EDITORIAL From All, Best Wishes For A Speedy Recovery Editor’s Note: This editorial is reprinted from this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, on newsstands now. The news that state Sen. Jim Seward’s cancer is back – his office issued a press release Wednesday, Nov. 6 – brings two immediate reactions. One, fingers crossed. Advances in cancer-fighting research can mean five years, 10 years – and more – of active living. Everyone’s got a story of a…
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COLUMN ‘Love Unknown’ Travisano’s Elizabeth Bishop Biography Is Pinnacle Of 45 Years Of Scholarship By ROBERT BENSEN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Randall Jarrell (a friend of Elizabeth Bishop) said that a poet is one who, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, manages to get struck by lightning six or seven times. It doesn’t work that way. And don’t try it at home. And don’t let your kids try it either. But Jarrell’s outlandish savvy underscores one…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Hotter World = More Fires To the Editor: Like everything else, the wildfires in California have been politicized by President Trump, who blames them on “bad forest management.” Catch is, most of what’s burning are not trees, much less “forests” but grass and shrubs. We lived in California for years. Except for the Sierras, most of California is a desert – right up to the beach. When the hot Santa Ana winds blow in from the…
OTSEGO COUNTY CHAMBER SMALL BUSINESS AWARD Click For Reservations To Nov. 21 Otesaga Banquet • PROSPERITY POURED FOURTH One Door Closed, Another Opened On Rustic Ridge By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com BURLINGTON – In 2008, Rick Bennett took a chance. Following the realty-fueled stock market crash, he lost his job at Titan Mobile Homes in Sangerfield – the day before Thanksgiving. “I had always made wine as a hobby, but my wife Laura said, ‘This might be your…
INFORMATIONAL MEETING 11/14 County Manager Decision Is Near The first of two informational meetings on creating a county manager for Otsego County is at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Oneonta City Hall. County Rep. Meg Kennedy, C-Hartwick, who chairs the county board’s Administration Committee, announced the second will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown. A public hearing on the creation of a county manager position was set for 10 a.m. Wednesday,…
OTSEGO COUNTY CHAMBER BREAKTHROUGH AWARD Click For Reservations To Nov. 21 Otesaga Banquet • Father Said, ‘Say Hi To Folks,’ Mother Advised, ‘Be A Leader’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Helios Care is not this captain’s first ship. A native of Weirton, W.Va., Dan Ayres, with a Marshall University journalism degree and three years at his hometown Weirton Daily Times, joined the Navy in 1982, retiring from the Navy reserves a quarter-century later as a commander.…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN If Laws Don’t Work, Let’s Try A Little Tenderness To the Editor: It always amazed me to see the picturesque and charming villages in Vermont. How is it that the townsfolk work together to create what I think are charming well keep towns? What you see with your eyes effects your health. This is an ancient concept that has now been proven by modern science. Isn’t that one of the reasons we live in the…
COLUMN THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT The Haves And The Have Nots Possibly the most important outcome of the recent meeting to discuss the future of the Schenevus Central School District is a quote from the superintendent: “The District’s revenues are inflexible.” She went on to say, “the District does not have property wealth or the income wealth to raise taxes enough to cover the deficit.” Finally someone in a position of authority has admitted the truth! We live in…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 14-15, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK BEST of THE BEST Helios’ Day Ayres, ‘Man With A Plan’ Dad Said ‘Talk To Folks’; Mom, ‘Be Leader’ Door Closes, Opens Onto Rustic Ridge FRONT PAGE Rare Races Possible In Cooperstown Oneonta Parking Reforms In Works 3rd CSO Prospect’s Focus: Tchaikovsky County Manager Decision Is Nearing EDITORIAL From All, Best Wishes For Speedy Recovery COLUMNS ZAGATA: The Haves And Have Nots BENSEN: In…
3RD CONTESTANT FROM POLAND CSO Prospect To Focus On Tchaikovsky Works Editor’s Note: Maciej Żółtowski, the third candidate to become the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s next conductor, will perform at 7:30 p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 16, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. Tickets at door or via https://catskillsymphony.net/ This article appears in this week’s Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, on newsstands now. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – For Maciej Żółtowski, conducting is a kind of enchantment.…
