One of the topics our readers seem most interested in is Bassett Healthcare Network, and their questions and comments run the gamut—from health concerns, to financial stability, to staffing and housing shortages.…
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Many thanks to Bill Miller for sharing this photo, which he describes as an “inundated Brookwood Garden on a foggy morn.”…
CANO Receives $5K Award Toward Juneteenth Celebration ONEONTA—The Community Arts Network of Oneonta has received a $5,000.00 award from the Community Foundation of Otsego County in support of the 2024 Juneteenth Celebration. The event will be held on Saturday, June 22 on Field Number 5 in Oneonta’s Neahwa Park. The free, family-friendly, Oneonta Juneteenth Celebration is a forum for celebrating Black joy and justice. In its fifth year in Oneonta, Juneteenth is a day filled with Black culture, community relationships,…
Every fourth Saturday of the month from 7-9 p.m.—including this coming Saturday—the “Coffee House” that springs up at the Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church at 128 Church Street holds an open mic night.…
Looking back over the past five years, Weaver said that what he has liked most has been his customers. “The biggest enjoyment has been serving people the way I like to be served and having a relaxed place for people to do their shopping,” Weaver said, adding that the four things he focuses on most are “great service, quality products, fair prices, and a clean store.”…
The Class of 2024 will be inducted on Saturday, September 21 as part of homecoming weekend. There will be a ceremony at 4 p.m. in the middle/high school’s Sterling Auditorium, followed by the homecoming football game at Lambert Field at 7 p.m. Inductees will also be introduced before the football game.…
National Volunteer Week is currently underway. Observed this year from Sunday, April 21 through Saturday, April 27, these seven days—the theme of which is “Celebrate Service”—provide an opportunity for those who volunteer to reflect on the people and causes that have inspired them to serve.…
A century of pictures of club members from years past, accounts of Rotary events over the century—it goes on and on through the years, all assembled and displayed by past President Ellen Tillapaugh and her husband, Gary Kuch.…
I want to commend Robert Bensen and Teresa Winchester for their highly informative article about the West End gas explosion in Oneonta.…
Letter from Jay Bosley Bassett Project Will Be Beneficial This writing is in response to your April 4, 2024 editorial regarding housing in Oneonta and Cooperstown, New York. It is true, a possible 100 percent of voting-age residents living on Averill Road, Cooperstown were against the Bassett project in January of 2023, all four of them. That changed in September of 2023, when we moved into our place. We respect our neighbors’ opposition to the Bassett project, but my wife…