‘Pit,’ Canine Namesake, Joins Parisian’s Partner Trooper Has Run In 25 Of Race’s 26 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – State Investigator Sales Caicedo and Trooper Ricky “Pit” Parisian, partners for four years, spent their shift on May 20, 1994, doing surveillance on an organized crime organization outside New York City. After the shift, the two officers headed up Route 17. Caicedo was headed to Buffalo; Parisian took Exit 94, bound for Oneonta. “As he was getting…
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100, Some Tearful, In Village’s Ballroom Dunkin’/Baskin Proposal Riles Up Packed Hearing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Barbara Tongue got choked up as she talked about the threat of the proposed Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins on Chestnut and Walnut Street in the Village of Cooperstown. “My family goes all the way back to the time of James Fenimore Cooper,” she said. “It’s difficult to look at that proposal and imagine that on the corner of our street in…
FINALLY, Her Story Told At Gillian’s Rally By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Gillian Gibbons’ voice was silenced when David Dart stabbed her 42 times in the Oneonta Municipal Parking Garage on Sept. 12, 1984. But Jennifer Miller Dutcher intends to use hers to keep Dart in prison. “I am a survivor of David Dart,” she said. “I am a victim who has a voice, and I have to share my story.” She told her story at…
EXCERPT Is Impeachment Political, Or Legal? The House of Representatives doesn’t need to prove that a president committed a crime outlined in the federal code to pass articles of impeachment. They instead impeach based on whether the president committed “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” as outlined in Article II, Section 4 of the US constitution. …In all, former prosecutors told Insider, there are at least four areas where Trump could face legal jeopardy. ►Illegally soliciting campaign help…
Jim Bryden, Quilter: Fabric Arts Captivated Man By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com GILBERTSVILLE – Jim Bryden is not fazed by the fact he is the first man to be the featured quilter for The Major’s Inn Foundation’s annual quilt show – the 25th anniversary one, no less. “If they want to put up with me that’s their decision,” the 81-year-old Sidney Center resident said. About 20 of Bryden’s quilts will be displayed, mostly in a room exclusively for…
BOUND VOLUMES Oct. 3, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Ed. Note: October 4, 1819, a Monday, marks the first appearance in Cooperstown two centuries ago of the newspaper still known as “Freeman’s Journal.” John Prentiss the editor introduced the publication to the community as follows: “After a lapse of more than a year, we resume our editorial labors, and at a time, too, inauspicious to an extensive circulation of newspapers, because the pecuniary pressure upon the country is so great as…
Richfield Candidate Looks Forward To 11/5 By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The action now moved to Nov. 5, Election Day. Monday, Sept. 30, after two somewhat acrimonious hours of discussion, the Richfield Town Board, 3-2, approved a new zoning code that bans wind turbines and defines most of the town as agricultural/residential. Voting aye were three opponents of the Monticello Hills Wind Farm, Larry Frigault, Rex Seamon and Kane Seamon. Voting nay were Supervisor Paul Palumbo,…
HOMETOWN History Oct. 4, 2019 150 Years Ago The Fero Trial – The testimony in this exciting case was concluded Thursday afternoon and summed up by Mr. Smith of Albany, on the part of the prisoner, and the prosecution by the Attorney-General for the people. Court adjourned until 9 o’clock Friday morning, when Judge Balcom charged the jury, occupying about an hour. The jury retired, and at 12 o’clock brought in a verdict of not guilty. The case excited a…
Is Delgado Risking Reelection Over Call For Impeachment? Within minutes of Antonio Delgado proclaiming his support for impeaching Donald Trump on Monday, Sept. 23, the National Republican Campaign Committee declared it is the freshman 19th District congressman’s “political death sentence.” It’s out of character, for sure. On issues to date, Delgado’s played it safe, focusing legislative efforts on agriculture, broadband and healthcare, knowing, regardless, little legislation sent from the Democratic House of Representatives to the Republican U.S. Senate is going…
Column Reconsidering Impeachment This writer was happy to see the Democrats initiate a formal investigation into impeaching President Trump. Impeachment is a legitimate Constitutional mechanism to address pressing issues of conduct in office, something we desperately need. Elections are our normal mechanism for sorting out political differences, but there is no way in the long periods between elections to resolve serious tensions like those we have now. In the meantime, we get an endless stream of experts, panelists, commentators and…
