Soren’s ‘Driving While Black’ Airs Tonight At 9 On WSKG COOPERSTOWN – “Driving While Black: Race, Space & Mobility,” based on the book by Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program director, will be broadcast at 9 p.m. this evening on WSKG-TV. It is also available on the PBS streaming service. The documentary, directed by Ken Burns’ brother Ric, is based on Sorin’s “Driving While Black: African American Travel & the Road to Civil Rights,” published in 2020. The book grew out…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Author: JimK - Page 18
Family Escapes Burning Trailer 4 Safe; Birds, Cats Die In Hartwick…
IN MEMORIAM Patrick A. Foti, 85; Oneontan, Twin Brother, SUNY Administrator SCHENECTADY – Patrick “Pat” Anthony Foti, 85, a career-long teacher in the Capitol District and SUNY Albany administrator, passed away on Feb. 15, 2021, following a long battle with cancer. Pat was born on Aug. 29, 1935, in Oneonta, the twin son of Italian immigrants, Giovanni and Gabrelena (Cologero) Foti. Survivors include his brother, Vincent F. Foti, Sr., of Oneonta, the retired SUNY Oneonta dean. Faith, family and friends…
CLICK HERE FOR CARNIVAL SCHEDULE Ribbon Cut On Liquor Store In Time For Winter Carnival…
2 Officers, Driver Save Injured Hawk On I-81 County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Stalter, top left, a licensed falconer, and DEC Officer Tim Card hold up a Red Tail hawk, since nicknamed Lucky, they rescued Tuesday from Interstate 81. Deputy Frank Koren Jr., inset right, the first officer who responded to the scene, kept his new buddy warm in a Christmas sweater. According to sheriff’s deputies, driver Maureen Richter saw the injured bird while traveling on I-88 in the Town of…
Village Advises Town On ‘Trump 2024’ Tiff: Consider Not Reappointing Officials Who ‘Threatened’ Mayor On Billboard MILFORD – The Village Board has asked the Town Board to “take…into consideration” the reappointment of two town Planning Board members after a dispute over the “Trump 2024” billboard north of the village on Route 28. The letter to Town Supervisor Bernadette Atwell, dated Tuesday, Feb. 16, was signed by Village Mayor Brian Pokorny, Deputy Mayor Michael Strong and Trustee Austin Partridge. The village…
IN MEMORIAM Carla Jean Simonds, 69 Jan. 8, 1952- Jan. 12, 2021 ONEONTA – Carla Jean Simonds, 69, passed away Wednesday morning, Jan. 13, 2021, at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown. She was born Jan. 8, 1952, in Oneonta, the daughter of Clifford and Letha (Beers) Hulbert. Carla married Paul Simonds on Oct. 14, 1972, at the First United Methodist Church, Oneonta. She worked as an LPN at the Oneonta Nursing Home for many years and later for Otsego County Public Health. …
IN MEMORIAM Noel Dries, 82, Stalwart In Hyde Hall’s Revival SPRINGFIELD CENTER – Noel Dries, who played an important role in the overall establishment and maintenance of Hyde Hall, passed away unexpectedly Monday morning, Feb. 8, 2021. A life-long resident of Cary Mede, Town of Springfield, he was 82. A teacher, historian, and tireless researcher and well-loved Springfield resident, he was born May 30, 1938, at what was then a tiny Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown. He was the…
IN MEMORIAM: Clayton H. Bantham Jr., 90; Korean Era Vet, State Farm Manager COOPERSTOWN – Clayton Harvey Bantham Jr., whose father managed Iroquois Farm, passed away Friday morning, Feb. 5, 2021, at Saratoga Hospital. He was 90 and lived in Wilton, Saratoga County. Born Oct. 30, 1930, in Utica, Harvey was the son of Clayton Harvey Bantham, Sr. and Ruth Lucille Kline Bantham. In 1936, he moved to Cooperstown with his family when his father became Iroquois Farm manager.…
CLICK FOR WINTER CARNIVAL FUN 6 O’Brien Siblings, Mom Find Medallion At Badger…
