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Assemblyman Tague Announces State Senate 51st District Run

Tague plans to run on three platform planks: affordability, public safety, and “protecting Upstate” from “one-size-fits-all mandates” and “out-of-touch bureaucrats.” He said he will advocate for cutting taxes, fees, and mandates, as well as back law enforcement, fix “Albany’s failed criminal justice policies,” and put “victims ahead of criminals.”…
December 4, 2025

Oberacker: To Gov. Hochul on Rail Expansion

As Ranking Member of the Senate Transportation Committee and representative of upstate communities, I support better rail options done right: transparent budgeting, ironclad protections for taxpayers, and clear lines of accountability. What I will not support is yet another Albany “trust us” announcement that morphs into stealth tax hikes, shifting goalposts, or subsidies without oversight.…
October 30, 2025

Community, Electeds Oppose NYSEG Rate Hikes at Hearing

NYSEG is requesting a 35 percent increase in delivery revenues, or 18.4 percent total revenues, for the rate year ending April 30, 2027. According to the New York State Department of Public Service, the rate hike could lead to a “monthly bill increase of $33.12 (23.7 percent increase to total bill)...…
October 23, 2025

Ceremony Marks 50th Year Since Vietnam War Exit, Honors Veterans

Keynote speaker will be Unadilla Valley native Peter Lennon, retired U.S. Army Major General. As a leader in supply-chain operations, some of Lennon’s key assignments included theater-level transportation planner for the treaty implementation force in Bosnia-Herzegovina; director of strategic-level military transportation operations throughout the 23 middle-eastern countries of the United States’ Central Command; and commander of the 37,000-soldier 377th Theater Sustainment Command with forces throughout the eastern United States.…
November 7, 2024

Library Celebrating 75th with Party This Sunday

When asked what events people could look forward to, Amendolare said, “Beginning on Wednesday, May 29, and during regular library hours, the library will be hosting 1949-themed displays with information on what was timely the year we became a public library, including current events, books, movies, and radio shows.”…
May 30, 2024

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 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout