Hawthorn Hill by Richard DeRosa Forget the Beltway, Rethink Stale Assumptions, Consider Course Alterations My January 12 essay ended with these words: “Forget the Beltway.” Given the embarrassing shenanigans of the past few months, that sentiment still holds true. The fact that many years ago it took 133 votes to elect a speaker in no way negates the atrocity of it all. I used to excuse the political conundrums that we continually embroil ourselves in as just more evidence of…
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Local Contingent Joins Women’s March in D.C. Ellen Phillips, a member of Butternuts Valley Indivisible, holds up a sign calling out Vice President Mike Pence’s treatment of the LGBTQ community as the Women’s March 2019 gets underway in Washington D.C. this morning. At right, Everett and Tom Pondolfino pause on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with their sign, encouraging Congress and President Trump to end the partial government shutdown that has lasted 25 days. Members of Butternuts Valley Indivisible…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 17 Big Band Jazz Concert CONCERT – 7 p.m. Leatherstocking Jazz, 16 piece Big Band of local music teachers, professionals, students perform classic, contemporary jazz. Lake Front Park, Cooperstown. 607-547-5256 or visit richcooperstown.org/lakefront-concert-series/ WORKSHOP – 4 – 5 p.m. Children hand stuff an elephant, wish on a star, name their elephant, dress it, listen to a story, and sing songs. Ages 4+. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/youth-programs/…