Ooh, Ah In Oneonta, Starting 12/18 Decorating Underway For Festival Of Lights Brook Moser, 10, and her brother Caleb, 5, joined the gang from Oneonta’s Keller Williams Realty this morning to decorate the front lawn of the city’s Department of Recreation office in Neahwa Park. Mom Angela Moser, a KW real-estate agent, reports her children painted the figurines, which are new this year, in anticipation of the Festival of Lights, which is planned to light up the City of the…
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GOP Kingpin Casale Resigns Chairmanship With Oberacker, Burns, Getman In Place, My Job Done, He Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www. AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Saying his work is done, Vince Casale of Cooperstown is stepping down as chairman of the Otsego County Republican Committee, he confirmed this evening. Committee chairman since 2015, Casale has recommended Lori Lehenbauer of Worcester, the GOP county elections commissioner, as his successor. In the past year, he’s been focused on ensuring two key…
INDUCTION WEEKEND HONOREE Broadcaster Al Michaels Wins Ford Frick Award COOPERSTOWN – Al Michaels, known for his many years calling play-by-play of National Football League games, is 2021 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting, the Baseball Hall of Fame announced today. Michaels will be recognized during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation on Saturday, July 24, as part of Hall of Fame Weekend 2021. Michaels becomes the 45th winner of the Frick Award, as he earned…
READ BARBARA ANN’S RESIGNATION Carolina Bound, Heegan Leaving Successful Legacy By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Barbara Ann Heegan, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce president since 2012, has resigned to accept a similar position at the Greenwood (S.C.) Chamber of Commerce. “I am proud of what we have accomplished as a team on behalf of our members,” she said in her resignation letter. Her last day will be Monday, Dec. 28. Al Rubin, who is serving his…
BULLETIN Barbara Ann Heegan Resigns From Chamber ONEONTA – Barbara Ann Heegan, veteran president of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, has resigned to accept as similar position at the Greenwood (S.C.) Chamber of Commerce. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS…
HONORS DUE AT INDUCTION Dick Kaegel Is Winner Of Taylor Spink Award COOPERSTOWN – Dick Kaegel, who covered the beats of Missouri’s two Major League Baseball teams for decades, was elected the 2021 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the Hall of Fame announced a few minutes ago. His career will be honored with the award that is presented annually to a sportswriter “for meritorious contributions to baseball writing” during the…
Hartwick Kids (Of All Ages) Welcome Santa The crowd begins to wave in anticipation as Mr. and Mrs. Claus arrive in late afternoon at Beanie Ainslie Little League Field in the Hartwick hamlet. Above, from left, are the Murdocks – Brady, Olivia, dad Brent, Vivien on his shoulders, and Connor – and the Hotalings – Keltyn, mom Kerrie, dad Ken III and Kallen. The Clauses, aboard a white vintage fire truck, were escorted by a Hartwick Fire Company #1 engine…
PAPERS, SALVATION ARMY COOPERATE Angel Tree Helps Record 26 Family Major (ret.) Jim Smith and newspaper Office Manager Larissa Ryan cheer after packing the van with gifts for a record 26 families served this year by readers of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta through the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. In a normal year, 12 families are served; but this year, the 12 were snapped up in just two days. Ryan, who organizes the drive for the newspapers, signed…
WILL DEMOCRATS STYMIE ACTION? Deadlock Possible On Filling Vacancy On County Board By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The county board’s Administration Committee recessed this morning without taking any action on the Democratic nominee to fill state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker’s District seat. The committee interviewed Democrat Diane Addesso, the former Worcester town supervisor. But it decided, since the Admin Committee has a 3-2 Republican majority and has already endorsed Oneonta businesswoman Jennifer Mickle for the job, there…
ANDREW HAMILL RAN FOR TOWN OFFICE Libertarian Emerges To Succeed Oberacker COOPERSTOWN – A third candidate, Andrew Hamill, a Libertarian who has run for Maryland town supervisor, emerged this morning to fill state Sen.-elect Peter Oberacker’s District 6 county board seat. As the county board’s Administration Committee went into session this morning to interview former Worcester town supervisor Diane Addesso, a Democrat, for Oberacker’s seat, county board Chair David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Middlefield, was seeking to arrange an interview with Hammil as…
