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Catskill Symphony Search Decides On Polish Conductor

MACIEJ ZOLTOWSKI CHOSEN Catskill Symphony Search Decides On Polish Conductor By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In the end, The Catskill Symphony Orchestra chose Maciej Zoltowski. “In advance of the first rehearsal, Maciej asked for a roster and he studied it,” said Diane Williams, CSO board chair. “One musician told me that pleased him so much that Maciej knew his name when he called on him.” The selection of Maciej, the former managing and artistic director of…

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This Week — Jan. 2-3, 2020

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 2-3, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Social Media Buoys ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Effort Catskill Symphony Picks Polish Conductor DOT Denied Grant; Now, Pedestrian Felled ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Goal At $5 Million Public Hearing Set On Bassett Parking Lot EDITORIALS 2019 Full Of Oddities, But Things Change  In New Decade, We’ll Get What We Expect COLUMNS SEWARD: Lawless Rewarded, Lives Endangered? ZAGATA: Save Eagles From Environmentalism LETTERS to the EDITOR…

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‘Pink Shoes’ Remark Caused Clark Oliver To Get Into Politics

NEW FACES AT 197 MAIN ST. ‘Pink Shoes’ Remark Caused Clark Oliver To Get Into Politics Editor’s Note: This is the last of three profiles of new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives who will take office Jan. 1. By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It was in elementary school that Clark Oliver realized he would always have to fight for what he believed in. “Maybe if your kid didn’t wear pink shoes, he wouldn’t…

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On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crimes To Get Harder, D.A. Muehl Foresees

PART II: JUSTICE FOR ALL? On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crimes To Get Harder, D.A. Muehl Foresees Editor’s Note:  This is the second article in a three-part series on New York State’s justice reforms, which go into effect Jan. 1. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN –Fifteen days is nowhere near enough time to marshall all evidence in a criminal case, argued District Attorney John Muehl. But that’s what the justice reforms that came out of Albany during the…

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Springbrook Envisions Upscale Apartments In Historic Ford Building

Springbrook Envisions Upscale Apartments In Historic Ford Building By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Springbrook CEO Patricia Kennedy, got the good news a few nights before Christmas. Her proposed Ford Block Revival – 22 apartments for executives and professionals above 186-212 Main St. – has been awarded a $1 million CFA grant through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council.  The three-story building is on the National Register of Historic Places. “It’s not just our Christmas present,” she…

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This Week, Dec. 26, 2019

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 26, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CITIZEN OF YEAR THE KENNEDY METHOD • County Rep Shepherds In Professional Management, Energy Task Force, More • EDITORIAL: Kennedy Recalls Garretson OTSEGO COUNTY YEARBOOK – 2019 FRONT PAGE Springbrook Plans 22 Upscale Apartments On Jan. 1, Prosecuting Crime Gets Harder ‘Pink Shoes’ Remark Led Oliver To Politics IN MEMORIAM Karl Schoonover, 77, Optometrist, County Rep Marshall Palmer, 83; Served SUNY For 40 Years…

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As Did Garretson, So Does Kennedy

EDITORIAL As Did Garretson, So Does Kennedy Kindred Spirits In Problem-Solving In a way, our Citizen of the Year designation – it will continue, of course – has come full circle. Interviewing Meg Kennedy, this year’s designee, brought to mind Tom Garretson, the first designee, in 2006. Throughout that stormy year, when the Cherry Valley area was torn between those who feared 24 industrial-sized windmills would degrade the town’s environment and ambience, and those who saw a boon in new…

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2019 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR The Kennedy Method

2019 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR The Kennedy Method County Rep Shepherds In Professional Management, Energy Task Force, More By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – Leadership gravitated toward Meg Kennedy, to hear her tell her story. She first realized that was happening at an Oneonta Farmers’ Market vendors’ meeting in 2008 or 2009, where a difficult issue was being debated. As the point of decision approached, Tom Warren, who runs the Stone & Thistle Farm, raising meadow-fed lamb…

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MORGAN: ‘He Lied Under Oath.’ That’s It

MONEY TALK ‘He Lied Under Oath.’ That’s It By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The bloodbath-cum-circus in Washington these days? It awakens memories. Of how a notorious American ambassador handled a similar brouhaha – the Clinton impeachment. He deployed a simple device. With it, he brought a certain order to the mayhem of the thinking of his friends. In one stroke he turned their murky thinking to crystal clarity. I am certain he would use the device today. G.…

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The Only Constant Is Change

WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER The Only Constant Is Change By LARRY BENNETT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Once we are born, every moment of every day brings change. We are born biologically complete, yet with little else to our beings. We can’t speak, walk, or talk. As a baby, then in our youth, in our teens, maybe even through our twenties, we live through endless and often tumultuous changes. Every day offers fresh knowledge and new experiences. Our parents first…

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