In our February 27, 2025 editorial, we said we agree with NYCFOG, and feel that the time has come for New York State to require local governments to livestream their meetings and to post recordings online. We now encourage all of Otsego County’s school districts to do the same.…
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Neither the far left nor the far right can properly serve the people of their party, let alone the rest of their constituents, if our leaders continue to seek power and self-aggrandizement over true public service. Most of us, if we are being honest with ourselves, fall somewhere in the middle anyway.…
While the entire process of the World Cup has been, so far, astonishing and exciting to watch, the little-known, and little-discussed, activities that have been going on behind the scenes are even more enlightening.…
So yes, we are very curious about where things will stand as our papers hit newsstands and homes later this week. Will Oberacker and Devlin’s records speak for themselves? Or will they fall to more aggressive challengers, under the specter of last fall’s Young Republicans and the recent arrest of two Sheriff’s Office employees?…
The answer to more original reporting is not another news outlet. It is supporting the ones you are lucky enough to already have—through advertising dollars, sponsorships, subscriptions—before they are lost to that news desert, creeping ever closer.…
Traveling through the many villages, hamlets and cities proudly displaying their Hometown Heroes banners, we find we do not have to look closely at the photos of the people they depict to share in that same sense of pride.…
National Military Appreciation Month serves as a vital opportunity to advance policy innovations such as the Veterans Exposed to Toxic (VET) PFAS Act to ensure a system that is equipped to address the urgent tolls faced by those who served the country.…
As a general rule, I, too, like to show grace as much as possible when sharing opinions about public education, but in the case of the schools in Otsego County, I must respectfully disagree with Mr. Murphy [“American Education: a 125-Year-Old Failure?”].…
Some will argue that political debates have devolved into political theater. Others will disagree, contending such debates are a vital ingredient to better public policy and public leadership. But at the end of the day, both locally and nationally, a refusal to debate clearly does not necessarily weaken a candidate’s chance of being elected.…
The loudest voices currently declaring the system’s failures often come from the generations who experienced the post-World War II flurry of acts, court cases and reforms that shaped 20th-century education in America.…
