Otsego County Board calls for Cuomo to resign or be impeached By Greg Klein • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Otsego County’s Board of Representative unanimously approved a resolution calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign — or for the state Assembly to impeach him if he does not resign — in light of a new investigation that found Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women while in office and he and his advisors tried to retaliate against at least one whistle blower. The resolution…
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Coop Chamber announces return of Artisan Festival STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Cooperstown Artisan Festival will be returning to Main Street on Labor Day Weekend, the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce announced Friday, July 30. The two-day, family friendly festival takes place outdoors on the lawn of the Otsego County office complex on Saturday, Sept. 4, and Sunday, Sept. 5, and is free and open to the public. The event is rain or shine. This year’s festival will be…
Cuomo signs bill to make baseball New York’s state sport Gov. thanks Cooperstown students for the law’s inspiration, creation STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Friday, July 30, to make baseball the official state sport. The bill had originally been sponsored by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, after a lobbying effort by the fourth grade class of Cooperstown Central School teacher Anne Reis. The effort began in 2017; those students will enter the tenth grade…
Wenck named Milford interim superintendent STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD — Milford Central School has named Romona Wenck as its interim superintendent of schools through Dec. 30. The school’s Board of Education approved the hire at its meeting Wednesday, July 7. Wenck had served as superintendent of neighbor Laurens Central School for 23 years, retiring in 2020. In October, she took over as interim superintendent at Cooperstown Central School, serving until the spring, when Sarah Spross was hired…
Editorial Let’s get out of the fog Something remarkable happened last week, Wednesday July 21, in Otsego County. It happened in other places, too — New York City, Philadelphia, Albany, Ontario, Boston — in fact in the entire northeastern part of the country. Most people thought it was a heavy fog, typical of all the other heavy fogs that are apt to enshroud us in the mornings this time of year, only to disappear before noon when the sun burns…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 29, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK A Glimmerglass welcome FRONT PAGE Tick season brings vigilance against Lyme Fly Creek firemen make dramatic lifesaving rescue Cooperstown & Around and City of the Hills Inside The Paper Chamber forum seeks solutions for workforce shortage Village delays action on site, licensing fees after more pushback In other business: COVID $ disapoints; Glen project gets permit Cooperstown Summer Music Festival to open with free…
Life Sketches Fighting the burdock seems to be my mission Burdock is an enemy I’ve been trying to eradicate since we moved to the farm. It was growing thick all around the barn, so, first I weed-whacked it and later mowed it and now there’s only grass where there once stood a Velcro-like mob waiting to take hold of your pants, socks and bootlaces. When these sticky weeds are at the edge of a hayfield or in a hedgerow it’s…
Chamber forum seeks solutions for workforce shortage By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Otsego County Chamber of Commerce hosted a Zoom town hall Tuesday, July 27, to discuss workforce needs for small businesses. The participants included Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Maryland, Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, Assemblyman Brian Miller, R-New Hartford, and Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie. The overall sentiments of the Zoom call echoed the reality of a huge problem with understaffing and the difficulties…
Student News July 29, 2021 Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the Spring 2021 semester. Among those students are, William Friedman of Cooperstown; Finn Hall of Oneonta. Dean’s list honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. Justin Brown of Edmeston is among the Canisius College students named to the spring 2021 Dean’s list or merit list. Dean’s list recognitions are awarded to those students who have attained a grade point average…
Life in the Time of Covid-19 Here we go again with the coronavirus pandemic Several months ago, I stopped writing my weekly column on life in the time of Covid-19. The rollout of the vaccinations was going well locally, the numbers of people hospitalized locally were low, and organizations were opening up. The Rotary Club that I belong to in Cooperstown was making plans to go back to meetings in person. I was also recovering from major surgery and it…
