In last week’s article by Bill Bellen, “Subdivision Presentations Draw Large Crowds, Raise Concerns,” comments incorrectly attributed to Town of Springfield Clerk Jeannette Armstrong regarding the proposed Manocherian subdivision were actually made by Springfield Town Planning Board Member Gretchen Sorin. We apologize for the error and have corrected the article online.…
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Green, who focuses on the Pentagon and reports on international security, terrorism, and cyber developments, spoke via Zoom to LWV members and guests. He outlined his concerns about the current state of our country, focusing on the importance of journalism to democracy.…
Eff’s study of painted screens began in 1975. She and the late screen artist Dee Herget founded the Painted Screen Society of Baltimore and, in 1988, a documentary film was produced about Baltimore’s screens, documenting the screens, the artists and bringing to national attention this little-known art form, unique to working class Baltimore neighborhoods.…
Ampong, 29, hails from the Central Region of the vibrant West African nation and graduated with honors from Takoradi Technical University’s Tourism Management program.…
A showing of the film "Black Barbie," the Master Gardener Volunteers' winter sowing workshop and a host of activities planned by the Otsego County Conservation Association are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
With his passion for informative museums and his dream of a U.S. education, Ampong has said his goal is to help establish one of the best museums in his home country. From a young age, he has dreamed of finding a new life in the U.S. and of returning home to enrich Ghana.…
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church of Springfield Center has organized a GoFundMe page to raise financial assistance for a Ghanaian student who was admitted to SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program but who lacks funding.…
Encouraging philanthropy throughout Otsego County is a major goal for the Community Foundation of Otsego County. What better way to spark that interest than by engaging our youth?…
In a moving exhibit at the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, artists reflect on the struggle for the right to vote in this country. In the exhibition catalogue, Gretchen Sorin writes, “The right to vote was so meaningful that these activists petitioned, demonstrated, were arrested and jailed...…
Otsego County government recently began its strategic planning process to develop an overall approach for serving the needs of county residents and businesses in the coming years.…
