ONEONTA ROTARY REDOUBLES EFFORT Challenged, ‘Operation Warm’ Aims To Keep More Kids Cozy Editor’s Note: To donate to “Operation Warm,” send checks to Oneonta Rotary Fund, Box 1122, Oneonta, NY 13620. For tax deduction, write “Operation Warm” in the memo line. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade of Operation Warm has created a decade of warm memories. “The pride of ownership is something new for a lot of the kids,” said Oneonta Rotarian Dave Mattice.…
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CAN IT! In Time of Challenge, Breweries Get A Boost By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Roger Davidson ordered the new canning machine for Council Rock Brewery, he didn’t know it would be his restaurant’s lifeline. “We’ve been kicking around the idea of canning our beers for a few years,” he said. “And back in February, we just bit the bullet and bought the machine.” Dubbing the cans “Crowlers,” Davidson can put any beer the brewery…
5-DAY ADVANCE WARNING POSSIBLE SUNY Oneonta Experiments With Waste-Water Testing By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta is looking to get as far ahead of the coronavirus as it can – through waste-water testing. It is what it sounds like. “Even asymptomatic people start shedding coronavirus through their feces in the first day of their infection,” said Lachlan Squair, SUNY Oneonta’s chief of facilities & safety. “The reason we’re doing the waste-water test,” he continued, “is…
For Tifanne Friend’s Garden Of Good Deeds Keeps Alive Memory Of Vital Life By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At home, Lorraine Brady gardens for herself. In the Community Garden on Wilcox Avenue in the Sixth Ward, she gardens in honor of her best friend, Tifanne Wells. “She was always trying to help everyone,” she said. “She started First Night and the Hometown Fourth of July. She did so much.” Wells, 44, died in 2015, shot by her…
LETTER from Pamela Fitch Tausta No Mask? No Dr.’s Excuse? HMMMM! To the Editor: It is hard to go to the store and have people tell you they have a doctor’s excuse to not wear a mask. The rest of us take the risk. If they go to the American Disability Association site, they will see that the alternatives for them are not in-your-face responses but using face shields or order and pick-up services. These are available at our grocery…
LETTER from BUZZ HESSE Let’s Move Forward United, As Americans To The Editor: I was born in 1940 in Endicott, a diverse cultural area where many people were from the Old World. In fact, on the street where I lived were Italian, German, English, Jewish and Swedish families. We all lived side by side compatibly. A very meaningful school experience took place when I was in first grade. I remember all the students sat in rows, side by side. Teacher…
OTHER VOICES As Of July 23, No State Has Time To Ensure Smooth Voting’ More than a month after New York’s June 23 primary elections, state election officials are still counting votes. In some legislative districts, they haven’t even started counting absentee votes. In the best-case scenario, election officials hoped to declare winners by the first Tuesday in August – six weeks after Election Day. It might take a lot longer than that. Election officials in New York City have…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 ‘Herd Immunity’ Will Happen – But When? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com We have heard the phrase herd immunity frequently and it has been used as if it has some sort of magical powers to free us from the scourge of COVID-19. But what exactly is it and how does it work? Herd immunity is the concept that when a high enough percentage of a population has immunity to a disease, either…
VIEW FROM ALBANY In Suffragettes’ Shadow, We Must Continue Fight For Real Justice In State Editor’s Note: Governor Cuomo issued this paean to New York State suffragettes on Tuesday, Aug. 18, the 100th anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guarantees voting rights to women. By Gov. ANDREW CUOMO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com New York has been the birthplace to many of the progressive movements that have left an indelible mark on our society while pushing the nation forward,…
GUEST COLUMN Will COVID Lead Us To Justice, Peace? By RANDY VELEZ • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One of the most perplexing elements in our relationship with God has to do with why bad things happen to us. One theory is that God is punishing us for our sinfulness. Another is that God is testing us to determine our worthiness for eternal life with him. Finally, some believe that this is the beginning of the end as described in the Book…
