Letter from Joseph R. Membrino Candidate Urges Citizens To Vote On March 5, 2020, the League of Women Voters held a forum in the Village Hall Board Room. By luck of the draw, I was chosen among the three candidates for trustee to take the first question from the audience. A voter asked, “What will you do to address COVID-19.” At that time, we could not have known what the pandemic would mean to our families, our village and our…
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A Letter from the LVW of the Cooperstown Area Don’t Forget:Village Election Is March 21 Cooperstown Village elections will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Two candidates are vying for a three-year term on the Village Board of Trustees: George Fasenelli and Joseph R. Membrino.…
In Memoriam Susan R. Hughson, 87 May 16, 1935 – November 22, 2022 PRINCETON, NJ – Susan Rosenheim Hughson, 87, died peacefully on November 22, 2022. A lifelong resident of Oneonta, New York, Susan had moved to Princeton earlier in the year to be near family. Susan was born in Oneonta on May 16, 1935. The daughter of Frederic Rosenheim and Pauline (Polly) Borden Rosenheim, she attended Bugbee School and Oneonta High School. In 1957, Susan graduated from Mount Holyoke…
Making Democracy Work Close to Home: A Conversation with Local Officials The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area will sponsor an informal discussion with Chairman of the Otsego County Board of Representatives Dave Bliss and Town of Otsego Supervisor Ben Bauer on Monday, November 28 at 6:30 p.m. in the Clark Sports Center Community Room. The two lawmakers will speak on the importance of running for office, delineating its challenges and rewards, and what compelled them to run…
Learn about candidates through Vote411 State’s first primary is June 28 With early voting in New York’s primary underway through Sunday, June 26, voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, June 28, to decide their party’s choice for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. Democrats vying for the governor include incumbent Kathy Hochul, Rep. Tom Suozzi of Long Island, and New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. The race for lieutenant governor is a separate ballot line in…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 21 Making Democracy Work With Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy DEMOCRACY FORUM – 7 p.m. Join Otsego County Board Members Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy to learn how they decided to run for office, and what the individual can do for democracy at the local level in this presentation ‘Making Local Democracy Work Better.’ Free, all welcome. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Held at Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.lwvoneonta.org…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 14, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Laurens Color Guard wins regional championship State Police Conclude Hartwick Incident An Accident Remembering Vincenza Alessi Inside The Paper Otsego County, Mohawk Valley group team up to go green North American Cashmeres, junior apprentice program among Hulse Hill’s treasures League of Women Voters talk democracy at the local level Gas tax holiday, drinks-to-go, volunteer fire department aid in state’s $220 billion budget…
League of Women Voters talks democracy at the local level Otsego County Board of Representative members Adrienne Martini and Meg Kennedy will speak about they decided to run for office and how individuals can improve local democracy at an April 21 event sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Oneonta Area and Cooperstown Area. The free forum begins at 7 p.m. at the Foothills Performing Arts Center Atrium in Oneonta. Meg Kennedy, a Conservative, represents Otsego County District 5 which…
Three County students headed to Albany for government workshop Left to right, Anne Walker, Jordan Forbes, and Olivia Loewenguth Three Otsego County students will be among 60 New York high-schoolers traveling to Albany May 22-25 for the League of Women Voters 22nd annual Students Inside Albany conference, where they will learn about state government. Jordan Forbes of Oneonta, Olivia Loewenguth of Fly Creek, and Anne Walker of Schenevus will be among 60 students from around…
Hatred of Asians isn’t new, but support helps Editor’s Note: In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we asked some of the speakers at the recent rally against violence against people of Asian descent to submit their speeches as columns. The first one submitted came from Bassett researchers and League of Women Voters Co-President Liane Hirabayashi. Thank you Olivia, and Cate, Riley, Elizabeth, Jaina, Maya and Charlotte for organizing this event. Today we have the actions of…
