EDITORIAL As Did Garretson, So Does Kennedy Kindred Spirits In Problem-Solving In a way, our Citizen of the Year designation – it will continue, of course – has come full circle. Interviewing Meg Kennedy, this year’s designee, brought to mind Tom Garretson, the first designee, in 2006. Throughout that stormy year, when the Cherry Valley area was torn between those who feared 24 industrial-sized windmills would degrade the town’s environment and ambience, and those who saw a boon in new…
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YES, VIRGINIA… There IS A Santa Claus, Editor Wrote 8-Year-Old Editor’s Note: The New York Sun’s Francis Pharcellus Church penned this famous response to 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon in 1897. We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If…
MANAGING EDITOR MARKS 10TH Libby Found Love, Work, Heartbreak — And Home Editor’s Note: What a decade! Her friends and colleagues celebrated Manager Editor Libby Cudmore’s 10th anniversary among us on production day, Tuesday, Dec. 10, and agreed to write this memoir. By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To www.AllOTSEGO.com There’s a lot for Ian and I to celebrate in December. Our families do Christmas, Yule and Hanukkah, our original anniversary, the New Year’s Eve to cap it all off. But…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 14-15, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK BEST of THE BEST Helios’ Day Ayres, ‘Man With A Plan’ Dad Said ‘Talk To Folks’; Mom, ‘Be Leader’ Door Closes, Opens Onto Rustic Ridge FRONT PAGE Rare Races Possible In Cooperstown Oneonta Parking Reforms In Works 3rd CSO Prospect’s Focus: Tchaikovsky County Manager Decision Is Nearing EDITORIAL From All, Best Wishes For Speedy Recovery COLUMNS ZAGATA: The Haves And Have Nots BENSEN: In…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Nov. 7-Nov. 8, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE New General Manager To Lead Otesaga Republicans Keep County Board Majority Debate: Was Clinton Expedition Genocide? Glimmerglass Film Days To Feature Youth 3 Foes: Write Letter To Keep Dunkin’ Away City Council OKs Selling Off Lots For Lofts EDITORIAL Reps Ready To Balance Credentials, Experience You Can Read County Manager Job Description COLUMNS BENNETT: Spend To Fight Internal Threat: Bad Health…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Vote Expected Nov. 6 On County Manager Trustees Remove Dorms From New Zoning Schenevus, Worcester Schools Revisit Merger Oneonta Christian Academy Seeks Otego Site SUNY Team Bus, Moose Collide In Adirondacks 6-Month Moratorium Planned On Dunkin’ Site Fire-Extinguisher Drive Honors Fallen Fireman EDITORIAL Early Voting Offers Opportunities, Dangers COLUMNS LEAGUE: 5¢ Deposit Creates Right Incentives ZAGATA: Democrats Blame The Other…
THE VIEW FROM WEST DAVENPORT Regulation Coming Home To Roost By MIKE ZAGATA • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com For several decades our nation’s environmental policies have, for the most part, been driven by emotion or what “seemed,” according to popular opinion, to be the “right” thing to do. As a result, many of those policies lacked a scientific basis and the unintended consequences are, like lost chickens, coming home to roost. New York State’s ban on fracking may well be such an…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 24-25, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Worcester Slaying: Anatomy Of A Tragedy In-County Candidate Plans Assembly Run Teaching, Coaching, Scouting Wins Fetterman All Arraignments Now In County Jail Lobby For 1st Time, You Can Vote Early This Year EDITORIAL CANDIDATE ENDORSEMENTS In Richfield, Vote GOP, Overturn Zoning Code For County Board, Farwell, Brockway, Basile Clark Oliver Emerging As Shaker, Mover COLUMNS BENNETT: In Land Of Plenty, Many Needy…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Sept 26-27, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Driver Ejected In First Fatal XNG Crash Delgado Says, Impeach President Trump Hartwick 3-Year Degree Enters 10th Year Waits, Record Haul On Hazardous Waste Day Remove Flashing Light, Fair Street Folks Say EDITORIAL In The End, Only Work And Love Matter COLUMNS PALUMBO: ‘We Were Told, Don’t Worry…’ CHARTOCK: Jousting With Cuomo Not Easy LETTERS CROWELL: Budget Never Balanced In September LINDLEY:…