INTERIM TEAM IN PLACE AT ST. MARY’S In Retirement, Father Rosson Is Anticipating Travel, Service By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – On May 30, 1955, little John Rosson, 7, underwent his First Holy Communion at his hometown church, Immaculate Conception in Irvington, on the Hudson River. As the host – in Catholic doctrine, the small, round wafer is the actual Body and Blood of Jesus Christ – passed his lips, the boy immediately knew: He…
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Father Rosson Retires From St. Mary’s April 1 COOPERSTOWN – Father John P. Rosson is retiring after 19 years as pastor at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church in Cooperstown. Father Rosson is also well-known in Oneonta, where he was campus minister at Hartwick College and SUNY Oneonta in the 1980s. CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY…
Father Rosson Retiring At Cooperstown Parish Final Mass, Celebration Planned This Sunday By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father John Rosson, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church, is retiring, effective April 1, after 19 years in Cooperstown. Father Rosson said today his final mass will be at 10 a.m. this Sunday, March 31, followed by a brunch and open house. The news was announced this past Sunday at the end of…
CLICK FOR 2016 PROFILE OF RECTOR Father Dane Boston, Christ Church Rector, Leaving Cooperstown Promoted, He Returns To S.C. Cathedral COOPERSTOWN – Father Dane Boston, four-year rector at Christ Church Episcopal, today advised his congregation he is returning to Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Columbia, S.C., as dean, the ranking position after that of bishop. The upcoming Christmas service will be his last locally, he said. The announcement comes at a time of transition in the Cooperstown clergy:…
Stamford Priest Assigned To Cooperstown By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father Michael Cambi, who arrived at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church as pastor on Labor Day Weekend, grew up in a Catholic family, primarily in Yorktown Heights, Westchester County, with a stint in Northern Virginia. But it never occurred to him to be a priest. He grew up a Yankees fan, played center field and third base, and went off to Notre…
IN MEMORIAM William Walter Dornburgh, 87; Banker Predicted Focus’ Failure COOPERSTOWN – William Walter Dornburgh, 87, a community leader whose grounding in banking enabled him to predict the sale of Otsego Manor, the county’s nursing home, to Focus Otsego was doomed to fail, died Sunday morning, May 26, 2019, at his home. He was born Sept. 26, 1931, in Jersey City, N.J., a son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Meehan) Dornburgh. Bill attended Jersey City public schools, where he was high…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 4 – 5, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Food Pantry Co-Director Held In $18K Theft Delgado’s New Approach To Healthcare Hailed Ames, Mandigo New Oneonta Trailblazers Father Rosson Looks Forward To Retirement Business Patron, Now New Chamber Director 2,000 Children In Poverty, ‘And That’s High’ EDITORIAL ABOLISH OTSEGO 2000! COLUMNS KUZMINSKI: ABOLISH OTSEGO NOW! SEWARD: We’re Losing Generation MASKIN: 16.1% Of Us Live In Poverty CEACAREANU: Have Naloxone…
Retired Priest Named To Fill In At St. Mary’s Father Pagones Served In Albany Area COOPERSTOWN – Father Peter Pagones, who retired from St. Paul the Apostle and Our Lady of Mount Carmel churches in Schenectady last July, will be interim pastor at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church here, according to Diocese of Albany spokesman Mary DeTurris Poust. He will fill in while a permanent successor is sought for Father John P. Rosson, 71, who retired…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 28-29, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE City, Otsego 2000 Eco-Park Dialogue Sought Father John Rosson Retires From St. Mary’s Cooperstown Distillery To Double In Size Hall, Legion Collaborating On Centennial WAS JUSTICE ACHIEVED? CASALE: ‘Gotcha’ Politics May Backfire SWAN: Accountability Is Up To Public’ EDITORIAL All Richfield, Not Just Faction, Should Map Future COLUMNS ZAGATA: Fossil Fuels, Renewables Explained COLONE: Press Ahead With Railyard Development BIERITZ: Donate! 25…