150 YEARS AGO: Are lead pipes poisonous? The question of lead poisoning is attracting considerable attention at the present time. There has been a large and influential gathering of scientific gentlemen and representatives of the Water Boards of New York and Brooklyn, and delegates from the Board of Education of the former city at the Manhattan Lead Works, to witness tests and inquire into the merits of the lead encased block-tin pipe.…
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Our general manager/senior editor describes putting out the newspaper each week as giving birth. The “gestation” period for “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” is six days.…
Boyle was a leading founder of what eventually evolved into an organization called “Riverkeeper,” dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the Hudson River which, according to Boyle back in 1970, was already contaminated with PCBs.…
The Otsego County Chamber Board of Directors announces that, effective July 23, 2026, Sean Lewis has resigned from his position and is no longer serving as our president and chief executive officer.…
What a contrast! “Bound Volumes” from July 1991 noted NBC News asked, “Why is Cooperstown so special?” Hank and Henry Nichols explained, “We’re proud of the community—we live in an informed community.”…
185 YEARS AGO: Advertisement—Carriage builders—The Subscriber is now receiving a very general assortment of materials for building and trimming carriages in the most fashionable style. He believes that builders will not be under the necessity of going to Utica or Albany to obtain materials for building a carriage.…
In 2002, a General Environmental Impact Statement identified 120 species of birds as breeding, or probably breeding, in Otsego County. Thirteen were listed as “threatened,” or of “special concern.”…
"Something for everyone” is a tall order, but this season’s Glimmerglass Festival surely has it. What a season so far—spectacular sets, first-class storytelling, all-out dramatic performance and, above all, hauntingly beautiful singing that rings out across all the splendid arc of human emotion.…
New York looks like a climate leader on paper, but when you run the numbers the way energy analyst Roger Pielke Jr. does, our state’s legally mandated “net zero” goal starts to look less like a plan and more like a slogan.…
I was very disappointed to read in “The Freeman’s Journal” that Becky Welsh is no longer with the Price Chopper as a greeter and assistant at the self-checkout stations.…
