Youth runners smile with their medals at the 10th annual Splash Path 5K and Fun Walk, held at Pathfinder Village on May 20. (Photo provided) Splash Path 5K a Colorful Success, Raises $30K EDMESTON For a decade, Pathfinder Village’s Splash Path 5K and Fun Walk has colorfully celebrated community and offered an inclusive athletic event for people of all ages and abilities. On Saturday, May 20, the color run and festival achieved a new fundraising milestone, $30,000.00, in support of…
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The Partial Observer by Alex Thomas Smoke and the Hidden Threat to Public Health In regard to our scientific response to the pandemic, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha has noted that we got the biology right and the social science wrong. As someone who spent three years as part of a consortium of researchers from Bassett Research Institute, Utica University, and my own SUNY Oneonta studying COVID, I can sadly attest to the accuracy of his statement. Our…
Bound Volumes June 15, 2023 210 YEARS AGOBooks for Sale by H. & E. Phinney at their Book & Stationery Store, Cooperstown – “Halyburton’s Enquiry into the Principles of Modern Deists,” “Shakespeare’s Works – 8 Volumes,” “Winter in London – A Novel, 2 Volumes,” “Blair’s Lectures,” “Life of Rev. Cornelius Winter,” “Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, 5 Volumes,” “Camilla, A Novel,” “Buchan’s Domestic Medicine,” “Christ’s Second Appearing,” “Smith’s Essays on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure…
Hometown History June 15, 2023 135 Years AgoIn some of the large cigar-making centers the industry is being seriously injured through the general stagnation of the trade. Thousands of cigar-makers, including all branches of the craft, are idle, while many are on the verge of destitution. The prospects for future employment are not bright, either. One employer recently told a committee of employees who waited upon him that it was his opinion that, within three months, the rolling and bunching…
Fred Culbert, far left, has been the voice of Springfield’s Fourth of July Parade for 30 years. Fred and wife, Maureen, are shown below. (Photos by Andrea House) Springfield Announces 2023 Fourth of July Parade Grand Marshal By ANDREA HOUSESPRINGFIELD Fred Culbert, the voice of Springfield’s Fourth of July Parade for 30 years, will be taking a break from announcing parade entries this year to lead the parade as grand marshal. For Springfield’s Fourth of July Committee, Culbert was an…
As we celebrate Flag Day and the adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777 by Congress, Lori Bailey is learning more about her grandfather’s accomplishments as both a soldier and an individual. His plane was shot down by enemy fire in 1944. (Photo by Lori Bailey) Long-forgotten Mementos Unpack Soldier’s Personal, Military History By DARLA M. YOUNGSONEONTA “I found these fascinating treasures in a box of things left behind by my grandmother, Gertrude Fuller, when she passed. They…
Sports Snippets June 8, 2023 Softball Takes Sectionals, Falls in Regionals COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown softball team won its third sectional title in program history with a 4-2 victory over eight-seed Port Byron on May 31. Dani Seamon threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, hit two singles and stole a base. Seamon singled in the first inning and two walks put Savannah Kirkby and Sophia Hotaling on base. Brenna Seamon walked and Jeana Geertgens hit a two-RBI single to open a three-run…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 8, 2023 Front Page OCCA To Hold Meet, Greet CV Water Project Receives State Funding Riverside Students Plant Apple Trees, Help Restore Piece of Oneonta History Inside Hesse Home in Otego: a Virtual 18th-century House and Home Museum BFS, Lake Organizations Announce Otsego Lake HAB Testing Strategy News in Brief Sports Snippets: June 8, 2023 News In Brief: June 8, 2023 Editorial Water Worries Columns NOTEWORTHY: SQSPCA Working Beyond the…
Letter from Amy Wyant & Donna Vogler Crumhorn Property Should Be Protected As a local conservation organization, the Otsego County Conservation Association supports the protection of the Crumhorn Lake property. This former scout camp is a prime candidate to forward state and local land conservation goals. We believe that using the New York State Environmental Bond Act to preserve this undeveloped land is paramount. The property includes 668 acres of forests and wetlands, direct frontage on Crumhorn Lake, 63 acres…
Letter from Gary R. Schoonmaker Constitutionality of CAP Questioned Is there really a legitimate constitutional basis for New York State’s Climate Action Plan? There are many ways to address this question: First, is climate change really an existential threat to New York State; and even if it is, does the state have the constitutional authority to take such draconian measures as are being proposed? While I personally do not believe that climate change is anything more than the natural order…
