The Christmas Message Gospel of St. Luke And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.…
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YES, VIRGINIA… There IS A Santa Claus, Editor Wrote 8-Year-Old Editor’s Note: The New York Sun’s Francis Pharcellus Church penned this famous response to 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon in 1897. We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If…
EDITORIAL Nostalgia? Why Not Live By Enduring Values Today? As Christmas nears, it was comforting news: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – for years, youngsters from around Otsego County rode the mechanical Christmas legend at Bresee’s Department Store in Oneonta – is in good hands. The venerable four-story emporium at 155 Main St. – now Klugo’s Parkview Apartments – closed in 1994. And when the building changed hands almost a decade later, the Lettis Auction House auctioned off the remaining contents…
MANAGING EDITOR MARKS 10TH Libby Found Love, Work, Heartbreak — And Home Editor’s Note: What a decade! Her friends and colleagues celebrated Manager Editor Libby Cudmore’s 10th anniversary among us on production day, Tuesday, Dec. 10, and agreed to write this memoir. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com There’s a lot for Ian and I to celebrate in December. Our families do Christmas, Yule and Hanukkah, our original anniversary, the New Year’s Eve to cap it all off. But…
Filors Cutting Trees For Half-Century By JIMKEVLIN• Special To AllOTSEGO.com In 1969, Ned Filor heard about a state Ag & Markets program that encouraged farmers to grow Christmas trees on vacant land as a cash crop. That was 50 years ago this year, and sons Ken and Frank are still at it on the Filor Farm, just south of Dreams Park, intending to sell 400-500 trees before their market inevitably dries up the day before Dec. 25. “He planted Scotch…
Will Impeachment Vote Since Delgado’s Future? GOP: Freshman Voted Against Constituents; Democrats: He Was Following His Conscience By JIM KEVLIN • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Impeachment is part of the issue. The other part is: By voting for President Trump’s impeachment, is freshman Congressman Anthony Delgado, D-19, endangering his chances of reelection? Yes, said Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale: “He’s going against the majority of the will of his constituents, against how they voted in 2016.” Regardless, Delgado…
HOMETOWN History Dec. 20, 2019 150 Years Ago Miscellaneous: It is authoritatively stated that the loss of life by kerosene is greater than by railroad and steamboat accidents combined. A German astronomer says that we are soon to have another moon, and that it will be nearer the Earth than our present satellite. Some of the Syracuse papers now call the Cardiff humbug the “Exposed Giant” The Rochester Chronicle thinks the term ought to have been adopted in the first…
Time Of Transition At Salvation Army Key Retirement, And 2 New Commanders By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There comes a time when even Christmas Elves have to retire. “I’ve handled the Angel Tree toys for over 50 years,” said Salvation Army Maj. (ret.) Mary Smith. “I was an officer for 44 years, then a major, then after I retired, I kept volunteering.” This is Smith’s last Christmas handling the hundreds of toys donated to the Salvation…
Homemade Cards Capture Christmas By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com There’s something special, James Mullen believes, about a Christmas card. “Because there’s an exchange at the same time of the year, they’re a lot of fun to receive as well as to give,” he said. And Mullen would know – the former dean of SUNY Oneonta’s Fine Arts Department, he has been making cards for 64 years. “I made 200 this year,” he said. “It’s the most I’ve ever…
ANDELA PLAN TOPS LIST State CFA ’19 Grants Announced Thursday A $420,000 grant so Andela Products Inc. can expand into the Richfield Springs Industrial Park leads off the list of grants Otsego Now is hoping to receive in this year’s round of state economic development funding, to be announced Thursday in Albany. Otsego Now’s Director of Finance & Administration Meaghan Marino will represent her organization, which either submits or advises project sponsors on the annual local CFA applications. CFA stands…
