“This evening, I am proud to acknowledge four more outstanding women—trailblazers each—to join the ranks of those previously honored by the commission,” Drnek said. He read a detailed proclamation personalized to each award winner.…
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Members of the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station’s Volunteer Dive Team met on Saturday, March 29 at the BFS boathouse before setting out to redeploy no-wake zone buoys at Lakefront Park and Springfield Landing.…
Local Laws 2-5 were passed by the trustees. Local Laws 2-4 involve parking—Number 2 prohibits parking on the east side of Brooklyn Avenue, Number 3 prohibits parking on Upper Main Street from Grove Street to Averill Road, and Number 4 allows overnight parking on Fish Road in Lakefront Park from November 1 through April 1 on the east side of the roadway.…
“[PaintFest was] one of the very first events that we conceived of and organized. We actually weren’t even officially a not-for-profit at that point,” Rachel Rissberger, sitting OWL board secretary and first organization president, said when asked about PaintFest’s legacy.…
The Oneonta Concert Association will feature Blake along with a young trombonist and four other local musicians who will play as a quintet with Blake on Sunday, April 6 at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Oneonta.…
...more than 90 percent of the losses are of birds from just 12 families, among them sparrows, blackbirds, warblers and finches. Dark-eyed juncos are down 170 million; white-throated sparrows are down by 93 million; one of our favorites, the red-winged blackbird, has declined by more than 92 million, down from the 260 million of 50 years ago.…
Seeing such aggressive shredding of free speech rights by our national officials, I conclude that this federal administration is devolving into a taxpayer-funded criminal enterprise led by a convicted felon bent on revenge.…
Medicaid is slashed by $800 billion, and Medicare and Social Security are threatened. Medicaid funds nursing home care and funding for more affordable health insurance coverage, when not covered by your employer.…
In his speech before Congress, President Trump declared “I love the farmer.” But recent budget actions should make us wonder how true this is. First, grant money to help farms implement or improve energy efficiency and environmentally responsible practices was frozen.…
This bill would force every voter to present proof of citizenship, primarily through a passport or an original birth certificate, documents many Americans don’t readily have, every time they register or update their registration—in person.…