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Edition of 05/29/2025 - Page 2

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News from the Noteworthy: Summer Brings Tourists, Baseball and Train

June brings the return of baseball camp business to the region. Cooperstown Dreams Park and Cooperstown All Star Village will be in full swing, and thousands of visitors will be visible throughout the county. They will be eating in our restaurants, shopping in our stores, and walking on our streets the entire summer. To some, this represents an inconvenience. I could not disagree more.…
May 29, 2025
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Life Sketches: Five Easy Pieces and a Spinet

Awhile back my good friend and chicken guru, Jim McNulty, called to tell me that he had found the piano of his dreams: “a Winter spinet for free!” It was down in Middlefield and he wanted to know if he could have the use of my truck to bring it home. I told him about a terrible time two friends and I had had getting an old piano out of a basement because it was so heavy and the stairs…
May 29, 2025
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Invasive Species: Pesky Plants: Coltsfoot Not Easy to Rein In

Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) is a small perennial plant that is invasive in much of the northeastern United States. It crops up in areas where the soil has been disturbed, such as roadsides and building sites. Coltsfoot’s value to wildlife in our area is very small. It spreads by both sending out underground shoots (rhizomes) and by seeds carried on the wind after the bloom.…
May 29, 2025
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Be Afraid But Do It Anyway: Choices Lead to Life Changes

Has someone ever asked you for advice? Should they move from this company to that one? From one career to another? From one city to another? A dear friend of mine has these questions looming large. Thinking about her choices at 3 a.m., suddenly I remembered several forks in the road I had taken. I had not known what they would mean.…
May 29, 2025
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The Dog Charmer: No Prong Collars, Please

J and P, if I pull you by your noses, you know what’s going to follow? Your heads, followed by your bodies. It’s that simple. The gentle leader fits around the dog’s snout, with the leash attaching underneath. The one negative, which I don’t really consider a negative—it will take you about 15 minutes to acclimate Della to the GL.…
May 29, 2025
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