Letter from Gerry Welch Rising Temperatures “The Snowball Effect explains how small actions carried out over time can lead to big results.” The Fireball Effect explains the opposite. Melting streets. Gerry WelchCooperstown…
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Letter from Tim Wormuth Please Rethink This This plea is in response to Mr. Dan Maskin and Opportunities for Otsego: Please, rethink your decision to build “a strategic plan that is centered on social justice”. You provide a wonderful service to our community, there is no need to politicize that work by pursuing “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”. These are simply inoffensive words used to divert attention from what it really is, Critical Race Theory. As the old saying goes, “You…
Letter from Chip Northrup Unnecessary Nuisance The Cooperstown firehouse siren is noise pollution at its worst — far above the Village’s own decibel limit, and totally unnecessary, unlike say a heavy metal concert. Pagers and cell phones can and have replaced these ridiculous noisemakers. If the firemen get a page or a text, they get the address of the fire — they can go straight there — they don’t have to go to the fire station first. When the Queensbury,…
Brilliant Debut of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra By T. Stephen Wager In these days when so much strife is to be found seemingly everywhere in the world, the genesis of any new orchestra is a unifying element to the human spirit. This was how Thomas Wolf described it on August 27 during the opening celebrations of Fenimore Chamber Orchestra at its debut concert. Mr. Wolf is Chair of the Governing Board of Directors. Certainly, many in the capacity audience at historic…
Bound Volumes September 1, 2022 185 YEARS AGOHurricane in the West Indies – On the 2nd of August there was one of the most severe storms ever known in the island of St. Bartholomew. It states that the town, composed of about 300 houses is two-thirds destroyed — among them some of the most substantial buildings, the greater number the dwellings of the poor. As yet between 20 and 30 lives have been discovered to have been lost in the…
There Is Still Time to Enjoy the Lake By Colin James As summer winds down and autumn approaches, there is perhaps no better time to get out and enjoy the beauty of Otsego County’s pristine lakes and waterways. For people who own their own boats, this time of year is generally when they begin to taper down their activity after a long summer of many days on the water, but for those who don’t have a boat of their own…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 25, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Polio Rearing Its Ugly Head Social Justice and Strategic Planning at OFO Inside The Paper Police Identify Human Remains Found in Morris Bassett Medical Center’s Midwifery Program Honored Nationally for ‘Innovative and Compassionate’ Care Animal Care Agencies Urge Governor to Sign Puppy Mill Pipeline Bill Dr. Bruce Harris Cross Dedicated Perspectives Editorial What Lies Beneath Columns News from the Noteworthy: Housing Option…
Cooperstown Chamber Mural in the Works…
News from the Noteworthy Housing Option Problems With construction well on its way at Springbrook’s “Ford on Main” development in downtown Oneonta, I have received no shortage of positive feedback, comments, suggestions, and endless “thank yous.” I am so grateful for the enthusiastic reactions shared with Springbrook for taking on this housing project. It is no secret that our community has a housing problem. If fact, it is no secret that our country is in a housing crisis. Like much…
Dr. Harris Cross Dedicated It was a full house at the chapel at the Christ Church Episcopal in Cooperstown on Sunday August 21. tocelebrate the dedication of a cross in the name of Dr. Bruce S. Harris who passed away in 2018. Dr. Harris was a beloved community member, neurosurgeon, farmer, and musician. He helped found the Voices of Cooperstown in the 1980s. He is perhaps best remembered for his compassion and sympathy for his patients. The cross was commissioned…
