This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta includes a photo page from Memorial Day ceremonies and parades in Otsego County — on newsstands on June 1 and mailboxes June 2!…
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Uvalde prayer vigil is Thursday Christ Church in Cooperstown offers a prayer vigil on Thursday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m. for the victims of the Uvalde massacre. Event organizers write: “Less than two weeks after the Buffalo massacre there is another senseless mass murder. People of all and no faiths will gather together to honor the memory of those taken from us and in prayer for all those left behind which really is all of us.” For more information please…
Oneonta Police investigating Dietz St. alley murder ‘Not believed to be random attack,’ say police The City of Oneonta Police Department says it is investigating the May 30 murder of a 24-year-old Oneonta man, identified as Kaleb J. O’Neill. According to a press release issued at noon on May 31, “At 8:10 p.m. the Oneonta Police Department received a 911 call of a male being stabbed in the alleyway of 6 Dietz Street. Officers and Oneonta Fire Emergency Medical were…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 26, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK Do you wanna be a lifeguard? FRONT PAGE Supporters, opponents weigh costs, benefits of New York Climate Action Plan Village honors ‘hometown heroes Inside The Paper Plan in the works for Oneonta Friendly’s building Hall of Fame Classic on tap for the weekend Court finalizes election districts Perspectives Editorial ‘Transformative?’ BOUND VOLUMES Bound Volumes: May 26, 2022 CALENDAR Happenin’ Otsego…
Otsego voters finally learn state, Congressional lines Otsego County voters finally know their political home for the next decade after a state Supreme Court judge last week finalized new election district boundaries for the state’s congressional and state Senate representation. A combined five courts – including the state’s highest – rejected boundaries drawn by the state Legislature after the voter-approved independent redistricting commission failed to agree on districts. The court-approved, final lines keep Otsego County entirely within the state Senate’s…
Weather forecast moves Hyde Hall festivities to June 11 Hyde Hall and Glimmerglass State Park have announced that they are rescheduling their opening event, the Hyde Hall and Glimmerglass State Park Block Party, because of weather-related concerns. The event will instead be held on its June 11th rain date instead. The area is expecting a day of rain and potential thunderstorms which halts all outdoor activities in the area. The two organizations concluded they could not provide the best possible…
Exactly what do you mean by ‘transformative’? An editorial commentary What a grand week for the environment! The New York Mets and Colorado Rockies were snowed out of their May 20 game after half-a-foot fell on Denver. Meanwhile, here in Otsego County, people escaped sweltering late-July heat and humidity with a trip to Glimmerglass, despite the beach being closed until Memorial Day weekend. A tornado ripped through northern Michigan. And GasBuddy.com, that repository of weekly good news, tells us average…
Hall of Famers, MLB stars head to Cooperstown for ‘Classic’ this weekend Hall of Famers Wade Boggs, Fergie Jenkins, Tim Raines, Ted Simmons, Lee Smith, Ozzie Smith, and Alan Trammel travel to Cooperstown this weekend to coach the teams in the 2022 Hall of Fame Classic, scheduled for Saturday, May 28 at historic Doubleday Field. There’s a pre-game home run contest beginning at noon, with the first pitch of the ‘Classic’ at 1:05 p.m. Tickets are still available at $15…
Old ‘Friendly’s’ building getting revamp, new life There’s lots of speculation about what’s going on at the former Friendly’s Restaurant building on the corner of Main Street and Walling Avenue in Oneonta, especially after Milford’s Paul Singh announced o Facebook his family is the new owner and asking people what kind of business they would want at the site. With rumors abounding that the building would house a cannabis dispensary, a bar, or a restaurant, Mr. Singh told The Freeman’s…
Supporters, opponents weigh the costs and benefits of New York’s climate plan New York’s state Legislature and Governor Cuomo approved the sweeping ‘Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’ (CLCPA) in 2019, setting in motion an aggressive climate change agenda mandating 100 percent zero-emissions electricity by 2040 through a Climate Action Council charged with developing a ‘scoping plan’ of recommendations to meet those and other targets. Critics say that plan – up for public comment through June 10, 2022 – is…
