Even though Alan B. Donovan may be retiring from the State University College at Oneonta next month, the community won't be seeing much less of the 20-year college president and his wife, Annie.....more>>
Most longtime Oneontans and out-of-town visitors have favorite memories of their times at the Oneonta Theater. When you go back as far as 1898, there are plenty to choose from.
While Cooperstown is indeed a primary destination for visitors to its museums and attractions, there is a slightly lesser-known but popular destination for people searching for their family roots and much more.
Sometimes, you take risks when moving to a new location. When new opportunities present themselves and you decide to make the move to that new place, certainly you'd plan to check out the area before making the move.
“We Are Not Satisfied Unless You Are.” Open an Oneonta city directory from the 1940s and ’50s, and you’ll spot this advertisement by Lothar Fieg, builder.
Times were exciting in the spring of 1908 in Oneonta. The legislation for the village to become a city was being finalized and it was getting to be any day now that Gov. Charles Evans Hughes would sign the bill into law. As it turned out, the governor signed the legislation on May 21.
The grocery shopping experience has certainly changed in the past few generations. We've gone from the "mom-and-pop" stores in a neighborhood near you, to the kind of today with several thousand square feet of space.
Back in May, 1988, former Oneonta city historian Eugene Milener was asked what should be done with the city-owned Swart-Wilcox House. The 1807 "salt box" style house had been largely ignored since the city had purchased it in 1975.
Few, if any, would ever think of Cooperstown as being an industrial village. But nearly 100 years ago, Cooperstown's Main Street had one very busy location, where today's Key Bank building is, at 101 Main St. This was the Arthur H. Crist Co., a printing and publishing house.
Young people, whether it's in the early 21st century or the mid-19th century, have always had a few similar situations in growing up around Oneonta. They can be fun, or not fun at all.
Beef has made the news a lot over the years. Recently, we heard of how more than 143 million pounds of beef were recalled becasue of animal abuse and some illnesses of the E. coli virus. We've also heard about mad cow disease in recent years.
The leisure life of Oneontans got some major improvements in 1928. If you liked to shop, play golf or baseball, swim or go to the movies, that year ushered in changes to the quality of life in Oneonta for generations to come.
You've probably seen or heard about this situation before. Someone goes to a convention or meeting. They come back from it with an idea. They share the idea, and the next thing you know, the idea catches on with co-workers or members of the community.
Gentlemen readers, you know you're a "pack rat" when you find projects still lying around you made in shop class many, many years ago. "Industrial Arts" was a nicer name for shop class.
Things weren't easy for people who became seriously ill or injured in the Delhi area, before 1920. For that matter, it wasn't easy for doctors, as they had to go from home to home to treat the sick or injured. Imagine " no decent hospital in Delhi.
Our region has a long history of farming, dating back to when the first settlers came, clear cut their land and sold the lumber to larger cities farther down the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers.
About the time the bill was signed by Gov. Charles Evans Hughes to make Oneonta a city in May 1908, the area we know today as the West End, or The Plains, was still a very quiet area.
The countdown is on. We're now inside a year until all television is broadcast digitally, and unless you make certain technical arrangements by then, you could be staring at a blank screen.
Fifty years ago this week, Americans opened the comic page in their newspapers and readers were introduced to a new strip featuring an anteater, snake, dinosaur and assorted caveman characters in a prehistoric setting.
Part of the skyline of our nation's capital, Washington, D.C., is adorned with the Washington Monument. The 555-foot obelisk has been standing at the west end of the National Mall since its completion in 1884.
If you stand in front of 125 Main St. in Oneonta today, near the corner of Chestnut and Main, there is plenty of activity to observe. On any weekday, you can see people boarding and departing from Oneonta Public Transit buses at the main terminal or people shopping at the Clinton Plaza. On a weekend late night, you might see a few intoxicated people returning to campus or home from the Water and Market Street area.
There's plenty of news coverage these days about the upcoming "Super Tuesday," with primaries in many states to determine who will be nominated for the presidential election this November.
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