135 YEARS AGO: Dr. Lynn Babcock of Norwich, known to many of our readers personally, and to others as a noted teacher of piano music and conductor of concerts, and as a dealer in musical instruments, belongs to a rare type of Americans...…
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110 YEARS AGO: James P. Butts, a veteran of the Rebellion, a leading contractor and builder, and for many years a resident of Oneonta, died at five o’clock this Thursday morning at his home, 61 Elm Street, Oneonta. He had been in failing health for several years and for the last twelve weeks had been confined to the house and for two weeks to his bed....…
Enough. ICE and CBP need to leave Minnesota and Maine, where they have started another invasion operation, full stop. Our own New York senators, representatives, and Governor Hochul must call for the full cessation of ICE and CBP activities in all American cities, towns, and rural areas immediately.…
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.…
Anyone can learn the basics: how a bill becomes law, or what local municipal bodies or school boards have the power to do in their communities. Anyone can speak up by writing to their lawmakers or sharing their ideas with elected officials.…
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.…
210 YEARS AGO: Gas Light—We learn by the late English papers, that Covent Garden Theatre, and a number of London streets, are now illuminated by Gas Lights. They are represented as being infinitely less noxious and lastly more economical that the common lamplight by oil.…
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...…
The White House explained that the withdrawals “will end American taxpayer funding and involvement in entities that advance globalist agendas over U.S. priorities” or that are ineffective.…
More than 500 U.S. counties across 46 states are federally designated veterinary shortage areas. Just 1.3 percent of registered veterinarians specialize in food animal practice. This frontline workforce is fraying at a time when U.S. farms produce over 94 percent of all red meat and poultry Americans consume.…
