Beginning this week, Iron String press will feature a weekly poll question to help gauge public opinion on various topics of interest.…
Beginning this week, Iron String press will feature a weekly poll question to help gauge public opinion on various topics of interest.…
Sunshine Week, held the week of James Madison’s birthday (March 16), is a nationwide effort to open up dialogue on the importance of transparency in government and freedom of information.…
Last time, we saw how our National Debt ballooned to $33 trillion from the $6 trillion spent by the Trump Administration and $3 trillion by the Biden Administration for the COVID rescue. The unprecedented spending definitely helped create an inflationary economy.…
The difference is that Foothills hosts a variety of performances—including the Met—year round. The Glimmerglass facility is open for 28 days this year, or less than 33 percent of the summer season.…
Mr. Harris claims the bans are ineffective, unscientific, unjust, and reactionary, but the evidence doesn’t bear that out.…
Resveratrol has been shown to have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which may protect the heart, brain, and blood vessels from damage. However, the evidence for its health benefits is not conclusive, and more research is needed to determine the optimal dose, safety, and effectiveness.…
There are many reasons for the organization to be grateful. At the end of 2023, a matching grant of $10,000.00 from The Scriven Foundation, as well as an anonymous donor’s gift of $5,000.00, gave the organization a vigorous jump start.…
210 YEARS AGO
“Geographic & Military Museum.” We have received the first number of a paper published in Albany, by Samuel R. Brown, under this title. We would recommend it to the attention of the public as worthy of patronage. In the meantime, we give our readers his very eccentric Dedication. “To the brave and patriotic, who are willing to expend blood or treasure in defence of the Republic; no matter in what state or on what river residing, or to…
135 YEARS AGO
An enthusiastic and crowded meeting of those interested in the Richfield Springs & Oneonta Railroad was held at Laurens Wednesday afternoon. President of the road, A.C. Couch was present and made a statement of the estimated cost of the road completed. The necessary bridges, cost per mile, and the cost of the rolling stock were included. He then proved to the satisfaction of the audience that the road would be a paying one from the start. The need…
Some typos are embarrassing, some are incorrect, some are simply hilarious and some can create havoc. Many typos are the result of the work of our modern-day journalists—writers, editors, typesetters, fact-checkers who are working in understaffed offices under undue pressure to get into print what is probably touted as “breaking news” but is, in fact, hastily thrown together and very often un-fact-checked news, perhaps re-slanted.…
Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.
$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:
Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.