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Updated: 08/28/2008

Weddings must be submitted within 1 year of the wedding date. Engagements may be submitted at any time up to three weeks before the wedding date. A contact name and telephone number must be provided. Announcements are typically printed within two weeks of verification (and payment, if applicable).

Photo guidelines

Photos for wedding and engagement announcements should be in focus, with the faces of the couple at least the size of a nickel. Black- and-white or color prints of virtually any size can be submitted, as long as they meet the previously stated guidelines.

Digital photos must be submitted electronically, on disk or by e-mail. Digital photos should be at least 150 dpi and no larger than 2 megabytes. Photos should be saved in .jpg format. Printouts of digital photos will not be accepted. Digital photos can be sent by e-mail to epopek@thedailystar.com.

Photographs can be mailed to

The Daily Star, Attn: Emily Popek,
Community Editor,
P.O. Box 250,
Oneonta, NY 13820

Contact Information

For more information about submitting your wedding or engagement announcement, call Emily Popek, community editor, at (607) 432-1000, ext. 255, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, or e-mail epopek@thedailystar.com.

Basic Announcements

The Daily Star will publish basic wedding and engagement announcements at no charge. These announcements may include the couple’s names and home town, parents’ names and home towns, and the date and location of the wedding. Couples may add a photo for a charge of $10.

Full Format Announcement

Full announcements, including a photo, full description of the wedding, and background information for the couple, may be submitted at $25 for engagements or $50 for weddings.

The Daily Star welcomes letters of public interest from readers and makes every effort to provide a lively forum for a variety of opinions.

Letters should be no more than 300 words. There is a minimum 30-day period between publication of letters from the same author.

Letters to the editor will be considered for publication by Daily Star editors based on community interest, topicality and variety of subject matter. Letters that are libelous, too narrow in focus or that make unverifiable accusations of behavior will not be published. Letters may be edited for grammar and punctuation. If aware of instances of organized letter-writing campaigns, the editors will choose a limited representative number of letters to be published. Form letters and those not exclusive to The Daily Star will not knowingly be published. Letters by Daily Star employees will not be printed.

Election-oriented letters can appear in the newspaper no later than two days before the polls open, and the deadline for receiving them at The Daily Star is seven days before the election.

Letters must be signed and contain the writer’s full name, address and telephone number for verification purposes. Letters can be e-mailed (letters@thedailystar.com), faxed (607-432-5707), mailed to The Daily Star, P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820, or delivered to The Daily Star office at 102 Chestnut St. in Oneonta.

Letters with the sole intention of thanking people or organizations should be sent to Friends & Neighbors, P.O. Box 250, Oneonta, NY 13820.