As Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Committee and representative of upstate communities, I support better rail options done right: transparent budgeting, ironclad protections for taxpayers, and clear lines of accountability. What I will not support is yet another Albany “trust us” announcement that morphs into stealth tax hikes, shifting goalposts, or subsidies without oversight.…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Opinion - Page 12
News from the Noteworthy from Helios Care News from the Noteworthy: Honoring Caregivers and Healing Together November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to recognize and honor the countless individuals who devote their compassion, patience, and love to caring for others. At Helios Care, that spirit of service continues far beyond hospice. Through counseling, education, and community partnerships, Helios Care provides year-round support to those navigating grief, loss, and the challenges of caregiving. Support Throughout the Year Helios Care…
I’m running for Oneonta town supervisor. But getting elected isn’t the goal… it’s just the starting line. It’s the day you finally get a neighborhood advocate at town hall. We start strengthening our community with transparency, collaboration and heart.…
My wife and I tithe a portion of our annual income to various religious and charitable organizations. Until now, we have not felt the need to include the public broadcasting outlets we enjoy watching and listening to daily on our list of donees.…
110 YEARS AGO: At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday evening, the trustees of the Oneonta Public Library were represented by Arthur M. Curtis, Alva Seybolt, and Andrew B. Saxton, who appeared before the chamber for the purpose of explaining certain conditions relative to the library which now exists, and to ask for the active cooperation of the chamber in securing a permanent location...…
185 YEARS AGO: When the polls are open, vote yourself and then look out for the rest. Be at hand all day, and if there be a democrat missing start out after him. Possibly he may be backward with his seeding and unable to lose the time required to go to the place of voting. Send him along and work for him yourself. Do anything that is fair and honorable to get out the voters. Bear it in mind that…
“Ride the Cyclone,” a darkly comedic, one-act musical written by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell and directed by Marc Shaw, comes to Hartwick’s Slade Theatre November 7–13. Written in 2008, the musical premiered in Canada at the Atomic Vaudeville Theatre Company in Victoria, British Columbia. Then, in 2022, it went viral on TikTok when song clips from the off-Broadway production began circulating...…
When asked back in 1979 why he avoided controversial topics on “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson said that his role was not to address serious issues or to influence public opinion, but rather to entertain.…
I attended the No King’s Day rally in Oneonta on October 18 because I felt the urgency to stand up and be counted there. I carried a sign that I drew on poster board and attached to a light stick from my workshop.…
As current and former elected officials, we believe there are four key qualities that public servants embody: know-how, passion, integrity, and transparency. Over the course of this election cycle, one candidate for Oneonta town supervisor has embodied these traits: Will Rivera.…
