SWAN: ‘It’s Up To Us To Keep Officials Accountable’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Details matter. “A four-page summary should be the tip of the iceberg,” said Aimee Swan, Otsego County Democratic chair. “There were 2,800 subpoenas, 500 witnesses, but there is not a single word from Robert Mueller in Barr’s letter. We need to see the full report.” She was referring to Attorney General William Barr’s letter summarizing Mueller’s investigation into Russian…
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COLUMN What Are Fossil Fuels? What Are Renewables? By MIKE ZAGATA • for Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal Based upon what I read in our papers, there seems to be a lack of information and/or understanding about fossil fuels and the so-called “renewables.” This might be a good time to attempt to get all of us on the same page. The descriptive term “fossil fuels” includes coal, oil and natural gas – the energy sources that were formed millions…
from LARRY FRIGAULT ‘Disgraceful’ Article Miscasts Volunteers Who Devised Plan To the Editor: I read with disbelief the factual errors, insinuations and conclusions put forth in this past week’s edition concerning the Town of Richfield’s governance. I have only been on the Town Board two years, hardly enough time to “take over” anything as implied. A fundamental rule of democracy is the voters get to decide who best represents them. I ran openly advocating for a Comprehensive Plan and the…
BOUND VOLUMES • March 28, 2019 Compiled by Tom Heitz and Sharon Stuart, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO Advertisements – Geo. Griffith, Post-Rider is yet alive, and keeps faithful and steady to his old calling. But he cannot pursue his old course, unless people pay him, so as to enable him to purchase bread and cheese for himself, and a few oats for his horse. And, there’s the lynx-eyed Printers, who now…
American Legion Turns 100; Hall Collaborates With Vets By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – The American Legion, especially through American Legion Baseball, and The National Baseball Hall of have had a special relationship for over four decades. “American Legion Baseball was founded in 1925 to further citizenship through sportsmanship,” said Jeremy Field, director of communication at American Legion’s HQ in Indianapolis. “Every year our player of the year is honored at the Hall of…
Father Rosson Retires From St. Mary’s April 1 COOPERSTOWN – Father John P. Rosson is retiring after 19 years as pastor at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown. Father Rosson is also well-known in Oneonta, where he was campus minister at Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta in the 1980s. CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY…
Alexandra F. Xanthaky, 75; Partner In Husband’s Practice ONEONTA – Alexandra Xanthaky, 75, an R.N. who was co-owner of Upper Main Street Associates, her husband’s medical practice, passed away Wednesday evening, March 20, 2019, at her home in the Town of Milford, surrounded by family. She was 75. Born Aug. 25, 1943, in Glasgow, Scotland, Sandra was a daughter of Alexander and Margaret H. (Morison) Findlay. Following World War II, the Findlay family emigrated to the United States and first…
KLUGO, ROUND 2 Entrepeneur Adding 5 Apartments In Former Stevens, Next To Bresee’s By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Third time’s the charm. “I fell in love with the Stevens (Hardware) building,” said Chip Klugo, who redeveloped Bresee’s Department Store, opening his Parkview Place apartments there in 2014. “We stayed on it and we didn’t give up.” It was the next year, 2015, nearly four years ago, that he set out to redevelop the…
COLUMN Donate! 25 Years Ago Kidney Saved My Life By STEVE BIERITZ • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta Every month of April, we celebrate National Donate Life Month. On April 17, I will celebrate the 25th year of my very successful kidney transplant. After battling the disease that caused a loss of kidney function over time, my energy level and quality of life were at a low point. That was truly a donation that changed my life and was…
COLUMN Press Ahead With Railyards, Or Oneonta, DRI In Doubt Editor’s Note: This is a comment on the DGEIS on the redevelopment of Oneonta’s D&H railyards, after the plan was pummeled at a March 5 public hearing at Foothills. Al Colone is founding president of Oneonta’s former National Soccer Hall of Fame. By AL COLONE • for Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal Dear Mayor Herzig and Common Council members: The 270 acres of the former D&H railyards are the…