“Teachers are excited about it. Students are more engaged,” Oneonta High School Principal Kevin Stevens said in an interview. Students “like that they’re talking more with their friends and have less time being spent on their own personal devices.”…
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Friday night's “Tales of Terror: An Evening of Stories by Edgar Allan Poe," the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer's and a retirement party for Al Keck are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Among the 29 honored schools across the U.S. and Ireland were Gilbertsville-Mount Upton Central School, Milford Central School, Otsego Area Occupational Center, Owen D. Young Central School, Richfield Springs Central School, and Worcester Central School.…
The discovery of a new organelle in human cells, an exhibit commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Glimmerglass National Register Historic District, a new hire at Golden Artist Colors and a link to Bill Miller's recap video of the General Clinton Canoe Regatta are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Star Wars Weekend 2025 at Worcester's Wieting Theatre, state testing of milk and dairy products, the Village of Unadilla's Hometown Heroes Banner program and a blood drive at FoxCare Center are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Fikes’ deep roots in the Civil Rights Movement date from the 1960s. As a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Fikes sat in at lunch counters, boycotted buses, registered voters, and led walkouts of her own R.B. Hudson High School—all to advocate for desegregation, voting rights, and social justice.…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously said, “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” As an activist, this was an extremely strong quote. It can mean numerous things to many individuals but, in my perspective, this quote is simply saying that we as people have a choice and can make a decision.…
“We spent the following week exploring the nest and learning all about wasps. The children were eager and excited to see and touch the nest and, with a magnifying glass and head lamps, could even see way down deep inside of it. We also read books about wasp homes, and studied the body parts and life cycle of wasps,” Marshall said.…
Martha Mary (Richtsfeld) Messner, a well-known and much-loved nurse in Otsego County for most of her life, died on December 13, 2024 at age 75 after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Martha was born on March 22, 1949 in Oneonta, New York, to Erna and Marcus Richtsfeld, both immigrants from Germany, and was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Delhi on May 1, 1949. Martha grew up on the family dairy farm near East Meredith where she and her…
Catch up on academic honors, awards, graduations and commendations earned by students throughout Otsego County.…
