We saw him standing there Commentary: Ted Potrikus Fair warning: I’m about to go large on the name-dropping thing. My wife, Angie, and I drove to Syracuse last weekend to see Paul McCartney in concert. We’re big Paul fans – our first date, in fact, in London, England, in November 1984 — was to see his not-great movie “Give My Regards To Broad Street” not long after its premier. The guy turns 80 years old in two weeks. Eight-zero. If…
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Opinion by Timothy Peters Public Radio Otsego Most Freeman’s Journal readers of a certain vintage have fond memories of radio stations from their youth, usually the pop stations that provided the proverbial “soundtrack of our lives.” Until the late 1970s, public radio programming consisted largely of classical music, with scholarly announcers flaunting their German and reciting the serial numbers of the recordings they played. Often, these stations offered eccentric and creative free-form programs as well. Jack Nicholson played such a…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, AUGUST 30 Final Music on the Meadow MUSIC ON THE MEADOW – 7 p.m. Come out for the final performance of the Tom Hovey Summer Music Festival with music by Lauren Mettler. Bring a chair and blanket, sit in your car, or roam the trails. Enjoy a relaxing evening out. Meadowlinks Golf Course, 476 Co. Rd. 27, Richfield Springs. 607-432-4026 or visit www.facebook.com/Oneonta-Musicians-Association-AFM-443-281548775389405/…
Cooperstown’s Ubner wins multiple player of the year awards STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown’s Chris Ubner swept a series of baseball award announced last week. Ubner shared the Most Valuable Player Award from the Center State Conference Division II, with teammate Kendall Haney. Ubner also won Player of the Year Awards from two Upstate newspapers, the Utica Observer-Dispatch and the Syracuse Herald. Haney was named to the Syracuse All-Star team as well. Ubner’s Utica announcement carried the biggest…
COVID VACCINATION CENTRAL Appointments Available: Syracuse Special State Site Click Here For ‘Am I Eligible’ App Editor’s Note: www.AllOTSEGO.com will seek to keep you up to date on the availability of vaccinations against COVID-19. We will strive to update our information at noon daily. As of noon today, the only two New York State special sites still accepting appointments from citizens 65 and over is in Potsdam and Syracuse. According to the NYS website, “The Federal Government determines how much…
Nutmobile Syracuse-Bound, Maybe COOPERSTOWN – During a work break, Cathy Elias of Kansas, formerly of New York State, advised us to take a look here. According to “The Nutmobile Tracker,” the giant peanut on wheels is headed for an engagement in Syracuse. Maybe that’s why it’s in Cooperstown.…
CCS BOYS, GIRLS PLAY TODAY Impromptu Pep Rally Cheers Teams To Semis Wendy Kiuber, right, (mom of Lady Hawkeye Ashley) and Colleen Donnelly, center, (mom of Kate) cheer their daughters’ team bus (inset) as it passes by the Trosset Law Offices shortly after 10 a.m. today en route to the Section III, Class C semifinals at Onondaga Community College. Attorney Mike Trosset, left, whose CCS team made it to the state semifinals in the 1990s, organized the impromptu pep rally…
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BULLETIN Hawkeyes Beat Weedsport, Advance SYRACUSE – The CCS boys basketball team defeated Weedsport, 59-34, this afternoon in action at Onondaga Community College. The Lady Hawkeyes are playing at this hour. CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS, PHOTOS…
Detention Hearing Rescheduled For Accused CCS Gym Teacher COOPERSTOWN – Today’s detention hearing for Justin Hobbie, 41, the CCS phys-ed teacher facing child pornography charges, has been rescheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, in U.S. District Court in Syracuse. Though he was scheduled for this afternoon, his lawyer, Kimberly Zimmer, Syracuse, requested the adjournment, and Magistrate Judge Therese Wiley Dancks agreed to move it one week. CCS Community Meeting at 6:30 Today; Check Back This Evening For Details …