In fact, we can be proud of many of Otsego County’s residents, for a variety of reasons. Some are your neighbors, or kids you went to school with. Most are two-legged, but some walk on all fours. Their accomplishments are as unique as they are, themselves, and all—in their own way—shine a little extra light on Otsego County.…
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Last Thursday’s presidential debate, not surprisingly being called the worst in American history, supplants the first 2020 presidential debate between the same two candidates, also termed “the worst” by some and described at the time as “chaotic,” “painful,” and “dispiriting.” The bar was set pretty low in 2020. Who’da thunk it could have sunk any lower? And yet, it did.…
The exhibition, in its first appearance before it begins some wide traveling, and to Denmark as well, is outstanding, both in its inside gallery, which is a traditional exhibition space, and in its outside space, not so traditional, overlooking beautiful Otsego Lake and far-off surrounding hillsides.…
Exposure to extreme heat can lead to two health conditions: heat exhaustion and heat stroke. These are clinical terms with different symptoms. Recognizing which is which can ensure that you respond appropriately in a medical emergency.…
Better understanding of the employer’s perspective of these challenges might help employees avoid situations for which they aren’t suited, for a better employment experience overall.…
Editorial of June 6, 2024 A New Big Inning In a long-awaited, heavily researched and somewhat criticized move, last week Major League Baseball announced it is expanding its records to include many, but at this time not all, statistics from the Negro Leagues of 1920-1948. These leagues, of which seven are considered by Major League Baseball to be major, are now to be part of the six historical major league designations so confirmed in 1969. Somewhere in the vicinity of…
Presently, we are seeing the construction of yet another chain hotel and something to be called the “Cooperstown Experience,” a soon-to-open, one-of-a-kind baseball and softball tournament complex that promises a complete family vacation experience in “The Baseball Capital of the World.”…
Although farmers’ markets have always been the usual way of buying and selling rural products in the Western world, with the advent of supermarkets, farmers’ markets rapidly disappeared in many nations in the early and mid-19th century.…
Editorial of May 16, 2024 Tough Travels Among the many scenic routes in this state, the two lake roads we have at the northern end of the county, the longest in an area of beguiling lakes and inviting lake roads, wind courageously up and down Otsego Lake. They are pretty spectacular. They give us, at different times and from different vantage points, remarkable bird’s-eye views of the often sparkling but occasionally threatening waters –we can peer endlessly all the way…
In our lakes and streams, the white suckers have begun their annual spring run. The first fish to run each year, and the most numerous, these bottom-feeding fish have fleshy lips at the underside of their heads that scoop up algae, small invertebrates, and plants from the bottom of lakes and rivers.…
