Appointing Oberacker Successor Complicated By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Peter Oberacker, elected state senator on Nov. 3, will be leaving the Otsego County Board Dec. 31 at the latest and is blocked by the county board’s Rules of Order from voting on his successor. Absent bipartisanship, that creates a deadlock. There are 6,228 “weighted votes” distributed among the 14 county reps, and without Oberacker’s 534 votes, the Republicans don’t have the 3,115-vote majority to fill his seat…
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Baseball Hall Offers Vets Free Entry Until Nov. 30 COOPERSTOWN – In honor of Veterans’ Day, all veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will be admitted free to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 25 Main St., from today through Nov. 30. Veterans can reserve tickets online through the Museum’s timed ticketing program at baseballhall.org/reopening. Walk-up tickets are also available at the Museum, with guests being given the first available timed ticketing slot. You will be asked to provide:…
CLICK FOR 2016 PROFILE OF RECTOR Father Dane Boston, Christ Church Rector, Leaving Cooperstown Promoted, He Returns To S.C. Cathedral COOPERSTOWN – Father Dane Boston, four-year rector at Christ Church Episcopal, today advised his congregation he is returning to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, S.C., as dean, the ranking position after that of bishop. The upcoming Christmas service will be his last locally, he said. The announcement comes at a time of transition in the Cooperstown clergy:…
Village Clerk Jenna Utter Assumes Duties At 22 Main…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID In COVID Era, Makin’ Whoopee Even in the throes of a major worldwide pandemic that has killed over a million people, will probably kill millions more, has damaged the health of at least as many, and caused an economic recession, there is still a need for scientific research to progress. COVID-2 has spurred thousands of studies and research papers in all fields but I think I found the one that probably tops them all.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 5-6, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Oberacker, Salka Lead Republican Romp Rockefeller Center Again Taps Local Fir COVID Dips; Hartwick Uptick Flattens New GM Rosenthal On Helm At Otesaga This Weekend, Watch 27 Movies For $50 Retiring Village Administrator Honored EDITORIALS Let’s Understand History, Not Censor It Lacking Options, Celebrate Vets In Our Hearts LETTERS HESSE: Early History Here Involved ‘Savagery’ LONDNER: Let’s Be Civilized Land, Edit Plaque…
Editorial Lacking Options, Celebrate Vets In Our Hearts It was shocking to hear the powers-that-be in veterans organizations – not locally, but regionally and statewide – have directed local posts not to commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines this Veterans Day. Sure, this is the COVID-19 era, and we have to be cautious. But such commemorations are mostly held outdoors – in Oneonta, at the Veterans’ Monument in Neahwa Park; in Cooperstown at the World War I…
This Weekend, Watch 27 Movies For $50 By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Whenever Gretchen Sorin does an interview for film “Driving While Black,” she likes to consult her own copy of The Negro Motorist Guide aka The Green Book. “I like to see if there are any places listed where I’m doing the interview,” she said. “But so few of them are extant.” In Albany, she found, an entire neighborhood had been hidden, buried underneath…
Oberacker, Salka Lead Republican Romp By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com Republicans romped across Otsego County on Election Day 2020, leading with the top of the ticket, President Donald Trump. “We’re not even purple,” said a jubilant GOP County Chairman Vince Casale, as Peter Oberacker won the 51st Senate District and Assemblyman John Salka turned back Oneonta Democrat Dan Buttermann by a large margin in the 121st District. “Otsego County is red.” Casale said the Republican victory margins…
New GM Rosenthal On Helm At Otesaga By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In September 2013, The Otesaga’s new general manager, Marty Rosenthal, had just completed his first year as GM of a major hotel, the 269-room Millenium Harvest in Boulder, Colo. If he thought he could relax, he had to quickly think again. On Sept. 11, the worst floods in its history struck Colorado, and Boulder was hit hardest, with rains peaking at 17 inches…