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Feature | January 23, 2026
Most systems don't become difficult to operate because people stop caring. Often the opposite is true. People care enough to keep compensating for things the system doesn't represent. At small scale, that can work remarkably well. A few people can hold context in their heads, remember who promised what, resolve ambiguity with a phone call and patch gaps wit
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Feature | January 23, 2026
There is a moment that arrives quietly in a small publishing operation. Someone asks a perfectly reasonable question—“Are we all set with that advertiser?”—and nobody is quite sure how to answer. Not because nobody did the work. Usually several people did. The advertiser sent an email in March. Someone replied with pricing. Artwork arrived later by text be
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Feature | January 23, 2026
“Digital sovereignty” can sound considerably more impressive than the problems it usually needs to solve. At the scale of a small community, those problems are often ordinary. Can we reach people if a particular platform changes its rules? Can we move our data if a service becomes too expensive? Can somebody correct information that is wrong? Can the organi
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Feature | January 23, 2026
For most of its history, nobody needed to decide whether a local newspaper was a media company or infrastructure. It printed a newspaper. That activity happened to produce several other things at the same time. A community acquired a recurring record of itself. Businesses had somewhere familiar to advertise. Public meetings and local decisions became visibl
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Feature | January 23, 2026
There is a kind of knowing that doesn't arrive as a conclusion. You walk into a room and something feels different. You read a paragraph and know something is wrong with it before you can point to the sentence causing the problem. You hear a piece of music approaching a resolution without knowing enough theory to describe what the harmony is doing. The rec
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Feature | January 23, 2026
I apparently have a somewhat unusual way of seeing things. Even writing that sentence makes me cautious because people are very good at constructing flattering explanations of themselves. Once you've decided that you possess some unusual ability, almost anything can become evidence for it. The moments when the pattern works become memorable, while the misse
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News | January 22, 2026
MIDDLEBURGH - Building Big Ideas at Middleburgh elementary school. Students are preparing for the next Odyssey of the Mind competition. We know their imaginations and critical thinking will take them far at competitions later this year.
The Mountain EagleNews | January 22, 2026
SCHOHARIE — Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc. (RSS) is inviting Schoharie residents to attend a community information and engagement session focused on the proposed Depot Lane development. The drop-in event will be held on Tuesday, January 27 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Schoharie High School Cafeteria; in case of inclement weather, the event will be he
The Mountain EagleNews | January 22, 2026
SKCS/Andes 7-0 10-3 Charlotte Valley 4-2 6-5 Jefferson/Stamford 4-2 6-6 Windham 2-3 4-5 Gilboa Conesville/Roxbury 2-4 4-7 HTC 2-5 4-8 Margaretville 0-5 0-9 Delaware League Varsity Girls Basketball (8 league games) Stamford/Jefferson. 6-0 12-1 SKCS/Andes 4-2 7-5 HTC 3-3 6-6 Margaretville 1-3 2-8 Gilboa Conesville/Roxbury 0-6 2-9 Delaware League J
The Mountain EagleNews | January 22, 2026
BLOOMVILLE – Members of the Kortright Town Board conducted audits and reviewed balances and reserves during their first regular meeting of the new year on Monday. Newly elected Highway Superintendent Harry Craft developed a list of roadways slated for repairs in 2026 as the town awaits receipt of its Consolidated Highway Improvement Program fund reimbursemen
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News | January 22, 2026
HOBART - GOOD NEWS--The businesses and community library formerly located at The Hobart Inn are in the process of relocating to 40 Cornell Avenue, the former location of MacArthur Funeral Home. The businesses' names are More Good Books, Quarry Books, Caban Company and The Hobart Exchange. The community library is called The Book Nook. Relocation is well unde
The Mountain EagleNews | January 22, 2026
DELHI — SUNY Delhi is proud to announce that it has been recognized as one of America's Best Colleges for Women in 2026 by Newsweek and Gender Fair. SUNY Delhi placed in the Top 200 nationally, ranked as the #2 SUNY campus on the list, and tied for 20th place among all colleges in New York State. The inaugural ranking evaluates colleges and universities acr
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