HOMETOWN History Oct. 18, 2019 150 Years Ago It was supposed when the law was passed that about 1,200 of the veterans were still living in this State, and that the $50,000 appropriated would be sufficient to pay off the certificates of all the survivors. But it seems that 2,700 of the old soldiers were alive and filed their certificates with the Adjutant General. Many are still living to whom certificates were never granted. The result of this mistake on…
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BOUND VOLUMES Oct. 17, 2018 200 YEARS AGO Communications – The Synod of Albany, at its last sessions in Cherry Valley, divided the Presbytery of Oneida, and formed from it a new Presbytery, to be denominated the “Presbytery of Otsego,” which by order of the Synod, is to hold its first meeting at the Presbyterian Meeting-House, in Cooperstown, on the first Tuesday of November next, at 11 o’clock a.m. Advertisement – New Grocery. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that…
ONE IDEA: DIVIDE COUNTY INTO 6 PARTS Slow EMS Response Has Towns Working Together By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com About 20 months ago, Pittsfield Town Supervisor Mike Berthel’s 8-year-old son had a fever. When it spiked to 105.5, the father called 911. He then waited 35 minutes before an ambulance arrived to take his son to the hospital. His son recovered quickly, but Berthel worried about the town Emergency Medical Services’ long response time. What if someone had…
Age 150, Cardiff Giant Still Excites Enthusiasm By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It’s 150 years later, and New York State’s greatest hoax is still bringing in the gawkers. “The Cardiff Giant is still a favorite,” said Todd Kenyon, The Farmers’ Museum communications director. “It’s part of American folklore.” On Wednesday, Oct. 16, got into The Farmers’ for just 50 cents, the original price paid to see it under a tent in George Hull’s backyard. That evening,…
CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE Adult, 4 Teens Arrested After Man, 53, Killed By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com WORCESTER – Kenneth Robinson, 53, was killed over $5,000 and marijuana, according to the felony complaint filed against Nicholas Meridy, 32, Oneonta. “The defendant unlawfully entered the residence armed with a long gun intending to steal $5,000 and marijuana,” the complaint readS. “During the commission of the crime, a long gun was discharged by another participant in that crime, causing the…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 17-18, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE AS GOES OTEGO-LAURENS, SO GOES COUNTY Brockway Family Legacy Makes Politics Natural National Strife Motivated Ogden Campaign • Adult, 4 Teens Arrested In Worcester Slaying Cardiff Giant Still Excites 150 Years After Hoax Slow EMS Response Brings Towns Together EDITORIAL McEvoy Memo Warns GOP: You May Lose COLUMNS McEVOY: Manager Certain, But Not Energy, Pot ATWELL: She Would Have Loved That Smile…
CONTROLLING COUNTY BOARD Rick Brockway Family Legacy Made Political Bid Natural Step By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – A couple of months ago, Rick Brockway, a farrier by trade, arrived at a farm east of Stamford, just over the Schoharie County line. The grandmother there directed her grandkids: Go up to the pasture and bring down the horse. As they led the horse to be re-shoed, it got caught in a gate. It reared, and its front…
CONTROLLING COUNTY BOARD National Strife Caused Ogden To Run For County Board Seat By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com LAURENS – When Caitlin Ogden was 11 and living in Palm Harbor, Fla., west of Tampa, her parents learned of a Black Arabian for sale near their native Elmira, and determined to buy it for their horse-loving daughter. When they contacted the seller, it was gone. But the horse’s cousin, two months younger, was available. Thrilled at the gift, Caitlin…
‘PATHWAYS TO PROSPERITY’ Businesspeople Confer On Otsego County’s Workforce Challenges ONEONTA – “How do we spark economic development in our region using the resources that we have?” asked Otsego County Chamber of Commerce President Barbara Ann Heegan. That was the question that informed “Pathways to Prosperity,” the second annual Mohawk Valley Region Workforce Summit, being held – perhaps as you read this – at SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall. “Who better to answer that question than local leaders who have been 30…
GUEST EDITORIAL in THE JOB SCENE County’s Future: Knowledge Workers By AL CLEINMAN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com Editor’s Note: Alan Cleinman is the founder and CEO of Cleinman Performance Partners, an Oneonta based consultancy serving North America’s eye care industry. He chose to “come home to Otsego.” By 1830, following one of the largest land-development experiments in our young nation’s history, William Cooper had attracted over 50,000 people to Otsego County. It took him only 40 years to accomplish that…
