GOVERNOR’S BRIEFING/Wednesday, May 27 In D.C., Cuomo Asks For Legislation That Will Help The States From the Governor’s Press Office WASHINGTON – Governor Cuomo earlier today called on the U.S. Senate to pass a coronavirus relief bill that helps all Americans and provides unrestricted fiscal support for states. The next bill should focus on funding state and local governments, working families, state testing and tracing efforts and a real economic stimulus, with no handouts to corporations that do not protect…
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Reprinted From This Week’s Edition Of Hometown Oneonta Imagine Dining Out In Middle Of Street City Hall Seeks To Help Restaurants By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The hottest restaurant in Oneonta could soon Be … Main Street? “One thing our ‘Survive and Thrive’ task force is exploring is shutting down streets to traffic for special dining events,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We don’t have a plan yet, but we’re looking into what streets we could close…
CLICK FOR PROPOSED-BUDGET DETAILS CCS Budget Hearing Begins At 6:30 Today COOPERSTOWN – A virtual public hearing is scheduled for 6:30 this evening on the 2020-2021 Cooperstown Central School’s 2020-21 budget via a Zoom webinar, Supt. of Schools Bill Crankshaw announced today. To join the webinar, use the web address https://E2CCB-GST.zoom.us/j/93340457957?pwd=b3pyV3B4dW41WCswb0VCQzN2azErUT09 Password: 687995 or by calling toll free 888-788-0099 with ID: 933 4045 7957…
OMG! Retired Maritime Lawyer Steers Cooperstown Diner By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Caspar Ewig met his wife, Patricia, in 1973, she had a condition for going steady with her. “She told me that if we started dating, Cooperstown was in my future,” he said. “She spent every summer up here, taking horseback riding lessons from the Moffats and staying with her aunt on Pioneer Street.” Now, 47 years later, he’s fulfilled that edict, taking over…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 28-29, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Sidewalk Sales All Summer In Cooperstown Imagine Dining Out In Middle of Main Street Auction Barn Exempt From Cuomo Order Numbers Show Oneonta DMV Had To Go Awaiting Sellers Market, Realtors Go Tech Andrew M. Blum; Many With Many Friends CCS To Name Principal For Lower Grades AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 ‘Chateau de Weeds’ Certified Wildlife Habitat Retired Lawyer To Run Cooperstown Diner Baseball Movies,…
‘Chateau de Weeds’ Turns Out To Be A Valued Habitat Patty, Joe Furlan’s Five Acres On Crumhorn Now ‘Certified’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MARYLAND – When Joe and Elvira DiPeppi first bought the 5-acre property on Lichenburger Road, Town of Maryland, they nicknamed it “Chateau de Weeds.” “Nothing was here,” said Patty Furlan. “But they did a lot of work, and they left me all these beautiful gardens and schematics.” Furlan, who bought the house with her…
MONEY TALK Our Vast, Throwaway Nation By TOM MORGAN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many visiting Europeans are stunned by the huge number of derelict and otherwise empty buildings we have. They ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. Most of our cities show signs of manufacturing blight. Especially northern and rust-belt cities. In this state, a city does not qualify as a city unless it can show several shuttered factories, an empty mall, vacant storefronts, office buildings half-empty. Maybe an armory. Many of…
CHECK BENSON’S DETAILED PHOTO TOURS Awaiting Seller’s Market, Realtors Use Technology Want A House? Take A Virtual Tour By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – If lockdown has you feeling like the walls are closing in, you can look for a new house – without ever leaving yours. “The only way we can show homes is by doing it virtually,” said Betsy Shultis, Benson Realty. “We go into the house and give a tour either through Zoom or Facetime.”…
BOUND VOLUMES May 28, 2020 200 YEARS AGO The following convictions took place before the Oyer and Terminer, which closed its session in this Village, on Thursday last. Bejamin A. Thompson, an Irishman, convicted of burglary, and sentenced to the State Prison at hard labor for life. At the time of passing sentence, Judge Woodworth intimated that there were doubts in his mind, whether Thompson had in fact committed the offence charged upon him, and that therefore, if he conducted…
LETTER from ALBERT COLONE ‘Reimagine Upstate’ Will Lead To Single Oneonta A couple of weeks ago, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal published my opinion piece, once again trying to promote the idea of consolidating the city and town of Oneonta. I submitted it to try and generate some meaningful debate on the issue. Surprisingly, the only subsequent reference I’ve seen was an unsigned comment in another paper. How can this be? Whoever submitted that comment, thank you for the…