‘Roadhouse Coup’ filmmaker treats Rotary, stars to sneak preview Filmmaker Lori Bailey treated Cooperstown’s Rotary Club to three preview clips of her upcoming moving, “A Roadhouse Coup,” filmed entirely in Otsego County and on track for a September 2022 release. “We’re just about done with shooting the film,” she told a full house of Club members during its March 8 meeting at the Otesaga Hotel. “I’m doing this in ‘docudrama’ style so we’re working hard on the editing. Soon we’ll…
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Rep. Delgado, top SBA official tour Otsego sites Biden Cabinet member touts post-pandemic recovery plans U.S. Small Business Administration chief Isabella Casillas Guzman, right, chats at the Baseball Hall of Fame with, from left, Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch, Vice President Eric Strohl, and Congressman Antonio Delgado during a March 4 tour of small businesses in Cooperstown. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, stopped first with the Congressman at Cooperstown Distillery, joined there…
Taking on the bullies Editorial: March 10, 2022 You have to start somewhere. We will admit to some heavy-duty skepticism when this newspaper received a press release last week announcing three days of anti-bullying assemblies and break-out sessions at Cooperstown Central School. It all sounded rather gimmicky – “a student empowerment and empathy activation team” calling itself “Sweethearts & Heroes” and co-founded by a Cooperstown High alum, Tom Murphy. Students participating in “Circle,” which, said the release, is “based…
CCS bully battle engages ‘Sweethearts’ Duo delivers message they’ve shared with 2 million nationwide Cooperstown High Alum Tom Murphy, left, and Iraq War vet Rick Yarosh, right, flank CCS Junior / Senior High Assistant Principal Amy Malcuria after a March 7 interactive anti-bullying assembly. The lights went out in Cooperstown High School’s Sterling Auditorium on the afternoon of March 7, not long after sophomores, juniors, and seniors had filed in for an afternoon assembly. The video screen went live…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 10 Knit, Crochet and more with the group FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/…
Wabbit season [Editor’s note: Here’s this week’s opinion column from the Editor of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta, Ted Potrikus.] Elmer Fudd is out hunting, as he does, when Bugs Bunny informs him that it’s duck season. Daffy Duck isn’t having it; he lets Elmer know in no uncertain terms that it’s ‘wabbit season.’ Elmer, confused, can’t figure out which is correct. “Say, what’s the matter with you anyway?” Daffy demands of Elmer. “Don’t you know a wabbit when…
In Memoriam Joseph A. Vagliardo, 74 Oct. 2, 1947 – Feb. 22, 2022 WEST ONEONTA – Joseph A. Vagliardo, 74, of West Oneonta, NY, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown. He was born October 2, 1947, in Oneonta, NY, the son of James and Dominica (Vaccaro) Vagliardo. Joseph proudly served in the United States Army from 1967 to 1970, with three tours in Vietnam. He received the Nation Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal,…
In Memoriam Amelia ‘Molly’ E. Holtje Fixture of Cooperstown Farmers’ Market COOPERSTOWN – Amelia ‘Molly’ Holtje of Lima, New York, (formerly Cooperstown), passed peacefully at home on February 13, 2022 at age 90. She is survived by her children, Thomas, Susan, Daniel (Julie) Holtje; grandchildren, Jeremey, Zuri Ryan, Jess Holtje, Madeline (Thomas) Campbell, Ellie, Noah Holtje: great granddaughter, Lillyanna Ryan; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Henry (Harry) j. Holtje, Jr.; brothers, Charles and Frank Caparelli.…
NYSEG updates power restoration effort New York State Electric and Gas said Tuesday night that 12,000 customers in its service region remain without power after fierce storms plowed through the area on Monday, March 7. NYSEG said existing outages remain mostly in the company’s Oneonta division, where 6,800 customers remained without power, and in the Binghamton division, where 4,200 customers remain in the dark. Based on initial damage assessments, the company said it expects to restore 95 percent of the…
