135 YEARS AGO: Local—The new Election Law provides that “on or before the first day of September 1890, and in each year thereafter, the officers now charged by law with the division or alteration of election districts shall alter or divide the existing election districts whenever necessary in such manner that each election district shall not contain more than 300 voters. This will make alterations necessary in 19 districts in this county, just one-half; and, in several cases the excess…
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110 YEARS AGO: What up to the present is the last word in the treatment of disease through the medium of the X-Ray is believed to be the Scheidel-Western Improved Interrupterless Transformer and X-Ray outfit which this week has been installed in the office of Dr. Daniel Luce in this city. R.K. Taylor, an expert representative of the manufacturer, was in Oneonta this week, and on Monday began the demonstration of the apparatus to all who are interested in this…
First discovered in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope, K2-18b quickly drew attention. It is roughly 2.6 times Earth’s diameter, making it unlike anything in our solar system—a so-called “hycean” world. Imagine a planet with a deep, global ocean beneath a huge, puffy atmosphere dominated by hydrogen and helium. It’s not unlike Lewis’ fictional world Perelandra: vast, watery, mysterious.…
Magnet recognition is one of the gold standards in the healthcare field for excellence in nursing and hospital performance. The fact that Bassett Medical Center is outperforming hospitals across the state and nationally—by ANCC standards—in these key clinical areas means our patients and communities can depend on us for best-in-class care close to home.…
The Seed Starters have set a goal to raise 2,000 plants for the 2025 Otsego Master Gardener Plant Sale, which will be held this Saturday, May 17, rain or shine, at CCESO’s Otsego Education Center, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown.…
160 YEARS AGO: The new three-cent coin is coming into circulation. The size of the piece is precisely that of the dime, which may not have been wholly forgotten. The obverse bears the head of Liberty, with the legend “United States of America,” and the date “1865.” The reverse has the Roman numerals “III” surrounded by a wreath. The edge of the coin is plain unlike that of the ten-cent piece, which is milled. When new, the piece has a…
110 YEARS AGO: Mayor Joseph Lunn and 46 former Oneonta boys gathered last Friday evening in New York City and sat down to a tempting dinner, smoked some fine Doyle & Smith cigars from the old home town and then proceeded to have a rousingly good time talking over the old days spent on their native heath. Four hours of chumship and friendship reigned as of old and everybody had a real enjoyable time. The occasion was the second annual…
...as someone who has emerged from the other side of the Iron Curtain, I have encountered some startling misconceptions about the Soviet Union and its people during my time in the United States. One of the most egregious is the claim that “Russia” (aka the former Soviet Union) fought alongside Nazi Germany during World War II.…
The Guild of the Glimmerglass Festival has scheduled two “A Day at the Festival for Students” events this summer to make it easy for young people and their families or chaperones to learn about opera and to attend a performance.…
We were medics attached to the Seventh Army and out on maneuvers. I pitched my pup tent with a guy named Hailey from Niagara Falls. He had already been in Germany for a year and could speak a bit of the language.…
