For many people in Otsego County, firearms are not political props or cultural flashpoints. They are tools. They are used for protection, hunting, property defense and traditions handed down through families.…
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Organized by CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, Butternut Valley Indivisible, and the Otsego County Democratic Committee, local demonstrators again gathered to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions nationwide and a recently-signed Warrant Service Officer agreement between the agency and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office.…
The case for a new jail has included that the old one is built with an outdated design that is less rehabilitative for incarcerated individuals and under new state rules requires heavier staffing, it is falling into disrepair and does not have enough space for the jail population.…
While offering food to deer may seem compassionate during the cold winter months, it can have serious and unintended consequences. Deer that become accustomed to being fed by people lose their innate ability to forage.…
A report issued in September 2022 by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, titled “How Communities Are Responding to Vehicular Homelessness,” points out that communities are seeing an increase in “visible vehicular homelessness” as housing prices continue to rise in many of the nation’s cities.…
Officials met at the Cooperstown Central School on March 22, 2023 to review the proposed Village of Cooperstown Southern Boundary Extension/Annexation, comprised of four parcels of land, all of which are uninhabited and tax exempt.…
Funding was made available by two grants under the Statewide Interoperable Communications Grant Program. It will be administered by the State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and will directly support local emergency response capabilities and promote interoperability and compatibility for public safety agencies throughout the state.…
Beware of Ticks Some of us never come in contact with ticks, at least that we know of. But others are greatly affected. “There is a huge tick problem here in our county, more than usual. We have a nice environment for tick-borne disease,” said Dr. Mandy Roome, Ph.D., research scientist at the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety. A white-footed mouse attracts the most ticks, and ticks are always looking for somewhere to keep warm, so they are…
Governor’s State-of-the-State speech a wish list for big election year By Ted Potrikus New York’s governor delivers a state-of-the-state address at the start of each calendar year; the speech a sitting governor gives at the onset of an election year is, however, always something a little different, a little more ambitious in scope. Such is the case today (January 5) with a brief-by-comparison speech from Governor Kathy Hochul – her first since assuming the mantle after disgraced ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo…
Editorial, August 3, 2018 America – And Cooperstown – Fearing Fear Itself One of the many delights in getting older is you realize some things aren’t going to be resolved in your lifetime. If you’re 65-and-holding, you can relax. American paranoia and its companion, the National Security State, won’t be dissipated tomorrow, if it can ever. And, year to year, we witness the ever-fuller flowering of these truly abhorrent aspects of modern American life during the Hall of Fame’s Induction…
