Matching Masks And Parades Honor Graduates By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Although no graduations are being held at the Unadilla Drive-In, Cooperstown Central borrowed the idea, and families will watch the 2020 Commencement from parked cars at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28. “It will be a full ceremony, with all the students suited up on the field above,” said Superintendent Bill Crankshaw. And when families hear their student’s name over the loudspeaker, they’ll be invited up…
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LETTER from ROBIN MOTT Village Pretty: Now Make It Work To the Editor: I have been told that between 5 and 8 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, a crew would be coming in to, hopefully, fix a water main on Main Street that has broken. If it does not get fixed, I will not be able to do business that day. I am not the only one in this situation. This is the third time that a water main has broken…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Briefing ‘From Worst To First’ Editor’s Note: Here are three excerpts from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 111th and last of “daily briefings” that became part of New Yorkers’ lives since the day of his emergency declaration Friday, March 13, as the coronavirus epidemic loomed, until Friday, June 19. He will continue briefings on an as-needed basis. Today, we have done a full 180, from worst to first. We are controlling the virus better than any state in the…
HOMETOWN HISTORY June 26, 2020 130 Years Ago Local News – Monday morning about two o’clock, the residence of Hiram Osterhoudt, who lives about four miles from the village in the Town of Milford, was discovered to be on fire. The house, together with the furniture, provisions and wearing apparel of the family was destroyed, and the inmates themselves narrowly escaped. The loss was about $600, insured in the county. Strawberries, though selling on the street for ten cents per…
Trustees Erasing ‘Indian’ From Village Plaques By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It was a constituent that alerted Village Trustee MacGuire Benton to verbiage on historic markers at Council Rock, a Native American meeting place where the Susque- hanna River flows out of Otsego Lake. “I was shocked that I hadn’t noticed it previously,” he said. “The sign refers to Native Americans as ‘Indians’. It’s racially insensitive and incorrect, and it needs to be updated.” The signs,…
This 4th Of July Enjoy Virtual Parade By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com What do Franklin Delano Roosevelt and elephants have in common? Both will be part of a county-wide parade this Fourth of July – virtually, of course. “When Springfield announced that they would be cancelling their 4th of July parade” – the second-oldest continually running such parade in the country – “I knew we had to put something together that would uplift people,” said Michelle Bosma, New…
Primary Results Could Take Weeks To Count By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com New York State’s – and Otsego County’s – primary elections were Tuesday, June 23, but the results won’t be known for at least a week. That’s because, due to the coronavirus threat, all Otsego County voters – and all voters statewide – received absentee ballots in the mail, along with a postal return envelope, and many took advantage of the opportunity for absentee voting, avoiding any…
IN APPRECIATION Giles Russell, Good Citizen Giles Russell was the kind of citizen – active, engaged, sure-footed in the projects he undertook – that any community would welcome and cherish. “Giles was a very hardworking, very caring – I can’t think of anyone who cared more for the village than Giles; and a lot of people care about the village,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk. To Cooperstown’s gain, he and wife Jane chose “America’s Most Perfect Village” as their new…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 25-26, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Hartwick College Aims To Open This 4th, Enjoy Virtual Parade Village Erasing ‘Indian’ From Plaques Matching Masks & Parades Honor Graduates Primary Results Could Take Weeks To Count AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Plains Marks Decade Of Comfort, Friendship Artists’ Muse: 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Make a Giant, Hike The Trails & Go Boating! EDITORIALS Drugovich, Cuomo, Harris Rose To Meet Crisis Giles Russell, Good Citizen COLUMNS…
LETTER from MAUREEN DILL Americans Should Know Where RXs Come From To the Editor: I’m writing to you about my concerns regarding the fact that the majority of our prescription medications (as much as 90 percent, I’ve been told) are manufactured outside of the U.S. – primarily in China and India. Many of us are interested in “sustainability,” and this, I believe, is related to our sustainable future! Having “Googled” this subject, I’ve also read that the welfare of the…
