Bound Volumes May 12, 2022 212 YEARS AGO Poem – What art thou, Death; that we should fear the shadow of a shade? What’s in thy name that meets the ear of which to be afraid? Thou art not care, thou art not pain, but thou art rest and peace: ‘Tis thou canst make our terrors vain, and bid our torments cease. Misfortune’s sting, affliction’s throes, distraction’s poisonous breath; the world itself and all its woes are swallowed up in…
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Column by Ted Potrikus No, Mom, I won’t give away any shortcuts A belated but no less cheery ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ to all you moms out there; I found myself thinking of my mother, of course, on Sunday — not only was it Mother’s Day, but it also would have been my parents’ 74th wedding anniversary. Some reading this may remember my mother, Jane Potrikus. She was awesome and I remember her daily with great love and admiration. I wonder…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 12, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK Kaat visits Hall of Fame FRONT PAGE Use VOTE411 as candidates guide Approach history differently at Hyde Hall Inside The Paper Oneonta Man crosses the finish line in Boston Marathon Need help with child care? Find it at the Barnyard Swing Cooperstown Junior Cotillion at the Otesaga School Budget Vote, May 17 Perspectives Editorial ‘Yes’ on budget votes COLUMNS POTRIKUS: No, Mom, I won’t…
Editorial Great Choice, Governor [Editor’s note: This week’s edition goes to press just as the news about Rep. Delgado is breaking; we offer here a brief analysis of the situation as it stands on the morning of May 3.] For Otsego County, Governor Kathy Hochul’s May 3 announcement appointing Rep. Antonio Delgado as her new second-in-command in Albany is nothing short of politically seismic — a move that could send aftershocks throughout the entire state and even into Washington, D.C.…
News from the Noteworthy The importance of local news Hello from Arizona and Jim Kevlin A few days ago, the first edition of the Tempe Independent – Volume One, Edition One – showed up in the mailbox. Inside, I learned local Congressman Greg Stanton presented Tempe City Council with a $500,000 check to renovate the Rodeway Inn on Apache Boulevard to accommodate up to 200 of the city’s 380 homeless people. I learned miles-long Warner Boulevard, a major east-west road…
BOUND VOLUMES May 5, 2022 150 YEARS AGO The Daily Papers – For years past the people of Buffalo have received the New York daily papers several hours in advance of the people of Cooperstown. Under the new arrangement of the “newspaper express train,” we now receive those papers the same day they are printed — and one day in advance of the U.S. mail. This shows what private enterprise may accomplish. Mr. Beadle has the New York papers each…
Nelson Mondaca nominated for Culinary Student Chef of the Year We have a gem amongst us in Otsego County: meet Chile native Nelson Modaca, a 20-year Marine vet and rising culinary star. Spoiler alert: he plans on opening a French-infused restaurant in our area in 2023! Mr. Modaca is making a name for himself in the Hospitality and Culinary school at SUNY Delhi. He’s taking an honors class every semester in addition to his current academic schedule. He’s pushing himself to be…
SUNY Oneonta music biz track matches science and art in music [Editor’s note: We offer this story from a first-person perspective, as your correspondent participated in the classroom and recording sessions about which we write.] Think of it as STEAM — Science, Technology, Engi-neering, Arts, and Math. All come together in Andris Balins’s Audio Arts Production class at SUNY Oneonta, a hands-on four-semester course taking students through what the class description calls “a more in-depth understanding of acoustics and sound…
Column by Ted Potrikus The unifying power of baseball My wife and I stopped by the Stax Museum of American Soul Music as we passed through Memphis, Tennessee on Saturday — we’re on a long-planned, twice-delayed drive from Cooperstown to Charleston to Tucson to visit our kids. “Where ya from?” the clerk asked. “Upstate New York,” I said. “Cooperstown, to be exact.” “The Baseball Hall of Fame!” he said happily. “I drove up there a few years ago. Loved it.…
Greater Oneonta Historical Society to unveil new exhibit at Grand Reopening On Friday, May 13, 2022, the Greater Oneonta Historical Society (GOHS) will reopen the doors to its History Center at 183 Main Street in the heart of downtown Oneonta. The reopening follows a four-month closure for renovations to the first floor, including updates to the walls, floors, and lighting. At the grand reopening, GOHS will unveil Small Community, Big Ideas: Greater Oneonta, a new exhibition exploring the history of…
