ANNALS OF COOPERSTOWN At 72, He Ends His Baseball Career With Dignity – At Doubleday Field Editor’s Note: Doug Davis, 72, of Windham, Maine, fulfilled a lifelong dream this fall: At 72, he pitched from the mound in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. This is republished from The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta newspapers of Nov. 5-6. By DOUG DAVIS • Special to AllOTSEGO.com On Sunday, Oct. 11, on Doubleday Field, I played my last baseball game. For years I’d wanted to play…
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Newspapers Now On Newsstands This week’s Hometown Oneonta is now available on newsstands in Oneonta. In Cooperstown, The Freeman’s Journal is available at Price Chopper, Stewart’s, Taylors, Church & Scott, Spurbeck’s, New York Pizza and CVS. Due to the Veterans’ Day holiday – see pages A3 for photos – and technical problems today at the printing plant, distribution of the newspapers was delayed. Thanks for your patience!…
Blade Found Inside Bag Of Trick-Or-Treat Candy Parents are being warned to carefully check left-over trick-or-treat candy after state police in Delaware County received a report this week that an X-Acto knife blade had been found inside a full-size (1.8 ounce) bag of Sour Skittles. The report came from Maple Lane, Margaretville. It appears that the bag of candy, bought at the Margaretville CVS, had been completely sealed prior to it being opened on Nov. 9, police said. The investigation…
Ommegang Wins 2 Gold Medals In Prestigious European Contest COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang has received two gold medals at the prestigious European Beer Star Competition, the brewery announced today. Abbey Ale won gold for Belgian-style dubbel and Gnomegang won gold for Belgian-style tripel. The results of the judging of 1,957 beers from 45 countries was announced Wednesday in Nuremberg, Germany. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in 55 categories.…
OHS Troupe Stages ‘Odd Couple’ From Male, Female Perspectives…
Editorial Decries Rewriting City Charter For One Person Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal are on newsstands today. This week’s editorial says it’s wrong to rewrite the Oneonta City Charter so one predetermined person, Finance Director Meg Hungerford, can get job. Also, Veterans’ Day photos from Oneonta and Cooperstown. And, did you know, Unalam made the beams for Six Flags Great Escape waterpark in Lake George? It’s similar to one being planned for Route 28. OUR NEWSPAPERS AVAILABLE AT THESE…
BULLETIN Osterhoudt Squeaks In ONEONTA – With the final ballot opened at 9:30 a.m. today, Democrat Michelle Osterhoudt has won the Ward 4 Common Council seat by one vote, 93-92, over independent Jeff Back. Osterhoudt is a school teacher by profession and a member of the Oneonta Community Relations & Human Rights Commission. She and husband Marty have two children. Her opponent, Back, president of Fyr-Fyter, Inc., which installs sprinklers and other fire-prevention systems. His entry turned a contest between Osterhoudt and…
Oneonta Salutes Heroism MORE PHOTOS IN HOMETOWN ONEONTA, ON NEWSSTANDS THURSDAY…
Veterans Remember Service To Country…
City Manager Duties Dominate First Charter Revision Meeting CLICK FOR YOUR OWN COPY OF CITY CHARTER…
