While there have been instances in the past few years when the BOE has been asked to approve the removal of books, what is different about last Wednesday’s request, by comparison, is the size and scale of the list and the confusion, at present, around what exactly it means for a title to appear on the list.…
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Mohawk Valley got on the board first, as Frontera (Red Bank, NJ/Seton Hall) continued his run from Saturday night, in which he drove in six runs. This time, though, he only drove in a run, bringing Cristino Tufano (Babylon, NY/George Washington) in from second on a bouncing ball into left field.…
Toonie Moonie and Vêsucré were among the top 16 businesses receiving the most votes in the first round of the contest. Neither business had advanced to round two as of August 12, but they were up against some stiff competition.…
Using a barge supplied by the BFS, the OLA transported all the collected materials to the north side of Three Mile Point. From there, the Village of Cooperstown hauled the majority to the county transfer station, with scrap metal headed to a scrap yard, according to Village Public Works Superintendent Mitch Hotaling.…
Otsego Now is an umbrella organization that includes three economic development entities: the County of Otsego Industrial Development Agency, the Otsego County Capital Resource Corporation and the Oneonta Railyard Local Development Corporation.…
A 1995 graduate of Cooperstown Central School, Connolly first joined the Cooperstown community as a 9-year-old in 1987, and he’s been reading (and sometimes appearing in) “The Freeman’s Journal” ever since.…
The Alzheimer’s Association, Northeastern New York Chapter will conduct a listening session on Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and memory loss on Thursday, August 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Gathering Place, a new senior center in Oneonta.…
This season’s shows included the delightfully puerile farce, “The Pirates of Penzance,” which should appeal to younger audiences, and “Calisto,” a baroque gender-bender that didn’t play at La Scala until 2017, coincidentally the same year that “Elizabeth Cree,” an experimental whodunit based on Jack the Ripper, premiered.…
There are two people whom I give an extraordinary amount of credit to for helping guide me as a student: my mother and my late grandmother, both of whom have been steadfast in my efforts to get my diploma and to be in my life in general, with their advice to their guidance.…
CCESO’s annual Family Farm Day is a unique opportunity for visitors to experience engaging “open farm” tours and interactive activities at participating farms in Schoharie, Otsego, and Delaware counties. Visitors to these farms can learn about local agriculture, and FFD farms can share their ever-evolving “stories”—their operations, their products, their history, and their vision. FFD familiarizes visitors with the diverse operations of local farms and keeps the important role of agriculture in our region in the public dialogue.…
