Broadband Plan Set: IDA May Let Contract With Telecom Firm By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA/The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 The future in Otsego County is not now. But it could be now in the next 2-3 years. The IDA-commissioned Broadband Feasibility Study has found a $30 million public-private high-speed system can happen in Otsego County, and the agency is prepared to contract with a “telecom” to implement it as soon at the IDA’s Thursday, Dec.…
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Hartwick To Honor Brooks By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 When John Brooks got home one night earlier this fall, there was a note from his wife, Joan, next to the phone. “It said ‘Hartwick wants you’ with a little smiley face,” he said. Brooks, the retired second-generation owner of Brooks’ House of BBQ, had been named the 2014 Hartwick Citizen of the Year by the college’s Citizen Board. The award will be presented…
On The 12th Day Of Christmas – Local Writers Signing By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 There’s only one way to beat the winter blues, and it’s to curl up inside a good – and local – book. Or better, how about a dozen. “When you’re buried in a Cooperstown snow drift, a book is a very handy thing!” said Marly Youmans, whose latest novel, “Glimmerglass,” was one of the a dozen featured books by…
Shopping Local With Libby: In Stores, Surprises by Libby Cudmore • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 4-5, 2014 Scoring a bargain online may be a thrill to some, but it’s nothing compared to the fun of going into a shop in downtown Oneonta and finding that perfect gift. Especially if it’s a gift you didn’t even know you were going to buy. That’s exactly how I felt when I walked into the Green Toad Bookstore and spotted “Everything I Need…
Thanksgiving and Hospice: Blessings Abound Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 27-28, 2014 Editor’s Note: Lola Rathbone is president/CEO of the Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care. Thanksgiving is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Hospice, too, is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Thanksgiving comes once a year. Every day we are privileged to offer a wide variety of “Thanksgivings” to our Hospice families. Personally, one of my most…
Highway Crew In Near-Poverty As Town Officials Get Raises Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 27-28, 2014 To the Editor: Now is the time of year when towns approve their annual budgets for the coming year, and Town of Otsego residents should be aware of what was approved on Nov. 12. Raises have been awarded to some elected officials and part-time administrative employees, yet our hard-working, full-time, highway crew starts at a very low hourly wage, which has cost the town some…
This Christmas, Shop Local – For The Fun Of It! Editorial in the Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 27-28 Shopping local isn’t simply a feel-good decision. It’s essential to the economic well-being of our Otsego County neighbors and ourselves. In recent days, that’s been dramatized by the debate over whether the county should close the Department of Motor Vehicles Office in Cooperstown. The office was under threat because local drivers have opted to renew their licenses in Albany via the Internet.…
Fundraiser Will Assist Injured Jerry Colgate By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014 As Jerry Colgate continues his recovery at the University of Virginia Medical Center following a hit-and-run accident, he continues to touch lives. “I was standing in my kitchen, making Thanksgiving dinner, and I got thinking about him,” said Mikal Sky-Shrewsberry, the former CCS board member. “I met him a few times, and he’s a very nice man.” She knew she had to…
City Manager’s First Budget Through Hearing Unbruised By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 When City Manager Martin Murphy joined City Hall in early October, Day One he started on his first budget, a $21.6 million spending plan for 2015 that Common Council will act on in December. Murphy is no stranger to budgeting; previously, he was Cortland County administrator. “We were working with a $125 million budget, so it was much larger than what…
Mayor Nader Runs For President… of Herkimer Community College, That Is By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Nov. 28, 2014 SUNY Delhi provost wasn’t looking for a new opportunity when he opened his email in September. “I got an inquiry that piqued my interesting,” said John S. Nader. “I went ahead and applied to it.” The former Oneonta mayor saw that Herkimer County Community College was seeking a new president, and he immediately applied. “Their program mix is…