Spencer Sherry and Ryan Jenkins, LCS Class of 2012 and friends since the second grade, are behind the short-film “Anomaly,” which in May had its world-premiere showing at the Coney Island Film Festival in Brooklyn.…
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Edition of 07/25/2024
Long-time Manager Leyland Steals the Show at 2024 Induction By CHARLIE VASCELLAROCOOPERSTOWN In a separate category from the other three members of the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction class, 22-year major league manager of four different teams Jim Leyland was elected by the Contemporary Era Committee for Managers, Executives, and Umpires, while fellow inductees Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton, all players, were elected on the regular Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot. Widely respected and acknowledged as one…
Compost Service Finds Like-Minded Customer By MONICA CALZOLARIONEONTA A new compost pick-up service, Worms Waste Not, recently opened for business. Founder Dr. Rachel Frick Cardelle explained, “Worms waste not and neither should we.” The company’s web-site encourages visitors to “green your routine.” Instead of sending organic waste to the landfill, where it rots and produces methane gas, which warms the planet, people can compost kitchen scraps. Frick Cardelle explained some of the benefits of composting. “Composting cuts back on the…
Editorial of July 25, 2024 ‘Stay Vigilant; Adapt as Needed’ In the wee hours of Friday, July 19, hospitals, financial institutions, airlines, businesses and governments all over the world came to a screeching halt as the result of a global IT shutdown, which many are deeming worse than a cyber attack. A global technology outage caused by a faulty software update grounded flights, knocked media outlets offline, and disrupted hospitals, small businesses and government offices on Friday, highlighting the fragility…
Editorial of July 25, 2024 We Are Committed to You—Will You Now Commit to Us? In May 2020, Iron Spring Press contracted with Susquehanna Polling and Research Inc. to conduct a “Consumer Preference Attitude Survey” regarding its “Hometown Oneonta” free weekly newspaper. Residents of both the City and Town of Oneonta were asked a series of questions to identify their primary source of local news, whether or not they read “Hometown Oneonta” and, if so, how often, and whether or…
Hawthorn Hill Journal by Richard deRosa Of Garlic, Bluebirds, Bees and Yeats This is a time of year that I always look forward to—garlic harvest and drying time. The act of harvesting the garlic, brushing each bulb and then tying bunches of five together with an extra loop for hanging in the barn, has always been a cathartic, even deeply contemplative time for me. I cannot remember why I’ve stuck with five. It just feels right. And the few times…
Letter from Daniel Gomes MAGAs Will Want to Forget They think they are following the light to a prophesied kingdom come, but really, they are being led by an orange Pied Piper, carrying a torch, on his way to a barbeque. There, flag-draped flamethrowers will serve them vaguely familiar cubes of sautéed brain on Bamboo skewers—with a nice Chianti. As patriotic music and hypnotic chants sound in the background, the dulcification of the day’s program is achieved, and the disciples…
News from the Noteworthy from Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties 4-H Fair Projects Reflect Ag Mission Although many people think of a trip to the county fair in terms of rides on the midway, games of chance, and fried dough, many traditional activities that reflect the Otsego County Fair’s “agricultural society” roots are thriving, including 4-H and “open” exhibits of projects and animal shows, stall decorating contests, and even the tractor pull. The Fireman’s Parade includes “agricultural” floats…
Briscoe-Dwyer is system director of pharmacy at UHS Hospitals in Johnson City and was installed as ASHP president at its Pharmacy Futures Meeting in Portland, Oregon on June 11.…
Ava Calhoun (Cherry Valley Central School), Nora Drexler (Windsor High School), Nick Gates (Susquehanna Valley Central School District), Polly Kennedy (Cooperstown Jr./Sr. High School), and Samuel Meador (Oneonta High School) “shadowed” the senator for an afternoon, learning the inner workings of the state senate and the legislative process.…
