THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 6, 2023 FRONT PAGE Go Hawks! Say ‘Cheese!’ Vols Sought for Earth Day Task 354 Main Street, Otego: ‘More Than Just a Store’ Inside The Paper Randy Johnson Opens Fenimore Art Museum Photography Exhibition Iron String Press Welcomes New Staff Writer Fallen Middlefield Soldier Featured in ‘Faces of Margraten’ Book News Briefs: April 6, 2023 Perspectives Editorial The Results Are In Columns Noteworthy: Continuing Ed Yields Measurable Results for Shelter…
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Letter from Maureen Dill Cannabis Tax Revenue Crossroads Solution To borrow a headline from a recent news report, we here in rural Otsego County are indeed “at the crossroads,” with a growing shortfall in emergency medical services across our county and the reported decline in volunteer EMS workers. New York State itself is at the crossroads and state government must be urged to seize the opportunity to apply cannabis tax revenues where they are most needed, as has been done…
Village of Cooperstown To Receive $4.5 Million Via NY Forward Program Villages of Sharon Springs, DolgevilleWill Receive $2.25 Million Apiece By DARLA M. YOUNGS COOPERSTOWN Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh didn’t know the Village of Cooperstown was to receive $4.5 million until Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez announced the award right in front of her during a press conference last week. State dignitaries and area officials had gathered on Thursday, March 2 at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum,…
The Partial Observer: Adrian Kuzminski Fate of Home Rule, State Budget Now Depends on State Legislators On March 1, the Otsego County Board of Representatives stood up for their constituents in what could be an historic vote. In a welcome show of solidarity, the board voted unanimously to oppose key provisions of Governor Hochul’s proposed New York State budget for 2024, which would concentrate state power at local expense while trampling our constitutional right to home rule. This newspaper, reflecting…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 2, 2023 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Public Hearing Set for March 7Lake Street Permit To Be Considered Maher, Oberacker Calling forUniversal School Meals Program DEC Summer Camp Spots Up for Grabs Inside The Paper OHS Drama Club Disney Character ‘Breakfeast’ Is This Saturday Middlefield Adopts Solar Panel Zoning Law SUNY Theatre Department to Present ‘Bernhardt/Hamlet’ Empty Bowls Luncheon Returns; Proceeds To Benefit Food Pantry Thinning of Deer Herd…
Drnek: Foundation Firm, This Year We Build Editor’s Note: Oneonta Mayor Mark Drnek was a panelist at the recent Otsego County Chamber of Commerce “State of the State” Breakfast. The following is his address. Good morning, everyone.I want to thank the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, and especially Sean Lewis, Katrina Van Zandt, and Karen Laing, for putting this presentation together. I feel confident saying that the folks on this panel are immersed in the service of our constituents…And though…
Chamber Kicks Off 2023 with ‘State of the State’ Breakfast Event By CASPAR EWIGONEONTA It was a sellout crowd last Friday, January 20, as the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual “State of the State” networking breakfast. The conference, which took place in the Otsego Grille of SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Hall, was introduced by Sean Lewis, president and chief executive officer of the chamber, as a vehicle to “allow the panelists a chance to express their view of…
City Receives Grant For Theatre Restoration ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta has been awarded a $500,000.00 grant to assist in the stabilization of the historic Oneonta Theatre by Governor Kathy Hochul and the Housing Trust Fund Corporation. The Oneonta Theatre opened in 1897 as a vaudeville house, and later as a cinema. Recently, the New York State Preservation League listed the Downtown Oneonta Historic District, including the Oneonta Theatre, on its 2022/23 list of “Seven to Save” historic resources.…
2022 Midterm Election Results The polls closed last night for the 2022 Midterm Elections. This morning Spectrum news is reporting the following results of the statewide elections. In the Race for Governor Kathy Hochul has received 3,022,429 (52.7%) of the vote in the statewide race with Lee Zeldin receiving 2,709,903 (47.3%). In Otsego County Hochul received 8,540 (39.80%) of the vote to Lee Zeldin’s 12,874 (59.99%). For the State Attorney General Letitia James received 3,054,696 (54.1%) with challenger Michael Henry…
Letter from Wayne Mellor Sustainable Otsego Announces Endorsements Sustainable Otsego is a non-partisan, social media network and political action committee with three guiding principles: 1. Sustainability; 2. Economic independence; and, 3. Home rule. For the November 8, 2022 election we endorse:…
