Following brief special meetings of the Public Works and Administration committees, the May 6 session of the Otsego County Board of Representatives began with a public hearing on the eight-year review of Agricultural District #1.…
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Edition of 05/14/2026
Tensions were bubbling at a Richfield Springs Central School District Board of Education meeting last Wednesday, May 6. Supporters of coach Chris Butler showed up in force to oppose the district’s decisions to remove him from coaching roles, first as a volunteer assistant softball coach and now also as a modified baseball coach.…
Just in time for America250, a new memorial marker at the intersection of Red House Hill Road and State Highway 80 honors Private John Davidson, whose gravesite is in the nearby Hickory Grove Cemetery.…
As part of the museum offerings, four original paintings by Butternut Valley artists depict scenes described in “The Lull Book,” a local history compiled in 1926 by Hilah Violet Eddy. Featured artists are Timothy Atticus of Gilbertsville, Julie Koch and Marilyn Roveland, both of Morris, and Glen Noto of New Lisbon.…
“It was definitely the first stop of many Dreams Park families,” Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said of the 5 Commons Drive Grand Union grocery store. “I think where it’s going to hit us, and I’ve heard this from Cooperstown residents, if that store is gone on those changeover days, our Price Chopper is going to be, we think, inundated.”…
Joseph Hernandez, the presumptive GOP nominee for the New York State Comptroller race, says it is his business background that motivated him to seek the office.…
“This planning work is the foundation for something bigger,” said Town Supervisor Will Rivera. “The West End deserves decisions made with the community, not just for it."…
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.…
Observers do not participate in the meetings; rather they observe how well, if at all, the agency complies with New York State’s Open Meeting Laws.…
In working directly with school leaders and teachers, it has become abundantly clear to me how special our school and teachers are—as well as how many opportunities there are for growth.…
