Twelve-year-old runner from Big Flats wins national championship!

Thomas F. O'Mara

March 14, 2013

Bryce Derick, 12, a sixth-grader at Horseheads Intermediate school, is now a hometown national champion.

Congratulations Bryce!

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O'Mara legislation continues to target meth crimes [UPDATED FEBRUARY 22nd: From the Hornell Evening Tribune, "METH EXPLOSION: Neighbors describe minutes after alleged meth operation went wrong']

February 17, 2016

“Meth labs, including the increasingly prevalent one-pot method, pose unacceptable risks to our neighborhoods, roadsides and wooded areas where children and others can be exposed to the hazardous and toxic residues of these labs," said O'Mara.

Senator O'Mara's weekly column 'From the Capitol' ~ for the week of February 15, 2016 ~ 'Let's paint a different ending this session'

February 16, 2016

New York State Capitol

O'Mara sponsoring legislation to strengthen state-level responses to the heroin crisis ~ Will sponsor a Senate Task Force on Heroin forum in Yates County on February 23

February 16, 2016

Senator O'Mara serves on the Senate Task Force on Heroin, which will hold a hearing in Penn Yan on February 23.

State announces main entrance to Watkins Glen State Park to get a major makeover ~ Watkins Glen has been recognized as one of America's best state parks, draws close to a million visitors annually

February 11, 2016

Watkins Glen State Park was chosen as the nation's 3rd Best State Park in a USA Today readers' poll last year.