Local Metal Band Brotality Brings “Jaws of the Earth” Release Show to Foothills
ONEONTA – Oneonta-based heavy metal trio Brotality will release its third full-length album, “Jaws of the Earth,” this week, celebrating with a hometown performance at Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center on Friday, Sept. 25. The all-ages record release show will be held in The Loft space located at 24 Market St. Doors open at 9 p.m., with music beginning at 9:30 p.m. Quantifier and Crumbling As We Speak will also perform. Tickets are $15. For singer and…


The OnNY Community Media Lab is SUNY Oneonta’s iteration of the SUNY Institute for Local News, a State University of New York initiative that lets students work with area media outlets to produce news content while developing experience and a portfolio of work.
One Day, More Than 90 Local Causes: Mohawk Valley Gives Returns Sept. 18
SPRINGFIELD CENTER – More than 90 Otsego County nonprofits will seek support Friday, Sept. 18, through Mohawk Valley Gives, a one-day online fundraiser that has become an important source of revenue for organizations providing food, education, health care, senior services, arts programming, and other community resources. The Community Foundation of Otsego County is coordinating local participation in the…
Valleyview Elementary School principal retiring after 22 years
ONEONTA — After more than two decades as principal at Valleyview Elementary School in Oneonta, Walter Baskin will retire at the holiday break, marking the end of a more than 30-year career in education. His last day will be Dec. 19, a mid-year departure time to coincide with reaching full credit in the New York…
Green Earth Health Market: From Family Roots to Community Hub
ONEONTA— Green Earth Health Market has family in its history, and it’s that homespun essence that drives the business now and into the years ahead. “I think my father-in-law’s vision was that we were like ‘the hub’ to the community to come get good food and to socialize using the community room,” said Rachael Shaughnessy.…
Cobleskill in 1943: A Town Turns Toward Winter
COBLESKILL — November 1943 settled over Cobleskill with a quiet rhythm. The last leaves blew along Main Street, store windows changed their displays, and the town adjusted itself to shorter days and colder mornings. The Cobleskill Index filled its pages with the steady pulse of local life church suppers, school concerts, business notices, and small…
Election Results Certified, Dems Win Big in Oneonta
ONEONTA — The 2025 General Election produced a Democratic sweep in the City of Oneonta, electing Daniel Buttermann as mayor and Carolyn Marks as the Seventh Ward city council member. City voters also elected four Democrats to the Otsego County Board of Representatives. Three propositions were also successfully put forward in the city, all passing…

