Social Justice and Strategic Planning at OFO This year, Opportunities for Otsego (OFO) committed to building a strategic plan that is centered on social justice. The process with any strategic plan involves analyzing data, setting measurable goals and putting those goals into action. Setting goals to impact conditions of society is more challenging. “We begin by looking inside our own house with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion assessments for the board of directors, management and all 140 employees. Then, based on…
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Bound Volumes August 25, 2022 210 YEARS AGOReprinted from the London Courier — “America knows not that the vigor of the British Empire increases with the necessity of exerting it — that our elasticity rises with the pressure upon us — that difficulties only make us more firm and undaunted — that dangers only give us the additional means of overcoming them. It is in such a state of affairs, in such a great crisis, that a nation like Great…
Bassett Medical Center’s Midwifery Program Honored Nationally for ‘Innovative and Compassionate’ Care Bassett Medical Center’s midwifery program received national attention recently when it received the With Women for a Lifetime Commendation from the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM). This honor recognizes the hospital’s35-year history of providing midwife care to families of Central New York. “It’s a great honor to receive this public recognition of our work,” says Laura O’Shea, certified nurse midwife (CNM) at Bassett Medical Center (BMC). “As the…
Reading, Playwright Talkback Offered on Consecutive Nights Fenimore Art Museum will host a reading of The Venetians followed by a talkback with playwright Matt Barbot on Wednesday, August 24 and Thursday, August 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Lucy B. Hamilton Amphitheater. Admission is free with a suggested donation. A crossover between Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and The Tragedy of Othello, Barbot’s play uses two classical outsiders — the Moorish general Othello and Jewish moneylender Shylock — to ask…
Up On Hawthorne Hill by Richard DeRosa Of garlic, onions and majority rule Took down the garlic the other day, trimmed it, and shifted it to trays for winter storage. On the same day tied up the red and yellow onions, and hung them along the barn rafters to cure for a few weeks. These are two of my favorite pastimes up here on the hill. One would assume that such tasks are rather mindless. Not so, at least for…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 18, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Sheriff: Renaming Inmates Is Not A Priority This Is NOT OK, Helping theNext Page of a Dog’s Life Inside The Paper Bassett Responds Wild Things Get Rescued Populations Changingin Otsego County Otsego Lake Association Update Beware of Ticks Fenimore ChamberOrchestra Starting Strong Perspectives Editorial Saving Fido and Creating Memories Columns STERNBERG: New COVID Recommendations from CDC NEWS FROM THE NOTEWORTHY: Changing the…
Letter from Dan Butterman Too Much Gun Violence Gun violence takes the lives of too many New Yorkers, and it is taking more and more each year. When elected to the Assembly I will work to make our gun laws fairer and more effective. I will not take weapons away from law-abiding citizens, but will work to take them away from criminals. And I will do this with input from gun violence experts – law enforcement professionals. In 2014, gun-related…
Fenimore Chamber Orchestra Starting Strong Rosemary Summers brings a lot of experience to the new Fenimore Chamber Orchestra. “I actually got my start in the music business with the Catskill Symphony Orchestra and the Catskill Conservatory back in the 70s,” Ms. Summers, Chief Operations Officer of the new orchestra said. “Everything that is involved in the physical production of a concert is what I am in charge of. Hiring theappropriate musicians, securing the venue, providing the sheet music for everyone…chairs,…
News from the Noteworthy Changing the World Some people talk about wanting to change the world. Others get up at 4 a.m., put on coveralls and muck boots and go do it: Meet Tianna Kennedy, Walter Riesen, and Amanda Wong, owners of Star Route Farm in Charlottesville, northern Delaware County. Their purpose is not just to nourish themselves and others, but to serve as instruments for justice, seeking answers to these questions: ”Why should the healthiest food go to the…
Beware of Ticks Some of us never come in contact with ticks, at least that we know of. But others are greatly affected. “There is a huge tick problem here in our county, more than usual. We have a nice environment for tick-borne disease,” said Dr. Mandy Roome, Ph.D., research scientist at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety. A white-footed mouse attracts the most ticks, and ticks are always looking for somewhere to keep warm, so they are…
