THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 14, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Thank You Seward, Well Done! Honoring Otsego County’s 34-Year Senator EDITORIAL In Troubled Times, Let’s Try ‘The Seward Way’ Let’s All Get Behind resident Biden’s Call For Calm, Unity Both Love, Justice Required In Dealing With Capitol Mob LETTERS ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL: So Where Do You Stand? Democracy? Insurrection? SEELEY: To Defuse Violence, Salka Must Accept Election Fair RUDY: Antidote To Chaos?…
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Honoring Otsego County’s 34-Year Senator ►BORN on Aug. 11, 1951, in Oneonta, the youngest of four children. Raised in Milford. ► EDUCATED in Oneonta city schools, graduating in 1973 from Hartwick College, a political science major. ► MARRIED former Cindy Milavec in 1973 at Schenevus Methodist Church. ► FAMILY includes son Ryan, b. 1978 (and wife Kelly), daughter Lauren, b. 1984; two granddaughters, Nora and Vivian. ► SERVED as Milford Town Justice and Republican County Chairman, attending Republican National Conventions…
EDITORIAL In Troubled Times, Let’s Try ‘The Seward Way’ In reflecting on Jim Seward’s tenure as our state senator, one vignette always comes to mind. It was the fall of 2006, and Cherry Valley’s Pam Noonan, on a Sunday afternoon at her home on Montgomery Street, was hosting opponents of Reunion Power’s 24-turbine wind farm proposed for East Hill. Senator Seward had been invited and, prior to his arrival, attendees expressed some vexation that the senator, with his interest in…
Thank You Seward, Well Done! On Dec. 31, 2020, James L. Seward of Milford – everyone’s “Gentleman Jim” – retired from the New York State Senate, where he had served Otsego County since Jan. 1, 1986. Because of COVID-19, few of his constituents had the chance to say: Farewell – and thank you. When offered the opportunity, many of us – his fellow legislators, community leaders, top corporate executives and businesspeople, and citizens to whom he reached out and helped…