THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 5-6, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE County Manager Decision Expected Today Debate Renewed On Funding Animal Shelter Organizers Cancel 2020 Polar Bear Jump Santa Arrives At Renovated Pioneer Park Rare Woman Plow Driver Fights Ezekiel Common Council OKs $20 Million Budget EDITORIALS On County Manager, Now Hard Work Begins Kennedy, Bliss, Committee Deserve Praise COLUMNS SEWARD: Reforms May Be Costly, Dangerous MATHISEN: Memoir Takes Us To 911 Bombing…
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Pop-Ups Will Help Pep Up Southside Mall By LIBBY CUDMORE• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – There’s only one place you can get board games, maple syrup, artisan jewelry and a new tattoo – Southside Mall. “We’re a small mall, but what we have is a large shopping experience,” said Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall general manager. Starting Black Friday, the mall welcomed 16 artisans and local food producers to set up tables to sell their wares, including Caribou Creek Knives, Rusted…
BULLETIN COUNTY MANAGER POSITION CREATED 11 Vote Aye; 2 Nays; One Absence COOPERSTOWN – At 12:58 p.m. today, the Otsego County Board of Representatives created the position of county administrator. Eleven voted aye. Nays were two Republicans, former county board chairman Kathy Clark of Otsego and veteran board member Keith McCarty, East Springfield. The absence was Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who has been outspoken against the position. But the 11 ayes included a coalition of Republicans, Democrats and the board’s one…
IN MEMORIAM: Bertha I. Smith, 97; Opened Home to Many Children MORRIS – Bertha Irene Smith, 97, who opened a home daycare and served as a foster mother, passed away at her home in Morris on November 26, 2019. During her last days she had the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. Bertha was the daughter of Herman and Genieve Comino, of Town of Maryland. She married Leroy Smith, also of Maryland, on March 29, 1942.…
IN MEMORIAM: Linda L. Briggs, 62; Ran Home Daycare For 30 Years MARYLAND – Linda L. (Sutton) Briggs, 62, passed away on November 22, 2019 at Albany Veteran’s Medical Center. She was born September 5, 1957 in Oneonta, the daughter of Robert and Carol (Munson) Sutton. Linda graduated from Andrew S. Draper Central School in Schenevus. She served in the United States Army, where she met the father of her 3 children, Luis Lopez. Linda dedicated her life in helping…
IN MEMORIAM: Jo Ann Deller, 75; Worked As Postal Clerk For 30 Years WEST WINFIELD – Jo Anne (nee Dauchy) Deller, 75, quietly entered Paradise on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 from her home. Jo Anne was born in Sidney on June 23, 1944, the daughter of Walton T. and Evelyn M. (nee Mattison) Dauchy. She grew up in Burlington Flats, NY where she enjoyed exploring the woods and creek, riding horses at her grandparents, and playing with the neighborhood kids.…
IN MEMORIAM: Rosalie H. Weir, 92; CCS Teacher Aide Has Many Survivors TODDSVILLE – Rosalie H. Weir, a mother, daughter, wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, was unexpectedly called home Saturday morning, Nov. 30, 2019, from her home in Toddsville to join her Lord and family. She was 92. Of Polish descent, she was born Sept. 1, 1927, at home in Ashley, Pa., one of seven children of Anthony Zukowski, a coalminer, and Helen (Gouse) Zukowski. After moving to the Cooperstown…
Waters Sponsor T-Shirt Contest To Continue Fundraising Polar Bear Jump Cancelled For 2020; Will Return in ’21 MILFORD – The 25th annual Polar Bear jump, scheduled for February 2020, has been cancelled, founder Brenda Waters announced today. “We regret to inform all of our loyal supporters that the 25th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump has been canceled do to a recent motor-vehicle accident involving Brenda and Jamie Waters,” she wrote on the group’s Facebook page this evening. “Goody, The…
IN MEMORIAM: Maureen S. Greeley, 89; Helped Run Family Electrical Business ONEONTA – Maureen S. Greeley, 89, who helped run her family’s Holbrook & Howey Electric Co., passed peacefully Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, at home with much of her family present. She was born June 29, 1930 in Oneonta to Morris E. and Eva K. (Burrell) Howey. After attending grade school in Sidney and Oneonta, she graduated from Oneonta High School in the Class of 1947. Maureen married James E.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4 Holiday Decorations At The Fenimore ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Thank you to all the Christmas Angels who have sponsored a family this holiday season. FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 12:30 p.m. Join members of Lake & Valley Garden club for lunch followed by tour of this years holiday decorations, discuss how they are chose, what plants are used, how they work with the museum to introduce the holiday spirit. Cost, $32/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400…
