Some 30 million Americans with rare diseases are waiting not only for medications that don't yet exist, but also for tests that show existing medications can also help them. Lawmakers need to get small molecule and orphan drug research back on track. For many of us, it can be a matter of life and death.…
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Columns - Page 48
How easy it is to take things for granted. And if we are not careful, we will deprive ourselves of the riches trees bring us. And during the hot summer day, walking along the street, the shade provided by a generous tree brings relief and renewed energy to continue.…
Some of you may remember me from my tenure at “The Daily Star,” but for roughly the last 15 years, I have been part of the management team here at Opportunities for Otsego, handling the fiscal responsibilities for the agency.…
“The Tempest,” directed by Andrew Kahl, plays at SUNY Oneonta’s Goodrich Theatre November 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. Tickets go on sale November 14 and are free with a SUNY Oneonta student ID and $5.00 for general admission.…
160 YEARS AGO: Re-Election of Mr. Lincoln—It is probable that Mr. Lincoln—denounced by leading members of his own party as “a failure,” truly respected by but few of them, re-nominated by a convention made up largely of office-holders and contractors—has been re-elected to the Presidency of our dissevered and unhappy Republic. We esteem this a misfortune, which might have been prevented by wise action on the part of the Chicago Convention. The destinies of the country are to remain in…
90 YEARS AGO: Brooding over the death of his parents a few years ago, and despondent because he was left with almost no near relatives, Ellery A. McGinnis, 28 years old, went to his mother’s grave in Glenwood cemetery yesterday afternoon and ended his life by putting a bullet from a .32 caliber revolver through his head. Dr. Norman W. Getman of Oneonta, Otsego County coroner, visited the scene and inspected the body. Dr. Getman concluded that the man “died…
“Antigone,” directed by Marc Shaw, plays at Hartwick’s Lab Theater in the Bresee Hall Basement on Hartwick College’s campus with shows November 6–9 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 general admission and free for Hartwick students, faculty, and staff.…
As the son of the late American sculptor David Hayes, I am charged with advancing his legacy, work and reputation. Earlier this year, we donated several of his paintings to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, a public/private organization that works through the Department of State to place artwork in American embassies around the world. FAPE’s acceptance process is intensely selective.…
Professor Alex Thomas, executive director of the PLACES Institute at SUNY Oneonta, cited the history of Otsego County and the region, from early and long-lasting successes to steady decline since 1970. Dire projections show the possibility of Otsego County’s population dropping by 25 percent by 2050.…
The orchestra tipped its top hat to the great compositional school of America, a school that is primarily ignored not only here at home but abroad. This amounted to truly inspired concert programming. The concert opened with four arrangements by William Zinn of four famous songs of Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington.…
