIAL Let’s Make 2020, ‘Year Of The Cooperstownians’ It’s Time For Trustees To Ask: What Can We Do For YOU? First, congratulations to Democrat Mac Benton and Republican Mary-Margaret Robbins for a hard-fought campaign for Cooperstown Village Board. Mac won, but both he and Mary-Margaret showed a lot of class – he in victory; she in defeat – after the Tuesday, Sept. 29, tallying showed he garnered 343 votes to her 308. He said her strong challenge will “make me…
EDITORIAL Was Polling Place Big Enough? In a tiny village of 1,800 people, should voters, many of retirement age, have to wait in in the rain for a half-hour to vote? Certainly, no. And yet that was the case Tuesday, Sept. 29, as voters lined up to exercise their franchise at the Cooperstown fire hall on Chestnut Street. It may have been turnout, given the high interest in breaking the tie in the Mary-Margaret Robbins/Mac Benton race for village trustee.…
BE AFRAID, BUT DO IT ANYWAY Fear Of Swimming By ERNA MORGAN McREYNOLDS • Special to www.AllOTEGO.com Swimming. I was a kid who wanted to learn to swim. It really started when I won a week at Bible camp by reciting enough verses. Just being there was scary enough. I was afraid to sleep in my bunk at night. Homesick. Had all of the wrong clothes. All of the other kids had fancy clothes. My bathing suit was the only…
For Sheriff, Son’s Investigation Not Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The County of Otsego’s investigation into Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s correctional officer son ended when Ros Devlin resigned from his father’s department. But to the sheriff, it isn’t over. Tuesday, Sept. 29, the sheriff announced a DVD from the investigation is missing, and he’s asked District Attorney John Muehl to investigate the matter. In an interview, the sheriff said, separately, he’s also asking the…
Repeat Offenders Have Oneonta On Edge By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner, the recent slate of thefts from unlocked cars are more than just petty crimes. They’re a stress on the Oneonta community as a whole. “These aren’t huge larcenies, but they create a more hyper-sensitive community,” he said. “You have to remember to lock your car, your house, you might be more sensitive to when your dog barks.” On Sept.…
THE VIEW FROM ALBANY Trouble At Nursing Homes By State Sen. JIM SEWARD • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Nursing home policies in New York State have been under the microscope throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and a number of significant concerns remain. Back in July, after months of silence and inaction, Democrats finally heeded the call to hold legislative hearings. Unfortunately, the Senate Investigations Committee refused to issue even a single subpoena to compel documents and testimony from the Cuomo Administration or…
FIELD STORIES After 50 Bombing Missions, Airman Enjoyed Tranquillity By TERRY BERKSON • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SOUTH COLUMBIA – World War II veteran Jim Andrecheck, who lives just north of Richfield Springs, recently fell and broke his hip. He’s almost 99 years old and I thought the injury would end his and his wife Mary’s independent life style. • Up until a year and a half ago, Jim was driving a pickup and tending his own vegetable garden. Miraculously, his…
