BOUND VOLUMES Aug. 1, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement – Books just received for sale at the Book Store of H. & E. Phinney. “The New York Justice or a Digest of the Law relative to Justices of the Peace;” “Works of the Rev. John Newton,” 6 Vols. – also his letters and Conversational Remarks; “Cooper’s History of N. America;” “Love’s Surveying;” “Domestic Cookery;” “Woodsworth’s Poems;” “Don Quixote” 4 Vols.; “Young’s Night Thoughts,” and “Young’s Misses’ Magazine;” “Tales of Aunt…
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EDITORIAL No Land For Apartment Complex? Harrumph! “The Grove” developer Josh Edmonds did the right thing Wednesday, July 17, in withdrawing his application for a 12-unit apartment building between Pine Boulevard, one of the Village of Cooperstown’s finest streets, and lower Chestnut. It promised to be a long fight, with no certain end. As reported here before, Edmonds has figured out the home of the future – energy efficient, bright, supremely comfortable – and has built a half-dozen of them…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 25-26, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE INDUCTION 2019: What A Crowd! Hughes, Venezuelan Teammate Connect Why Might C-V Ban Farm Animals? Avanzato Brothers Closing Stella Luna Parking Issue, Mayor Herzig Walks Walk Chamber To Honor Sports Center, ISD EDITORIAL No Land For Apartments? Harrumph! ‘Lofts’ May Make Dreams Come True COLUMNS KUZMINSKI: County Has Surplus, Or Deficit? LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HAMMOND: Hospital, Country Going To Dogs DUNCAN:…
BOUND VOLUMES June 20, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Sale of Pews – The sale of the pews in the Presbyterian Church will take place on Thursday, the first day of July next at 2 o’clock p.m. Six month’s rent will then become due. It is earnestly desired that all would pay at that time. Geo. Pomeroy, Clerk, Cooperstown, June 21, 1819. Advertisement: The inhabitants of Burlington intend to celebrate the anniversary of our national independence on the fifth day…
Simple Integrity Plans Net-Zero Apartments 2 Stories, 12 Units On Chestnut Street By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – For Josh Edmonds, the lot at 10 Chestnut St. represents a chance to solve two problems in the village – adding housing and reducing energy consumption. “The village needs long-term rentals,” he said. “And I see a need for more energy-efficient construction.” Edmonds, a passive-house consultant through, Simple Integrity, his contracting company, has proposed a two-story, 12-unit building on…
Up From The Ashes 2 Years After Fire, Milford Methodist Anticipating ‘Starkly Beautiful’ Church Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs, 3:5-6 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – It was about 4 a.m. on March 13, 2013. The 1930 Milford Methodist Church had burned down the night before in a raging fire that was seen for miles, and…
COLUMN Prosperity, Offerings About Cooperstown Editor’s Note: Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch delivered these welcoming remarks when NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, convened Sunday, May 6, at The Otesaga, for its three-day annual conference. I have had the opportunity over the past year to welcome several groups to Cooperstown – but I have to say this is one of the more intimidating as I am facing a room of peers – elected officials who have all had to provide…
Bound Volumes: Mar. 07 – 08, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Republican Convention – At a meeting of Republican Delegates from the several towns in the County of Otsego, convened at the Court House in Cooperstown, pursuant to previous notice on the 24th of February, 1819 – Arunah Metcalf, Chairman and William G. Angell, Secretary, Resolved, that this meeting proceed to nominate a candidate for Senator for the Middle District of this state, and five persons to represent this county in…
150 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – On Wednesday, Blend’s fine new hall over the Herald Office, was first opened to the public by ladies of the Presbyterian Church who held there a sociable which was fully attended and profitable in results. An experiment so pleasant all round, will bear repeating. The proceeds, over $50, go for cushioning the seats of the church. Also, on Wednesday, a wood train backed up at the depot and smashed the express wagon, the…
FUNDRAISING DRIVE OVER $1 MILLION Site Bought For New Shelter INDEX – Just six weeks old, the $2 million “Shelter Us” fund drive passed the halfway mark in recent days, giving the Susquehanna SPCA confidence to buy land for its new headquarters. The SPCA has closed the deal on two acres of land at 5088-5082 Route 28, CPA Judith Brown’s former office and the building next door. “We’re finalizing everything withour construction management team. We are planning to break ground…
