Column Reconsidering Impeachment This writer was happy to see the Democrats initiate a formal investigation into impeaching President Trump. Impeachment is a legitimate Constitutional mechanism to address pressing issues of conduct in office, something we desperately need. Elections are our normal mechanism for sorting out political differences, but there is no way in the long periods between elections to resolve serious tensions like those we have now. In the meantime, we get an endless stream of experts, panelists, commentators and…
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Column THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Revisiting Clinton Playbook Think back to the days of the Clinton Presidency and the words “I did not have a sexual relationship with that woman.” Stains on her dress would seem to indicate otherwise – but it was her fault because she was a woman. Then Hillary runs for the presidency and she and the DNC hire a foreign agent to work with the Russians to dig up dirt on her opponent – Donald…
LOUISE HULSE Beloved Mother Turns 102 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN When Louise Clark Hulse was born, there wasn’t even a Bassett Hospital. “I was born at the Thanksgiving Home,” she said. “This was long before Bassett.” Born Sept. 21, 1917, (the hospital was opened in June 1922) Louise just turned 102 at Cooperstown Center. She was an only child. “My grandfather (Michael Hanlon) was the mayor of Cooperstown for quite a while,” she said. “He owned…
Retiring Child Advocate Assisted More Than 3K Kids By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – For 23 years, Carmela Mone, founder of the Children’s Law Office of Otsego County, has been the advocate for youngsters who may not have anyone else in their corner. “I had a 4-year-old old boy whose mom had filed petitions to stop visits with the father, but I couldn’t get her to bring the kid in,” she said. “I sent our social worker,…
Mom Fears CCS Might Bar Twins By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The mother of two 7-year-olds was fearful as this edition went to press Tuesday evening, Oct. 1, that one of her sons would be barred from Cooperstown Elementary School the following morning, even though she believed both boys are vaccinated in accordance with a new state law. That morning, she had received an email from CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw directing her to remove…
LETTER from MENOUKHA ROBIN CASE Native American Life Wasn’t ‘Tribal’ To the Editor: I read Jim Atwell’s Front Porch Perspective, “The Originating Sin,” with great dismay. Although I share his disgust with the ignorance-laced factionalism that dominates the airwaves, I find his use of the word tribalism to be misinformed and highly offensive, to such an extent that I feel compelled to respond. I agree that as Americans our education in what he calls tribalism starts early. There is no doubt…
Delgado Visits County Board, Surprising Some He Discusses Broadband, Energy, Opioids, Housing; Fields Questions, Shakes Hands By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “He’s here. I know he’s here,” county board Chair David Bliss said around the noon hour, looking into Clerk of the Board Carol McGovern’s office through a door at the front left of the board meeting room. Suddenly, there he was: Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, all 6-foot-4 of him, who said he’d just driven up…
Public Hearing On Dunkin Donuts Scheduled For Oct. 8 At Village Hall COOPERSTOWN – A public hearing on the proposed Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins at the corner of Route 28 and Walnut Street will be held by the Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 5 pm in the Village Hall board room. Last month, Bohler Engineering revealed plans for the coffee shop/ice cream parlor to HPARB, but was asked to make changes to…
Delgado Talks Broadband, Energy To County Board…
SOHN IN ‘HEART & SOLE’ IN NJ Heart Transplant Recipient Walks Sunday To Raise Funds For Hospital Transplant Team TO HELP MARY-MARGARET, CLICK HERE…
