LETTER from JULIE HUNTSMAN Basile Qualified For Seat On Otsego County Board To The Editor: I’m writing today in enthusiastic support of Jill Basile, candidate for Otsego County Board, District 14, (Wards 7-8). I have gotten to know Jill through her volunteer work for the Susquehanna SPCA, on whose board she also serves. Time and again, in a crunch when volunteers are crucial, she rolls up her sleeves, literally, and gets to work, no matter how dirty the job. She…
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SUNY Team Bus Hits Moose In Adirondacks Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A moose on the loose? En route to a weekend of games in Potsdam, the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons women’s soccer team struck an animal – reported to be a moose by witnesses – on the I-89, the Northway, near North Hudson, at Mile Marker 114. The SUNY girls were on a weekend swing to play SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Plattsburgh. They lost at Potsdam, but won at…
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…
FALLEN FIREMAN MEMORIALIZED Heller Family Seeks Fire Extinguishers For Oneonta Families By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As the one year anniversary of former firefighter John Heller’s death approaches, his sister-in-law, Erika, is making sure he’ll continue to save lives. “Fire safety is a conversation no one wants to have,” said Erika. “But John got that started, and we see this as a way of him continuing to help people.” In Heller’s memory, Erika has partnered with…
LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS SAYS: 5¢ Fee Will Reduce Solid Waste, Pollution Editor’s Note: This position paper was prepared by Liane Hirabayashi and Julie Sorensen, co-presidents, League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area and Steve Londner, Chair, Steering Committee, League of Women Voters of the Oneonta Area. “No, I brought my own bag,” many shoppers are telling store clerks when asked “Do you need a bag?” And more shoppers will be giving the same reply starting in March 2020…
LETTER from RAY MANNION Who Knows More About Ward 8 Than Mark Drnek? To the Editor: I dare you to try to find another person alive who knows more about Main Street Oneonta businesses than Mark Drnek. Mark knows the first and last names of almost every business owner in Ward 8, where he is running for Oneonta Common Council. He knows what they sell and to whom they sell it. He knows what their businesses depend upon, thrive upon,…
LETTER from SHANNON McHUGH Basile Election Will Bring Energy, Openness To Board To the Editor, I would like to officially announce my support for Jill Basile who is ready to lead District 14 within the City of Oneonta into greater times. She is running for the county Board of Representatives in the hopes of bringing new energy to Ward 7-8. As a small business owner for the past 14 years in this city, I wholeheartedly believe in and support Jill’s…
EDITORIAL Early Voting Begins In County, And With It, New Opportunities “Anything that allows more people to exercise the right to vote is important,” said Mike Henrici, the county’s Democratic elections commissioner after the first weekend of early voting in Otsego County. Maybe. Early voting has been around for 30 years – Texas was first – and today 38 states open the polls in advance of Election Day, which this year is Nov. 5. New York was the 38th state…
LETTER from RANDAL I. MOWERS Holleran Wants Oneontans Running Their Own Town To the Editor: As expected of me, I am going to tell it like it is! In my almost three years serving on the Oneonta Town Board, I can assure you that Brett Holleran is by far the right candidate for the job of town board member. Never, ever would he allow outside special-interest groups to enter town hall and take over the meeting! Others have let this…
LETTER from DAN BUTTERMANN Jill Basile Record Show Growing Responsibility To the Editor: I am writing to enthusiastically suggest we vote for Jill Basile for county representative from District 14 (Ward 7-8). I have been fortunate to get to know Jill during her campaign. This campaign is not the start of her contributions to benefit our community either, as she has been giving to our community for many years. Her resume is rich with experience that will greatly benefit our…
