The county GOP, according to its chair and County Board Chair Edwin Frazier Jr., has a “long standing position” against participating in debates the group sponsors, citing a negative debate experience in 2018 and LWVCA’s political views.…
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Some will argue that political debates have devolved into political theater. Others will disagree, contending such debates are a vital ingredient to better public policy and public leadership. But at the end of the day, both locally and nationally, a refusal to debate clearly does not necessarily weaken a candidate’s chance of being elected.…
Observers do not participate in the meetings; rather they observe how well, if at all, the agency complies with New York State’s Open Meeting Laws.…
Updates on CCS tennis, softball, and baseball, May programming at The Gatehouse, and Oneonta "First Thursdays" are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will hold a candidates’ debate for the two open seats on the Cooperstown Central School District Board of Education on Wednesday, May 6.…
The program, "The Dirt on Composting," will feature a presentation by Worms Waste Not of Oneonta, a compost pickup service founded in 2024 by Rachel Frick Cardelle.…
What do you need to do to take part in the primary? If you are a registered voter, you must change your party registration before the February 14 deadline. You can change from one party to another or from “no party” to one of the political parties that is holding a primary.…
The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, will give residents a chance to connect one-on-one with their local officials and to hear their plans for the upcoming year, organizers said in a press release issued Monday, January 12.…
In order to cast a vote on any proposition—but especially one of such importance to the district—voters need, at the very least, to be informed of the vote in a timely manner. Ideally that information would be more than what is required legally.…
Tours of Richfield's William E. Soeffling Mansion, a reading of "The Gift of the Magi" by Patrick Breen, an update on the Swart-Wilcox House Museum barn project and an upcoming kids' sewing class led by Betsy Foster are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
