“Populations of professionals in Upstate New York; it’s just not as what it was. It’s become really hard for people who need to have a will done, get divorced, get custody of their kids or, God forbid, have a criminal matter, to find an attorney in the area,” said Sarah Cowen, associate court attorney for Otsego County Court Judge Michael F. Getman and president of the Otsego County Bar Association.…
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Otsego is one of three of New York’s rural counties taking part in the Rural Pathways initiative which, as Bill describes, “seeks to incentivize young, outgoing law students to make the move to the areas of New York that need their practice the most.” We think this is a great idea, and one that we believe may work to our advantage.…
As of April 26, these tours take a scenic journey along the railroad in both cardinal directions, with the southern route predominantly crossing through a plethora of farm vistas and a trestle bridge over the Susquehanna, while the northern route takes pedalers past Cooperstown Dreams Park, in the direction of the Americana of Cooperstown itself.…
Regionalization has been a hot topic among numerous schools in Otsego County in recent years. Regionalization is the process of neighboring or nearby school districts sharing various services to lighten the financial load on each individual school, as well as provide new opportunities to their respective students.…
Visitors of all ages flowed from stand to stand, learning about a variety of topics honing in on educating Otsego County citizens on the environment around them. Displays ranged from those focusing on aquatic life, to terrestrial plants of our region, to a number of different species of birds.…
“This past October 2024, DEC’s Division of Lands and Forests employees began a multi-phase project to remove invasive plant species such as honeysuckle and multiflora rose from the popular Goodyear Lake Waterway Access in Otsego County,” Jomo Miller, a public information officer at the DEC, said.…
“[PaintFest was] one of the very first events that we conceived of and organized. We actually weren’t even officially a not-for-profit at that point,” Rachel Rissberger, sitting OWL board secretary and first organization president, said when asked about PaintFest’s legacy.…
I began with an extensive multi-month-long period of research and data collection. This entailed delving into the characters and technologies that defined the evolution of journalism as a whole since roughly the Spanish American War. From yellow journalism, to the advent of television, to the breakdown of ethics as we approach today, I gained immense swaths of knowledge that I was previously unaware of.…
As MCS continues its push for literacy and technology programs as a central educational focus, the role of the book vending machine will continue to grow. School officials are looking to enact a middle- and high-school equivalent of the initiative in the near future, with plans actively in the works.…
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.…
