COLUMN THE MUSIC BEAT CSO Varied Concert Credit To Conductor Editor’s Note: This is an assessment of the first of three auditions for the Catskill Symphony Orchestra’s next conductor. Silas Huff directed the CSO Saturday, Sept. 7, at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Ballroom. Next, on Oct. 12, is Carolyn Watson. By ROBERT MOYNIHAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – At the SUNY Hunt Union Ballroom, an alert and receptive audience Saturday, Sept. 7, heard the first contender for its Catskill Symphony…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Sept 13-14, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Constitution Pipeline Lives, FERC Decides Geothermal Plan Dropped By Oneonta ‘Is Dunkin’ ‘Compatible?’ HPARB Asks Her Job, Seek Closure For 9/11 Families County’s New Rabbi’s Family Fled Hungary Survey Explores Cinema For Cooperstown EDITORIAL If Not The Constitution Pipeline, What? Conductor Huff At CSO? Wow! Stay Tuned COLUMNS NADEAU: George Morell Is At Peace ELLSWORTH: Reflections On Cooperstown MOYNIHAN: CSO Varied Concert…
CLICK FOR TEXT OF FERC ORDER Constitution Pipeline Lives, FERC Decides DEC Decision On Stream Beds Overturned By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Constitution Pipeline is back from what many thought was the dead. Two weeks ago, FERC – the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission – issued an order that allows the 125-mile Constitution to proceed without the water-quality permits denied in April 2016 by the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The water-quality permits were necessary for the…
FUNDRAISING UNDERWRITES LESSONS Tennis Club Goes Private, Aims To Train The Future By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In 2017, Phyllis Orlowski discovered a worrisome trend in Oneonta in 2017: not many kids knew or were learning how to play tennis. There was no equipment, like racquets, balls and ball hoppers available and there was no motivation to even plat the sport. In July, Oneonta High School’s Varsity Tennis coach, who commutes from Cooperstown, she began reversing…
Herzig: State Law Prohibits It Geothermal Plan Dropped By City By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Enthusiasm about municipal geothermal heating, pursued warmly last spring, has turned cool with the weather. City Mayor Gary Herzig and Town Supervisor Bob Wood have become aware of a state Health Department regulation prohibiting placing geothermal pipes alongside drinking-water mains. “I don’t think Egg was aware of the regulations,” said Wood. “I think he was very enthusiastic about cities using geothermal…
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY Habitat For Humanity: 35 Homes In 30 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – A decade ago, Lois Newell felt hopeless. “I was living in an apartment on Academy Street, my window faced the back of the Salvation Army,” she said. “I would look at that wall every day and cry. I was freshly divorced, I had no money and no resources. I wanted hope, a better life for my kids.” Now, when she…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 ‘He Did Not Suffer’ Firefighter Who Found Business Card At Scene Felt George Morell’s Calm Spirit Editor’s Note: Cathy Raddatz of Cooperstown, sister of 9/11 victim George Morell, read this letter of reassurance from a firefighter to Morell’s widow Robbie at the Fly Creek Volunteer Fire Company’s 5-10K commemorative run Saturday, Sept. 7. Dear Mrs. Morell: First, let me say I know your family has suffered a devastating loss, you have my heartfelt condolences and prayers. While…
CHRONICLES OF 9/11 Her NYPD Job: Seeking Closure For 9/11 Families Grisly Assignment: Fresh Kills Landfill By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Toya Lane Bowden, then a detective with the NYPD Internal Affairs, now living in Oneonta, was headed to the World Trade Center to drop off her department-issued beeper for repairs. By first, she stopped by the stationery store in Long Island City to buy ribbon for a friend’s retirement party.…
IN MEMORIAM: Carol A. Kelly, Otego; 35-Year Employee At Corning, Oneonta OTEGO – Carol A. Kelly, 62, of Otego, an administrative specialist at Corning Glass’ Life Sciences Division in Oneonta for 35 years, died on Sept. 4, 2019, at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, following a short illness. Born in Ossining, she resided in the Oneonta area for more than 50 years.…
3 CONDUCTORS VIE TO DIRECT CSO Standing Ovation For Huff At End Of ‘Firebird Suite’…
