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Obituary: Phyllis Anne Buell

In Obitiuaries - Greenville, Obituaries, The Greenville Pioneer
February 7, 2022
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EAST DURHAM – Phyllis Anne Buell, a longtime resident of East Durham, passed away Wednesday evening, Jan. 26, 2022, at Cooperstown Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. She was 97.

Born Dec. 15, 1924, in Dallas, Texas, Phyllis was one of three children of Charles Clinch Allen II and Lillian Gertrude (Graham) Allen. A descendent of immigrants who came to this country twelve years after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, her ancestors eventually settled in Connecticut, where Samuel Allen founded the Town of Windsor in 1648. Phyllis was also proud to be a descendent of American Revolutionary War and American Civil War patriots. Phyllis and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1926, and then settled in East Durham in 1928.

For many years, Phyllis commuted from the family home in East Durham to Albany where she was employed by “Ma Bell,” which became AT&T.

Throughout her life Phyllis had a love for dogs, and attended and won prizes at many dog shows, first for her Collies and then her Boxers. Her life truly revolved around her beloved dogs and she told wonderful stories of the bravery of one Collie named Keko. She also served as a caretaker for her neighbor, Francis Rockenstyre “Barney” Birchett, whose sister was the well-known jazz singer, Blossom Dearie. They were all childhood playmates, and Phyllis cared for Barney until his passing in 2015. Since early 2020 she has resided at Cooperstown Center.

Phyllis is survived by a nephew, John Christopher Allen, and two nieces, Jennifer Ann Allen and Ruth Patricia Allen, and their families.

She is preceded in death by her brothers, Charles Clinch Allen III, who died in 1972, and Roland Pearsall Allen, who died in 2018, and a nephew, Robert Scott Allen, who died in 2015.

Arrangements are with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.

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  • Madison Marcello, of Greenville, was named to the Lincoln Memorial University dean’s list for the fall semester of 2021.
  • Earlton resident Mason Osborn graduated from Castleton University with a bachelor of science degree in Practice in Physical Education in December.
  • Three local students were named to the President’s List for the fall semester at Siena College. They are Aidan O’Connor, of Greenville; Pyton Russell, of East Durham; and Timothy Ryan, of Westerlo.
  • Faichal Iravena Ayeva, of New Baltimore, a junior majoring in engineering and management, was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Clarkson University.
  • Austin C. Field, of Freehold, a sophomore majoring in engineering and management, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2021 semester at Clarkson University.
  • Several area students earned inclusion on the Siena College dean’s list for the fall semester, including Steven Cody, of Round Top; Jennifer Cuti, of Cairo, Sarah Dauphin, of Cairo, Shelby Doren, of Greenville; and Claire Tolan, of Greenville.
  • Mason Osborn, of Earlton, was named to the President’s List at Castleton University for the fall semester.
  • East Durham student Mikaela Phillips made the dean’s list for the fall semester at Castleton University.
  • Greenville resident Hailey Cummings qualified for the fall 2021 dean’s list at Belmont University.
  • Carrie Morgan, of New Baltimore, was named to the Southern New Hampshire University fall President’s List.
  • Nylah Interrante, of Round Top, was recognized for earning Part-Time Honors at SUNY Canton this fall as a Finance major.
  • Earlton resident Eli Larson, a Mechatronics Technology major, made the President’s List at SUNY Canton for the fall semester.
  • Lydia Ackerman, a Lasell University student from Hannacroix, was named to the dean’s list this fall.
  • The following students earned a spot on the dean’s list at The College of Saint Rose: Alexis Cummings, of Cairo, a Music Education major; Zachary Hilton, of Rensselaerville, a Business Administration major; Erin Barrett, of Greenville, an Early Childhood and Childhood Education major; Myia Hulbert, of Cornwallville, a Communication Sciences and Disorders major; Emily Connolly, of Greenville, a Biology-Cytotechnoogy major; and Zander Schipano, of Westerlo, a Psychology major.

OUR VIEW: Call on Congress and Schumer to save local news

In Columns, Columns - Greenville, Columns - Ravena, The Greenville Pioneer, The Ravena News Herald
December 13, 2022
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Big Tech has put local journalism on life support and it’s undermining our ability to govern ourselves.

In the past two decades, Americans have watched their local papers shutter their doors or reduce their footprint in their communities as Google and Facebook have become dominant forces in the dissemination of all news and information. The dominant tech platforms have built an advertising duopoly and deployed algorithms to systematically prevent small and independent publishers from earning fair compensation for their content, devaluing high-quality journalism in favor of memes, provocative click-bait and censorship.

Local journalism is essential to a functioning democracy. It holds elected officials accountable, informs citizens about important issues, and provides a common space for dialogue and debate. Furthermore, local news is trusted. Despite political polarization, 73% of Americans have confidence in their local paper, according to a survey from Poynter Institute for Media Studies.

Google and Facebook’s complete dominance of the digital advertising market has also allowed them to dictate terms, cut side deals, and charge exorbitant ad fees – up to 70% of every advertising dollar. As a result of Big Tech’s corporate cronyism, local reporting is being cut off in communities across the nation and rural communities in particular, resulting in an increase in political polarization and corruption.

The rise of the internet and social media has been a double-edged sword for the news industry. On the one hand, it has provided new pathways to reach consumers. On the other hand, it has rerouted traditional advertising revenue, leading to widespread layoffs and closures at many local papers.

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), a bipartisan bill being considered in the lame-duck session in Congress, is designed to level the playing field exclusively for small, local and independent publishers by allowing them to collectively negotiate with Big Tech for fair compensation for their journalistic content. The bill even incentivizes these publishers to use the funds that result from the negotiations to invest in journalists and newsroom staff to protect our constitutional freedoms of speech and press. Thousands of hometown papers, as well as 70% of the American people, support the JCPA.

Facebook petulantly responded to the prospect of competing in a fair market by effectively blaring that they were taking their ball and going home by threatening to remove small, local and independent news on Facebook altogether if the bill became law.

Facebook’s threats to ban news are similar to their recent attempts to bully the Australian government when legislation like the JCPA, called the News Media Bargaining Code, was being debated. Despite Meta’s threats and fearmongering, the Code was implemented and has revitalized journalism in Australia. Hundreds of publications have benefitted from the Code and brought in over $140 million – more money than expected.

The mere fact that Facebook can make these threats to lawmakers around the world underscore why they need to be held accountable in the first place. They know they don’t have to play fair and they are willing throw their weight around to protect the pockets of Silicon Valley aristocrats, even if it means destroying the free press.

When the founders were crafting the Constitution, Thomas Jefferson ominously wrote that if he had to choose between “a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Unfortunately, if Congress does not pass the JCPA, the hypothetical “government without newspapers” that Thomas Jefferson postulated will become a reality in a way that he and our founding fathers could never have imagined. 

Instead, Big Tech will continue to fill the void with their platforms, fueled by algorithms optimized to keep readers outraged and at each other’s throats. All the while, their executives and investors will continue to reap staggering profits from the economic and political disfunction they are creating. We collectively call on Congress and Majority Leader Schumer to pass the JCPA during the lame-duck session before it’s too late.

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