THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 21-May 22, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Destination Marketing: Promote Outdoors WWII Veterans Tell Their Tales Integris Executive To Head Bassett In 1st Month, 230 Give Foundation $175K AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 $5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary Drive-In Opening For New, Classic Films Libby’s List Of Virtual Things To Do EDITORIALS Build On DMCOC’s Smart Marketing City Folks Will Flee Upstate When This is Over COLUMNS INGRAM: Worst Place…
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BOUND VOLUMES May 21, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Shocking Accident – The Norwich Agriculturalist states that two men, by the names of Wood and Edwards, were burnt to death on Thursday last in the Town of Pittsfield, Otsego County. They had been engaged in firing some fallow land and retired much-fatigued to a small shingle house, where it is supposed they fell asleep. The wind, blowing fresh, communicated fire to the shavings about the shingle house, and before it was…
Letter From JASON HEWLETT Neglect Of Mental Patients Little Understood To the Editor: Right now there is nothing more important to me than making people aware of the ongoing abuse and neglect of patients on psychiatric units. This is still happening today in many hospitals here in NYS because of bad policies and bad protocols that need to change. These are the primary causes of patient abuse by psychiatrists and their nursing staff who ironically do mean well and want…
CLICK HERE FOR ARTIST’S PORTFOLIO From Pandemic, ‘Tender, Funny’ Paintings Emerge By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The blank canvas stretches nearly to the top of Ashley Norwood Cooper’s studio, more than 10 feet tall. “I did a painting called ‘The Girl’s Room,’ which had women playing guitar and doing art,” she said. “I think this is going to be similar, with women changing a light bulb. I’ll need a big ladder to paint it, though!” The planned…
CLICK HERE TO ORDER YOUR PUZZLE Puzzlin’ Time Away How To Keep Alumni Engaged In Shutdown? That’s A Puzzler By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Since April, Laura Lincoln, director of SUNY Oneonta’s Office of Alumni Engagement, found she was getting a lot of calls from alumni with a puzzling question. “People kept calling us and asking us if we had a jigsaw puzzle,” she said. “It’s amazing how many requests we’ve had, but it makes sense –…
Auto Dealers Bullish As Showrooms Reopen With People Avoiding Airplane Travel, Travelers May Drive On Local Vacations By LIBBY CUDMORE – Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – Kevin Harris believes that the road trip is due for a resurgence. “There’s reluctance for people to fly or do cruises,” said the proprietor of Kevin’s Royal Automotive here. “But they still want to travel, and I think that bodes well for us in the third and fourth quarter.” In a surprise to many, on…
Southside Mall Lives, Even Without NY’s OK Even Though They May, Corporate Retailers Aren’t Working Curbside By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If you need a video game, a tennis racket or some office supplies for working from home, Southside Mall still has you covered. “A lot of our exterior stores are doing curbside pickup,” said Mall Manager Luisa Montanti. “They’ve been open through the whole pandemic, and we’re really proud of them.” While the mall remains…
BOUND VOLUMES May 13, 2020 200 YEARS AGO It is said that the death of Tamaahmaah, King of the Sandwich Islands, has caused so much dissension among his successors and officers, as to threaten a revolution and civil war. The old King left upwards of $150,000 dollars in specie. The death of this venerable Indian Prince at the present time, is a cause of serious regret among the friends of Christianity in this community. He was very favorably disposed towards…
(new) NORMAL ARRIVES Moving Beyond COVID, Bassett Hospital Opens For Regular Treatments By ELIZABETH COOPER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – No new cases in a week in Otsego County. No hospitalizations at Bassett facilities either. At a press conference Tuesday, May 12, in Bassett Hall, Healthcare Network leaders said the region has entered a new phase in the wake of its battle with the coronavirus. The network is already starting to ramp its number of surgeries back up and…
HOMETOWN History May 15, 2020 35 Years Ago Mr. Arthur Platt writes us from Colliers: On the bottom lands ten rods south of what is known as Quick Sand bank, and thirty rods due west of Wm. Burnside’s premises (about half way between Colliers and the Junction), I discovered Saturday a thick deposit of charred wood, mingled with small fragments of bone which had evidently been burned. Whether they were human remains or not could not be determined. I set…
