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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BRIDGE-NY funding awarded for local projects: O’Mara and Palmesano say state must keep taking steps to better support local infrastructure

November 14, 2018

"We must continue to take important steps to establish stronger state support for local roads, bridges and culverts in critical need of rehabilitation and replacement," said Senator O'Mara and Assemblyman Palmesano.

Legislation co-sponsored by O’Mara to strengthen state response to Lyme and tick-borne diseases signed into law

November 7, 2018

"These new laws will strengthen New York’s response,” said Senator O’Mara, a member of the Senate Task Force on Lyme and Tick-Borne Diseases.

O'Mara supports new Horseshoe Court Facility with an eye toward expanding recreational opportunities and an economic magnet for area small businesses

November 5, 2018

Senator O'Mara joined members of the Twin Tier Horseshoe League and other local leaders to break ground on the new Horseshoe Court Facility at McKinnon Park in Elmira.

O’Mara urges Cuomo to approve ‘Rural and Agriculture Jobs Act’: Supporters point to legislation as a way to encourage private-sector investment in rural, upstate economies

November 2, 2018

“This action would be a big step forward to draw greater private-sector investment in rural economies,” said Senator O'Mara, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee.