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In Memoriam: Josephine L. Bliss

COOPERSTOWN—Josephine L. Bliss, a lifelong resident of the Cooperstown community, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 7, 2024. Her passing was in the presence of family at her home on State Route 28, in the hamlet of Index, just south of the village. She was 85 years old.
Josie, as she was affectionately known by her friends, was born on December 20, 1938, the third of four daughters of Max Gorney and Mary (Peplinski) Gorney. Josie was born on the family…

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Statistics Miss Victim’s Stories – Like Thom Parrotti’s

In COVID’s Grasp Statistics Miss Victim’s Stories – Like Thom Parrotti’s By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Alicia Chase wants you to know about her best friend, a man she calls her “work husband” after the years they spent employed together at Bassett Hospital. Thomas Parrotti worked as an interpreter and manager at the hospital for nearly 20 years. One month ago, he was enjoying semi-retirement, raising goats with his husband Brett Miller on their small farm in…

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Bishop Rededicates Renovated St. Mary’s

$1.5M IN RENOVATIONS COMPLETE Bishop Rededicates Renovated St. Mary’s The Most Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, is in Oneonta this evening for the rededication of St. Mary’s Church after the completion of $1.5 million in renovations.  A capacity crowd of 378 parishioners (top photo) witnessed the bishop (right photo), with Father David Miskiewizc, pastor, at his side, as he blessed the building anew and asked worshippers to recommit themselves to the church’s teachings.   In an…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.