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AllOtsego Hires New Staff Writer, Adding To Original Reporting

“From the shores of Fire Island, to bustling Brooklyn, to the hills of Oneonta and beyond, I am a New York State patriot,” Santomauro-Stenzel said. “Some of the people I’ve spoken to both here and back home seem surprised, particularly as a young person, that I want to live in rural upstate New York. To that I say: take a look at Otsego Lake at about 7 o’clock, a.m. or p.m.”…
October 2, 2025
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SUNY Program Seeks To Involve Students in Local News Writing

In September and December of 2024, Tony Savio wrote articles on meetings of the Oneonta Common Council. Haley Saunders wrote an engaging article on an Oneonta Main Street vintage store, The Underground Attic, in December 2024. In January 2025, Eva Pickert wrote about Chad Angelotti, mental health coach for SUNY Oneonta’s women’s soccer team, and his original approach to helping team members manage stress.…
April 17, 2025
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The Partial Observer: On the Path to Civic Readiness

New York State’s “Portrait of a Graduate in Practice” initiative provides separate pathways for students to receive recognition for their participation in civics and involvement within the community. One of these pathways is the Seal of Civic Readiness, which is a form of recognition correlated with a work-based learning experience.…
February 20, 2025
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Editorial: Resolution in the New Year

Well, it’s that time again—the new year is just around the corner (or the ball has already dropped, depending upon when you get your copy of the paper or read this online), and many of us are bandying about new year’s resolutions that, let’s face it, probably won’t make it through January. Rather than those sorts of resolutions, here at Iron String Press we have opted instead to focus on things for which we would like to see resolutions in…
January 2, 2025
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Holiday Angels

The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” are partnering with The Salvation Army again this year to help ensure a joyful Christmas for area families through the Angel Tree Program. This tradition dates back to 1921 with the creation of The Freeman’s Journal Christmas Fund by Editor and Publisher Rowan D. Spraker Sr., as a way for neighbors to help others enjoy a happy holiday.…
December 13, 2024
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Editorial: The More You Know…

When Iron String Press received the first e-mail from a concerned citizen who said they knew nothing about the Village of Cooperstown’s plans to install a cantilevered viewing platform at the terminus of Pioneer Street, we were surprised. It was not news to us, because we had covered the village’s NY Forward $4.5 million grant process from beginning to end, and the viewing platform was one of a number of projects being considered for funding.…
November 28, 2024
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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 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout

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