FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE But What’s Her Name? By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I’m at ease on my front porch on a beautiful afternoon, admiring the perspective up tree-lined Delaware Avenue. As the long last block heads toward Chestnut Street, curbs and sidewalks seem to draw together, trees conspire more closely over the street, and the two rows of handsome house fronts, bedecked with flags and hanging planters, draw closer till the last ones opposite each other almost block…
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VIEW FROM ALBANY A Little Here, A Little There. Suddenly, It’s Many Millions By State Sen. JIM SEWARD • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Death by a thousand cuts. Nickel and dime. If those adages come to mind when you think of New York State government, you are not alone. Now the latest example: the governor’s push to require millions of drivers to buy new license plates, needed or not. Recently, the governor’s office launched a statewide survey to select a new…
Prosecutor Says: Fashion Models Bilked CHERRY VALLEY – Victoria Pressly’s agency promised models and actors all over the country she could get them into magazines and onto the red carpet, said Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl. But it wasn’t always so, he said. “She talks a good game, holds herself out as someone who has connections and can get models and actors onto the red carpet, exclusive events, photo shoots and interviews,” said Muehl. “But the complaint is she…
Suspect Held In Oneonta Burglary Spree ONEONTA –At least three burglaries over the past week have been solved with the arrest of an Oneonta man. Kyle A. Ives, 29, was charged in a series of break-ins – two homes and vehicle – in Center City. “With one arrest, we were able to solve three cases,” said OPD Chief Doug Brenner. Last weekend, the two houses were broken into and credit cards taken, plus $100 in cash and personal items. “He…
Canadian Corp. Growing Hemp Locally By JENNIFER HILL • Special to ALLOTSEGO.com By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com SPRINGFIELD CENTER The buzz from hemp is an economic one and Otsego County is starting to get it. Last spring, the Canadian cannabis company, Canopy Growth, bought Stitzel’s Waterpoint Farm, which closed its dairy operations in 2017, and this fall will harvest its first hemp crop – 300 acres’ worth – in mid-October. The hemp will be dried and milled at…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Sept 5-6, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Canadian Corp. Growing Hemp Locally Food Pantry Director To Repay $18,000 Suspect Held In Oneonta Burglary Spree Prosecutor Says: Fashion Models Bilked CSO Conductor Candidate #1 Is Here Artists From Antarctica Meet In Laurens EDITORIAL How Can We Make 8th Most Vibrant Arts County Thrive? COLUMNS TEXT: Cooperstown Law For Pride, POW Flags SEWARD: License-Plate Fee Another Rash Tax ATWELL: Facing Challenges…
Artists From Antarctica Meet At Laurens Retreat By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To ALLOTSEGO.com LAURENS – Musician Henry Kaiser had never met Cheryl Leonard before, but they both knew they had more than music in common. Both had been part of the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artist & Writers program, which invites artists to the seventh continent to work with scientists, using what they see, hear and experience as material in their artwork. “She said she used animal bones and…
Food Pantry Director To Repay $18,000 COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Food Pantry will get back the $18,000 stolen by its former director as part of Antoine Bourbon-Parme’s guilty plea, according to District Attorney John Muehl. “He’s never been convicted of a crime and he’s making a payment up front,” said Muehl. “That’s what’s keeping him out of jail.” Bourbon-Parme, 59, was arrested in April after an investigation found $18,579 missing from the organization’s accounts over 16 months between October 2017…
LETTER from ROBERT MOYNIHAN To Predict Recession, Read Entrails To the Editor: Predicting an economic future? Just forget the past and reliable evidence. 1. No society has survived by increasing debt and reducing income – that is our present national pattern of lowering taxes and inflating expenditures. 2. Whatever minor tax relief given average citizens, increased fees and higher prices for goods limit their spending ability. 3. Because of new tariffs, U.S. farming communities already face depressed markets and massive…
‘Fairy Garden’ Delights In Cooperstown Collection By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you drive past Bunny and Lewis Hamilton’s historic home on the corner of Main and River streets, you might just feel a little magic. “We had built a fairy garden for my own mother a few years back,” said Deb Ackerman. “She loved it, and we wanted to do something special for Bunny. It took a fair amount of work, considered bringing in professional…
