LETTER from FRED SCHNEIDER Coronavirus Extracts Outsized Sacrifices From Small Business To the Editor: So… here is the state of affairs for everyone who chose to create jobs by rolling their dice with their own capital, their own sweat, and their own ingenuity on building a business, only to have it pulled out from underneath them through no fault of their own: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (not a government entity but a very important pro-business non-profit) recently announced a…
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HOMETOWN History May 1, 2020 135 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – Lewis & Smith, liverymen, are about to supply a long felt want in Oneonta, and one that will prove a great public convenience, having purchased one of the Boston standard cabs, which is to be stationed at some convenient point on Main Street, where it can be secured to make trips to any part of the village at a fare varying from ten to twenty-five cents, according to…
LETTER from SUSAN HUGHSON What Is An Antibody? What Does It Tell Us? To the Editor: In his column of April 23-24 regarding coronavirus testing, Dr. Richard Sternberg refers to “an antibody test which would tell us who is immune to the virus.” It is my understanding that the antibody test indicates an individual’s direct exposure to the virus, with or without symptoms. Whether the presence of these antibodies confers immunity, and for how long, has yet to be determined.…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Want To Cut Loose? Try Las Vegas To the Editor: While Otsego County may be in the same Upstate region as Utica, the risk of re-opening Otsego County too soon is far greater than it would be for Utica. Otsego County, particularly Cooperstown, is an international tourist destination; Utica, not so much. While I am all for cautiously re-opening Otsego County, if the tourist industry were allowed to reopen in full, the relatively low number of…
BOUND VOLUMES April 30, 2020 200 YEARS AGO A Law Case (Leesburgh, Virginia): An action to recover damages for a breach of promise of a marriage contract was tried in the Supreme Court before the Hon. Judge White. The circumstances attending the case were of a very interesting nature, and excited a lively feeling on behalf of the plaintiff, whose character was proved to have been correct and exemplary. She was the daughter of a widow in a humble station…
LET’S UNITE, FIGHT COVID-19’S THREAT Community Foundation Launches Countywide Relief, Recovery Effort By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The nation’s first community foundation, founded in 1914, is in Cleveland, Ohio, and in recent years it identified a lack of “capital wealth” as preventing the city’s blighted neighborhoods from rebounding. “With a consortium of business people, government organizations and charities, they’ve funded several hundred small businesses in those neighborhoods. “Funding entrepreneurship kept wealth in the community,” said Harry…
VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Better Living Through Plastics By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Governor Cuomo is about to extend the temporary ban on fracking in New York and make it permanent via his budget Bill. Some will cheer that action, but those who understand its unintended consequences won’t be among them. Indeed, they will live in fear of another pandemic where we don’t, as a result of his ban, have access to the materials needed to combat any…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 23-24, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS UPDATE Community Foundation To Fight Threat As Demand Dips, Farms Dump Milk Streck: As Scourge Declines, Stay Vigilant Symbol Of Endurance Buoys Church AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Tee A Puddy Tat Anytime, Virtually With Elena’s Michael, Dine Together Apart Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIAL Now, We All Have Chance To Do Good COLUMNS LEVINE: Building A Foundation Together SEWARD: On Mend, He Turns…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 What’s All This Testing About? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com At his Sunday, April 19, press conference, Governor Cuomo reported his 22-year-old daughter had asked him, “What’s all this testing about?” He seemed to be a little surprised by the question. He said he thought he was explaining this well during his previous press conferences but realized he had not been getting his points across to everybody. He went over this again.…
HOMETOWN History April 24, 2020 150 Years Ago News Items – The Buffalonians are taking 90 pound sturgeon. On April 4, a foot of snow fell at Scranton, Pennsylvania. There are over 250,000 Odd Fellows in the United States. Wyoming farmers plow with tame Buffalo. Rhode Island has abolished imprisonment for debt. Lotteries are not tolerated in Russia – not even for religious purposes. There are said to be 500,000 French Canadians in the United States. Steps are being taken…
