LOCAL JURIST HELD STATEWIDE SWAY Sure-Footedly, Coccoma Moved Up Legal Ladder By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – While at Albany Law School, Judge Michael V. Coccoma remembered hearing stories from professor Francis Anderson about trying cases “out in the country” in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. “He practiced law in Cooperstown,” said Coccoma. “Years later, when I was a county judge, he stopped into my courtroom and waited in the back for a break. We had a…
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LETTER FROM GEORGETOWN What I Didn’t Know About Racism By CONOR YOUNGS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Over the last two weeks, Americans have voiced their anger, frustration and shock over the murder of George Floyd through large-scale protests across the county, including in our very own Oneonta and Cooperstown. These events reminded me of something I wrote in one of our local newspapers right after the 2016 election as a college senior interning with Otsego County Judge Brian Burns. The…
EDITORIAL Otsego County, Reclaim Natty Bumppo As Own Editor’s Note: This editorial, from May 6, 2016, is timely again today, after the news that the Pomeroy Foundation has awarded a “Legends & Lore” historical marker to both Fly Creek, home of David Shipman, and Hoosick Falls, home of Nathaniel Shipman. Alan Taylor, the eminent historian and author of the Pulitzer-winning “William Cooper’s Town” is emphatic in his conclusion: David Shipman was James Fenimore Cooper’s inspiration for the famed Natty Bumppo.…
NEW CHAPTER IN HISTORICAL FEUD Both Bumppo Claims Equal, Power Foundation Declares By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – Wuz we robbed? The Pomeroy Foundation has, finally, approved a “Legend & Lore” marker for the grave of David Shipman, whom James Fenimore Cooper himself identified as the model for Natty Bumppo, who ranks with Huck Finn among the foremost protagonists in American literature. At the same time, though, Pomeroy also approved a “Legend & Lore” marker for…
JUNETEENTH MARKS SLAVERY’S END Bell Rung 155 Times, Hailing Emancipation Tom Heitz, former Sessions member at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, rings the bell 155 times, beginning at noon today, to mark the end of slavery in 1865. Rev. LaDana Clark and Jim Leslie stand sentinel. Heitz and Leslie each rang the bell 50 times, with Clark ringing the final 55. Inset, A “Freedom” display stands in front of the Historic Marker noting that the church, in 1827, was the site…
GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/June 18, 2020 Guidance Due Soon On ‘Some’ Activities On Campuses In Fall ALBANY – The state will shortly issue guidance to college and universities to allow some in-person instruction and on-campus housing this fall, Governor Cuomo said at today’s coronarivus briefing. Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta provided reopening plans to Albany two weeks ago, and are awaiting responses. The governor also:…
Hall ROCKIN’ Again Rock Hall Of Fame Pushed To Open As Soon As Possible By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ‘Walk This Way.” “Don’t Stand So Close To Me.” “Check Your Head.” These aren’t just favorite albums and songs – they’re directives on how to enjoy the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, which reopened this past Monday, June 15. “Museums and museum professionals think about this all the time,” said Hall President Greg Harris, an…
IN MEMORIAM: Janet Bowen, 83; Taught For 37 Years At Edmeston EDMESTON – Janet M. Bowen, 83, a 37-year Home Economics teacher at Edmeston Central School, passed away at Chestnut Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center on Wednesday June 17, 2020. Janet was born on Oct. 22, 1936 in Oneonta, the daughter of the late John D. and Pansy Eller Moore. A lifetime resident of the area, Janet attended SUNY Albany, and graduated from SUNY Oneonta. While in school, she met…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 18-19, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE County Got Leg Up On Police Reforms In Unadilla, Remembering The Fallen Foundation: Both Bumppos Are Equal All Star Village Gives Up On 2020 Season Sure-Footedly, Judge Moved Up Ladder AllOTSEGO.life Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Rockin’ Again Bubble Gives Diners Extra Layer Of Safety EDITORIALS Otsego County: Reclaim Natty Bumppo COLUMNS SEWARD: New Yorkers, Get Out Of House YOUNGS: What…
IN MEMORIAM Helen Stam, 96, Oneonta Sept. 16, 1923-June 17, 2020 ONEONTA – Helen Stam, age 96, a life-long resident of Oneonta, NY, died peacefully at home on June 17, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones after a long battle with Parkinson’s. Helen was born on Sept. 16, 1923, to the late Harry G. and Mary N. Lambros (Zaharis) at Fox Hospital. She graduated from Oneonta High School in 1941. For over 50 years, Helen assisted her father, and later…