GUEST COLUMN Man Socks Rooster Last late fall, I was getting ready to box up my chickens and take them to Knight’s auction in West Winfield so that we would be free to spend some time in sunny Florida. My neighbor, Jim, who lives across the road, surprised me when he offered to keep my birds in his coop for the winter. “Why would you want to do that?” I asked. “Body heat,” was Jim’s answer. “The more chickens in…
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ENOUGH: SUNY-O Infections Irk Chancellor By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – ‘Enough!” As photos of another off-campus SUNY Oneonta party made the rounds on social media, SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras issued that one-word press release. Meanwhile, a 79-year-old has died following a bout with COVID-19, with another hospitalized over the weekend. Neither the death – the seventh in the county since March – nor the hospitalization were related to the SUNY outbreak. “(The deceased) had been on…
LETTER from JIM FRANCIS Stone Slab Steps In Our Winters? To the Editor: Have those designers on the new Huntington Park plan ever spent a winter in Oneonta? The slab steps aren’t really shovelable, or passable. They’ll cut down many trees for sledding, which is currently available? And I sure wouldn’t send my kid down that slide with rocks on both sides. But, it’s not like I’m looking for a design award. JIM FRANCIS Oneonta…
GUEST COLUMN More Than Ever, People Need Guns “On every question of construction (of the Constitution), let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit of the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” Thomas Jefferson • Clearly among too many politicians, arrogant academia, and New York State itself, there is an…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Robbins Like GOP Of Yesteryear To the Editor: The last time I wrote a letter supporting a Republican was for Gov. Jeb Bush, which was published as a guest editorial in the Manchester Union Leader during the primaries. What a better world it would be if a capable guy like Jeb had won. Lordy. I am not a resident of New York State so I can’t vote here, but I do live here much of the…
1,000 AXES TO GRIND Jim Mayne’s Massive Collection Showcased At Edmeston Museum By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com EDMESTON – For years, Jim Mayne had coveted the Leonard Hammer, an 1848 tool patented by Edmeston farmer Leonard Powers. It was only the second such patent issued in the United States. “I was visiting a friend who had it, and I asked if I could buy it off him,” said Mayne, interviewed Saturday, Sept. 19, amid a collection of many…
SQSPCA Declares War On ‘Puppy Mills’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Brian Shapiro, state director of the Humane Society of the United States, has a strict warning for anyone who might be thinking about buying from a puppy mill. “Underneath the cuteness, there is cruelty,” he said. Shapiro was on hand for the Susquehanna SPCA’s announcement of the PAWS – Puppy Mill Awareness With Shelters – initiative, which seeks to educate people about the harm that…
RUTH BADER GINSBURG AT GLIMMERGLASS ‘These Dark Archangels, Will They Be Conquered?’ As many people may know, the Young Artist Program at the Glimmerglass Festival is an integral part of our work. One of our recent alumni, Alexandria Shiner (last seen as Bertha in the Barber of Seville 2018), went on to become part of the Cafritz Young Artist Program at the Washington National Opera and to win the first prize of the Met auditions. • A few weeks before…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Sept. 24-25, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Otsego County SQSPCA Declares War On ‘Puppy Mills’ Tied, Benton, Robbins Face Sept. 29 Runoff Plan Fixes Oneonta Deck, Razes Eyesore ENOUGH! SUNY-O Infections Irk Chancellor Bassett CEO Promotes 5, Firms Up Plan EDITORIALS Revive County Historian, Revive Economy COLUMNS ZAMBELLO: On Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Opera STERNBERG: Tragedy Proves COVID No Hoax BENNETT: Praising Judge Ginsburg, Except deBLIECK:…
Tied, Benton, Robbins Face Sept. 29 Runoff By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Election Night in Cooperstown Tuesday, Sept. 15, was a nail-biter, ending with a 272-272 tie and setting up a runoff election for next Tuesday the 29th. The runoff is between Democratic incumbent MacGuire Benton and Republican newcomer Mary-Margaret Robbins. Polls will again be open noon-9 p.m. at the fire hall. This week, the candidates were asked to provide a final statement to village voters.…
