COLUMN Is 2-Party System Serving Nation? The other day I had occasion to visit the websites of both our local Otsego County Democratic and Republican Committees. Both were disappointing. The Republican Committee’s website still listed John Faso as our congressman. The most recent posting I could find was from 2014. The Democratic website, by contrast, was up to date, listing local officials and candidates for this year’s races. Both parties have active Facebook pages (the Republicans had 611 likes, the…
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Hovis’ Novel Updates Adam, Eve Story By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Ink, said George Hovis, has a way of getting under your skin. In the ’90s, the SUNY Oneonta English professor worked as a process chemist in an ink factory in Charlotte, N.C. “Ink got into my subconscious,” he said. “And it came out as the ink on the skin of these characters.” His debut novel, “The Skin Artist,” just released from SFK Press, follows Bill…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Relay For Life; Woodstock, Baby, And Spring Fling Rain or shine – hopefully shine – the annual Relay for Life will celebrate cancer survivors, remember lives lost and raise money for the American Cancer Society with family fun, raffles, fireworks, as well as a Survivor Walk and the lighting of luminaria. 4-10 p.m. Saturday, May 18, Wilber Park, Milford. • It’s not really spring until the Cooperstown Rotary Club throws their Annual Spring Fling! Plenty of vendors,…
CCS Budget Focus: Kindergarten, Vaping By JIM KEVLIN • Special to ALLOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – With “hundreds of thousands” more in required spending on health insurance next year, Cooperstown Central School Superintendent Bill Crankshaw and the school board didn’t need to look for places to spend more. Besides, he said in an interview about the 2019-20 budget, which goes up for a public vote 7 a.m-8 p.m., next Tuesday, May 21, at the high school, the school district already offers a…
IN MEMORIAM: Mabel Graham, 88; Worked With Nobelist Donnell Thomas MIDDLEFIELD – Mabel (Dubben) Graham, 88, who worked at Bassestt Hospital with Nobel Prize winner E. Donnell Thomas, M.D., died peacefully of natural causes early in the morning of April 2, 2019, in Bellevue, Wash. She began her life Dec. 3, 1930, in Cooperstown. She was the second child of Dorothy and George Dubben, Middlefield dairy farmers. Mabel started her schooling in Middlefield, graduated from Cherry Valley Central and finished…
Neglected Pigs Seized From Pittsfield Farm…
IN MEMORIAM: Irene Harbison, 80; Active In Cooperative Extension, 4H MIDDLEFIELD – Irene M. Harbison, 80, who worked at Cooperative Extension for many years and remained active in the 4H passed away early Monday morning, May 13, 2019, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. She was born Oct. 25, 1938, in Cooperstown, a daughter of Glenn D. and Geneva (McRorie) Morrison. A graduate of Cooperstown High School, Class of 1956, Irene was employed for many years as a secretary…
SPEAKING OF SPORTS Morell Breaks OHS Record At Yellowjacket Invitational ONEONTA – With an AP exam on Friday, May 10 and another one scheduled for Monday, May 13, Bradley Morell still had time to break a school discus record at the Yellowjacket Invitational on the Lloyd Baker Field. With a toss of 163’ 8”, Morell eclipsed his season best set last week of 160’ 0”. The previous record was held by Jim Hurtubise in 2003, and was 163’ 3”. Morell…
Homer Osterhoudt Memorialized Tree Planted In Honor Of A Foremost Citizen…
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