2020 Baseball Hall Ballot Sent To Writers This Week COOPERSTOWN – The 2021 Hall of Fame ballot is eing mailed this week to more than 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and includes 11 new candidates. Pitchers Barry Zito, Tim Hudson, Mark Buehrle and A.J. Burnett, infielder Aramis Ramírez, outfielder Torii Hunter and infielder-outfielder Michael Cuddyer will join 14 holdovers from the 2020 balloting. Derek Jeter and outfielder Larry Walker were elected in the 2020 ballot,…
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FIGHTFIGHTERS FIGHT COVID Free Masks Available Until 1 p.m. At Fire House With COVID-19 spiking with the cold weather, the Cooperstown Fire Department is handing out free face masks this morning until 1 p.m. this afternoon. Drive-through the fire station’s parking lot on Chestnust Street and pick up what you need. At this hour, First Chief Jim Tallman and Fire Captain Jim Leslie are manning the table. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
LEGION OF MERIT AWARDED Centers Honors Veteran Isolated By Coronavirus INDEX – As a third-class Petty Officer in the Navy, George McCrea, 84, of Cooperstown, who served four years following the Korean War, from 1956 to 1959. Because of COVID-19, McCrae was unable to participate in Veteran commemorations and had limited visitation on Nov. 11, but the Cooperstown Center inducted him into its Legion of Merit. George has been at Cooperstown Center only since last year. He reminisces about the…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 A New Hope On COVID-19 First the good news. Joe Biden has announced his plan for dealing with the COVID-19 crisis. It will include a coordinated national plan of attack and he will be ready on Day 1, Jan. 20, 2021 to implement it. He has already announced his pandemic transition team. Now the bad news. One, Mitch McConnell has said the same thing about Biden that he said about President Obama in 2008,…
Senator Presented With Bettiol Award Today, Chamber Will Also Recognize Otsego County’s Entrepreneurial Spirit…
EDITORIAL Fight Isn’t Partisan; It’s Upstate, Downstate If you’ve lived a while, how often have you heard predictions about the extinction of one party by the other? After Richard Nixon’s rout of George McGovern in 1972 and Ronald Reagan’s two terms, the Democrats. After LBJ overwhelming Goldwater in 1964, Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection and Barack Obama in 2008, Republicans. Only one Democrat was elected president between the end of the Civil War and Woodrow Wilson, 47 years later. Only one…
As COVID-19 Cases Rise; County Warns, Stay Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With 46 cases of COVID-19 already identified in November, Heidi Bond, Otsego County Public Health director, has a warning for residents: If you have symptoms, stay home. “We’re getting lax in thinking that COVID is a possibility,” she said. “You get people thinking it’s the same runny nose they get every fall, and three days later, you lose your sense of taste and…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 12-13, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Under New Plan, SUNY Students Return Feb. 1 COVID Rises; County Asks People, Stay Home Rockefeller Center Picks 2nd Oneonta Tree Appointing Oberacker Successor Complicated Raging Fire Destroys Antiques-Filled Barn EDITORIALS Fight Isn’t Partisan; It’s Upstate, Downstate LETTERS BROCKWAY: Gun Deaths? What About DUI, 9/11? FLEISCHER: Much Can Be Expected From Biden BASHEAR: Protect Our Gun-Using Traditions COLUMNS BIDEN: First, Let’s Control…
THE VIEW FROM ALBANY On November 11, Remember Corporal Mayne On Veterans Day, Americans should pause and reflect on the sacrifices made by our veterans. Whether combat veterans or Cold War veterans, all who served need to be given proper praise for a job well done. Our veterans have faced hardships that a non-veteran could never fully understand. Some have faced death in defending our nation’s freedom. Veterans possess the core American values of loyalty, duty, respect, honor, selfless service,…
LETTER from RICK BROCKWAY Gun Deaths? What About DUI, 9/11? To the Editor: Whenever I decide to comment on something, I first gather the facts. That, however, doesn’t seem the practice of many people in the area. First, the League of Women Voters commented on the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement. Then it was Mary Ann Whelan and others. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and they can speak or write their thoughts. The Freedom of Speech is guaranteed in the…