The action kicks off on Friday at 6 p.m. with a Kite Building Workshop for all ages at the Old School gymnasium on Genesee ...

The session opened with public comment from Kyla Coburn, lead designer at Kyla Coburn Designs, speaking on behalf of Cooperstown Main Street Partners LLC. Coburn outlined plans for three recently ...

Town of Springfield officials have asked the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to settle a dispute with the Town of Otsego over which municipality should be the “lead agency” and ...

The Town of Oneonta is again urging Otsego County leaders to revisit the county’s decades‑old sales tax sharing formula, arguing that the system—unchanged since 1991—no longer reflects the realities ...

The Oneonta Veteran’s Outreach Center honored Bernard Saberon with the organization’s “Veteran of the Month” award for ...

Mohawk Valley Gives, the Grand and Glorious Fall Fair, "Fine Arts on the Lawn" and the Cooperstown Artisan Festival are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.

Simonson approached the talk with a clear structure: fast, focused and packed with recognizable moments. Borrowing a line from a New York City radio station, he told the audience, “This is going to be ...

We didn’t know, but that’s no excuse. When we bought the couch and carpets coated in Teflon to prevent staining, we didn’t know that Dow Chemical/DuPont had hidden the adverse effects on its pregnant ...

Events begin Friday, September 4, with field hockey hosting Utica University at 1 p.m. on All College Field. Women’s ...

In “The Freeman’s Journal” dated August 20, 2026, I read that the Town of Otsego may allow grandfathering of existing businesses but only until the grandfathered property is sold. (“Town Softens ...

The recent enactment of the Local Cop/Local Crimes Act is a direct attack on our local police and county sheriff’s offices, handicapping their law enforcement tools at a time when we need them the ...

Young men and bachelors cannot you inaugurate a matrimonial revival? Are you to allow the balmy evenings, with their soft and gentle moonlight, to waste away in unprofitable silence? Are you ever ...