The Oneonta Area NAACP calls for a thorough and transparent investigation into the circumstances of Sonya Massey’s death. We demand accountability and justice for Sonya and her family.…
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‘I’m certain that being called a ‘n—–‘ and experiencing hate many times in the past 47 years of my life has contributed greatly to my feelings of insecurity and lack of acceptance’ MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT Principal, Former Oneonta Council member, NAACP vice president Living With The ‘N-Word’ By MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Many people seem to believe that if one supports the Black Lives Matter movement, they cannot also be pro police. I disagree. And I refuse to participate in the vitriol…
Juneteenth Attendees Told ‘Speak Out’ Against Injustice…
TERM RUNS THROUGH DEC. 31 City Council Member Osterhoudt Resigns ONEONTA – Council member Michelle Osterhoudt, Fourth Ward, has announced she’s leaving Common Council Nov. 30, a month before her term expires, citing family obligations. She didn’t run for a second term, and will be succeeded by fellow Democrat Kaytee Lipari Shue on Jan. 1. “While I have enjoyed my position and truly love Oneonta and the Fourth Ward, it is clear that my obligations to my job and family…
2 COUNCIL MEMBERS DECRY ‘BABYSITTING‘ Y’s Summer Parks Program Removed From City Budget By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The YMCA Parks Program is on the chopping block to help closed a $338,067 gap already reduced from $2 million in the $15.2 million budget target Common Council is seeking to keep taxes stable in 2017. “We’re not a babysitting service,” said Council member Paul van der Sommen, First Ward. “We can’t justify the cost.” The Y’s Parks Program…
PEACE, LOVE ISLAMBERG! 1960s Mantra Is Updated Today By Outpouring At Sufi Enclave By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ISLAMBERG – In the end, love won. Five-hundred supporters from Oneonta, Cooperstown, Hancock and as far as South Carolina and Georgia stood united with the residents of Islamberg this afternoon against about a dozen “American Bikers United Against Jihad.” The motorcyclists had threatened to harass the Muslim community en masse. But today, only five bikers and five vehicles drove past the Sufi community…
SUNY Student To Council: Take It To The Streets…
MICHELLE OSTERHOUDT ONEONTA COMMON COUNCIL, WARD 4 COMMUNITY OF RESIDENCE: Elm Street, Oneonta EDUCATION: A.A.S. Degree in Liberal Arts Broome Community College B.S English Education SUNY Oneonta MSEd Curriculum and Instruction University of New England Currently working on Certificate Of Advanced Graduate Degree: Advanced Educational Leadership/Administration University of New England PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Public School Teacher Public Speaking Public Relations Professional Development Presenter: New York State Association for Computing and Technology New York State Stem Collaborative New York State English Council…
Candidates Discuss Town & Gown, City Priorities At 4th Ward Forum…