Not all of the colonists’ grievances against the King of England are relevant to Mr. Trump’s policies, but below are enough to make me very concerned about the state of this country.…
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The proposed Manocherian development in the Towns of Otsego and Springfield may shift unsustainable costs to the towns. The proposal calls for building 80 new homes on lots ranging from three to 13 acres, plus a 46-unit duplex development, in the Towns of Otsego and Springfield.…
As the June 23rd primary approaches, the social media debate over the Otsego County sheriff's race has turned into a partisan circus. The sitting sheriff’s campaign is trying to scare conservative voters by labeling retired Sergeant Mike Stalter anti-ICE, while some progressives wonder if a 25-year veteran cop can actually deliver a real shift toward transparency.…
A colleague recently suggested—after a bit of a brouhaha about opinion pieces versus reporting—that we might consider penning an editorial explaining where our content comes from and how it is positioned in “The Freeman’s Journal,” “Hometown Oneonta” and on our website AllOtsego.com.…
The Cooperstown Parks Board has been pursuing a Village Dog Park for more than 10 years, to no avail. Not because there is no public support...…
I care deeply about the environment and so I explored the use of compostable plates, napkins, forks and cups for the delicious dinner I had planned.…
Torosyan: "Across centuries and continents, the way people brought food from plate to mouth has reflected etiquette, hierarchy, religion, and even geopolitics."…
The Afghan families FFTA has focused on helping share a trait: Each has at least one woman activist who protested publicly against the Taliban in Afghanistan after they banned education for girls after the sixth grade and banned women from employment.…
The EPA’s July 18 announcement of its plans to close the Office of Research and Development and the Health and Human Services restructuring plan that pushed out practically everyone staffing the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health give evidence that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. have rarely, if ever, met a polluter or workplace abuser they could not support, all politspeak notwithstanding.…
...as someone who has emerged from the other side of the Iron Curtain, I have encountered some startling misconceptions about the Soviet Union and its people during my time in the United States. One of the most egregious is the claim that “Russia” (aka the former Soviet Union) fought alongside Nazi Germany during World War II.…
