Column by Dr. Richard Sternberg Polio, Part II Three weeks ago, this column covered the topic of polio, its cause, symptoms, complications, treatment, and prevention. Polio continues to be in the news, especially in New York, because there are indications that it is spreading geographically. Polio virus has been found in wastewater in Nassau County, Long Island. Last Friday, Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency because of the increasing number of positive tests and the apparent spread outward…
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Flags Around the Village Cathy Raddatz, Village of Cooperstown resident, lost her brother in the 9/11 attack in 2001, 21 years ago. Some 2,750 people were killed in New York, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania (where one of the hijacked planes crashed after the passengers attempted to retake the plane). All 19 terrorists died. Each year, Ms. Raddatz puts around 2,500 flags in the Village.…
Bound Volumes September 15, 2022 185 YEARS AGOItems – A process has been discovered in Germany by which white crystallized sugar is made in 12 hours from beet root.The deaths in New Orleans from Yellow Fever are said to be 100 daily. More than 40,000 people have been down with Yellow Fever at Sierra Leone.The damage of the late hurricane at Barbadoes is estimated at $500,000. About 1,000 lives were lost in the late disasters in the West India Islands.…
Life Sketches by Terry Berkson Cats in Key West Several years ago my wife Alice and I made a trip down to Key West, Florida and among other sites visited the house where Ernest Hemingway lived and worked on great writing projects like “A Farewell To Arms.” It was an interesting two-story structure, one of the few in Key West that was made out of stone blocks that had been cut and removed to create a cellar. There was a…
Main Street and Lettis Highway Get Facelift On Saturday, September 10, about a dozen SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick students joined several community volunteers in a long-overdue clean-up of the triangle at the intersection of Main Street and Lettis Highway in the City of Oneonta. “The city’s lack of funds and staffing had put the maintenance of this entrance to Oneonta on a backburner,” Mark Drnek, Mayor of Oneonta, said. “But a local resident, Wendy Slicer, saw an opportunity to engage…
Thank You, Maureen Kuhn, Family Nurse Practitioner Maureen Kuhn, Family Nurse Practitioner, is retiring from Bassett Medical Center after 40 years. Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) are nurses with an advanced degree who treat a full range of patient populations, from infants to the elderly. “I came to Bassett as a float FNP, there were three health centers at the time, Cherry Valley, Edmeston and Morris,” Ms. Kuhn said. “I was hired to float between those three health centers,” she said.…
Hats Off to Ommegang “As part of our 25th anniversary, we thought it only proper that we do something to celebrate all the support the Cooperstown business community has given us over the years,” said Tim Holmes, event planner of Ommegang Brewery. “We began with a kick off on the prior Friday evening with an open invitation to a social gathering around its well-known fire pit,” Mr. Holmes said. “The evening was capped off with a solid and colorful fireworks…
Ike Sturm Returns to Origins By Evan Jagel What does it take to be a jazz musician in 2022? Not just a jazz musician, but also someone who creates bold, new art that has the power to speak to and move people from around the world? It takes much more than the ability to play at a virtuosic level. It takes the ability to forgo genre and to write, improvise and communicate from the heart. Internationally acclaimed bassist, composer, and…
CANO’s City of the Hills Festival Returns On Saturday, September 17 from noon to past midnight, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO) will bring back the popular City of the Hills Art Festival. “This is the largest committee we have ever had. Due to the pandemic, there hasn’t been a festival in 3 years, so we decided to extend the festivities, said Hope Von Stengel, Executive Director, CANO. There will be a mural unveiling, yoga, activities for adults and children,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 8, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Send Us Your Fall Photos Money Left on the Table? Weekly Medical News: 09-08-22 Inside The Paper Tree Inspection Complete in Cooperstown Career and Technical Education at ONC/BOCES ONC BOCES Facilitates RtI Summit Otsego Lake Weather Buoy NeedsMajor Repairs; Raffle Held to Help Retiring Number 24 — Mets Honor Willie Mays Cooperstown Rotary Foundation Golf Tournament Perspectives Editorial Looks Like We Made…
