THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Oct. 8-9, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Suspect In Mask-Sign Defacement Suspect ID’d Oneonta Law Requires Masks In Private Homes Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires Wenck: CCS Students ‘Happy To Be Here’ Route 205 Dedicated To Fallen Marine Freeman’s Journal Village’s Official Paper ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Petitions To Be Presented EDITORIALS County Treasurer Has Way Out Of Crunch Barown Set Standard For County Municipalities LETTERS DUNCAN: Come Together To Build…
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County Treasurer Ruffles Has Way Out Of Crunch At 194 Main St., Cooperstown, the seat of Otsego County government, there’s been wailing and gnashing of teeth since COVID-19 arrived six months ago. Revenues dried up. Fifty-nine jobs were chopped. The county board waited fearfully as state and federal mandarins declined to pay back money spent on mandated programs in 2019. The county reps pondered raising taxes above the 2 percent state cap, political hari kari. County Treasurer Allen Ruffles cut…
Barown Set Standard For County Municipalities With Teri Barown, the Village of Cooperstown got professional management right. In 11 years as village clerk, Barown earned the confidence of numerous village boards, of Democratic and Republican trustees alike. When the Katz Administration launched a $10 million redevelopment of the downtown – the Tillapaugh Administration continued it – it soon became clear grantsmanship was too time-consuming for an unpaid part-time board. With NYCOM’s blessing, Barown was promoted from clerk to administrator. A…
LETTER from BRUCE BECKERT Easy Living Makes Nation Vulnerable To the Editor: There’re many points that could be debated. I’ll touch on one. The most crucial for the future of our great country and our grandchildren. SOCIALISM. Radicals, who have no use for this country as it has been, have taken over our Democratic Party. They favor government control over every aspect of our lives. America’s founding fathers fought to prevent this. It’s why our ancestors migrated here. Our soldiers…
LETTER from SCOTT DUNCAN Come Together To Build Better U.S. To the Editor: I grew up in a small town in Upstate New York where the streets were lined with big maple trees. Some streets had still had slate sidewalks. There were many of those big beautiful old Victorian houses you see in villages across Central New York. I remember marching down the street in the parades. I was a Cub Scout and then a Boy Scout. I think I…
A-MAIZE-ING Place Becomes A Regional Draw By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – For her son William’s 12th birthday, Ellen Pernat had the idea to go to a corn maze. “We couldn’t find one close by,” she said. “And I didn’t want to drive three hours.” So they built one. Now in its third year, the Fly Creek Valley Corn Maze is one of the region’s most popular autumn attractions, drawing as many as 500 visitors a…
Suspect In Mask-Sign Defacement Suspect ID’d By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the end, damage to 11 of the Village of Cooperstown’s mask-ordinance signs totaled just under the $250 threshold for a felony charge. “The total damage came to $238.74,” said Cooperstown Police Chief Frank Cavalieri. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Village Police arrested Luke Smith, 45, Cooperstown, for spray-painting Xes across four large and seven small “Masks on Main” publicizing the must-wear mandate between Main to…
Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2016, administering a half-dozen major state and federal grants at the same time, Cooperstown’s part-time, unpaid village trustees concluded they needed more administrative firepower at 22 Main. A Village Board committee – Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees (now mayor) Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Lou Allstadt – invited a team from NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, to assess operations. When NYCOM recommended creating the…
After 20 Years, RR Crossing In Milford Being Repaired…
Route 205 Dedicated To Fallen Hartwick Marine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – The last weekend Michael Winslow spent with his brother, Marine Sgt. John Kempe Winslow, the two went hunting up on a hill overlooking their hometown of Hartwick. “We successfully hunted two bucks,” he said, pointing over his shoulder at the hill behind him. “We always enjoyed hunting, fishing and trapping.” Now, in the valley below that hill, a sign dedicated to Winslow, who was…