LETTER from JOSH SIMPSON Series could do more to review racial issues Our community is fortunate to have the Friends of the Village Library to organize important conversations and events like the “Looking in the Mirror” program. I have attended a few of the series including racism in education and in healthcare and had come to expect a decent program when tuning in. On Feb. 10, I listened to The Cooperstown Reflects on Racism and Law Enforcement Series with my…
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Views from Around New York State Hunting contests should not be allowed in New York From: The Albany Times Union. It would be convenient to misconstrue a bill in the state Legislature to ban wildlife killing contests in New York as some kind of anti-hunting measure. It is not. As even many hunters and fish and game officials are realizing, the waste and bloodlust of these indiscriminate killing events threaten to harm the image of hunting as a valid wildlife…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Print A Pumpkin Tealight 3D TINKERING – 6 p.m. Tinkering Tuesdays return with opportunity to create pumpkin tealight with TinkerCAD, to be printed by October. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/…
Editorial for October 19, 2018 Justice Must Be Done, And SEEN To Be Done The truism, “not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done” – actually, it’s a famed quote from a 1924 British legal case – should apply to court proceedings and – if credibility is to be maintained – to democratic government generally. With intent interest, the citizens of Otsego County have observed the wheels of justice turn since Memorial Day Weekend…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Magician To Obama Performs MAGIC SHOW – 9 – 10 p.m. Performance “RanD’ Shine: The New Face of Magic!” who performed at Innauguration of President Barack Obama and internationally. Cost, $3. Waterfront Room, Hunt College Union, SUNY Oneonta. Visit oneonta.campuslabs.com/engage/event/2623949 CONSTITUTION DAY FILM – 11 a.m. & Noon. Screening “Our Constitution: Conversation.” In which “Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Stephen G. Breyer answer questions from students about why we need a written Constitution and what it…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAR. 28 Spring Hike In The Mud MUD HIKE – 10 – 11:30 a.m. Take a walk around the farm, learn about mud, find animal tracks, make some of your own. Wear boots or bring a change of sock & shoes. Mohican Farm 7207 St. Hwy. 80, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-4488 or visit occainfo.org/calendar/get-the-kids-out-mud/ JUSTICE FILM SERIES – 5:30 p.m. Screening of “My County, My Country,” (2006) about the impact of the US invasion on Iraqis trying to pick…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, FEB.28 Preparing For Climate Change CLIMATE LECTURE – 7:30 p.m. Dr. Michael Young, Geologist, presents “Mid-Century Resilience in the Face of Climate Extremes and Population Growth: How Lessons From the Lone Star State Can Benefit the Nation,” at the Rude Memorial Lecture. Free, open to the public. Anderson Center, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Call 607-431-4021 or visit www.hartwick.edu/news/hartwick-welcomes-michael-young-83-rude-memorial-lecture/ JUSTICE FILM SERIES – 5:30 p.m. Screening of “The Times of Harvey Milk” (1984). Includes vegetarian dinner at 6, screening begins…