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ONEONTA—Celeste Brown Thomas, retired “New York Times” staff editor and Oneonta, New York native, passed away June 20, 2020 in Rochester, New York of complications from uterine serous cancer. She was 61.
She had been treated for the disease, a rare and aggressive cancer, at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Rochester since May 2017. She died surrounded by family, having been under hospice care at home for several weeks.…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL U.S Expands C-19 Vaccine As Of Today Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only New York State special site still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is in Potsdam. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much vaccine New…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT ‘Crisis Of Credibility’ Calls For New Ideas, New Leaders ‘I don’t think globalization is coming to an end. I think the global system is in crisis. I think every major institution in our society is in crisis … “I think the (World Health Organization) is a discredited organization. I think the White House is a discredited institution. “I’m sorry to say this because I know it’s your former employer: I think the New York Times does not…
Oneonta Featured In New York Times ONEONTA – An article highlighting Oneonta’s $10 Million Downtown Revitalization Initiative made the NY Region section of the New York Times yesterday. Headlined, “For Oneonta’s Aging Downtown, a $10 Million Face-Lift,” Lisa W. Foderaro’s article focuses on Mayor Gary Herzig’s efforts to bring young renters and shoppers back to Oneonta’s downtown by renovating historic buildings, upgrading signage and increasing housing offerings. “We’re very lucky in that our downtown is beautiful and historic and it’s…
Editor’s Note: This posting of letters on divesting fossil fuels led to today’s column in the New York Times, “Once an Oil Executive, Now a Crusader Against Fossil Fuel Stocks,” by James B. Stewart. A number of readers have asked for the link, so here it is again. The Cooperstown Debate DIVESTING FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS VILLAGE CASTS OUT FOSSIL-FUEL STOCKS News Article The Freeman’s Journal, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 • Base Pension-Fund Decisions On Unbiased, Impartial Expertise Op-Ed by DAVID RUSSELL The…
Fracking, Not Casinos, Would Better Benefit Upstate NY Economy, Columnist Concludes By banning fracking and backing casinos, Governor Cuomo got it backwards, New York Times’ columnist Joe Nocera opined in Saturday’s newspaper. “Anyone who cares about the economic viability of New York State should be troubled by these two decisions,” Nocera wrote. “It is fracking — despite risks — that has the potential to boost struggling communities, by providing well-paying, middle-class jobs. Casinos, meanwhile, are a road to nowhere. The…
Novelists Saunders, Spiotta Join 900 Decrying Strong-Arm Amazon Tactics By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com Local writers George Saunders and Dana Spiotta were among 900 authors who took out a two-page ad in today’s New York Times decrying Amazon “directly targetting” authors to extract contract concessions from their publisher, Hachette. Sherman Alexie, who delivered SUNY Oneonta’s Mills Distinguished Lecture last September after his 2007 novel “Flight” was the college’s first “common read,” also signed the ad. They join John Grisham, Stephen King, James Patterson…
Katz Plaint In Times: ‘Everyone Makes More Money Off Cooperstown Than The Village’ When the New York Times interview Mayor Jeff Katz in conjunction with the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary, he repeated a now-familiar plaint: “Everyone makes more money off Cooperstown than the village of Cooperstown does.” READ FULL NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE…