Alumni Herring, Bard Join Unatego Hall Of Distinction UNADILLA – Herring Lumber Co. owner Charles W. Herring Jr. and Joseph Bard, retired executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Rural & Small Schools, will be inducted into the Unatego Hall of Distinction Friday, Jan. 25. Charles Herring graduated from the Otego Central School in 1943 and soon thereafter enlisted in the Army Air Corps where he served with distinction as a gunner on a B-29 in the Pacific Theater. Following…
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Hometown History Jan 25-2019 150 Years Ago Excerpts from a “Letter of Remembrance” addressed to the editor from Benj. Shove, a former resident of Oneonta: “At the age of eight years I became a resident of Oneonta by the removal of my father with his family to a farm on Oneonta Creek, about two miles from the village. In that and adjacent neighborhoods the most of my boyhood was spent. Oneonta is not only endeared to me as the…
Big Yankee, Plus Halladay, 2 More Could Draw Biggest Crowd, Katz Says Rivera Only Inductee To Win 100% Backing BY LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – Jeff Katz thinks that this will be a record-breaking year in Cooperstown.“With Mariano Rivera getting in, I think it’s very likely we’ll break the all-time attendance record,” he said. Rivera, a career Yankees pitcher, was the first to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame unanimously by the 425 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers…
BOUND VOLUMES Jan 25-2019 200 YEARS AGO To The Public – The subscriber thinks it his duty to inform the public that he has found his absent daughter in Cherry Valley in a comfortable and respectable situation on the 22nd inst. Those kind citizens who have assisted in the discovery, will be pleased to accept my warmest thanks. John Cockett, Hartwick, January 23, 1819. The Electors of the Town of Otsego are requested to meet at the house of Luther…
Young Tennis Player Honored With Sportsmanship Award COOPERSTOWN – Gunter Weldon, Cooperstown, will be honored with the Sportsmanship Award in the Boys 10 and Under catagory at the annual USTA Eastern Junior Awards Luncheon on Saturday, January 26 at the at the Renaissance Westchester. A Play Your Court coach would certainly be proud if one of their players got this accolade. “Professionalism won’t always win you hardware,” said Julie Bliss Beal, USTA Eastern senior director of competitive tennis. “But our…
WHEN IN COOPERSTOWN & CITY OF THE HILLS Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg Four young men in the Rochester suburb of Greece were arrested this week after police learned that they were allegedly planning to bomb Islamberg, the small Muslim community in…
United Way Packs Gift Bags to Hang In Huntington Park Ethan Winner, an eighth grader at Oneonta Middle School, packs food in plastic bags for United Way’s “Warm Inside and Out!” program. The bags of food and warm clothing will hang in Huntington Park until the end of the month for people in need to help themselves. Click for full story. …
Many Dangers Found At Hotel City, Landlords Return To Court By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA – At 195 Main St., five of the 40 apartments don’t have kitchen appliances. Many are without operating smoke detectors. Window panes are cracked and fixed with tape. And suspended ceiling tiles cover the sprinkler system, rendering it inoperable in a fire. “There are still considerable violations,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We have an obligation to make sure everybody in the city lives in a building…
Chris Catapano Promoted To Oneonta Police Sergeant ONEONTA – Christopher Catapano, a member of the Oneonta Police Department since 2008, has been promoted to Sergeant. Sergeant Catapano holds an associates degree in criminal justice from Herkimer County Community College and a Bachelors Degree in criminal justice from SUNY Oneonta. While attending SUNY Oneonta,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 24-25, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE So Long, Winter Storm Harper Rivera Only Inductee Elected By 100% Hartwick Offers First Master’s Degree Many Dangers Found At Oneonta Hotel Hazzard Leaves Cooperstown Chamber Under Attack? Avoid, Deny, Defend Plot Undone To Set Bomb In Islamberg EDITORIAL Thrice Struck Down By Misfortune, Rob RobinsonRose To Inspire Others COLUMNS Worried About Global Warming? DON’T Buy An Electric Vehicle With Hotel…
