I applaud you all at Iron String Press for continuing your column series “Citizen Science.” I have greatly appreciated the insights of Jamie Zvirzdin these last three years, and now look forward to more from Roberta McLain...…
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Greetings, Friends, the year is flagging It’s been hard to keep our tails a-wagging But let’s have hope and love and cheer, To welcome in a slick New Year.…
“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.”…
Those who have worked in media know firsthand that interviews are a tricky thing. Time or space often dictate how much of the interview can be broadcast or published. Any edits must still accurately represent the interviewee’s responses. Quotes must be accurate while still reflecting the demeanor, tone and knowledge of the speaker.…
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.…
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.…
The Rotary Club of Cooperstown would like to thank all who participated in and came to our 2nd Annual Frosty Fling on the Saturday of Winter Carnival.…
Filmmaker Aidan Macaluso spent three days last week shooting at several locations throughout the village, including the Iron String Press newspaper offices on Railroad Avenue.…
Roberts, who hails from Bovina Center, has covered local news before. Her summer job in high school was with the “Catskill Mountain News” in Arkville. There, she shadowed reporters, wrote a weekly “this day in history” column and learned the basics of the industry.…
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…
