Letter To Governor: Science, Economics Don’t Support Allowing Fracking In NY HOMETOWN ONEONTA/The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 19-20 Editor’s Note: Governor Cuomo revealed Monday, Dec. 15, on WCNY TV’s “Capitol Pressroom” that a fracking decision may be forthcoming by the end of the month, prompting this letter signed by 140 members of Elected Officials to Protect New York, including 25 from Otsego County, to send this letter to the governor the following day. What has happened – what…
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Fresh, Brainy Town Board Needs Issue: Create Greater Oneonta Editorial for The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 18-19 2014 Say you were elected to the Oneonta Town Board, determined to prevent fracking from happening in the town. Then, you discover, there’s no natural gas under the town. Now what? You’re bright, energetic. You get along well with your equally brainy and motivated colleagues, who find themselves in the same quandary. That came to mind Monday evening, Dec. 15,…
Friends Recall SUNY Oneonta Chronicler Dr. Carey W. Brush, 1920-2013 By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 At Dr. Carey Brush’s memorial service on Friday, Dec. 12, the truth finally came out: “His jokes were terrible,” said Dr. Vince Foti. “But because we were all below him, we laughed. Puns were his favorite.” It has been almost a year since Dr. Brush, 93, who wrote “In Honor and Good Faith” (1965), the first history of…
To Frack (Rock)? Or Not To Frack (Hard Place)? Editorial By Alan Chartock, Capital Connection For The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 11-12, 2014 When politicians take money for their campaign coffers, they owe something back. That’s because there is honor among, well, politicians and lobbyists. If you see tons of money going to politicians from the real-estate industry, you’d be foolish not to think that the people who own hotels and other big buildings want something back…
Audra Cameron, 20; Polar Jump Beneficiary Succumbs After 2-Year Battle With Cancer ONEONTA – Audra Kathleen Cameron, 20, a beneficiary of the 2013 Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Fox Hospital, after a two-year battle with liver cancer. Audra was born Aug. 16, 1994, in Ypsilanti, Mich., the daughter of Reid Thomas and Mary Kay Cameron. After finishing her freshman year of high school in Michigan, Audra’s family moved to Oneonta. She graduated from…
Daurice E. Miller, 84, Oneonta; ‘Amazing’ Pastor’s Wife ONEONTA – Daurice E. Miller, 84, described as “an amazing pastor’s wife” as she served with her husband Willard at churches in Toddsville, Springfield Center, Milford and Otego, passed away on Dec. 28, 2014, at Fox Hospital, surrounded by her family. She was born in Otego on Feb. 21, 1930, daughter of Frederick and Mabel Stiefel. She was the middle child of 15 children. She married Willard R. Miller on Oct. 3,…
Mario M. Cuomo 1932-2014 Former Governor Liberal Beacon – New York Times Mario Cuomo: Just The Facts – Wikipedia Alan Chartock Reminisces – WAMC Radio Funeral Tuesday For Former Governor…
Oneonta Police Department Presented With Certificate Of State Accreditation ONEONTA – The Oneonta Police Department today was awarded the status of “fully accreditated policy agency” by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services. It was the culmination of a 2 1/2-year process to ensure compliance with 133 specific guidelines in hiring, discipline, promotions, vehicle operations and other areas. Only 30 percent of police departments in the state are fully accredited, and only 8 percent of those of Oneonta’s size. Despite…
Mom’s Service Built A Family, And A Community Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 Editor’s Note: Family and friends of Joan Moyer, the former Oneonta school board president and civic leader who passed away July 28, gathered over Thanksgiving for a memorial mass. This is an excerpt from the eulogy delivered by her son, Scott, raised in Oneonta but now living with his family in San Mateo, Calif. One of my favorite memories from my childhood involves my dad driving…
Oneonta, Cooperstown County Reps Should Support Sharing Bed-Tax Revenue Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 To the Editor: Thank you to your newspapers for the repeated suggestion that the county Board of Representatives should reform the occupancy or “bed tax.” It is inexplicable that the board seems set on ignoring this commonsense appeal, including several representatives whose own districts will suffer greatly. Tourism is one of the primary industries of our County and is led by Cooperstown, the city and…
