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Vote411 guide returns for primaries

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…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: Making Democracy Work With Adrienne Martini & Meg Kennedy 04-21-22

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…

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This Week – 04-14-22

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…

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League looks at local democracy

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…

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League sends three Otsego County students to Albany

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…

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Hatred of Asians isn’t new, but support helps

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…

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LWV applauds girls who planned Asian rally

LETTER from LIANE HIRABAYASHI LWV applauds girls who planned Asian rally To the Editor: The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area would like to applaud Jaina Bischof, Cate Bohler, Charlotte Feury, Riley Fillion, Elizabeth Hughes, Olivia Lowenguth, Maya Pandit, who, with the support of their families and friends, organized the Otsego Rally for Solidarity with Asian Americans on Sunday, May 2, in Cooperstown. These students’ activism is fully aligned with the League of Women Voters’ goal to create…

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DALTON: Program Instructed Us On Racism

LETTER from DEB DALTON Program Instructed Us On Racism To the Editor: One of the joys of living in our part of Upstate New York is the ability to recognize and appreciate some individuals who truly make our world better, and who, in a larger populated area, might go unnoticed. In this particular case, I would like to thank and congratulate Liane Hirabayashi and Lynne Mebust for the success of the “Looking in the Mirror: Cooperstown Reflects on Racism” programming…

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LEMONIS: Treat All Writers With Respect

LETTER from ANITA LEMONIS Treat All Writers With Respect To the Editor: As a former long-time resident of Otsego County, I still appreciate our community’s hospital workers, responsible gun owners and polite neighbors – even when we don’t always agree. Unfortunately, these are things Rick Brockway doesn’t seem to understand or appreciate. I was struck by the angry and personal tone in one of Brockway’s latest rants when he attacked long-serving public health providers, including Mary Ann Whelan, for recognizing…

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Safety Issues Among Most Hotly Argued

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FORUM Safety Issues Among Most Hotly Argued Buttermann, Cornell, Salka Debate By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Where did that question on whether to fund the Catskill Regional Teacher Center come from?  Two of the 121st District candidates were caught off guard by the first question; Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, had actually toured the place and declared, “Spending on education is one of the most important investments we can make.”  The other two…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.