In Richfield, on top of being confined, snowy weeks would go by without the sun shining. It didn’t take long for the ache of loneliness to get to me and sometimes I’d find ways to get out of the house to visit a friend, even if I had to climb out my second floor bedroom window.…
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If you’re an Otsego County resident and have a hankering for competitive chess, your best bet is tournaments in Albany or Binghamton. A search of the history of rated tournaments in Oneonta or Cooperstown on the United States Chess Federation’s site yields zero results.…
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The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, will give residents a chance to connect one-on-one with their local officials and to hear their plans for the upcoming year, organizers said in a press release issued Monday, January 12.…
Congress, having appropriated $75 billion of our tax dollars to ICE (more than the entire military budgets of most countries) is now considering further funding in the budget, due January 30.…
Some of the most courageous and principled people in politics today are Republicans, including Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, former Republican representative Justin Amash of Michigan, and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.…
I think Trump should be given an Olympic gold medal because…well, just because he wants one.…
The Kuzminski property in the Town of Otsego contributes to a growing network of conserved lands that preserve the region’s rural character, environmental resilience and scenic landscape.…
The upcoming Hanford Mills Museum Ice Harvest, announcement of the NBHoF's new store set to open soon and events at the Gatehouse are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
110 YEARS AGO: The death of Newton Emmons occurred at a few minutes before 12 o’clock on the night of Tuesday, January 18 at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Emmons on the Emmons homestead about three miles east of this city. Mr. Emmons was born in the city of Oneonta on January 13, 1870...…
