HOMETOWN HISTORY October 29, 2020 150 Years Ago Railroad Items – D.M. Greene chief engineer of the Troy & Susquehanna road, and C.W. Wentz, chief engineer of the Albany & Susquehanna road, were thrown from a carriage near Albany one day last week. Mr. Wentz sustained severe injuries. Shaul & Curtis will open a new livery establishment in this village in a short time with horses and rigs fully up to the times. Shaul and Curtis have also rented the…
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BOUND VOLUMES October 29, 2020 200 YEARS AGO “Presidential Election” as copied from “The National Intelligencer” – The election of the President and Vice-President of the United States comes on with so gentle an aspect, and with a step so light, that its approach is scarcely noticed. It is a circumstance certainly which ought to give much satisfaction that a period has arrived, for the second time under this government, when an individual has administered the duties of the office…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 We Must Deal With Both Sides Of Pandemic Now, as the levels of COVID fatigue mount, emotional issues among the public and providers, especially those greatest at risk, continue to grow. This is producing new cases of morbidity and mortality related to the disease, but not directly due to the virus. Social isolation is the state of having minimal contacts with the world. Loneliness is an emotion, a feeling of being isolated from others.…
REINVENTING BROOKS BBQ Landmark Adopts ‘Pick-It-Up, Take-It-In’ Approach This Week By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Ryan Brooks, third-generation owner of Brooks BBQ is a man of his word. “I made a promise to my grandma” – Frances Brooks, co-found with husband Griffin – “that I was always going to keep this place going,” he said. When the COVID threat shuttered the restaurant in March, he began innovating almost immediately to ensure the regional culinary landmark would…
Councilman Questions Monument Referring To Iroquois ‘Savagery’ Murphy Said He Will Raise Issue Today Before Rights Commission By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – After 118 years, Common Council member Luke Murphy, First Ward, is concerned about a marker in Neahwa Park referring to the “savagery” of the Iroquois pursued by the Clinton-Sullivan Expedition. A neighbor of Murphy’s walking through Neahwa Park alerted the freshman council member to the plaque at the park’s River Street entrance, which says…
BE AFRAID, BUT DO IT ANYWAY Fearsome Retirement Mom told me that they promised her the “Golden Years,” but she got the “Rust Years.” She dreamed of retiring. Yet after a couple of weeks into retirement her litany changed from “can’t wait to retire” to telling me – “don’t do it.” • My Mom was born when women were supposed to stay home, while their husbands supported the family. But my Dad, Mom’s husband, lost their farm and his health.…
They Don’t Show, May Never Show, Prosecutor Asserts With No Bail, 2 Skip Trials By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If Monday, Oct. 19, was a test-run on whether the accused would show up for trial under the state’s new bail reform, Otsego County failed. “We’re two-for-two on no-shows,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “I knew this is exactly what was going to happen.” Neither Joseph Mitchell, 36, New York City, or Eddie Holton, 35, Binghamton, showed…
Oberacker Has Government, Private-Sector Experience By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS –‘A businessman’s approach.” That’s how Peter Oberacker, hand-picked to succeed state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, describes what he would take to the state Senate if elected Nov. 3. That approach has guided the job he’s done as Maryland town board member, then town supervisor and, for five years now, county representative from Schenevus, Worcester, Westford and Decatur. He uses the term “ROI” – return on investment. “Where…
LETTER from KENNETH J. KAVANAGH He Fired Them; Fire Him To the Editor: The list never ends. General John Kelly (former Chief of Staff), General Jim Mattis (former Secretary of Defense), Rex Tillerson (former Secretary of State), Richard Spencer (former Secretary of the Navy), John Bolton (former National Security Adviser) and on and one. The common denominator through them all is “former.” They were ALL wrong and summarily in time dismissed. In each and every case, Trump was always right.…
LETTER from MARY ANNE WHELAN County Reps Take Oath To Uphold State’s Laws To the Editor: Considerable attention is being paid to the anticipated request by county Rep. Rick Brockway, R-West Laurens, that the county board adopt a resolution declaring our county a “gun sanctuary,” by which is meant a declaration that the police need not enforce the state’s SAFE Act. This is, to begin with, an inappropriate request. As a county representative, Brockway took a signed and sworn oath…
