‘Grand Slam Guitars’ fills Cooperstown Main Street storefront By Ted Potrikus Along with the book shop still there today, 139 Main Street in Cooperstown has seen a wide variety of occupants over its history. In its time, the impressive storefront has housed a car dealership, an auto garage, gift shops, a stereo and record store and now, after more than a year with its lights out, is home once again to retail with the opening of Grand Slam Guitars. Guitarist…
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Police, advocates, hotels partner for emergency housing Motel 88 in Oneonta does not have a happy history. Formerly known as the Oasis Motor Inn, the lodging saw drug busts and suicides, and carried a local reputation for a generally seedy atmosphere. To add to its unhappiness, a fire broke out last week, and it remains under investigation. But according to the Oneonta Police Department, the criminal element at Motel 88, and other motels like it, is related to the temporary…
Area crews ready for whatever Mother Nature brews By Kevin Limiti It is easy to take for granted the pristine roads that resurface after every snow fall. When Mother Nature sends the winter weather, it isn’t magic that clears away the snow from the streets but the grit of the workers manning the snow plows and checking for ice in the early hours of the morning. Cooperstown Streets Superintendent Christopher Satriano said that all starts with the vigilance and hard…
January’s chill lures fishers to Otsego ice, but is it too early? By Ted Potrikus Mid-January’s cold snap invited winter sports enthusiasts onto the ice covering the southeastern corner of Otsego Lake last weekend, amazing a few passersby who wondered about their safety. “That’s as risky a behavior as I’ve ever seen for this time of year,” said Matt Albright, Assistant to the Director of the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station. “That ice couldn’t have been more than an inch…
Cooperstown Thespians to perform ‘The Phantom Tollbooth Jr.’ this weekend The Cooperstown Central School Thespians hit the stage this weekend for “The Phantom Tollbooth Jr.” – this year’s Junior High School Musical. Performances take place Friday, January 21 at 7 p.m., Saturday, January 22 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, January 23 at 2 p.m. in Cooperstown High School’s N.J. Sterling Auditorium. COVID restrictions require patrons to reserve tickets in advance to be guaranteed a seat; protocol requires all audience members…
Wake up your extremities with Clark race and regional hikes By Patrick Dewey If you’re looking for opportunities to experience exhilaration and local winter scenery, both the Clark Sports Center and Otsego Outdoors have activities that might just be your next adventure. The Clark Sports Center Frozen Toes 5-mile Race and 2.5-mile Fun Run The Clark Sports Center hosts its third Frozen Toes 5-mile race and first-ever 2.5-mile Fun Run, each kicking off on Saturday, January 22 at 11 a.m.…
Bound Volumes 160 YEARS AGO It is well known that a year ago the village of Cooperstown suffered to the extent of perhaps $20,000 on account of the prevalence of small pox — which was first contracted by one of our citizens in New York City. It nearly destroyed one trade for the entire winter; and put the county and the village to a large expense. To the mild type of the disease and the active precautions taken by the…
Desert Dispatch 1 By Richard DeRosa We arrived at our winter redoubt in Arizona about a week ago. We have made this cross-country trek several times and always enjoy it. Even look forward to it. Each of us experiences it differently. And those differences have elicited some curious responses when chatting about it with friends, not to mention some friendly quarreling about when to turn on the radio to catch up on the news. One of my quirks when traveling…
Mohawk Valley, Central New York hospitals still on hold for elective surgical procedures By Richard Sternberg, M.D. The son of two former members of my religious congregation died of complications of COVID over this past weekend. He was 38 years old. Of course, his parents are devastated. He was an adamant anti-vaxxer. Currently, in the intensive care unit at Bassett Hospital, which, by the way, is full, there is a 30-something female who has complications of COVID. I’m told that…
Editorial: Maybe not Far be it from this page to look a gift horse squarely in the mouth, but open wide, equine friend: Term limits aren’t government reform. We do not blame Governor Kathy Hochul for saying eight is enough when it comes to years in office for a governor. Her predecessor’s bullying monomania for cementing his legacy by winning the fourth term that eluded his father was his undoing. She calls for that same two-term limit on the lieutenant…
