135 YEARS AGO: Geo. B. Shearer, Oneonta’s enterprising dealer in musical instruments, last week purchased the stock, machinery, materials and good will of the famous McCammon piano factory of Albany.…
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I watched a full rehearsal of “A Day in Hollywood, A Night in Ukraine” just before tech week started. More than a night of entertainment, the musical offered me a showcase of versatility, timing and theatrical range.…
My son Jonathan called me the other night to tell me that he missed the old house in Brooklyn. He had lived there his whole life as I did mine—except for the Army, and my longest winter in Richfield Springs. I told him that I missed the house, too, and described my last days there.…
At FamPlan’s six medical centers, in Oneonta, Norwich, Sidney, Walton, Binghamton, and Cortland, services include annual exams, birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, HIV prevention, and more.…
160 YEARS AGO: Public Health—The Cholera having made its appearance in this country, the public authorities of New York and other cities are taking energetic measures for checking the spread of the disease. It may not be confined to the large towns or villages, but will be very likely to make its appearance, to some extent, in the rural districts.…
110 YEARS AGO: Monday was opening day at the new offices of the Oneonta Light & Power Co. The company has for several weeks been busy in remodeling and redecorating the store at 172 Main Street. From ceiling to floor, the room has been refinished, the artistic new iron ceiling painted a flat white, the side walls finished in a delicate shade of oatmeal paper, and the wainscoting in Lincrusta.…
It is time for the United States to say farewell to NATO, so that we can focus our limited resources in meeting the real threat to our security in the Indo-Pacific. Europe can take care of itself.…
Walter Lippman warned against the “tyranny of the majority” quite some time ago. As he puts it, just because you have the numbers does not mean you are right.…
Most of us think of our bodies as a single organism—just us. But the story is more complicated. Trillions of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes live on our skin, in our mouths, and in our gut. Together, they form what scientists call the human microbiome.…
Meet “the Supers”—this year’s Guest Conductor Competition contenders who share a remarkable common thread: David Rowley of Oneonta, Ramona Wenck of Laurens, and Gary Kuch of Cooperstown have all served as superintendents for local school districts.…
