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By Matthew Avitabile
By Chris EnglishSHARON SPRINGS _ Some recent audits of Sharon Springs School District finances went well, Business Manager Tony DiPace reported at the Monday, Nov. 17 school board meeting.A financial audit and extracurricular financial audit came back with no major issues, he said."A very clean audit," DiPace noted. "My hat's off to the staff down there, they did a great job as always."He said there was a comment on the financial audit about the district not doing an independent audit of fixed a...
By Matthew Avitabile
By Chris EnglishSHARON SPRINGS _ Some recent audits of Sharon Springs School District finances went well, Business Manager Tony DiPace reported at the Monday, Nov. 17 school board meeting.A financial audit and extracurricular financial audit came back with no major issues, he said."A very clean audit," DiPace noted. "My hat's off to the staff down there, they did a great job as always."He said there was a comment on the financial audit about the district not doing an independent audit of fixed a...
By Matthew Avitabile
Photo of Civil War First SergeantThe identity and regiment of this Soldier is unknown, but the lozenge (diamond) on top of each yellow chevron pattern (the three stripes) indicates that he was a Cavalry First Sergeant. The photograph itself is an enlarged copy of a hand-tinted daguerreotype. This image is in reverse as with most daguerreotypes. Lower Fort Provision Return, 1779This document was a provision return of an attachment of Colonel Peter Vrooman’s Militia Regiment. Colonel Vrooman ...
By Matthew Avitabile
By Joshua WaltherCOBLESKILL - On Monday evening, the CRCS Board of Education met during their regular meeting to discuss Golding’s brand-new mural installed in the library hallway.The mural, titled “The Clay That We Are Made Of,” features heavy Native American influence and draws its name from how the school is situated on historical Mohawk territory and finding connection through the people that one surrounds themself with.The piece was created by Jay Havens, a Haudenosaunee artist that c...
By Matthew Avitabile
Dylan Gallagher Yasmin IssaySubmitted by Sue deBruijnSCHOHARIE COUNTY – Two Schoharie County high school seniors, Dylan Gallagher of Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School and Yasmin Issa of Sharon Springs Central School, have been chosen as DAR Good Citizens by their teachers and classmates. This contest is sponsored each year by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and locally by the Captain Christian Brown Chapter of Cobleskill.The students were judged on leadership...
By Matthew Avitabile
Dylan Gallagher Yasmin IssaySubmitted by Sue deBruijnSCHOHARIE COUNTY – Two Schoharie County high school seniors, Dylan Gallagher of Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School and Yasmin Issa of Sharon Springs Central School, have been chosen as DAR Good Citizens by their teachers and classmates. This contest is sponsored each year by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and locally by the Captain Christian Brown Chapter of Cobleskill.The students were judged on leadership...
By Matthew Avitabile
Guest speaker, Ali Hearn, jokes with attendeesGuest speaker, Dr. Laura McDaniel, engages with her breakout session, "Literacy Best Practices" C-R National Junior Honor Society members assisted with serving lunch and directing attendees throughout the day (left to right, 8th graders Ava Moreland and Abby Miller) C-R National Junior Honor Society members assisted with serving lunch and directing attendees throughout the day (left to right, 8th graders Maeleigh Dinge, Emmi Hughes and Sawyer Bei...
By Matthew Avitabile
Guest speaker, Ali Hearn, jokes with attendeesGuest speaker, Dr. Laura McDaniel, engages with her breakout session, "Literacy Best Practices" C-R National Junior Honor Society members assisted with serving lunch and directing attendees throughout the day (left to right, 8th graders Ava Moreland and Abby Miller) C-R National Junior Honor Society members assisted with serving lunch and directing attendees throughout the day (left to right, 8th graders Maeleigh Dinge, Emmi Hughes and Sawyer Bei...
By Matthew Avitabile
SHARON SPRINGS — Twelve brave men from Sharon are showing off their personalities in a calendar for a good cause. The Sharon Historical Society has published the “Mighty Men of Sharon” 2026 calendar as a fundraising project and it is selling like hotcakes!The ‘dad bod’ is becoming a more popular kind of body shape, with reports suggesting a bit of cushioning is more attractive to women than chiseled abs. We wanted to shake up tradition, and what better way to do that than to celebrate ...
By Matthew Avitabile
SHARON SPRINGS — Twelve brave men from Sharon are showing off their personalities in a calendar for a good cause. The Sharon Historical Society has published the “Mighty Men of Sharon” 2026 calendar as a fundraising project and it is selling like hotcakes!The ‘dad bod’ is becoming a more popular kind of body shape, with reports suggesting a bit of cushioning is more attractive to women than chiseled abs. We wanted to shake up tradition, and what better way to do that than to celebrate ...
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By Karen Cuccinello
SUMMIT - Crazy as this sounds I used the leaf blower to blow the inch or so of fluffy snow and a few leaves off the porch and car last week; Too Funny. Later on I stationed the snow shovel (probably until April) on the porch for the wet snow to-be. The chickens stayed in their coop most of the 28 degree windy snowy day; not a very hardy bunch. Last Saturday night it was pouring rain at 35 degrees plus the added attraction of thunder and lightning. I follow the Central Bridge Farm Swap on Facebo…
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By Matthew Avitabile
CHERRY VALLEY — The Good Samaritan Firewood Project of Otsego County is now back at it assisting neighbors in need with free firewood during these harsh cold months. Whether it’s for a firewood delivery to a home or bundles to the Food Banks, it’s actions like this that make communities stronger. This altruistic endeavor led by John Meyer of Cooperstown, started out small in 2021, and has since positively influenced countless individuals. “The goal is to supply 30 face cord per winter to those…
