For a good part of his life, and to the benefit of his home county, Jim Seward was our state senator. First elected in 1986, when he was 38, he served 17 terms, and retired in 2020, after 33 years in Albany. He represented all of us in Otsego, Cortland, and Schoharie counties, and some of us in Chenango, Tompkins, Cayuga, Delaware, and Ulster counties, fighting hard for what he believed to be the right ideas and opportunities for our…
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My thoughts and prayers are with Cindy and the entire Seward family. May God bless them in their time of mourning and may God bless my friend, Sen. James Seward.…
Senator Thanks YOU Good Wishes, Anecdotes Bring Back Happy Memories To the Editor: I want to thank you for the special tribute edition included in last week’s Hometown Oneonta/Freeman’s Journal highlighting my 34 years in the state Senate. I am also deeply appreciative of all the words of good wishes and anecdotes that were submitted by so many area residents, community leaders, and family. Reading the comments brought back so many memories of my time in office. Thank you all!…
THUMBS UP! Enthusiastic Senator Seward Greets Cavalcade Celebrating His Rebound In front of his North Main Street home, State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, gives a thumbs up at 2 p.m. today to a parade organized by fellow members of the Milford Methodist Church to celebrate his return from Albany Medical Center and his continuing recuperation at home. Wife Cindy, inset, joined him in waving to their friends and supporters. Suffering from coronavirus, the senator rebounded from an induced coma and…
Cindy Seward En Route To Bring Husband Home MILFORD – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, may be back in his Milford home by today’s end. His wife, Cindy, posted this afternoon on the Milford Community Facebook page: “I am on my way to pick Jim up!! And he does not require oxygen!!” The senator came down with the coranavirus in late March and has been in Albany Medical Center for the past two weeks, the last week recuperating from treatment…
CINDY SEWARD ON HUSBAND’S HEALTH Senator ‘Slightly Improved,’ But ‘Next Few Days Crucial’ MILFORD – “The next few days are crucial” for state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, who has “slightly improved” since being placed in a medically induced coma Thursday morning at Albany Medical Center, his wife Cindy told the Milford community in a Facebook post this afternoon. She said the briefing was prompted by “all of our friends in our Milford community who have reached out with care, concern,…
EDITORIAL A Charming Couple, Shocking News – And A Warning To All That Otsego County’s first couple, state Sen. Jim and Cindy Seward, contracted coronavirus is a wake-up call for the rest of us. If it can happen to them, it can happen to any one of us. By the nature of their public roles, the Sewards inevitably come into contact with a wide range of people, one, it turns out, who was carrying COVID-19. It’s the rare Otsego County…
Cheering OUT & Swearing IN! At Oneonta’s First Night, Greg Lee and other members of his Cosmic Karma Fire troupe, left, spin flames for onlookers outside Foothills’ Atrium. At right, the Elite Dance Company’s Dejalei Champen and Emily Kane hoist Lillian Stalter up in the air. Rod Roberts, above, swings Cuca, his wife of 36 years, around the dance floor to “What a Wonderful World.” At right, tiger-faced Leah Puylara…
Mentalist Wows Crowd At Taste Of Foothills No peeking! Above, Mentalist Craig Karges, with coins taped to his eyes with a blindfold on top, was able to correctly guess that Cindy Seward, right, Milford, was holding a cell phone charger without seeing or touching it. They were joined on stage by Jim Kevlin, left, Cooperstown, who arranges cups to hide a dangerous spike for a second trick. Earlier in the evening, diners enjoyed the finest food selections from area eateries. At…
Senator Seward Sworn In For 16th Term In Albany…