Twelve poets from the “Seeing Things” poetry workshop will showcase their work in celebration of their new anthology, “Seeing Things 2.” The reading is free and open to the public.…
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Editorial of 11/07/2024…
As a nine-year Navy vet with a brother and father who were in the Navy for 30 and 40 years, respectively, I say bravo to the village trustees for their decision not to modify the zoning law to allow veteran banners.…
Some countries, such as Australia, treat skin cancer as a public health risk—and have legislated accordingly: banning tanning beds and requiring sun protection measures, particularly for children. The Japanese are obsessive about staying out of the sun, as their porcelain complexions attest.…
The vast majority of American Jews and Americans in general believe in Israel’s right to exist and are therefore Zionists. This is not related to their support of specific Israeli policies or actions.…
Professor Alex Thomas, executive director of the PLACES Institute at SUNY Oneonta, cited the history of Otsego County and the region, from early and long-lasting successes to steady decline since 1970. Dire projections show the possibility of Otsego County’s population dropping by 25 percent by 2050.…
Nine Otsego County rowers competed in the Mohawk Fall Classic Regatta, held on Sunday, September 29 on the Mohawk River in Scotia. There were 213 entries from 27 clubs, most of which are New York-based, including our own Otsego Area Rowing.…
Drive through Cherry Valley on any given evening from May through December, and you’ll find the door open and the lights on at A Rose is a Rose Florist. The shop opened on December 1, 1990 after owner Jackie Hull moved back to her hometown of Cherry Valley from Los Angeles, where she created florals for celebrity homes and movies.…
As part of Cherry Valley’s First Friday, there will be an Open House for Holiday Marketplace at 25 Main Collective, 21 Main Street, with food by Erich, plus new work and holiday items from the collective artists. Red Shed Ale House, 10 Main Street, will have live music and The Telegraph School, 82 Alden Street, with host a holiday-themed open mic event.…
The orchestra tipped its top hat to the great compositional school of America, a school that is primarily ignored not only here at home but abroad. This amounted to truly inspired concert programming. The concert opened with four arrangements by William Zinn of four famous songs of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington.…