Editorial Lacking Options, Celebrate Vets In Our Hearts It was shocking to hear the powers-that-be in veterans organizations – not locally, but regionally and statewide – have directed local posts not to commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines this Veterans Day. Sure, this is the COVID-19 era, and we have to be cautious. But such commemorations are mostly held outdoors – in Oneonta, at the Veterans’ Monument in Neahwa Park; in Cooperstown at the World War I…
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A House Full Of Heroes Survived By TERRY BERKSON • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – At a Vets’ Club dinner several years ago, Jim Andrecheck, who lives in South Columbia just outside of Richfield Springs, began to tell stories about his combat experiences during World War II. What was amazing to hear was that he had four more brothers who had comparable harrowing experiences – and they all lived to tell about them. • ► THOMAS, AIRPLANE MECHANIC IN…
BE AFRAID, BUT DO IT ANYWAY A Scary World Awaits: I’m There! I grew up outside a tiny Upstate village. With ideals. Maybe an even bigger share of naïveté. Barely 21, I set off to the other side of the earth. Emigrating to New Zealand. Where to start? I went to the local travel agent. She had never booked a trip out of country that was not part of a package … and never 13,000 miles. I wanted to see…
EDITORIAL Let’s Understand History, Not Censor It Are we seeing a trend here? In June, one of Cooperstown Trustee MacGuire Benton’s constituents was walking his or her dog and noticed the word “Indian” on the historical marker at Council Rock. Expressing his or her concern with the trustee, he raised the alarum at the June Village Board meeting, and a resolution was offered to remove the offending word from all public plaques in “America’s Most Perfect Village.” It turned out,…
This Weekend, Watch 27 Movies For $50 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Whenever Gretchen Sorin does an interview for film “Driving While Black,” she likes to consult her own copy of The Negro Motorist Guide aka The Green Book. “I like to see if there are any places listed where I’m doing the interview,” she said. “But so few of them are extant.” In Albany, she found, an entire neighborhood had been hidden, buried underneath…
LETTER from MOLLY SWAIN It’s Time To Let Columbus Regard Go To the Editor: Claudia Tenney – you need to relearn your history of the Americas! (Re column, Oct. 15-16.) Italian-Americans have more to offer North America than Columbus! Said man gleaned money from the Spanish king and queen who gave him enough money to buy the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. He told them he would sail east and find a new place for them and more gold. Columbus…
Oberacker, Salka Lead Republican Romp By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com Republicans romped across Otsego County on Election Day 2020, leading with the top of the ticket, President Donald Trump. “We’re not even purple,” said a jubilant GOP County Chairman Vince Casale, as Peter Oberacker won the 51st Senate District and Assemblyman John Salka turned back Oneonta Democrat Dan Buttermann by a large margin in the 121st District. “Otsego County is red.” Casale said the Republican victory margins…
New GM Rosenthal On Helm At Otesaga By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In September 2013, The Otesaga’s new general manager, Marty Rosenthal, had just completed his first year as GM of a major hotel, the 269-room Millenium Harvest in Boulder, Colo. If he thought he could relax, he had to quickly think again. On Sept. 11, the worst floods in its history struck Colorado, and Boulder was hit hardest, with rains peaking at 17 inches…
Movie Directors: Oneonta Has It All By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Oneonta “has literally everything,” said co-director Korey Rowe, as his “Asteroid” was screen-tested Sunday, Nov. 1, at Foothills. “I needed an antique printing press for a commercial: I went to The Farmers’ Museum,” said Rowe, who co-directed the Cuyle Carvin vehicle with Dylan Avery. All three are Oneontans. “We have police and fire chiefs who are willing to drive down Main Street, sirens blaring, to…
COVID-19 Cases Dip; Hartwick Uptick Flattens By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Zero cases of COVID-19 were reported in Otsego County Monday, Nov. 2. Three cases reported Tuesday, Nov. 3. The spikes at Hartwick College and in Cooperstown following a 75-person wedding have, for now, quieted down. “It’s slowed down considerably,” said Heidi Bond, Otsego County public health director. Tuesday, Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta both reported one case each. The other two cases were in…
