Women’s Rally To Echo D.C. Event COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Women’s Rally and Candlelight Vigil is being organized at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Otsego County Office Building on upper Main Street in sympathy with the Women’s March on Washington, the day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. Lynne Mebust of Cooperstown is leading the effort.…
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Treasurer Employee, Other Charged With $25,000 Theft COOPERSTOWN – A former county employee and his accomplice have been arrested and charged with stealing $25,000 in tax proceeds from the Otsego County Treasurer’s Office. Lawrence Woodards, 34, Cooperstown, and Kevin Williamson, 34, New York City, are accused of working together to steal from taxpayers and the office.…
Against Backdrop Of U.S. Strife, Program Explores Jesus And Race…
Covert: Public More Likely To Report Bias, Hate Cases Cooperstown Sees Its First Two Cases Ever By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Although applied in the Village of Cooperstown for the first time this summer – twice – bias laws have been on the books for years, according to Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert. What’s changing is public attitudes toward possible racial and homophobic confrontations are changing, he said: “It’s very unusual, but people aren’t going to put…
Herzig: Fear Will Not Divide Us Community Holds Vigil In Response To Orlando Shooting By IAN AUSTIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Before the candles were lit, and the names of the dead were read aloud in Muller Plaza, Rev. Craig Schwalenberg opened his sanctuary at the Unitarian Universalist Church to anyone who wanted to talk about the Sunday shooting at the Pulse night club in Orlando, Fla. “I was raised to be homophobic” Schwalenberg tearfully admitted during his turn to speak.…
As Prayers For Peace Offered, Holocaust Horrors Remembered By LIBBY CUDMORE • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – As candles flickered in remembrance of the six million Jews and five million others killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust, Nathan Batalion, Oneonta, shared his story. “My stepfather, Gabriel Bross, was a shoe-maker,” he said. “He survived five different concentration camps because the soldiers needed boots, and even though they said they would kill him when it was all over, the allies freed him.”…
Oneonta Rallies To Comfort Embattled Islamberg Muslims THIS WEEK’S EDITIONS ON NEWSSTANDS TODAY ENJOY HOME DELIVERY OF FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Islamberg Muslims Win 100’s Solidarity If Bikers Show Up, So May Local Folks By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – More than 100 wellwishers – from Oneonta, Cooperstown and beyond – almost filled the Unitarian Universalist Society this afternoon to offer solidarity to Muslims from Islamberg, Delaware County, where bikers from Tennessee are threatening mayhem on May 15. “Never again,” said Nathan Battalion, an Oneontan who lost family members in the Holocaust. “We can never allow this to happen again on our planet.”…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 19 SUNY Oneonta Students To ‘Take Back The Night’ CITIZEN VOICES MEET — 8 a.m. Citizen Voices meeting on “Regional Job Growth: Opportunities and Impediments.” Carriage House, 790 Southside Dr., Oneonta. RSVP to citizenvoices@hotmail.com MOBILE LIBRARY – 9:30 a.m.-2:50 p.m. Various locations, Tuesdays & Thursdays monthly. Cybermobile visits West Oneonta, Oneonta, Fly Creek, Schuyler Lake, Mount Vision & Wells Bridge Tues. April 19, May 17 & June 21. Info, (607) 723-8236.…