TRUSTEES CAST OUT OIL STOCKS S&P 500 Stocks Shifted To S&P 475 By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rejecting the advice of the village treasurer, the Village Board this evening voted unanimously to shift its investments in S&P 500 stocks over the next year into an S&P 475 scrubbed free of fossil-fuel companies. Trustees acted despite Treasurer Derek Bloomfield, citing guidelines for CFAs (chartered financial analysts), advising them that a fully diversified portfolio, including fossil-fuel stocks, is the…
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Farms Under-Appreciated Resource In 19th District, 5 Candidates Agree By CATHY B. KOPLEN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A vision for the future of the Southern Tier – including healthy, productive farms; maximizing natural resources; and a saturation of high-speed, broad-band Internet access – was touted by five candidates vying for the 19th district U.S. Congressional seat Tuesday. The candidates, Republicans John Faso, Andrew Heaney and Bob Bishop, and Democrats Zephyr Teachout and Will Yandik, were invited to speak with…
ON WAMC Natural Gas Debate Heating Up In his weekly “Morning Headlines” segment on WAMC Public Radio, Albany, Hometown Oneonta & Freeman’s Journal Editor Jim Kevlin this morning discussed op-ed pieces on natural gas and the Constitution Pipeline that appear in this week’s print editions, AND ARE REPRINTED BELOW. CLICK HERE TO HEAR THIS MORNING’S REPORT ISSUE & DEBATE New Pipeline Won’t Cure Otsego County’s Poverty Editor’s Note: Kate O’Donnell, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology at Hartwick College.…
BENNETT SANDLER CANDIDATE, OTSEGO TOWN BOARD COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Fly Creek, Town of Otsego EDUCATION: MS in Landscape Ecology from Duke University; BSNR in Ecology from the School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Business Owner – Equity Energy LLC (Fly Creek, NY) Environmental Consultant – Envisualization (Fly Creek, NY) Business Manager – The Brookwood School (Cooperstown, NY) GIS Manager/Analyst – Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) Remote Sensing/GIS Analyst – Earth Satellite Corporation (Rockville,…
Allstadt Paints Bright Picture Of Energy-Innovation Benefits…
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Amphenol Advocates Need To Make Their Voices Heard Editor’s Note: This is our opinion, expressed in the editorial that appeared in the Sept. 10-11 editions of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta. What do you think? Send your opinion to info@allotsego.com, to appear in this week’s editions of the newspaper. Clearly, Stop the Pipeline has dominated the debate about the Constitution Pipeline since January 2013, when “Alternate M,” the route through Otsego County, was rejected. There…
Resolution of the Board of Trustees Of the Village of Cooperstown Regarding Climate Change (Adopted March 2, 2015, Village of Cooperstown Board of Trustees) Whereas an overwhelming majority of credentialed scientists, in the United States and abroad, support the findings that climate change is happening and that human activities are a key contributor to it; Whereas the U. S. National Academy of Sciences and the U. K. Royal Society have stated, “It is now more certain than ever, based on…
Jubilant Local Fracking Foes Shift Focus To Renewables, Pipeline By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Editions of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 25-26, 2014 COOPERSTOWN Today, Albany. Tomorrow, Kalangadoo, Australia. While local fracking foes were elated by Governor Cuomo’s Wednesday, Dec. 16, announcement that he plans to ban the controversial practice in New York State, they were already looking beyond. The widest-reaching is Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president, whose short-term plans include appearing on a Jan. 12 panel at…
Oneonta Town, City Should Join In Regional Water Authority The Oneonta Town Board is energetically seeking to make a historic mistake that will have increasingly negative impacts on Greater Oneonta for decades to come. Southside neighbors are being asked to approve a water district that would allow construction of a water plant in Emmons’ Fortin Park. Let’s hope, for their good and that of the whole, that they say no. Right now, downtown Oneonta, step by step, is coming back.…
To the Editor: I am writing to present the facts that contrast with the misinformation presented in your printed opinion. Oneonta Town Board members were elected to represent the interests of their constituents and this water project is, in fact, an example of very intelligently planned growth which will benefit our entire area. An experienced, reputable firm, with an impeccable reputation, Lamont Engineers, was engaged by the Town to assist in planning this endeavor. The completion of this project not only…
