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We left the city to take the Taconic Parkway to the “Rip Fan Vinkle Buddige” as Aunt Ruta called it. Later, we passed through Middleburg and Cobleskill and smaller towns like Preston Hollow and Lawyersville. I’d been making this trip so often that the Corvette almost knew its way by heart.…
160 YEARS AGO: Insane Paupers in Otsego County—There are sixteen lunatics in the poor house of Otsego County, and it is a remarkable circumstance that fifteen are American-born. Four are males and twelve are females. Two of this number have been insane since 1837, and one since 1845. Five have been treated in an asylum and returned to the county poor house. Eleven have never had the opportunity for a care that an asylum affords. Five of the sixteen are…
90 YEARS AGO: Prospects for a good season at Camp Deerslayer and gains in membership were reported at the meeting of the Executive Board of the Otschodela Boy Scout Council. Estimates received from eight of the 36 units in the council showed that the camp on Otsego Lake will have its largest year in attendance. The Council went on record as being opposed to the Neustein Bill which seeks to regulate camping. The Council believes that the regulations would make…
The play takes place behind the scenes of a college production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Two of the crew members fall for one another, and their bonding begins from a shared sense of humor about the different “characters” and special setting of the show.…
Francesca Zambello is the artistic and general director, emerita of the Glimmerglass Festival. She currently holds the position of artistic director at the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. She travels the globe as a freelance opera and theater director and makes her home in Richfield Springs with her family. "Travels with 'Cesca” is excerpted from “Francesca’s Traveling iPad,” an e-newsletter that has been ongoing since 2011.…
Whether you’re a seasoned wine enthusiast or just looking for a fun outing, Montezuma has something for everyone—including an outdoor stage, a fenced dog park, and seasonal wine slushies.…
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Hats off to the Town of Hartwick for being one of only four Otsego County municipal entities—along with Otsego County, the City of Oneonta, and the Village of Cooperstown—that currently livestream and record meetings and make them available to the public for viewing online.…
This Bigger Dreams Productions performance at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta is based on the Broadway play, which ran a limited engagement in 2023. If you haven’t seen it yet, there will be an encore at Foothills on Wednesday, February 26 and Friday, February 28.…
A lot of people lost their jobs with the federal government over the last couple of weeks. About a third of them were military veterans. Our president called them all “lazy, worthless bureaucrats,” which appears to be his way of saying, “thank you for your service.”…
In all of the Southwest and much of the South, all manual skill-intensive industries have relied on undocumented workers. The plurality, and in some cases, the majority of employees at some businesses, particularly food processing, seasonal farm labor...…