Governor ends school indoor mask mandate beginning March 2 New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced February 27 that she will lift the state’s indoor mask mandate for schools beginning Wednesday, March 2. During her Sunday afternoon COVID briefing, the governor said she based her ruling on February 25 guidance from the Centers for Disease Control that removes indoor mask requirements in “low or medium” risk level settings. She said the CDC decision, sharply lower positive cases in New York, and…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta February 24, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Milford landmark poised for comeback Delgado, Stafanik tour Otsego County manufacturers Irish Society: probably not Inside The Paper Cooperstown Pharmacy brings back beans Cooperstown watches as Major League labor issues drag on BOCES: Learning beyond the classroom Nora Jane Struthers back for Saturday gig Bassett: yes to booster extension Perspectives Editorial Gas pain, doubled COLUMNS COVID hits home: a personal perspective Menthol…
Noteworthy News: Beyond the classroom at ONC BOCES [Editor’s note: This week’s “News from the Noteworthy” comes from Otsego Northern Catskills Board of Cooperative Education Services – ONC BOCES – serving student from 19 component districts throughout the greater Otsego County region. ONC BOCES has plenty of great stories to share, and we’re delighted they accepted our invitation to do so in this space.] One of the Career & Technical Education Course extras that students can take advantage of while…
Menthol marketing Editor’s note: This column appears in the 2/24/22 print editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. Its author, Jennifer Hill, is the Community Engagement Coordinator for Tobacco-Free Communities: Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie. Seventy years ago, the tobacco industry launched an aggressive marketing campaign to persuade African Americans to smoke menthol cigarettes. The industry endeared themselves to Black communities by being among the first white-led businesses to hire African Americans for executive positions and use Black models, actors,…
Editorial: gas pains How about those gas prices? Our friends at GasBuddy.com report we in New York are paying nearly 26 cents per gallon more than we were a month ago and a whopping $1.05 per gallon than one year ago. Surely someone is to blame, right? Presidents take credit when the price at the pump plummets, so they’re certainly within criticism range when the price rises. Vladimir Putin gets a good bonk on the noggin, too, for his Ukrainian…
Hurrah! The jelly beans are back! Stop the presses – the jelly beans are back! These aren’t just your average, everyday gourmet treats – they’re Church and Scott Jelly Beans. And after a two-year pandemic-related absence, they’re back on the shelf at the pharmacy, just south of Cooperstown’s village limits on Route 28. They’ve been a staple in and around Cooperstown since the 1950s when the store – then on the corner of Main and Pioneer streets – introduced the…
Milford landmark set for spring reopening The Elm Inn stands out at Milford’s four corners, but it has stood vacant since closing in 2017. “We kept driving by and we loved the building and the area,” said Kat and Dan Wifnosky. “We couldn’t figure out why it sat empty for so long. We had such vision for it.” So they bought it in January of this year. They also packed their belongings to move from Illinois to Otsego County, where…
American Irish Society HQ move to Cooperstown in doubt Perhaps it was fun to think about for a week or so, but it sounds like the American Irish Historical Society has moved the target for its new headquarters from Cooperstown to elsewhere amid reports of Attorney General subpoenas and a possible investigation by Ireland’s parliament, Oireachtas. Word surfaced some two weeks ago that four members of the Manhattan-based Society’s board resigned in protest over a successful vote to move the…
Nora Jane Struthers in concert Saturday at Otesaga Nashville-based singer-songwriter Nora Jane Struthers heads into Cooperstown Saturday, February 26 for a return performance at the Otesaga Hotel beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Cooperstown Concert Series brings the popular performer in for the show with her husband, Joe Overton, singing backup and adding guitars on what NPR Music maven Ann Powers calls “some of the most quietly powerful narratives within the new wave of Americana artists.” The duo begins a brief…
Rep. Delgado, Rep. Stefanik talk upstate manufacturing in County visits Rep. Antonio Delgado on his IOXUS tour in Oneonta on February 22. Rep. Elise Stefanik with Andela Production Manager Dave Spencer during her tour of Andela Products in Richfield Springs on February 22. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R) stopped in Richfield Springs Tuesday, February 22, for her first official visit to Otsego County since lawmakers grafted its northernmost regions into her already-sprawling 21st Congressional District. “I used to have 12 counties…
