Our motto here at “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” is “putting the community back into the newspaper.” Whether you read our hard-copy newspapers or subscribe to our website, AllOtsego.com, we believe it is important to not only cover the news of Otsego County, but also to provide a forum by which its residents can contribute their own views and expertise.…
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A new column on AllOtsego.com, spring workshops at Fenimore Farm and Country Village, upcoming blood drives and spring enrollment for the Cooperstown Children's Choir are among the topics in this week's news briefs.…
Roberts, who hails from Bovina Center, has covered local news before. Her summer job in high school was with the “Catskill Mountain News” in Arkville. There, she shadowed reporters, wrote a weekly “this day in history” column and learned the basics of the industry.…
Are the kids clamoring for a visit with Santa? On Friday, December 13, the jolly old elf can be found in Cooperstown from 3-5 p.m. at his cottage in Pioneer Park. From 5-7 p.m., he can be found in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza. And in between—like so much Christmas magic—Santa will make an appearance on Main Street Unadilla, for the Santa parade at 6 p.m. (tree lighting at 5).…
Iron String Press is one of only nine news organizations in New York and 205 throughout the United States who received grants from Press Forward’s inaugural year of support to local media organizations.…
Grant awardees were announced on Wednesday, October 16. Otsego County’s own Iron String Press—publishers of “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” weekly newspapers and of the AllOtsego.com website—is one of them.…
Iron String Press is one of 205 small, local news outlets—including one in every U.S. state—that is receiving a share of $20 million to close persistent coverage gaps, thanks to funding from Press Forward, the nationwide movement to strengthen communities by reinvigorating local news.…
In recent months, “The Freeman’s Journal” has been making a concerted effort to increase its coverage of area events—events that span all of Otsego County. They are working hard to drive readership in the hope to increase their subscriber base, all while offering a viable avenue for those wishing to place paid advertising.…
Iron String Press is a business, just like all the other for-profit and non-profit entities throughout Otsego County. We have rent and utilities to pay, a professional staff to support, printing and mailing costs, and a host of other expenses. We are providing a viable community service and, in the current economic climate—just like all these other businesses—our bottom line is ever top-of-mind.…
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.…
