Read the first definitive piece on Louis A. “Coach” Presutti II, the man who changed Otsego County before his unexpected death Wednesday, July 6, in this week’s editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. From the time he first visited the Hall of Fame at age 5 or 6, he was inspired by his father’s message: Every boy should have a chance to play baseball in Cooperstown. After a career in business, Lou Presutti made that dream come true in 1996, 20 years ago this year, when he founded Cooperstown Dreams Park in a field in Hartwick Seminary, and – as the enterprise grew, attracting tens of thousands of young baseball players from across the country – nothing remained the same in northern Otsego County and Greater Oneonta.
Concerns over traffic, water resources, emergency services and economic impacts dominated discussion at the Hartwick Planning Board meeting on September 1 as residents weighed in on the proposed Goey Straits Campground, a 76-unit RV resort planned for the hillside across from Cooperstown Dreams Park.…
Roughly 25 to 30 Hartwick residents filled the Hartwick Town Hall for the Planning Board meeting on Tuesday night, September 1 to voice concerns over the proposed Goey Straits Campground, a 76‑unit RV resort planned for the hillside across from Cooperstown Dreams Park.…
James R. White, 74, passed away on August 21, 2026 at the UVM Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Born October 13, 1951 in Glen Cove, New York, the son of Everest and Maryann (O’Donovan) White.…
August 24, 2026
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER
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