THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 25, 2023 Front Page Bliss: County Must Regulate, Oversee Any Housing of Migrants Cooperstown Hosts 1st Pride Weekend New Pastor Appointed to First United Methodist Church Coop Resident Interviewed by NBC Inside Cooperstown’s Seamon Commits to St. John Fisher Cooperstown Honors Doug Walrath Universities Establish Oneonta Inclusive Business Award Cultural Critic Speaks at Writers Salon Locals: People and Businesses in the News, May 25, 2023 Local Riders Complete Endurance Ride…
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SQSPCA Seeking Sponsors,Selling Tickets forFashion Show Benefit Event COOPERSTOWN—The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is seeking sponsors and selling tickets for its first Helping Paws Fashion Show and Benefit, to be held on Thursday, June 8 at The Otesaga Resort Hotel. Following cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 5 p.m. and remarks by SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes at 5:30, models will strut the catwalk in The Otesaga’s ballroom bedecked in fashions from a number of local…
New Pastor Appointed to First United Methodist Church By MARCIA KOZUBEKONEONTA The Rev. Casey Bradley of Richfield Springs has been named pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Oneonta. He will begin July 2, filling the spot held for five years by the Rev. Marti Swords-Horrell, who is retiring. Bishop Hector Burgos appointed Bradley, 36, after the local staff-parish committee interviewed him and gave a positive review. Bradley holds a bachelor’s degree in social work received in 2009 from…
Coop Resident Interviewed by NBC NEW YORK CITY—The Commissioning Ceremony of the USS Cooperstown in New York City on Saturday, May 6 brought together many people. It was estimated that about 1,000 attended the ceremony, with roughly 300 in the VIP seating at the front of the stage. Attendees ranged from the Secretary of the Navy and the New York State governor to the ship’s crew and their families. One of those attending the commissioning was Bill Waller, husband to…
Cooperstown’s SeamonCommits to St. John Fisher By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN Cooperstown High School three-season star Danielle Seamon announced that she has committed to St. John Fisher University. Seamon played soccer for the Hawkeyes and led the girls basketball team to a 19-6 record in the 2022-2023 season. She was named to the Class C All-State third team for basketball in April. As the basketball season ended, Jon Rathbun of the “Herkimer Times Telegram” named her one of his 10 returning All-State…
Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh reads the Village Arbor Day Proclamation as Peg Walrath looks on. (Photo by Cynthia Falk) Cooperstown Honors Doug Walrath By WRILEY NELSONCOOPERSTOWN The Village of Cooperstown and Rotary Club of Cooperstown celebrated Arbor Day with a ceremony in memory of Doug Walrath on May 22. Walrath was a U.S. Army veteran and 52-year member of Rotary. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1947 and earned a Purple Heart after he was severely wounded in the…
Weekend Spotlight Clinton Canoe Regatta Set for May 26-28 BAINBRIDGE—The 61st annual General Clinton Canoe Regatta will take place on May 26, 27 and 28. Most attractions and the finish line for all events will be at General Clinton Park in Bainbridge. The 70-mile race on Sunday, May 28 is the longest one-day flat water canoe race in North America. It begins at Brookwood Point outside of Cooperstown. Friday night will feature the generation gap races, live music and local…
Universities Establish Oneonta Inclusive Business Award By WRILEY NELSONONEONTA SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College honored five organizations with the inaugural Oneonta Inclusive Business Award at a ceremony on May 9. Students, faculty and staff from both colleges were invited to vote for their choices from a pool of 18 businesses nominated by campus-wide surveys. In order to be nominated, a business had to provide “exceptional service to diverse populations, treat customers with utmost respect and civility, and go above and…
Editorial Decoration Day 101 In spite of the incessantly confusing and mildly annoying weather patterns we have been confronted with recently around here, we have come to Memorial Day weekend, reputedly the harbinger of summer, though we have hardly seen spring. It’s supposed to be warm and pleasant, a packed weekend filled with family and friends, parades, taps, salutes, speeches, frost-free gardens, canoe races, and tag sales.…
