The Goal: Doing All We Can To Reduce Dependence On Fossil Fuels I was sent this article, “Until Available 24/7, Renewable Energy Not Ready For Prime Time,” from your newspaper of Feb. 21-22. “Another speaker spoke of all the things he had done to remove himself from the grid. Again, I couldn’t help but wonder how he paid for it – solar, geo-thermal and a $100,000 Tesla electric car. Would the savings ever allow him to recover those incremental…
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David P. Eckberg, 78; From Navy, Had Life-Long Love Of Sea MILFORD – David P. Eckberg, 78, a Navy veteran with a life-long love of the ocean, passed away Saturday Feb. 23, 2019, at Cooperstown Center. David was born in San Diego, Calif., to Marjorie and Joseph Melvin Eckberg. Upon graduating high school, David enlisted in the Navy. He completed sonar school and served on the destroyer, USS Fred T Berry. After four years and an honorable discharge he resided…
Stores May Come, Go, Southside Mall Endures With 36 Tenants, Manager Montanti Says Entertainment Will Invigorate County’s Largest Warm, Covered Space By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA – On Feb. 19, the national chain, Payless Shoesource, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced it is closing its 2,500 North American stores, including one in Southside Mall. That made it a local news story. But right down the marble-tiled mezzanine, the expansive Shoe Department is doing so well it’s looking to expand, Mall…
Soup, Pancakes And Adopt a Furry Friend At SSPCA Enjoy a tasty soup luncheon, take home an artisan bowl and raise money for the Cooperstown Food Pantry at the annual Empty Bowls luncheon. The suggested $15 donation buys $225 worth of food for the food pantry, and you keep the handmade bowl. Noon – 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, Christ Church Parish Hall, Fair St, Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Chase (607) 547-2627. • Sugaring Off Sundays return to The Farmers’ Museum!…
Lower Taxes, More Broadband Would Help Keep Upstate Folks Here President Trump and Governor Cuomo were recently in a war of words again – certainly not breaking news. This time around, the back and forth centers on the Upstate economy, with President Trump advising Upstate residents to move out. The president’s actual words to people who feel things aren’t going their way, “If New York isn’t gonna treat them better, I would recommend they go to another state where they…
INJURED, THEY’RE UP FOR ADOPTION Dog-Rescue Mission Sends SSPCA Director To Beirut By LIBBY CUDMORE Stacie Haynes, Susquehanna SPCA executive director, is taking her mission to rescue neglected animals world-wide. “In Lebanon, people don’t adopt dogs like we do,” she…
Something Like ‘Green New Deal’ Essential, But Impact On Personal Freedom Worrisome The Big Idea of the Green New Deal, now widely supported among Democrats, is to deal aggressively at once with the twin crises of climate justice and social justice. The Green New Deal (GND) seeks to combine the progressive goals raised by Bernie Sanders in the 2016 election (single-payer healthcare, free college tuition, taxing the rich, and breaking up big banks) with a wholesale public infrastructure program for…
County Board Committee Adjusts Policy To Affirm Public, Press Have Rights Regarding the county Board of Representatives’ policy, “Use of Photographic and Recording Devices At County Meetings,” the stated goal – “to allow meetings to be conducted in an orderly manner” – was never objectionable. Two aspects of the policy were: One, that reporters need to “sign in” (i.e., register with a local government to do their job) and, two, if failing to do so would be “excluded” from board…
From The Heart Of Ohio New Home, New History When we left Cooperstown to move to Ohio, a good friend told us in no uncertain terms that we would never know the history of our Ohio community as well as we know the history of Cooperstown and its environs. And while we would most heartily concur with this assessment, during our relatively short time in Ohio we feel we have managed to add to our knowledge of Knox County in…
