By the early 1970s, U.S. military bases began heavily employing aqueous film-forming foam for firefighter training and quelling hydrocarbon fuel fires. The foam was the result of a collaboration between the Navy’s Research Lab and the 3M chemical corporation, which added per/polyfluoroalkyl substances...…
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We strive to cultivate a fulfilling work environment, help our caregivers perform excellent and satisfying work, and offer them with opportunities to advance and grow, personally and professionally. A growing workforce at Bassett Healthcare Network means better care access for our patients and communities.…
Collaboration in the achievement of goals is a formula for success, and it’s been the informing principle of these past 22 months of my term as mayor. So, what does that look like? What examples can we provide?…
Well over 40 years ago, my good friend Buddy Crist was diagnosed with what doctors thought was Lou Gehrig’s disease. Believing that he didn’t have much time left, he decided not to withdraw from an active life but to instead embrace everyone he knew by throwing a weekend mountain party up on his beloved Angel Hill outside the village of Schuyler Lake.…
185 YEARS AGO
An association of citizens for the improvement of Common Schools in this County was organized on the 14th of November last (1837) appropriating the title “Otsego County Education Society.” Its annual meeting is on Tuesday succeeding the third Monday in October each year at the Court House in Cooperstown. It will fall this year on Tuesday, the 16th of October. Of all enterprises claiming public attention, it is hoped there is none more interesting than that of making…
70 Years Ago
On the verge of welcoming Dr. Miller A.F. Ritchie as its new president, Hartwick College yesterday announced that it would take steps to help prevent further attacks in its student newspaper against former college officials. The editorial charged that Hartwick had, in the past few years, “slithered down the drain of incompetence,” and had developed “a sour student body, a lethargic Alumni Association and an overtired, overworked faculty.” Concerning Henry J. Arnold, the retiring college president, the editorial…
In a study by the Boston School of Public Health, they found that 6,000 U.S. women die each year from alcohol-attributable breast cancers (15 percent of the total cases). And, although more alcohol equals more risk, multiple studies have shown that there is absolutely no safe level of alcohol consumption for female breast tissue.…
Kathakali is a classical dance theater form that originates from Kerala, India, dating back to the 17th century. The literal translation of Kathakali is “story-play” and involves highly stylized, elaborate make-up and costumes, and the retelling of great Indian epics through dance.…
Bound Volumes October 12, 2023 135 YEARS AGOAs the result of numerous inquiries among businessmen in Wall Street and elsewhere, a reporter of the New York Times reaches the conclusion that businessmen are, as a rule, less bibulous than were their predecessors a quarter of a century ago, and that it has ceased to be good form for a man to rush off to a saloon and close each transaction with a drink. The character of the drink has also…
Bound Volumes, Hometown History October 12, 2023 70 Years AgoThe do’s and don’ts of home decorating will be revealed to members of the Oneonta Woman’s Club in a series of six lectures to be given at the club by specialists on the staff of Mayfair Inc., nationally known decorators of Albany. The first lecture on Monday will be given by George J. Morgan, senior decorator of Mayfair and a member of the American Institute of Decorators and will be an…