Former Daily Star Editor To Challenge Meg Kennedy By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Emily Popek, former Daily Star manager editor, has posted on her Facebook page that she intends to run for county representative in District 5, challenging Meg Kennedy, the board’s vice chairman. District 5 includes Milford, Hartwick and New Lisbon. Under the county board’s weighted voting system, the position has the most people, and thus the most voting clout, of all the 14 districts.…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 18, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE TV-Only Induction ’21 Met With Acceptance County Still Awaits Vaccine Bassett Recruits Seward As Liason With Albany Treasure Hunter Claims $10K Prize AllOTSEGO.life The Wisdom Of Sam Nader Baseball, Politics, Community Defined His Contribution EDITORIAL America IS Great With Seward, Bassett Reclaims Some Of County’s Ebbing Clout LETTERS NORTHRUP: Impeachment Burnished At Least One Politician WELCH: Is ‘Stop The Steal’ Just A…
Bassett Recruits Seward As Liason With Albany Anticipating 36-year state Sen. Jim Seward’s retirement, Bassett President/CEO Tommy Ibrahim “asked me to join his team” when the two met for the first time last fall, the senator said. Conversations continued, and Friday, Feb. 12, Ibrahim made it official: Seward has joined the hospital network as a “strategic affairs liaison,” offering advice on a part-time basis on how it can interact with Albany to obtain the best outcomes. In an interview, Ibrahim…
LETTER from R. RICHARD DUNCAN Trenches Along Roadways Still Dangerous To Drivers To the Editor: “Slip sliding away…” Her car slid toward the side of the road. It caught in the trench and flipped. She was hurt and her car totaled. She is scared to drive again. But she knows she must go out and find a new car and force herself to try again. It wasn’t her fault. If the sides of the roads were done properly she would…
Can You Help? To Complete 29-Year Renovation, Rigbys Need Help On Final Piece By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com In 1992, Bill and Janet Rigby were walking through 73 Elm St., deciding whether to buy that imposing Victorian home that, broken up into eight apartments, had fallen on hard times. Hard times, yes. But there were hints of its former glory as home to Judge Walter H. Bunn’s clan, none moreso than the 30-step staircase that wound up from…
REPRINTED FROM JULY 2019 Sam Nader’s Century: ‘Mr. Oneonta’ Turns 100 Remember Mayor Who Brought Yankees Here Editor’s Note: In remembrance of “Mr. Oneonta,” who passed away yesterday, here is “Sam Nader’s Century,” a profile of the beloved former mayor and baseball entrepreneur that appeared on his 100th birthday in July 2019. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Sam Nader’s life is one great story after another. Here’s a favorite one, about playing golf at the Oneonta…
Horror Flick Available On Shudder.com In Thriller, Frankenstein Born At Hyde Hall By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A Shudder original, “A Nightmare Wakes,” premieres Feb. 4 on the horror-thriller-supernatural streaming platform. The short was filmed at the Hyde Hall National Landmark on Otsego Lake by Wild Obscura, a “by/for/about women” producer. Directed and written by Nora Unkel, the 90-minute film follows author Mary Shelley “as she creates her masterpiece (Frankenstein), she gives birth to a monster,” the IMDb…
2 More Deaths; Hospitalizations Dip From 19 To 16 COOPERSTOWN – COVID-19 is still coming at us. A few minutes ago, county Public Health Director Heidi Bond reported two more coronavirus deaths, in addition to the one reported yesterday. The in-county total is 20 since the pandemic threat arose last March. Yesterday, there were 129 active cases in the county; today, 145.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 7, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Cuomo Calls Out Fox New Senator Joining Salka To Stem COVID Overreach Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day Next Generation Buys Rudy’s City Hall Seeks $500,000 To Redo Oneonta Theatre EDITORIAL In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up COLUMNS DELGADO: I’ll Focus On What 19th District Needs McREYNOLDS…But I Wasn’t Afraid Of ‘The Troubles’ STERNBERG: COVID Transforming Calls…
LETTER from R. SCOTT DUNCAN Quality Of Food Goes Back To Soil’s Quality To the Editor: Vitamins, minerals, and other supplements – there are numbers of people who say you should take vitamins. Vitamin C for tissue repair, A for healthy skin, B for stress, E for women over 40, and a very popular one today – Vitamin D for overall health. But the cost of the vitamins keeps getting higher and higher. A men’s multivitamin today will cost well…
