TOMAINOS CONSIDER SHOPS TO SERVE WESTCOTT PLAZA Mysterious Project Linked To Artspace By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – The mystery is clearing: A privately developed – and thus taxable – Artspace may rise above the Westcott Parking Lot, and Anna and Jim Tomaino’s “transformative” project may open perhaps related shops along the side of the building next door. Mayor Gary Herzig was interviewed from Australia, where he is vacationing, to provide details that had…
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MAKING HISTORY Drago’s’ Jackets Reached Pinnacle In 1960 Season Legendary Coach Knew Star’s Grandparents By JENNIFER HILL • The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA ONEONTA – Defying predictions, a boys’ basketball team from a small Otsego County town takes an early, wide lead over a big city team in the state’s final tournament, dominates throughout, and wins its first-ever state championship. That happened on Sunday, March 17, 2019, when Cooperstown’s Hawkeyes beat Buffalo’s Middle Early College, 71-61, for the Class C…
IN APPRECIATION Joe Campbell – A Class Act I came to know Joe while teaching and coaching at Oneonta High School. He was my assistant coach for the JV football team and helped us go undefeated for four straight years. Joe was a gentle person who cared deeply about his athletes. He was a fitness advocate and, believe me, our athletes were fit. They looked forward to our games as they were “easier” than practice. In the four years we…
PETITION DRIVE IN OFFING Windmill Foes Take Control In Richfield Allies Control Zoning, Planning, Town Boards, And Zoning Code By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA RICHFIELD – What a difference not even a decade makes. In 2012, when plans for the six-turbine, 18.45-megawatt Monticello Hills Wind Farm surfaced for the Town of Richfield, neighbors there viewed the project “as a threat to the west end of town,” said Dan Sullivan. However, “people in the village thought it…
Laurens Girl Raises Funds So Friend Can Take D.C. Trip By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA & The Freeman’s Journal LAURENS – Need help with some spring cleaning? Feed the dog while you’re out? Watch the kids on a night out? Just call Cadence. Cadence Koren, 11, is using her hustle to raise funds to help one of her fellow students on the Laurens Central School Safety Patrol. “I like helping kids,” she said. “In Safety Patrol, we learn about being…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 21-22, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK GO BOYS! • Souvenir Edition MAKING HISTORY Triple OT Braces Hawkeyes For Victory PHOTO PAGE: How Sweet It Is! COMMENTARY: Boys Will Always Remember Welcome-Home Parade Dates To 1999 Title Drago’s’ Jackets Reached Pinnacle In ’60 FRONT PAGE Windmill Foes Take Control In Richfield Mysterious Project Linked To Artspace Gay Wedding, Pastor Ban Splits Methodists Girl Raises Funds So Pal Can Take D.C. Trip City of…
LOCALS • PEOPLE NEWS SPURBECKS REOPENS TO DELIGHT OF PATRONS Daughter Vivi Born To Danielle, Michael Henrici, Brother Dash Vivienne Celeste (Vivi) Henrici was born at 11:38 pm at Bassett Hospital on Sunday, March 17, 2019 to Danielle, above, and Michael Henrici, 7 lbs 13 oz. 20 inches. She joins her brother Dash, and, Danielle reports. “The family is blissfully complete.” Danielle and Michael are are Founding Co-Artistic Directors of Glimmer Globe Theatre and Danielle teaches acting as an adjunct…
from Paul Lord At Fly Creek ‘Phil,’ Youth, Beauty, Strength Evident To the Editor: As a deaf guy, I don’t attend many musical performances. They are largely exercises in frustration for me. Before my hearing loss, I appreciated music, and I still appreciate memories of music, but the reality is that the notes don’t resonate when you are missing enough frequencies. I attended last night’s performance to acknowledge the support provided by the Fly Creek Philharmonic for the Otsego Lake…
MAKING HISTORY Welcome-Home Parade Traced Back To 1997, Girls’ State Soccer Title By JENNIFER HILL • The Freeman’s Journal & HOMETOWN ONEONTA COOPERSTOWN – On Sunday, fire trucks and throngs of people up and down Main Street greeted the state champion CCS Hawkeyes’ boys’ basketball team with sirens and cheers. It’s a given now: When a CCS team wins the Class C state championship, the fire department breaks out its fleet and people pour out onto the streets to celebrate the…
from Danny Lapin RSS Housing Project Not Right For Oneonta To the Editor: The proposed housing project by Rehabilitation Support Services (RSS) of Altamont in Oneonta’s Sixth Ward is a flawed development. RSS wants taxpayers to pay for it; they trying to circumvent public input and they’re using strong-arm tactics to get approval to start construction. Therefore, I oppose it. RSS wants to build a 64-unit project for low- and moderate-income people that will include 14 apartments reserved for individuals…
