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!

Read more in The Leader...

January is National Blood Donor Month ~ Find a scheduled blood drive near you

January 8, 2016

January is National Blood Donor Month.

O'Mara will continue as Chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee in 2016 ~ Also named as a member on 9 other Senate committees including Agriculture, Energy, Finance and Transportation

January 7, 2016

Senator O'Mara has been reappointed Chairman of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

State Senate Labor Committee holding hearing on minimum wage today ~ Watch Live beginning at 11 a.m.

January 7, 2016

The NYS Senate Labor Committee will hold a hearing in Albany on the impact of raising the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour.

O'Mara welcomes call to strengthen New York's Environmental Protection Fund ~ Additional funding also proposed for Water Infrastructure Improvement Act

January 5, 2016

Senator O'Mara supports a stronger state Environmental Protection Fund.