Council Candidates Announce In A Rush ONEONTA – One after another, seven candidates announced over five days they were running for Common Council to succeed five Council members who are retiring. Beginning with Len Carson, follow the progression and read their…
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Irene Harlem, 86, Oneonta; Wife Of Supreme Court Judge ONEONTA – Irene Harlem, 86, Oneonta, wife of the late state Supreme Court Judge Robert A. Harlem, passed away Feb. 25, 2019, at Fox Hospital. She was born March 28, 1932, in Amityville, the daughter of Herman and Margaret (Wagner) Muller. Irene grew up on Long Island, where she met and married Charles Mann in September 1951. In 1965, they moved to Mount Vision. Irene then married Judge Harlem in 1982;…
Richard White, 66, CCS Football Star, Wrestler COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Richard White, 66, of Stockbridge, Mass., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Richard was struggling with several health issues and died at home peacefully from heart failure. Richard was born in Cooperstown, the son of Richard A. White and Barbara Hall. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He attended Menlo College in California and studied at many other colleges well into his adult life. He was in the…
This Nasty Little Parasite Is Meaningful By JENNIFER HILL Parasites. That doesn’t sound good. But SUNY Oneonta biology professor Florian Reyda says having a variety and plentiful parasites “is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, of biodiversity.” By that measure, Otsego Lake is quite healthy. Especially now that Margaret Doolin, a student in SUNY’s master of science biology program and one of Reyda’s advisees, had discovered a parasitic…
Koutnik Set To Retire As Season Starts In Oneonta, 5 Out, 7 Plan To Run For City Council By JIM KEVLIN & JENNIFER HILL Usually, roses are budding before local candidates start circulating nominating petitions. This year, with the primary for state races joined with federal offices and moved up from September to Thursday, June 25, petitions are being circulated before the first crocus. That change set off a flurry of electioneering in the past few days. In the City…
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND DiPerna Invited Back To Vatican To Advise Pope COOPERSTOWN – Paula DiPerna, the Cooperstown-based consultant, has been invited back to the Vatican March 7-9 to confer with Pope Francis on U.N. goals for social and economic development, called SDGs. She first met the Pope last June, while attending special Vatican conference of environmental leaders in Rome.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 28 – Mar. 01, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE OHS Boys Head Into Tournament Dad John Coaches, Son Jack Plays, As Hawkeyes Look Toward Finals Koutnik Set To Retire As Season Starts This Nasty Little Parasite Is Meaningful Dog-Rescue Mission Sends SSPCA Director To Beirut Council Candidates Announce In A Rush Trustees Intensify Noise Law Push CITY OF THE HILLS: Feb. 28-Mar. 01, 2019 COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND:…
EDITORIAL Congressman Emerging As Moderate, Balanced If anyone was looking for a bomb-thrower – Urban Dictionary: “A colloquial term used to describe people who stir up trouble” – Antonio Delgado isn’t he. That had to be the conclusion of any objective ear at his Feb. 18 “Town Hall” in Cooperstown Village Hall, where one speaker, opining President Trump is “mentally ill,” asked the freshman congressman if he would vote for impeachment. The reply was perfectly circumspect: “I’m going to do…
The Goal: Doing All We Can To Reduce Dependence On Fossil Fuels I was sent this article, “Until Available 24/7, Renewable Energy Not Ready For Prime Time,” from your newspaper of Feb. 21-22. “Another speaker spoke of all the things he had done to remove himself from the grid. Again, I couldn’t help but wonder how he paid for it – solar, geo-thermal and a $100,000 Tesla electric car. Would the savings ever allow him to recover those incremental…