Opinion by Greg Klein Is it a successful soccer season? Ask me again in November Years ago, when I began covering high school sports here, I coined a truism about New York State Public High School Athletic Association seasons. If you are playing in the spring season, you need to be playing in June to have a successful season. If you are playing in the winter season, you need to be playing in March to have a successful season. If…
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Life Sketches by Terry Berskon Remembering a Corvette summer, lifestyle Back around 1960, I religiously watched the television show “Route 66.” A fine formula: two guys traveling across the country, meeting all kinds of people, trying to leave things in better shape than they found them before moving on. Martin Milner was the collegiate type; George Maharis was streetwise and a little crusty. Their Corvette, not the most practical car to go cross-country in, was a symbol of freedom and…
Up on Hawthorn Hill by Richard deRosa Apple picking provides outlet for discussion, reflection This year’s apple harvest on the hill was one of the best, despite several trees having taken a year off. In past years we have dried, canned, frozen and made delicious varieties of apple breads, muffins, etc. Actually, my contribution is working the apple peeler and doing a fair amount of the drying. Sandy is the master baker, freezer, and canner. This year we picked together.…
Hometown History 125 Years Ago Home & Vicinity – The surroundings at the railroad shops have been given a cheerful appearance this summer by neat grass lawns, laid out under the direction of master-mechanic Howard. Until cold weather made their removal necessary, the lawns were studded with blooming plants, contributions in good part of the employees who took a lively interest in the effort to give a cheery look to the naturally somber appearance of the shops. Next year still…
Bound Volumes 210 YEARS AGO Artimesia Norton, daughter of Mr. George Norton of Hartwick, 13 years and 4 months old, did, on the 27th of September, 1811, spin five runs of good woolen yarn, on a single-geer’d wheel in 11 hours and 26 minutes. The reel measured, in circumference, two yards, two inches, and ¾ of an inch. Industry rather than silver and gold, constitutes the riches of a country. October 5, 1811…
Editor’s Notebook by Greg Klein: Film COOP spreads love of region to women’s group Last weekend my film commission office, Film COOP, hosted a bunch of female filmmakers for a destination weekend location tour and networking event. As with our too long and klutzy legal name, the Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership, Inc., the name Film COOP presents the Women in Film Peak Leaf Weekend Location Tour and Networking Event soon fell by the wayside. The shorthand Women in…
Opinion by Richard Sternberg M.D. There is good news to report on COVID prevention Last week, Merck and Company announced that an experimental pill they are working on to treat COVID-19 early in the course of the disease to keep patients from becoming seriously ill or dying is proving safe and effective. After discussion with the FDA, it and Merck felt the results were so good they decided to close additional enrollment to the trial. They will finish out the…
Opinion by Julie Dostal: Substance use keeps dropping among our youth In a world that seems full of bad news, scary headlines, and social media battles, who couldn’t use a little uplift? I know I certainly could and was delighted when I was given some good news I could share! And just where did the information come from? Our youth told us. At the end of the last school year, 948 students nationwide responded to the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior…
Bound Volumes 9-30-21 210 YEARS AGO The Navy – There is a question of great importance in the future policy of our government, which we think, Congress will be compelled to decide. Shall the United States complete and maintain a Navy? It is a question which has never yet been fairly met by the national legislature; but which ought no longer to remain in suspense. If we are to have a Navy, in the name of our country’s honor, let…
Life Sketches by Terry Berskon Watching old western reminds me of shootout on Angel Hill I watched the movie “Shane” the other night and the shootout at the end brought back memories of a local shootout that used to take place every year in the middle of August: “Hold it,” Teddy Dziadik Jr. said quietly as he shouldered his shotgun. Chuckie Crist let his hand drop to his side. Dziadik swept his gun across the horizon several times. Then he…
