Message From Kenosha, America, Be Great Editor’s Note: At an Aug 25 press conference on the shooting of her son, Jacob Blake, by police officers in Kenosha, Wisc., mom Julia Jackson made a plea for national amity. As I was riding here, through the city, I noticed a lot of damage. It doesn’t reflect my son or my family. If Jacob knew what was going on as far as that goes, the violence and the destruction, he would be very…
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EDITORIAL Turmoil At Bassett, But It’s Good Turmoil. And It Can’t Be Avoided Intriguing news is filtering out of the vicinity of One Atwell Road, Cooperstown, as Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, new Bassett Healthcare Network president/CEO, takes hold. Some people are leaving, voluntarily or not, which is common in this kind of transition. But there’s a particularly intriguing addition: A tech guy, Michael Thompson, VP/systems improvement, recruited from Integris, Ibrahim’s former employer, based in Oklahoma City. Last week’s announcement described his…
LETTER From TOM RUSSO Benton Energetic, Forward-Looking To the Editor: I enthusiastically support MacGuire Benton for election to the Cooperstown Village Board. I have observed and evaluated the perspectives and agendas of the candidates. No one has been more accessible to his constituents. No one has greater willingness to examine issues and listen closely to public questions and concerns. No one has more honest, pragmatic or hopeful insight into our community’s problems and needs. No one has more energy or…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Mix Medicine, Wisdom Of Ages To the Editor: So Bassett has a new machine to fight cancer. The TrueBeam. It makes you think that this is the final answer. Have you ever noticed how man is always looking for something outside of himself to heal himself? It’s like COVID: Everyone is wearing masks to protect themselves, and others, and many are waiting for a shot that they think will save them. The trouble is, a…
LETTER from LEWIS HAMILTON Rabid Bat? Play Ball! To the Editor, Your last edition shows a photo of Congressman Delgado briefing the proprietor of the Cooperstown Bat Company. Immediately beneath in large bold print: “2 Infected in Cooperstown by Rabid Bat.” Journalistic levity or Steele Dossier class opposition research? Respectfully submitted, LEWIS HAMILTON Cooperstown…
LETTER from KENNETH J. KAVANAGH Fauci’s Fault: He Tells The Truth To the Editor: It is sadly another fractured irony floated by the “stable genius” at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. that Dr. Anthony Fauci was “inherited,” implying Trump has no choice. Trump’s displeasure with Fauci is repeatedly more than evident throughout his diatribes for one reason and only one: Fauci tells the truth. His statements are based purely upon scientific data. His refusal to go along with Trump’s political spin, as…
COVID RETREATS Graduate Students Adults, Don’t Need To Be Babied Sorin Convinces SUNY To Keep CGP Open By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – There’s a difference between grads and undergrads, said Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program director. “The graduate students are adults,” she said. “They know how to behave. The undergrads are less grown-up.” Following SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras’ announcement Thursday, Sept. 3, that the SUNY Oneonta campus would close for the remainder of the semester, students reached…
COVID RETREATS Drugovich’s Hard Line Contrasts With Morris’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College Margaret Drugovich has a message for students unhappy with the school’s stringent COVID-19 code of conduct. “We’re asking the students who don’t want to follow our rules to volunteer to leave campus,” said Drugovich during a meeting of Mayor Gary Herzig’s Oneonta Control Room on Monday, Sept. 7. “As hard as it is to say, if you violate our rules, you have…
COVID RETREATS No Cases In City; SUNY Slows At 701 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Finally, some good news in the COVID-19 outbreak. “From what I can see, there is no community transmission,” Heidi Bond, public health director, Otsego County Department of Health, said Tuesday, Sept. 8, as the daily infections on SUNY Oneonta dropped to 16 from the Friday, Sept. 4, peak of 134. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 2, nearly 2,000 rapid tests were conducted at the…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 10-11, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK COVID RETREATS No Cases In Oneonta; SUNY Slows at 701 Drugovich’s Hard Line Contrasts With Morris’ CPG Students Adults; Don’t Need Babying FRONT PAGE Cavilieri New Cooperstown Police Chief SSPCA Takes Over Schenevus Menagerie AllOTSEGO.life Sample Fall At The Fenimore Museum Again, Pioneer Patio Wins Beautification Prize EDITORIALS Turmoil At Bassett, But Good Turmoil HISTORY COLUMNS HOMETOWN HISTORY, Sept 11, 2020 BOUND VOLUMES, Sept…
