Writers support Pidnar, Leon in Middlefield board positions With around three weeks until the Nov. 2, election, we are writing to encourage Middlefield residents to vote for Peg Leon and Jenn Pindar van Kampen for Middlefield Town Board. They have pledged to oversee the policies and laws of Middlefield in an open and respectful manner. They seek to protect farms and rural life while encouraging small business growth as it fits the needs and desires of the citizenry. Broadband availability…
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Opinion by Richard Sternberg, M.D. A return to normalcy after COVID? It appears the summer surge of COVID-19 in the United States is abating. Numbers are going down except in the hardest hit states. The average number of deaths last week was approximately 1,800 per day and the number of daily infections is about 100,000. These seem to be trending down but if they flare up again and represent averages over the long-term we are talking about 675,000 deaths per…
Dog Charmer by Tom Shelby What do you do about a biting, jumping dog? Hi, Mr. Shelby: We have a soon to be four-month-old black female lab puppy who is very persistent with her jumping and biting. Do you have some suggestions for us? Marcia…
Opinion by Dr. Richard Brown and Michele Taurisano R. P.H., Bassett Healthcare Network, Let Bassett help clean your medicine cabinet Bassett Healthcare Network wants to help tidy up your house — or at least your medicine cabinet. For several years, Bassett has encouraged its patients to bring unneeded, unwanted or expired medications to medication return kiosks at three locations: the outpatient clinic pharmacy in Cooperstown; the FoxCare Pharmacy at FoxCare Center in Oneonta; and the outpatient pharmacy at O’Connor Hospital…
Opinion by Adrian Kuzminski Local business ownership is a benchmark of prosperity Many people are unaware of a unique feature of commercial regulation in New York State. Our state — alone in the country — requires that licenses for liquor stores, retail outlets selling wine and spirits for consumption off-premises, be limited to one location in the state owned by a single individual. No one can own more than one liquor store in the state. The 1934 Alcoholic Beverage Control…
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…
Editorial Hail to the Chief A legendary member of the Otsego Lake community has bid us farewell this week. Ownership of the Chief Uncas, the 55-foot electric launch that has continuously plied these ancient waters for just fewer than 110 years, has been transferred to the Susquehanna National Heritage Area, in Wrightsville, PA, a not-for-profit organization focused on the cultural and natural resources of the Susquehanna River and the communities along its shores. The Chief Uncas arrived on the lake…
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…
Sale of Church and Scott marks end of era STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It’s been a family affair since 1950. David Adsit, owner of Church and Scott Pharmacy, retired Wednesday, Oct. 13. His brother Bill, whom he worked alongside for many years, retired in March. Their father bought Church and Scott Pharmacy in 1950 from Al Meehan, 71 years ago, when it was at the corner of Main and Pioneer Streets in Cooperstown. It remained there until 1993…
Otsego County announces another death from COVID STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Otsego County’s Department of Health announced Wednesday, Oct. 13, that another county resident has died from the coronavirus. According to county records, 52 residents have died from the virus in 2021 and 71 total since the pandemic began in 2020. The DOH also reported 23 new positive cases Wednesday, with a seven-day average positivity rate of 3.7%. According to the DOH, 54.7% of the total county population…
