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Professor Alex Thomas, executive director of the PLACES Institute at SUNY Oneonta, cited the history of Otsego County and the region, from early and long-lasting successes to steady decline since 1970. Dire projections show the possibility of Otsego County’s population dropping by 25 percent by 2050.…
Iron String Press reached out to Otsego County leaders and readers for their thoughts on Saturday’s shooting and repercussions to the nation and to society moving forward. Here is what those who responded had to say:…
Next month, former Town of Richfield Supervisor Daniel Sullivan will receive the Levine Community Service Award on Monday, April 8 during the NYPF’s 83rd annual conference, held in Saratoga Springs.…
The four-person panel, moderated by Heather Devitt of Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, represented a balance between both small and medium-sized farms and restaurants.…
The seeds of success were sown a decade earlier, five town administrations ago, at a meeting in Richfield Springs during the fall of 2014.…
Route 20 Co-president Phil Durkin, Town of Richfield Supervisor Dan Sullivan and Otsego County Film Commissioner Greg Klein were at the event to give Lowry a plaque thanking and honoring her for making movies in the region for 50-plus years.…
The RIC was conceived jointly by SUNY Oneonta President Cardelle and his counterpart at Hartwick College, Darren Reisberg. As newly-inaugurated leaders of their institutions, both saw the need for relevant, deep connection to the community outside the traditional academic relationship.…
New York State Archives recently announced the winners of the 2023-2024 Local Government Records Management Improvement Fund grant program. The Archives awarded 87 grants totaling $5.2 million for municipal projects related to inactive records, files management, management of historical records or digitization.…
The Richfield Springs Community Food Cooperative will hold its second annual Wellness Fair in Spring Park from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 9. The free event is nearly twice the size of the inaugural fair last year, with 28 exhibitors on site to educate the public about a variety of topics related to human, animal, and community health and wellness.…
Using ARPA funds from Otsego County, the Town has significantly upgraded the Baker’s Beach facility on Canadarago Lake. Improvements include the installation of boat docks at the south end of the property and the purchase of playground equipment for the beach. Further improvements are in the planning stages.…