LETTER from CINDY FALK, DAN CROWELL CGP Helps Guardsmen Save Historic Resources To the Editor: Earlier this month, the Cooperstown community welcomed a group of soldiers from the 403rd Civil Affairs battalion for their monthly training. The visit is part of an ongoing partnership between this unit and SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program. CGP students develop a program about the protection of cultural heritage (think of the Monuments Men during World War II), and the soldiers learn about museum collections…
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CORONAVIRUS EDITION Merchants Seek Niche: From Videos To Takeout By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Serenity Hobbies’ proprietor Nate Roberts, the game must go on. “We have weekly games that people still want to play,” he said. “But we have an account with Roll20, which is software that creates a virtual tabletop and has a voice chat.” It’s free for players, who will be invited by their Dungeon Masters to join as each game is set up.…
LETTER from TIMOTHY GIBSON Flippant Headline On Serious Topic To The Editor: I find it unruly that Tom Morgan would headline his column (“Nothing to Fear but Flu Itself”) attached to the coattails of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (a man crippled by the polio virus and consistently polled as one of America’s five greatest Presidents) in an attempt to attract reader attention to a very deadly and communicable virus and at the same time disparaging legitimate responses to it. Mr. Morgan…
LETTER from GERRY WELCH Let’s Focus On Most Vulnerable To the Editor: In the case of the Coronavirus, governments are opening a multi-front war by initiating massive quarantines that are inadvertently weakening the entire system. Suggestion: Governments focus attention on protecting the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. Do not, however, defeat the economic support system that feeds and supports us by not allowing life to continue as close to normal as possible. Other than the aforementioned resolve, treat…
SOUTH KOREA DID IT: WE CAN TOO Rah, Team! Beat Coronavirus! There’s been a lot of great reporting, nationally, regionally and from local newspapers and TV, but this one was particularly helpful in helping we Otsego County folks sort out the crisis we find ourselves in. The Wall Street Journal over the weekend contrasted how South Korea and Italy responded to the corona-virus arrival “South Korea’s known infections are now stabilizing at about 8,000, whereas Italy’s are rising relentlessly past…
CORONAVIRUS EDITION Local Governments Send 50% Of Staff Home By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Following Governor Cuomo’s directive, Otsego County’s government and Oneonta’s City Hall took steps Tuesday, March 17, to send half of their workforce home. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said, because of the size of the village’s workforce, only “One or two” employees will be sent home. “We’re required to do this,” said county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield. “We’re not…
Your Favorite Business Needs YOU To Survive Sure, local governments and school districts can close their doors and send thousands of employees home Friday, March 13 – tax revenues will ensure they get paid. Private enterprise is different. Your favorite diner or restaurant. That lively boutique or gift shop. They need your continuing support – in many cases, to simply survive. Same goes for local institutions we rely on. The Catskill Symphony Orchestra had to cancel its Cabaret Concert Saturday,…
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER This Is What ‘Worst’ May Look Like By LARRY BENNETT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com According to the CDC, from Oct. 1, 2019, through March 7, 2020, an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 Americans died from seasonal flu-related illnesses. That’s out of 36 million to 51 million total flu illnesses. It appears that seasonal flu vaccines have mitigated the numbers, as have some people’s immunity, as well as having fully staffed and equipped medical facilities at the…
TENDING THEIR FLOCKS Catholics Should Pitch In To Flatten Disease’s Curve By EDWARD B. SCHARFENBERGER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Due to growing concerns and medical advice related to the rapid spread of COVID-19 in social settings, Bishop Scharfenberger has announced that all regularly scheduled public Masses in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany – except weddings and funerals – will be canceled until further notice. Churches will, however, remain open for private prayer, pending further regulations. In addition, all Confirmations…
LETTER from GARRETT deBLIECK ‘Right To Bear Arms,’ An ‘Unalienable’ Part Of U.S. Constitution To the Editor: It seems writing this out shouldn’t be necessary. 2AS, spelled out is “Second Amendment Sanctuary.” The word “sanctuary” meaning a place of safety, refuge and protection. The Second Amendment is one of 10 listed “unalienable” Rights written in our Constitutional Law. So, put together, it is a cause of protecting and safeguarding an American Right. So where is the problem? Perhaps a proper…
