LETTER from DAN BUTTERMANN Needed Bail Reform Needs More Reform The intent of New York State’s bail reform law was good – to make the pretrial process equal for all and free from bias. However, the reform bill passed in 2019 had flaws. Although I fully agree that the enacted law needs reform, we cannot return to a system that allows for punishment before a conviction. At the same time, our system must be sufficiently flexible to ensure violent criminals…
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Editorial Can Sanctuary Energy Be Channeled Into Reform? In 2017, you may remember, the Village of Cooperstown dipping its toe in the “sanctuary” pond. The Village Board passed a resolution telling the federal government it could not depend on the cooperation of Cooperstown police if ICE – U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement – were to launch a local raid. Happily, ICE was occupied with real hot-spots and the resolution sort of faded away. • Now, another idea is on the table:…
LETTER from JASON HEWLETT Trump, Biden Turn Voters Off To the Editor: Being a somewhat conservative Christian man, I have always preferred Republican candidates over Democrats. I have voted or wanted to vote for Republicans because they have the same views that I do on major issues such as abortion, homosexuality and prayer in public schools, to name a few. But as I get older and more educated, and I begin to understand what’s most important in life, I realize…
BULLETIN MORRIS LEAVES; NEW PRESIDENT AT SUNY ONEONTA Dennis Craig Presided At Purchase After State’s First Major Outbreak…
In ‘Cohorts,’ Students Return To Oneonta Schools…
Common Council Moves To Change City ‘Manager’ To ‘Administrator’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – It could be as easy as changing a few words. “It is more apparent to me that we have a job that is titled ‘city manager’ in the Charter, but if you look at the description, it describes a city administrator,” said Mayor Gary Herzig during a special meeting of the Common Council this evening. “The last three people we recruited as…
FARMER WHO ORGANIZED FEST UNDER ARREST As 1,500 Gathered On Hill, Knarich Ignored Warnings, Sheriff Alleges By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com NEW LISBON – The organizer of what’s been described as a pro-marijuana-legalization festival that drew as many as 1,500 people to a rural hilltop over the weekend was arrested this morning. George A. Knarich, 55, is charged with violating Governor Cuomo’s executive orders against COVID-Era mass gatherings on land, it is further alleged, that had been seized…
IN MEMORIAM: Beatrice M. Griffith, 92; Hartwick High Queen; Lifelong Volunteer HARTWICK – Beatrice M. Griffith, Queen of her Hartwick High School class and a lifelong community volunteer, passed away Friday morning, Oct. 9, 2020, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing. She was 92. Born in Hartwick on July 5, 1928, Bea was a daughter of Fred I. Gill, Sr. and Myrtle S. Pickens Gill.…
IN MEMORIAM Jess Haynes Calhoun, 84 Jan. 2, 1936-Sept. 24, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Jess Haynes Calhoun passed away quite suddenly at his home in Pasco, Wash., on Sept. 24, 2020. He was born in Cooperstown on Jan. 2, 1936, the son of Norman D. Calhoun and Gertrude (Ellsworth) Calhoun. He married Sandra Minerose Nov. 19, 1960, in Oneonta. Jess graduated in 1955 from Cooperstown Central School. He was a retired veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a…
ATTENDEES DEPART MOUNT VISION AREA Troopers At Festival Sought ‘Land Leasee,’ Security Chief Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MOUNT VISION – State police arrived at the 23rd annual NY Harvest Fest & Freedom Fair/Political Rally at 2 p.m. today looking to “serve an arrest warrant,” according to a security officer who identified himself as proprietor of N.E.S. Solutions, Providence, R.I. He said N.E.S. has provided security at the event for the past nine years. “It’s always been…