THE FENIMORE Rocks ‘n’ Rolls Herb Ritts’ Photos From Rock Hall Open Now In Cooperstown Exhibit By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – At the Fenimore Art Museum, there’s a whole room dedicated to Madonna. Not “Giotto” or “Pieta” – The Material Girl. “Herb Ritts photographed her 36 different times,” said Todd Kenyon, director of communications. “The first time he shot her, she swore she’d never work with him again – and then she saw the…
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COLUMN Good Samaritan, There’s No Good Reason Not To Apply Naloxone By ALICE CEACAREANU • Hartwick College professor, Translational Biomedical Research Management Synthesized by the same chemist, Aspirin and heroin were destined to change the world: one for the better and one for the worst. Since 1897, they each keep counting human lives, one gives them back while the other takes them away. Heroin, an opioid, binds to the opioid receptors on the brain and remains in the body for…
from TOPHER HAMMOND Trust In ‘Intelligence Community’ Ill-Founded To the Editor: Last week in your newspaper, I read with concern the interview with Otsego County Democratic chair Aimee Swan about the end of Robert Mueller’s two-year witch-hunt regarding alleged “Russian interference” in the 2016 election. Ms. Swan stated that “there should be a trust, a loyalty to our intelligence community.” The so-called “intelligence community” was behind the ridiculous allegations that Russia was the cause of Hillary Clinton’s resounding defeat in…
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Art & Caring Kelly Ames, Carol Mandigo Honored As Oneonta’s ’19 Woman Trailblazers By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Early on in Carol Mandigo’s career, she decided to combine art with social services “to give a better quality of life in a fun way.” “I wasn’t drawn to putting art in a gallery in a city with only a limited amount of people looking at it,” Mandigo said. “I brought art and theater to inner…
COLUMN 16.1% Of Us In Poverty. In Oneonta, That’s 25.6% By DAN MASKIN, President, OFO As it does annually, the New York State Community Action Association has just published “Poverty in NY,” which has a poverty report for each county and city in New York State. Otsego County has a poverty rate of 16.1 percent, meaning roughly one out of six people are living in poverty. Forty-eight percent of school children are enrolled in either the free or reduced school…
from PATRICK DOYLE Richfield Zoning Restricts Business; Many Oppose It To the Editor: This letter is in response to your March 20 article on the process to develop new zoning in Richfield, “Petition Drive in Offing,” and a follow-up letter from Larry Frigault, Richfield Town Board member. To recap, the March 20 article highlighted concerns that the proposed zoning for Richfield would limit business in the town. The article also wondered if, with “windmill foes” and their allies now in…
Maskin Asserts: 2,000 Children In Poverty – ‘And That’s High’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Daniel Maskin, Opportunities for Otsego president, wants people to rethink poverty. “Most people who are poor work,” he said. “They’re not sitting on their porch drinking beer. But where in this county can working class families get substantial jobs that support their families? There aren’t a lot of those.” The annual poverty report, put together by the state’s…
COLUMN We’re Losing Generation, And FY20 State Budget Does Nothing About It By State Sen. JIM SEWARD, R-Milford New York is losing population, a phenomenon known as outmigration. We are one of the few states experiencing such a loss and in my mind, the best way to reverse the trend is by increasing affordability and boosting economic development. I have emphasized those priorities since the start of the year, and highlighted them further during development of the state budget. Unfortunately,…
from MICHAEL STEIN President In Clear, But Allies Spouted Documented Lies To the Editor: I feel obligated to respond to just a few pearls of wisdom promulgated by Otsego County Republican Chairperson Vince Casale in his recent column, “Was Justice Achieved?” Does anyone else see the irony of Mr. Casale decrying the horrors of “gotcha politics” while simultaneously extolling the virtues of Roger Stone, his dapper prom date at the most recent Otsego County Republican dinner? Stone is after all,…
