Here’s what I noticed during the whole month of April, also known as Autism Awareness Month: Not a single mention nor any other word to advocate for those who have autism from any council member, especially those who supposedly care for them by being an advocate.…
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Edition of 06/05/2025 - Page 2
Waldo Johnston's weekly limerick explores the Biden administration's autopen.…
In America, you either get the healthcare that you can afford or the healthcare that you vote for. All of the proposed cuts in Medicare and Medicaid were outlined in Project 2025. If you voted red in the last election, you voted for cuts in your healthcare and you may have voted Bassett into bankruptcy.…
I urge our local town, city, and Otsego County officials to advocate and speak up alongside our community. We must send a unified message to our state and federal representatives: protect Oneonta Job Corps and invest in our people.…
"Shadows and Reflections" at The Smithy Gallery, a performance by the Oneonta Community Concert Band, the Garden Club of Richfield Springs plant sale and a memorial planting in honor of the late Sen. James Seward are among the topics covered in this week's many news briefs.…
“The Lake Fund has been integral to our continued work on Otsego Lake via its support for two internships in 2024 and 2025,” said Dr. Florian Reyda, director of the BFS. “Thanks to CFOC, we have been able to better understand information that will be incorporated into the upcoming 9E lake management plan. It is wonderful to see continued support from the community for these efforts.”…
The OPM continues a longstanding tradition of collaboration and community-centered values, officials said, proudly operating under a self-governed, vendor-led structure. In the spirit of mutual benefit, the market will operate alongside the Oneonta Farmers' Market, providing shoppers with a convenient, one-stop opportunity to experience the best of Otsego County’s local food and artisan scene.…
Representatives from Vecino presented at the village’s April and May 2024 Historic Preservation Review Board meetings, for approval to demolish the existing structure at 217 Main. Following a Public Hearing, approval for the building’s demolition was received at HPARB’s May 14, 2024 meeting.…
Sprites, TROLLs, ELVES—these are not fairytale beings but real and eerie atmospheric light events tied to thunderstorms, each with names as otherworldly as their appearances. Like the mysterious light-tinged footprints Nancy Drew finds in a moonlit garden, these atmospheric phenomena whisper of hidden processes and rare clues in the otherwise well-lit mystery of lightning.…
The latest delivery of “The Freeman’s Journal” showed a picture of our divisive president signing a baseball for Pete Rose. We all have an opinion on both.…