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Edition of 10/16/2025

Democratic Candidates Address Housing, Data Centers, More

Candidates Dan Buttermann (mayor), Will Rivera (town supervisor), Jill Basile (incumbent county representative, 14th district), Michele Clapperton (county representative, 13th district), Eamonn Hinchey (county representative, 4th district), Teresa DeSantis (town board), and independent Mike Forster Rothbart (incumbent city council, 7th ward) spoke. Around 25 people attended the October 11 event at Wise Guys Sammy’s hosted by the Oneonta Democratic Club in downtown Oneonta.…
October 16, 2025

Glimmerglass Park, Hyde Hall Site of Bicentennial Bridge Event

Also under the white tent were the six notable covered bridge societies, hailing from Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont and, of course, New York. Andy Rebman, president of the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, shared that this occasion marked the first time in 20 years that all six presidents of each covered bridge society were present at the same place.…
October 16, 2025

Editorial: Is It Policy or Politics?

In 2018, parts of the government shut down because a consensus could not be reached about President Trump’s proposed border wall. This time around, despite the July 4, 2025 passage of Public Law No: 119-21, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and passage of the current CR by the House of Representatives, final budget approval for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is currently stalled in the Senate after nine—count them, nine—roll call votes.…
October 16, 2025

The Partial Observer: From Glimmerglass to the Met

That journey began when I was 14 years old and living in Cooperstown. I never could have imagined I would end up on the stages of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera and London’s Royal Albert Hall, singing duets with Luciano Pavarotti. At that time, I was just a kid playing in the high-school band, and I heard about something called “Glimmerglass.”…
October 16, 2025

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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