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Towering Trees and Vast Valleys: The Beauty of Eastern Otsego

My colleague Maria Griswold and I are on a summer-long mission to shed light on the vast array of vistas and vacation destinations Otsego County has at its disposal. For clarity, this series will be focusing on state parks and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation-managed state forests and waterway accesses in order to maintain a manageable scope.…
July 17, 2025
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Richfield Garden Club Member Recognized with State Award

Marzeski has been an involved member of her community and the Garden Club for the past 40 years. Of the 16 committees the Garden Club has created over that time, she has chaired nearly all of them, five of which she chairs presently. Outside of her gardening expertise, Marzeski is a member of the Board of Education for the Richfield Springs Central School District, president of the Community Literacy Alliance, and a member of the Board of Directors for the…
June 12, 2025
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Rural Pathways: New Progam To Entice Lawyers to Rural Areas

“Populations of professionals in Upstate New York; it’s just not as what it was. It’s become really hard for people who need to have a will done, get divorced, get custody of their kids or, God forbid, have a criminal matter, to find an attorney in the area,” said Sarah Cowen, associate court attorney for Otsego County Court Judge Michael F. Getman and president of the Otsego County Bar Association.…
May 29, 2025
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Editorial: Promote It, and They Will Come

Otsego is one of three of New York’s rural counties taking part in the Rural Pathways initiative which, as Bill describes, “seeks to incentivize young, outgoing law students to make the move to the areas of New York that need their practice the most.” We think this is a great idea, and one that we believe may work to our advantage.…
May 29, 2025
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Regionalization: School Buzzword or a Means of Change?

Regionalization has been a hot topic among numerous schools in Otsego County in recent years. Regionalization is the process of neighboring or nearby school districts sharing various services to lighten the financial load on each individual school, as well as provide new opportunities to their respective students.…
May 1, 2025
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PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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