LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Protocol Directs: Don’t Put Private Flag On Public Pole To the Editor: I was so flummoxed over the slavery flag issue that I almost overlooked the other flags. Public flag protocol is governed by established tradition and state law, not by local plebiscites or whims. If any flag goes up on a public flagpole, it should be the national flag, then the state flag, then a municipal flag. A municipal flagpole is not a sign board for…
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BOUND VOLUMES Sept. 13, 2019 200 YEARS AGO The inhabitants of Texas, disappointed in the hope of being included within the territories of the United States, by the recent treaty between our government and that of Spain, have declared themselves independent of the Spanish crown, and state that they have “prepared themselves to meet and firmly to sustain, any conflict in which this declaration may involve them.” Died: In this village on Wednesday last, Ellen, an infant daughter of Mr.…
CLICK FOR TEXT OF FERC ORDER Constitution Pipeline Lives, FERC Decides DEC Decision On Stream Beds Overturned By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Constitution Pipeline is back from what many thought was the dead. Two weeks ago, FERC – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – issued an order that allows the 125-mile Constitution to proceed without the water-quality permits denied in April 2016 by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The water-quality permits were necessary for the…
FUNDRAISING UNDERWRITES LESSONS Tennis Club Goes Private, Aims To Train The Future By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2017, Phyllis Orlowski discovered a worrisome trend in Oneonta in 2017: not many kids knew or were learning how to play tennis. There was no equipment, like racquets, balls and ball hoppers available and there was no motivation to even plat the sport. In July, Oneonta High School’s Varsity Tennis coach, who commutes from Cooperstown, she began reversing…
Herzig: State Law Prohibits It Geothermal Plan Dropped By City By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Enthusiasm about municipal geothermal heating, pursued warmly last spring, has turned cool with the weather. City Mayor Gary Herzig and Town Supervisor Bob Wood have become aware of a state Health Department regulation prohibiting placing geothermal pipes alongside drinking-water mains. “I don’t think Egg was aware of the regulations,” said Wood. “I think he was very enthusiastic about cities using geothermal…
EDITORIAL Conductor Huff At CSO – Wow! Stay Tuned Last week’s editorial praised the local arts and culture scene, after Oneonta and Otsego County were identified as “eighth most vibrant arts community” in the U.S. by SMU’s DATA ARTS’ report. Silas Huff’s conducting of the Catskill Symphony Orchestra Saturday evening, Sept. 7, added several exclamation marks to all of last week’s positive conclusions. Huff is the first of three conductors competing to succeed Maestro Chuck Schneider as CSO conductor. Carolyn…
LETTER from WARREN WOODBERRY Victoria’s Network Impressive; Connections Beyond Expectation To the Editor: From the moment I met Victoria Talbot Pressly she proved she was a serious connector whose impressive Rolodex has played an integral part in the growth and sustainability of Millennium Magazine. I met Vicky while standing in line for drinks at a doctor’s summer penthouse party on Manhattan’s Eastside in 2011. She was standing in front of me when I stepped up and she turned around to…
PUBLIC HEARING SET OCT. 8 Dunkin’/Baskin Decision Hangs On ‘Compatibility’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown citizens may weigh in on proposed a co-branded Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins on the corner of Walnut and Chestnut streets when the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board at a public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. “We hope this will be attended by the people whose properties this will impact,” said board member Roger MacMillan. “And our board decision…
Survey Explores Idea Of Cooperstown Cinema COOPERSTOWN – Ellen Pope, director, Otsego 2000, has pitched the idea of a cinema in downtown Cooperstown. In a post on her Facebook page, Pope sought data from residents on whether they would be interested in seeing a local movie theater. The project is not affiliated with Otsego 2000. Paper and email surveys have been sent out, or the survey can be taken online at http://bit.ly/coopcinema by Thursday, Sept. 12…
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY Habitat For Humanity: 35 Homes In 30 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade ago, Lois Newell felt hopeless. “I was living in an apartment on Academy Street, my window faced the back of the Salvation Army,” she said. “I would look at that wall every day and cry. I was freshly divorced, I had no money and no resources. I wanted hope, a better life for my kids.” Now, when she…
