Lady Ostapeck, whose birth name was Alma Kaukinen, was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother died a few days after she gave birth and her father, an immigrant from Finland, left the newborn child in the care of her mother’s sister.…
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The VRP provides assistance to responsible property owners of smaller-scale rental housing, with priority given to local property owners and property owners who own no more than 20 residential units.…
At a time when many are feeling at a loss to do anything effectual about the rapid authoritarian take-over of our country, protesting Etsy’s selling of Alligator Alcatraz products is something that may well reap results. Three actions, given a high rate of participation, can effect a positive outcome.…
In this installment of “Town Talk,” Village of Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh answers a few quick questions from General Manager/Senior Editor Darla M. Youngs to update readers on village business.…
185 YEARS AGO: ONE CENT REWARD—Ran away, or rather walked away (being too lazy to run) from the Subscriber on Sunday, the 9th inst., an indentured Apprentice Boy named William Henry Baird. This is to forbid all persons harboring or trusting said Boy on my account, as I shall pay no debts of his contracting after this date. The above reward will be paid to any person who will return said boy, but no charges paid, and but few thanks…
135 YEARS AGO: Excerpts from a letter responding to quote taken from the New York Tribune: “The hop crop has left New York millions of dollars worse off; that hop culture has been the means of causing several counties of the state to pass twice over through bankruptcy; that farms prostituted to this delusive product have already been, on the average, twice under the hammer, or are mortgaged so deeply that they will take their second leap very soon. So,…
On Saturday, September 6, we kick off the season with “Sunshine and Thunderstorms,” featuring music of contrast and vitality. “Wintersong,” on Saturday, December 6, brings warmth and wonder to the colder months through folk-inspired works and lyrical treasures.…
135 YEARS AGO: Local: A “Reception of College Men,” to which about 300 invitations were issued, is being held at the rooms of the Y.M.C.A. this Wednesday evening. It promises to be one of the most pleasant local social events of the season. Among recent college graduates and present students in and near this village, and who will probably be present, are: Cornell, Charles I. Thayer and Charles H. Parshall; Hamilton, John B. Hooker, Jr.; Hobart, Horace C. Hooker; Princeton,…
90 YEARS AGO: A big army bomber flew itself over a triangular course today. Only at the take-off and landing did the pilot put his hands on the controls. Army Air Corps officers hailed the feat as “successful automatic radio navigation.” But, the engineers emphasized there is no thought of sending huge bombing planes, crewless, to rain death upon an enemy in any future war, even though England’s little “Queen Bee” planes have demonstrated that unmanned aircraft can be flown…
Masks are great, especially if one does not wish to contract a possibly fatal or debilitating disease. Normally, masks are worn at costume parties, garb associated with holiday rituals, and often by criminals wishing to conceal their identity. The latter seems reasonable if one wishes to escape capture, although not even that might save one, given the proclivity of most criminals to make a fatal mistake that enables “legitimate” law enforcement officials to eventually corral them.…
