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Edition of 02/20/2025 - Page 2

News from the Noteworthy: FDA Rule Could End Smoking, Save Millions

“The benefits of the FDA’s proposed rule are unprecedented,” Kristen Richardson, director of Tobacco Free Communities: Delaware, Otsego & Schoharie says. “Once the nicotine level of cigarettes and other tobacco products drops to a level low enough to no longer create or sustain addiction, they would lose their ability to hook most people into dependence.”…
February 20, 2025

The Partial Observer: On the Path to Civic Readiness

New York State’s “Portrait of a Graduate in Practice” initiative provides separate pathways for students to receive recognition for their participation in civics and involvement within the community. One of these pathways is the Seal of Civic Readiness, which is a form of recognition correlated with a work-based learning experience.…
February 20, 2025

Historians Join Forces to Locate Soldiers

Deb Mackenzie, Otsego County historian, is assisting McTaggart in assembling the local historians and capturing some of the existing lists. Several groups have already provided the information, including historians from Hartwick, Laurens, New Lisbon and Springfield.…
February 20, 2025

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout