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Northrup: We’ve See this Melodrama Before

Letter from Chip Northrup We’ve See this Melodrama Before I was having lunch at the Petroleum Club in Midland, Texas when a shout went up as the invasion of Iraq was announced. When the war was over, the concessions for the northern Iraqi oil fields went to Hunt Oil of Dallas, owned by Ray Hunt, George W. Bush’s largest campaign donor. The no-bid contract to rebuild Iraq went to Halliburton, Vice President Cheney’s former company.…
January 15, 2026

Editorial: The Right To Be Heard

Today we reiterate once again that we are publishing the views and opinions of the folks who take the time to write them. It’s as simple as that. Yes, we do take positions on the issues when warranted—in our editorials, where our opinion belongs—but our overarching stance is in favor of finding a middle ground that both sides of the aisle can embrace.…
January 15, 2026

Editorial: Media Squabbles

Arguably one of the more controversial components of the Rescissions Act is the federal defunding of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting System. Approximately $1.1 billion in federal funding previously allocated for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, for the fiscal years 2026 and 2027, are now to be rescinded.…
July 24, 2025

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 

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