The EPA’s July 18 announcement of its plans to close the Office of Research and Development and the Health and Human Services restructuring plan that pushed out practically everyone staffing the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health give evidence that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. have rarely, if ever, met a polluter or workplace abuser they could not support, all politspeak notwithstanding.…
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The report is a compilation of quantitative data gathered from the most recent census, program data, demographics, and other statistical sources and qualitative information gathered from surveys and community forums to give a clear picture of Otsego County.…
185 YEARS AGO: Otsego County Medical Society—At the annual meeting of the Otsego County Medical Society, held at the Eagle Tavern, in Cooperstown, on the 20th July, 1840, the following officers were duly elected for the ensuing year—Dr. Drake of Westford, President; Dr. Hannay of Cooperstown, Vice-President; Dr. Gorton of Gilbertsville, Secretary; Dr. Curtiss of Cooperstown, Treasurer and Librarian; Marks, Harper, Boyce, Secor, Metcalf, Censors; Curtiss, Spafard, Peake, Trustees of the Library. July 27, 1840…
110 YEARS AGO: Miss Lou Rogers, a talented cartoonist and one of the very best of her sex so engaged, visited Oneonta yesterday and last evening she gave a public exhibition of her work in front of the Windsor Hotel following the band concert. Miss Rogers was introduced by Professor W.H. Lynch, who complimented her upon the enviable reputation she has won. Miss Rogers made some clever drawings calculated to arouse interest in Equal Suffrage and to arouse interest in…
The corner store, a cornerstone of our village for generations, is now gone. It was more than a place to grab lunch or a sandwich before a baseball game. It was a place filled with memories, laughter and tradition. A place where kids felt safe, where neighbors connected, and where the hardworking business owners poured their hearts into serving our village, day in and day out. That store cannot be replaced—not in spirit, not in heart.…
One of the most engaging ways OCCA connects with the community is through its Community Science programs. These hands-on, volunteer-powered initiatives invite residents to help monitor and restore local ecosystems. Volunteers team up with OCCA staff to assess stream health, evaluate culverts for aquatic habitat connectivity, track shoreline algae blooms, remove invasive species, and more.…
135 YEARS AGO: When it was last week announced that Dr. John G. Wight had tendered his resignation as Principal of Cooperstown Union School and Academy, to accept the Principal’s position at the noted high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a salary of $3,000 a year, it was received with mingled feelings of regret and pride—regret that we must part with so useful and valued a citizen, but pride in his deserved promotion. As a leading and successful educator, Dr.…
90 YEARS AGO: A threat to legislate Jews out of Germany was the loudest gun fired today in the Nazis’ big drive against “reactionaries.” Julius Streicher, husky, bald Nazi boss of Franconia, who is considered the soul of Nazism’s hatred of Jews, voiced the threat in an address he delivered at Bernau, suburb of Berlin. He emphatically predicted anti-Semitic laws in the near future to put “Jews in their places” – the first time any high official had said anti-Semitism…
It takes chutzpah to present a 1962 play about battling academics and hope audiences will relate. Bigger Dreams Productions, under the direction of Gary E. Stevens, took that chance not long ago when the ensemble presented George and Martha, the eternal couple who love each other but can’t help but tear each other apart.…
About 450,000 Americans, 30,000 of them New York State residents, die of tobacco-related diseases annually, the number one cause of preventable deaths. Almost 1 million New Yorkers live with a serious smoking-related illness. E-cigarette use among New York State high-school students has dropped significantly from the peak of 27.3 percent in 2018, but almost one in five still used them in 2022.…
