Virginia Kennedy, group leader of CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, explained, “Food banks, as you know, have been under pressure because of all kinds of things, not just the SNAP funding, which is why we’ve been paying attention...…
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An estimated 1,500 people took part in the second "No Kings" peaceful protest on Saturday, October 18 in Oneonta. The demonstration was organized by CooperstownOneonta Indivisible, Butternut Valley Indivisible, Cherry Valley Indivisible, Indivisible for Schoharie County and the Otsego County Democratic Committee.…
“We are not out here today for ourselves,” CooperstownOneonta Indivisible leader Virginia Kennedy said from the stage in Oneonta. “We are out here today because we care about our country.”…
On Sunday, September 28, we celebrated the 11th Cooperstown Growing Community Harvest Supper! What a wonderful gathering of our community. Thank you to all the people who helped to make the evening so special.…
While the emphasis was on appreciation of the workers of this country, the need for strong unions, and the abuses of the billionaire class, ralliers carried signs objecting in general to the current administration and its policies: “Alexa, Change the President,” “Grow a Spine, Congress!” “Hands Off Our Healthcare!” “No Trump, No Ice, Make This World Nice!”…
Following the Sunday Hall of Fame Induction in Cooperstown, Cooperstown and Middlefield residents woke to find white nationalist recruiting posters hanging on the backs of stop signs and on utility poles. Both the Village of Cooperstown and Town of Middlefield told concerned residents that signs on telephone poles needed to be reported to NYSEG; otherwise, there was not much they could do.…
July 17 marked the fifth anniversary of the death John Lewis, the 1960s civil rights leader and, eventually, Georgia Congressman. In 1965, Lewis was brutally beaten by Alabama State Troopers while attempting to march across the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama with 600 others.…
The mood of the day was overall peaceful, even joyful. It just felt good to be among kindred spirits—good to be showing up and speaking out for justice, equality, democracy and the overall well-being of “we the people.”…
The Oneonta rally joined more than 2,000 No Kings Day events held across the country in opposition to what protestors believe are the authoritarian policies of the Trump administration, including the $45 million taxpayer-funded military parade held in Washington, D.C. the same day.…
Climate activists have been frustrated with what they perceive as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s back-pedaling on emission controls. Hochul had been expected to announce steps to implement the cap-and-invest program in her January 2025 State of the State address. Instead, she unexpectedly delayed the program, subsequently announcing a draft GHG emissions reporting rule that would require polluters to report on, but not actually lower, their emissions.…
