MARK, BRENDA LEBO: Farewell To Bear Pond By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD CENTER – When Mark and Brenda Lebo put Bear Pond Winery up for auction last month, patrons and friends were puzzled. “Putting it up for auction caused confusion,” Mark said. “People thought we were getting divorced or were in foreclosure. But that’s not the case. The wine business is great, but it’s time for us to try something new.” Bear Pond Winery on Route 28,…
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LOUISE HULSE Beloved Mother Turns 102 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN When Louise Clark Hulse was born, there wasn’t even a Bassett Hospital. “I was born at the Thanksgiving Home,” she said. “This was long before Bassett.” Born Sept. 21, 1917, (the hospital was opened in June 1922) Louise just turned 102 at Cooperstown Center. She was an only child. “My grandfather (Michael Hanlon) was the mayor of Cooperstown for quite a while,” she said. “He owned…
SUNY President’s Inauguration Saturday By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – What a year it has been for Barbara Jean Morris. SUNY Oneonta president, who will be officially inaugurated Saturday, Oct. 5, re-envisioned the school’s Mission Statement to 13 words. (“We nurture a community where students grow intellectually, thrive socially and live purposefully”.) She created an Office of Institutional Research to begin collecting campus data, working to reduce barriers to graduation, and strengthening adviser/student relationships. She’s taught students…
Retiring Child Advocate Assisted More Than 3K Kids By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – For 23 years, Carmela Mone, founder of the Children’s Law Office of Otsego County, has been the advocate for youngsters who may not have anyone else in their corner. “I had a 4-year-old old boy whose mom had filed petitions to stop visits with the father, but I couldn’t get her to bring the kid in,” she said. “I sent our social worker,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 3-4, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE SUNY President’s Inauguration Saturday FINALLY, Her Story Told At Gillian’s Rally CCS Bars Twins In Vaccination Dust-Up Richfield Candidate Looks Forward To 11/5 Retiring Child Advocate Assisted 3K Kids EDITORIAL Is Delgado Risking Reelection Over Impeachment COLUMNS REGARDING IMPEACHMENT ZAGATA: Revising Bill Clinton’s Playbook KUZMINSKI: Reconsidering Impeachment EXCERPT: Is Impeachment Political, Or Legal? • ATWELL: Mother Steadfastly ‘True North’ LETTERS CASE: Native…
Mom Fears CCS Might Bar Twins By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The mother of two 7-year-olds was fearful as this edition went to press Tuesday evening, Oct. 1, that one of her sons would be barred from Cooperstown Elementary School the following morning, even though she believed both boys are vaccinated in accordance with a new state law. That morning, she had received an email from CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw directing her to remove…
Column It’s No Fun Jousting With Another Cuomo It’s fun to watch Andrew Cuomo. He knows that his father lost his try for a fourth term in office. To be fair, he didn’t lose by a lot and it was a very Republican year. On the other hand, Andrew has to worry that people can get tired of having the same guy in office year after year. So, Andrew is on the warpath. I have been speaking with him a…
Rig Driver Ejected In 1st Fatal XNG Crash Gas Leaks, 80 Homes Evacuated Near I-88 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, a key player in shifting gas-carrying XNG trucks out of Otsego County, said the truck crash west if Binghamton that killed a 52-year-old driver was a predictable tragedy. This was the first fatal accident involving an XNG truck since the “virtual pipeline” emerged after state regulators blocked the proposed Constitution Pipeline in…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP When Canary Croaks, Jump! To the Editor: Miners once took birds down into mines knowing that birds would keel over from methane, lack of oxygen or soot before the miners did. When the canary croaked, out of the mine you go. According to a recent study, birds have been dying off in unprecedented numbers in North America for that last half century. The culprit? Us. The pesticides we use on the bugs that the birds eat…
Wrights Do Double Duty When Women Play, Millie Reigns; When Men, It’s Clyde By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Call it the Clyde Field. Or, depending on the day, the Millie. “The sign spins, so when the football team plays, it’s the Clyde Field, and when the girls lacrosse team plays, it’s the Millie Field,” said David Lubell, Hartwick College media relations manager. On Saturday, Sept. 21, the Wright Field and its new turf was dedicated in…
