110 YEARS AGO: In Our Town—The Otesaga Hotel closes on Friday morning after breakfast, having had the most prosperous season of its existence. The plan of keeping the house open through the entire month of September has been more than satisfactory to Manager Knott, the patronage having been far above his anticipations. The house was filled to its capacity over the weekend. September 29, 1915…
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110 YEARS AGO: Paper ballots and not voting machines must be used for submitting the proposed new state constitution to the voters at the election on November 2. The decision was rendered as an opinion by Attorney General Woodbury in response to inquiries by Secretary of State Hugo. However, the voting machines may be used for voting upon the two constitutional amendments authorized by the legislature, including referendum or woman suffrage and a $27,000,000 bond issue to complete the barge…
Purple loosestrife is beautiful, especially when it blooms en masse, in a single-species stand around a pond or in a wetland area. The flower stalks are pink more than purple and very pretty. The trouble is that it is an invasive species that none of our local birds, mammals or fish need to survive.…
I have a goldendoodle who I often refer to as "Crackhead." His name is Jeffrey and I adopted him at 6 months of age. He's now 3. I use an e-collar every day.…
My earliest memories of The Pavilion are when I was about 5 years old and my dad rented a rowboat there. At the time, I was impressed with the lake’s dam and the giant towers that supported the power lines with their huge ceramic insulators.…
LEAF offers free evidence-based education to students in Otsego and Chenango counties. Our educators discuss difficult topics with local youth, such as identifying and mitigating bullying, rejecting peer pressure, making healthy choices, navigating conflict, and understanding the harmful effects of youth substance use.…
110 YEARS AGO: Doctors and Drugs: A large number of physicians are themselves addicted to morphine. This is no wonder, considering the strenuous life they lead, and the fact that they are continually handling the drug. Conscientious physicians have for some time...…
110 YEARS AGO: Murderous Assault—Awakened from a sound sleep by the slash of a razor across her face and her infuriated husband standing over the bed making further attempts to carry out his fiendish motives was the experience of Mrs. Mary Bovenzi at the home at 63 Main Street, a 5:30 o’clock Tuesday morning...…
Just hours after conservative and spiritual activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down in front of thousands of students who had gathered at Utah Valley University for the start of his “American Comeback Tour,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox spoke at a press conference about the shooting. I was deeply moved.…
The Erie Canal changed the political and social fabric of a young American nation, not unlike the times we find ourselves in today. Historian Carol Sheriff explores many of those cultural themes in her award-winning book “The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862,” Sheriff renders a rich account of how the canal changed American life between the War of 1812 and the Civil War.…
