Free speech doesn’t exist to protect easy agreement. It protects the parent questioning curriculum changes, the citizen asking hard questions about city spending, and the neighbor pointing out local mismanagement. If speech only survives when everyone nods along, it’s not free.…
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Thompson, who took on the job in 2024, attributed the turnaround to “a lot of discipline and a lot of the organization coming together to really understand that no opportunity was too small to address.”…
“First time ice has been safe for us to get out,” Mike Seymour says while preparing a hole to fish from. “Some days you may have a good day, get a good perch and a walleye or two. Some days, you go home and nothing.”…
“The daughter of a steelworker, born and raised in a working-class community outside Buffalo, Kathy Hochul embodies Upstate New York’s grit and determination,” Riley said. At this week's New York Democratic convention, much of the party lined up behind Gov. Kathy Hochul in her reelection campaign. But in Otsego County, once represented in congress by challenger Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, local Dems and activists are still mulling their options, with the county party chair sharing some sharp words on the…
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Over a stretch of ongoing deep cold starting the weekend of January 24, often dropping below 0℉, new discussions have arisen about local support for those without shelter.…
Organized by CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, Butternut Valley Indivisible, and the Otsego County Democratic Committee, local demonstrators again gathered to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s actions nationwide and a recently-signed Warrant Service Officer agreement between the agency and the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office.…
Daniel Francis, CAA gallery manager, told AllOtsego that the mission of the spring cleaning event is to “facilitate the practical redistribution of unused, forgotten, or unwanted fine arts and craft items, as well as art supplies and materials..."…
At a party caucus on January 22, Cooperstown Democrats selected candidates to run for village seats in the March 18 election. Incumbent Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and trustees Molly Mooney, Joseph Membrino, and George Fasanelli are all running to continue...…
In an interview with AllOtsego, owner Kyle Clark said he made the decision because it became too much to manage to his standards, and he hopes to at some point try again. The farm and its herd of nearly 300 dairy cows will continue to operate.…
