There are a lot of problems in this world, some big and some not so big. One of the big, really big, problems we as a country and as a world have is food waste. We can’t seem to be able either to make good use of the immeasurable amount of uneaten food we produce, or to dispose of it in an intelligent, green and helpful way.…
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Edition of 09/21/2023 - Page 2
For the fastest way to get to the best, most cost effective, informed, and supportable determination of strategies to address the City of Oneonta’s problems and promise, we need a new paradigm of community participation.…
Upcoming events include the Otsego County Relay for Life Family Fun Day this Saturday and the Middlefield Fall Festival on Sunday, October 1.…
On Saturday, September 30, the shelter will hold its “Barktoberfest and Dog Show,” starting with the “Steps for Pets” Community Dog Walk. Folks can bring their canine friends along for this 1.5-mile walk beginning at the Cooperstown Elementary School at 10 a.m. and arriving just in time for the Barktoberfest kick-off.…
For all of the proselytizing by state politicians and downstate activists, we are going backward. Since the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act became state law in 2019, New York’s reliance on fossil fuels for electricity has jumped by a third.…
Sports Briefs: September 21, 2023 Hotaling, Jensen Lead Win COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown girls soccer is 4-0 for the season after a Center State Conference home win against Dolgeville on Wednesday, September 13. Senior Sophia Hotaling and junior Annelise Jensen each scored twice in the 4-1 victory. Jensen scored in the first minute of the game on an assist from Senior Rory Nelen. Brenna Seamon made six saves in the win.…
Doubleday Field witnessed one of Cooperstown’s biggest spectacles in recent memory on Saturday, September 16. The Savannah Bananas, a barnstorming team that plays by its own rules and has been called baseball’s answer to the Harlem Globetrotters, descended on the village for the final stop of their 2023 world tour.…
A grant of nearly a quarter of a million dollars will let SUNY Oneonta biology faculty and students conduct research on an invasive species that has become a widespread problem in the Lake Champlain Basin, an area covering 8,234 square miles in New York, Vermont, and Quebec.…
Otsego County government recently began its strategic planning process to develop an overall approach for serving the needs of county residents and businesses in the coming years.…