Churches in the Hayden area will collaborate again this year to support their four local public schools with a community-wide, back-to-school supplies and funding drive. The half-dozen-odd churches are coming off an effort last year which provided school supplies to 175 families in the area and a check of over $500 to each of the four schools, according to drive organizer Jeremy Powell, pastor of First Baptist Church of Hayden. More...

With more than 50 general and specialty magazines regularly received, the Oneonta Public Library provides a kalaidoscope of materials that can give to readers hours of reading pleasure as well as topical information. It’s a resource head librarian Gail Sheldon fears is too often overlooked and underused. “I think it’s an important resource, and I’d like to see these publications used more extensively,” she said. “The more people use them, the more we can do in the way of adding new magazines and subject matter. More...