COVID Update for December 28 The latest information from the Otsego County Health Department shows: 217 active cases 57 new cases…
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Letter: An opinion on patriotism To the Editor, The Democrats have control of our country currently and the leadership has come under control of globalist radicals trying to implement their “Global Great Reset.” They need to take this country out of the way first so they can proceed. This is why they had to take the 2020 election and the Georgia Senate runoff in January. Four more years of Trump would have probably put an end to their long-progressing plan.…
Tips for travelers amid COVID chaos Covid-19 wreaked havoc with domestic and international travel, but a local expert says travelers are beginning to regroup and can benefit from a reminder on new protocols in place. “There are some important things to keep in mind now that people are thinking of traveling again, especially internationally,” said Joan Badgley, owner of Leatherstocking Trails travel agency in Cooperstown. Some may have let their passports lapse during the Covid-19 travel shutdown.…
Santa’s one-of-a-kind Cottage marks 40 cozy years This week’s edition goes to press as Santa Claus makes his final preparations for his Christmas Eve trip around the globe, but for the last four decades, he’s had a wonderful place to call home in his visits to Cooperstown. The 2021 Christmas season marks the fortieth anniversary of the village’s one-of-a-kind Christmas Cottage, located each year in Pioneer Park. That the Cottage still looks brand-new is testimony to its design and construction…
Letter: A Pearl Harbor Day plea To the Editor: I write this on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day for those of us who were old enough to recall the events of that Sunday in 1941, a “day of infamy” as FDR proclaimed to Congress and the world. A joint session of Congress unanimously declared war the next day. America had entered World War II and committed itself to a total wartime footing. Young and not-so-young men stretched in long lines…
Bound Volumes 210 YEARS AGO Advertisement – Millinary (sic), Miss Smith informs the public that she has commenced the Millinary business in a part of the store formerly occupied by Cory & Cook; where she has just received from New York the latest fashions for Velvet Jockies, Winter, Straw and Silk Hats, Turbans, etc, which will be sold at the most reduced prices for cash. Cooperstown. December 21, 1811…
Letter: ‘Pot’tersville To the Editor: Frank Capra’s classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” was set in the fictitious village of Bedford Falls, modeled after the real town of Seneca Falls, New York. In the movie, in an alternative reality, the town declines into Pottersville, where the protagonist George Bailey gets drunk in a bar that was not in Bedford Falls. The salient cinematic difference between the two towns can be summed up as bad zoning: Pottersville’s main street is festooned with…
New York’s Styrofoam ban hits Jan. 1 New York’s ban on single-use Styrofoam food and beverage containers, as well as ‘packing peanuts,’ takes effect January 1, 2022. That brings an end to Styrofoam bowls, cartons, hinged ‘clamshell’ containers, cups, lids, plates, trays, or anything else used to ‘temporarily store or transport prepared foods or beverages.’ Also out: packing peanuts and other loose bits of packaging protection that contains Styrofoam. The law allows a civil penalty of up to $250 for…
Life during COVID: December in Otsego By Richard Sternberg M.D. Checking the Otsego County Department of Health dashboard on December 20 showed a distinct uptick in a number of cases of COVID in recent days. Most of these still are probably from Delta, but also are beginning to reflect the Omicron variant. The website did not identify the specific variant of those cases. Dr. Fauci says the number of cases of the Omicron across the United States doubles every two…
With apologies to Charles Dickens By Ted Potrikus I welcomed Christmas Past into our family room a few nights ago by playing Bing Crosby 78s from my parents’ record collection. Knowing these belonged to my Mom and Dad brings me great joy, and as the perfectly scratchy discs played, it was nice to be sitting again in the village where they lived and played those same records dozens of years ago. Of course I thought of them as I often…
