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This week, we reached out to our Otsego County friends and neighbors to find out what helps them relax in this heated political environment—what brings a smile to their faces, or reminds them that, regardless of our differences, it’s good to be an American.…
Shribman embodies a lifetime of work at leading newspapers (“The New York Times,” “The Boston Globe,” “The Wall Street Journal”), holding top positions at each one. As Washington Bureau Chief for “The Boston Globe,” he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for “Beat Reporting” on American political culture.…
Shribman, the executive editor emeritus of the “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette” and the J.W. McConnell Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University, brings decades of expertise in political journalism.…
Seeking ways to change downward trends in youth voting, Hartwick’s IPS invited high-school students from a nine-county area to submit essays or videos identifying reasons for dissatisfaction with the political process among young people and suggesting ways to more actively engage them in democracy.…
As of press time, five candidates had accepted the invitation to the Otsego County Candidate Forum on October 25: County Clerk candidate MacGuire Benton, New York State Supreme Court District 6 candidate Deirdre Hay, and County Board of Representatives candidates Margaret Kennedy, Nora Mendez, and Adrienne Martini.…