NYSEG updates power restoration effort New York State Electric and Gas said Tuesday night that 12,000 customers in its service region remain without power after fierce storms plowed through the area on Monday, March 7. NYSEG said existing outages remain mostly in the company’s Oneonta division, where 6,800 customers remained without power, and in the Binghamton division, where 4,200 customers remain in the dark. Based on initial damage assessments, the company said it expects to restore 95 percent of the…
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Susquehanna SPCA collecting funds for Ukraine shelters Responding to concerns from area residents, the Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SQSPCA) this week announced it will collect financial contributions designated to help animals in Ukraine and neighboring countries through the International Fund for Animal Welfare. The move came after concerned citizens asked the SQSPCA to find out what could be done to provide relief to animals, their owners, and animal shelters in war-torn Ukraine. An anonymous donor…
Monday night storm cuts power, closes roads Some Otsego County residents are still without power Tuesday morning after a fierce wind and rain storm that cut through the county and across New York on the evening of March 7. New York State Electric and Gas reports nearly 500 outages and more than 16,000 customers without power across its service area on March 8; southern Otsego County looks to remain the hardest-hit in our immediate region. NYSEG updates its outage map…
Biden Administration Cabinet member visits Cooperstown Tours key locations with Rep. Delgado The head of President Joe Biden’s Small Business Administration, Isabella Casillas Guzman, spent the afternoon of Friday, March 4 in Cooperstown with Congressman Antonio Delgado hosting a tour of some of the Village’s best-known small businesses. Along with Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Otsego County Treasurer Allen Ruffles, the group discussed the president’s key infrastructure initiative, SBA outreach, pandemic relief and recovery, and other issues before convening a…
New York’s GOP, Democrats choose slates for November Primary challenges await candidates New York’s 2022 political season begins in earnest this month after both Democrats and Republicans convened in February to select their party-backed slates for statewide offices. In the top of the ticket race for governor, Republicans this week chose Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin as their choice to take on Democrat incumbent Kathy Hochul. Both face potentially difficult primary challenges, though, as Republican Harry Wilson – who narrowly…
Some thoughts on Ukraine [Editor’s note: The author of this column, Dr. Richard Sternberg, is a retired Bassett Hospital orthopedic surgeon. While he has been sharing his professional perspective during the COVID-19 pandemic, this week, he offers a sobering view on Ukraine and its plight. Also a village trustee, he lives in Cooperstown.] For almost two years I have been writing a column on COVID-19. There is still a lot that can be written about it; I’ve read or reviewed…
Intrepid ice fisherman shares tools and tricks Rob Moore is a typical outdoorsy kind of guy. He hunts, he fishes, he hikes. “I love to fish,” he said. “Whether it’s from a boat or on the ice, I just love it.” “When I was just a boy living in Cooperstown, I fished behind Bassett Hospital,” he said, before divulging a sportsman’s secret. “That’s a perfect spot for fly fishing and salmon fishing during the summer. As a matter of fact,…
St. Mary’s in Cooperstown opens Lenten food drive St. Mary’s Our Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown begins its Lenten Food Drive March 5 with a goal of raising $5,000 before the drive ends on March 27. Brian Wrubleski, who co-owns Mel’s at 22 in Cooperstown with his daughter, kicked off the drive named in honor of his late wife, Maryellen Wrubleski. Mrs. Wrubleski began the food drive more than 10 years ago and, after her untimely…
Oneonta teen’s backpack project gave hope during Lent When 13-year-old Elizabeth Reynolds sat down to decide what to give up for Lent in 2021, the Catholic Oneonta resident decided to instead set out on a community service project to help the city’s hidden homeless population. She wrote a letter to her family and friends outlining her plan – ‘Backpacks for the Homeless’ – and ended up raising $1,000 in short order. “Instead of giving up my usual, chocolate, gum cheese…
Bound Volumes 210 YEARS AGO Humanity! The ship Alknomac, Capt. Hicks, from Sligo, was cast on shore on Martha’s Vineyard about the middle of December last. Commodore Rodgers, in the President on a cruise, made a harbor there the same evening; and to his credit be it said, and particularly by Irishmen be it ever remembered, he generously gave the passengers, in number 80, two dollars each, and also offered them any further assistance they might require until they arrived…
