SUMMER DREAMS COVER STORY C&CV’s 150th Party Recreating Hoopla Of Original Launch By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Call it The Little Engine That Can. Donall Sullivan’s little train, out of commission for more than 15 years, will once again carry passengers – of all ages! – from Milford’s Wilber Park to the 150th anniversary celebration of the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad Saturday, July 13. “Sullivan was a tool-and-die man and he built a little train…
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A Front Porch Perspective What A Woman! What A Country! Maybe it’s a part of “old-timers’ disease,” as the pun has it.I mean repeating myself. My poor wife puts up with a lot of it – and it’s partially the fault of my columns. In them I’ve recorded lots of my life’s last 25 years, most of them spent in Anne’s great company. And further, I’ve also drawn into them life recollections from 20, 40 and 60 years ago. I’ve…
EDITORIAL In Sam Nader’s Story, American Dream Lives Sam Nader has that rare gift: When you talk to him, you feel there’s no one other than you he’d rather be talking to. That, of course, is only one of the secrets of his success – there are many facets to his personality and accomplishment. Part of the rest of the secret is the City of Oneonta itself. • In the years before World War II, it was an exciting vital…
Letter from RICHARD BLABEY The Grove Would Improve Site To the Editor: At the Cooperstown Village Board meeting Monday, June 24, many residents voiced concern regarding a proposed project to build a 12-unit apartment building at 10 Chestnut St. A core complaint was that this high-density residential project was too massive and not compatible with their neighborhood. The proposed planned development contains two properties. Construction is only being proposed for the larger of the two. It is 50 feet wide…
In Oneonta, 66 Apartments, 4 Stories To Rise On Dietz By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – By next summer, Oneonta could see the first major fruits of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative as a 64-unit, four-story Artspace-like complex breaks ground on Dietz Street. “I’m very excited about this,” Mayor Gary Herzig said of what’s being called the Lofts On Dietz. “If all goes as planned, it could start transforming downtown Oneonta.” Meeting Tuesday, July 2,…
Letter from BUZZ HESSE Raiders’ Brutality Spurred Washington To Act Editor’s Note: As recounted here, life – and death – in the former frontier where we live could be brutal, and is reflected in this letter. Please proceed with that understanding. To the Editor: The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta editions of June 13-14, 2019, published a letter written by Zachary Aldridge headlined, “Article complicit in suffering of Native Americans”. This letter was in reference to Jim Kevlin’s May 23…
Letter from CHIP NORTHRUP Question Planners Should Ask: Is It Better Than What’s There? To the Editor: To implement the Village of Cooperstown Housing Committee’s recommendations, the Village might start by being a bit more receptive to the demolition of derelict buildings for new development. Since the village can’t grow outwards, it must grow upwards via infill redevelopment. The density of the village’s building stock has probably decreased slightly from its peak – as evidenced by archival photographs of hotels…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 4-5, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Sam Nader’s Century: Icon Turns 100 ‘Green Light’ Bill Facing Clerks’ Anger In Oneonta, 66 Apartments, 4 Stories No One’s Snapped Up 3 Wheeler So Far EDITORIAL In Nader’s Story, American Dream Lives COLUMNS RYAN BURR: Push Through Pain Of Life ATWELL: What A Woman! What A Nation! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HESSE: Raids’ Brutality Spurred Action NORTHRUP: Is It Better Than…
‘Green Light’ Bill Facing Clerks’ Anger By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – By presstime, no word had been received from President Trump’s regional representation on whether the Justice Department will go to court to stop New York State’s “Green Light” law from going into effect Dec. 14. The “Green Light” law would require the state’s county clerks who operate state Department of Motor Vehicle offices locally to issue driver’s licenses to what some people call undocumented residents and…
No One’s Snapped Up 3-Wheeled Car So Far By LIBBY CUDMORE • www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – When Shirley and Douglas Bennett got back to their car after shopping one afternoon, they saw a little boy and his father waiting for them in the parking lot. “The father told me that his son didn’t want to leave until he saw us wind up the car!” said Shirley. Alas, the wind-up key on top of the Bennett’s three-wheeled Snyder is just for show,…
