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County Supers Reject Democratic Committee’s Elections Commissioner Nominee

By Matthew AvitabileSCHOHARIE — The fight between the County Board of Supervisors and the Schoharie County Democratic Committee continued in another round as the supervisors again declined to appoint the committee’s nominee as one of the county election commissioners.Following several rounds of back and forth and a lawsuit, the county board declined to name former Old Stone Fort Director and election inspector Carle J. Kopecky as its Democratic election commissioner.The county Democratic com...

Heermance Memorial Library Receives $2,500 from National Bank of Coxsackie

Pictured from left to right is Elizabeth Chiong, National Bank of Coxsackie Community Banking Officer; Jacqueline Whitbeck, Friends Activities Chairperson; May Mc Guigan, President of Friends; Kathy Clearwater, Friends Assistant Decorator; Lee Fenn, Friends Treasurer; Vernea Razanousky, Friends Vice President; Holly Fernandez NBC Branch Manager.COXSACKIE – National Bank of Coxsackie (NBC) is proud to announce its recent $2,500 donation to the Heermance Memorial Library in Coxsackie. The funds...

CRCS Returns From National Trips

By Joshua WaltherCOBLESKILL - At the CRCS Board of Education meeting last week, students from both the FFA and the FBLA presented their yearly attendance of their respective national meetings.The first to present was the FFA, led by their advisor Mr. Ferreira, who commented that despite attending national conferences for ten years, “It’s still a little different every year.”The biggest change this time around was the conduct of the students, where he specified “This was the best group of...

The Drumbeat to Revolution

By John OsinskiThe American Revolution didn’t happen overnight, nor was it originally about breaking away from English rule.  Its roots can be traced to the Seven Years War, fought in North America as the French and Indian War, and British efforts to make their Colonists bear some of the costs for fighting that war.In what is now upstate New York, open warfare will not occur for more than two years after the shots were fired at Lexington Green in the Bay Colony, but the drumbeat for war start...

New Monthly Homeschool Hub Program Launches at The Community Library

First ever Community Library Homeschool Hub program attendees included Xzavier, Honor, Oakley, Hunny, Masan, and Gemma holding their completed Minecraft selfies in front of Library Assistant Courtney Little’s selfie drawing example. “Is everyone familiar with Minecraft?” Asked Little. Everyone raised their hands and enthusiastically responded with, “I AM!” While some drew Minecraft self portraits, Little said that was merely a jumping-off point, so others made grid portraits of their M...

Richmondville Village Trustees Change Meeting Time

By Chris EnglishRICHMONDVILLE — The Village of Richmondville Board of Trustees has been meeting at 5 p.m. for a long time, but that will change starting with the February meeting.At the Tuesday, Jan. 20 meeting, the board voted 4-1 to change the start time for meetings to 5:30 p.m. Mayor Carl Warner Jr. and Trustees Robert Hyatt, Jennifer Golden and Lisabeth Kabel all voted in favor, with Trustee Milan Jackson the only no vote. He had commented at an earlier meeting that later starting times h...

Summit Welcomes New Board - Board Backs Letter Against Constitution Pipeline

By Karen CuccinelloA new year began with a few new board members, pledge to the flag and a short prayer by new Supervisor Roger Gural. New Councilpersons are Mark Hearon and David Knight; and Town Clerk Kattie Mahr.The January 8th organizational meeting minutes were approved.Clerk Mahr gave an update on the amount of tax monies collected so far.Allison Wilson was appointed as a clerical worker and a new line item was created, not to exceed $500, for this position. Jason Andra was appointed deput...

Summit Town Board 2026 photo from left to right- Highway Superintendent Jim Dibble, Councilpersons Mark Hearon, David Kearney, David Knight and Georgia VanValkenburgh; Town Clerk Katie Mahr and Supervisor Roger Gural.Filling up at Charlotteville FD buffet breakfastEee Gads back to the single digits in the morning, burr and then another six inches or so of snow.Had a yummy breakfast, as usual, at Charlotteville FD last Sunday. It was a little slow getting to Charlotteville with the continual snow...

Auto Racing News

Austin Beers at 22 years old in 2025 was the youngest driver to win the  NASCAR Whelen modified championship. Beers was presented the Richie Evans Memorial Driver of the Year award on asphalt, at last weekend’s Eastern Motorsports Press Association 53rd. convention in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.By Tom CoughlinIf you were planning to go to Royal Mountain Ski Area for Round 2 of the Snow Drags. They have canceled their program due to the frigid temperatures forecast for this weekend. Pro sto...

SUNY Cobleskill President Announces Awards for County Projects

SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio announced some awards at the Jan. 16 Schoharie County Board of Supervisors meeting. Photo by Chris English.By Chris EnglishSCHOHARIE COUNTY — SUNY Cobleskill President Marion Terenzio stopped by the Friday, Jan. 16 Schoharie County Board of Supervisors meeting and delivered some good news.During Privilege of the Floor, Terenzio announced that a total of $18.3 million had been awarded to two Schoharie County Projects from Governor Kathy Hochul's ACHIEVE...

Seward Around the Neighborhood

By Angela ClapperWelcome back readers! The temps are low, and looks like they may get lower next week! I hope everyone is staying warm. We are in the heart of Winter, with many looking ahead to Spring.      If you missed the news last week, two local people who have been working hard for the past six years, finally saw their hard work make their dreams come true! Duane Spaulding and Ann Diefendorf have spent countless hours educating the public,  driving to events,  picking up milk, maki...