Editorial: June 22, 2023
What Did You Say? I Can’t Hear You
Summer is here. Main Street is full. Dreams Park and Cooperstown All Star Village are open. Parking is tight. Lodging is spoken for. And it looks as though this one is going to be very successful for the well-organized, hungry tourist industry. Good for us.
But something else usually happens around this time: The sound level meters (dB) go amuck, all over town as well as all through the countryside. Buses, 18-wheelers, utility trucks both big and small, boat trailers, motorcycles, road-tripping RVs and curious drivers cruising the scenic byways of Otsego County appear in relentless numbers, raising the sound level and challenging our off-season solitude.
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