As leaders from diverse faith communities across Otsego County, we write to share our concern regarding the agreement between the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [a warrant service agreement as part of the 287(g) program with ICE on October 17, 2025].…
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According to the website Poem Analysis, “Christmas Bells,” written in 1863, contrasts war’s despair with Christmas hope, reflecting a longing for peace amid the Civil War’s discord.…
On the Christmas of her tenth year, I went to Sears and bought Elizabeth a full size, 26-inch, candy-apple red touring bike and stood it under the tree. As a family, we had already done a lot of riding and I thought she’d be delighted to get a full-size bike like Alice’s.…
Perhaps the most important message we can send during this season is that no one is obligated to endure harm for the sake of holiday harmony. Safety is not a luxury—it is a right. The glow of the season means little if it leaves some in the shadows.…
Other countries with high gun ownership per capita do not have daily mass shootings because they require gun owners to be licensed—like a driver’s license—with a written test, a proficiency test and annual liability insurance.…
The members of Congress now referred to by some as the “Seditious Six,” after attempting to form doubts in the minds of our service members and intelligence officers as to the lawfulness of President Trump’s orders, were and are strangely silent about President Barack Obama’s drone strikes against suspected terrorists abroad.…
A book is always a great gift for curious children of all ages, but the massive quantities of children’s books in circulation can make that special gift hard to find. Here are my top book series suggestions for this holiday season, to make the search a little easier...…
160 YEARS AGO: New York Freedman’s Relief Association—A few ladies in Cooperstown have done something through this organization for the relief of suffering in the South...…
135 YEARS AGO: Local News – Seldom, if ever, has the sanitary condition of Oneonta been more satisfactory than at present. Seldom too, has health been so good. There is said to be not a single case of typhoid or other contagious or infectious fever...…
In order to cast a vote on any proposition—but especially one of such importance to the district—voters need, at the very least, to be informed of the vote in a timely manner. Ideally that information would be more than what is required legally.…
