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Bliss To Retire, Not Seeking Re-election

After a decade as 7th District county representative, and decades more in local elected office, David Bliss is retiring. He has endorsed fellow Republican James McCartney for the seat. Bliss will still appear on ballots under the Conservative line, having missed the deadline to be removed.…
October 23, 2025

Community, Electeds Oppose NYSEG Rate Hikes at Hearing

NYSEG is requesting a 35 percent increase in delivery revenues, or 18.4 percent total revenues, for the rate year ending April 30, 2027. According to the New York State Department of Public Service, the rate hike could lead to a “monthly bill increase of $33.12 (23.7 percent increase to total bill)...…
October 23, 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

Leatherstocking Region Representatives Respond to Government Shutdown

At 12:01 a.m. on October 1, the federal government shut down for the first time since 2018. The shutdown came after several failed votes where Democrats and Republicans rejected the other’s funding proposals. That included a Republican-supported continuing resolution (H.R. 5371) that would keep funds at current levels temporarily while negotiations proceed, as happened in March.…
October 8, 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 

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