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Painted Screens Depict Baltimore’s Rowhouse Art, History

Eff’s study of painted screens began in 1975. She and the late screen artist Dee Herget founded the Painted Screen Society of Baltimore and, in 1988, a documentary film was produced about Baltimore’s screens, documenting the screens, the artists and bringing to national attention this little-known art form, unique to working class Baltimore neighborhoods.…
May 15, 2025

Time Out Otsego: 05-06-25

MEET & GREET—5:30-7 p.m. “Welcome Home Cooperstown.” Gathering to welcome new residents to the Village of Cooperstown. This month, in celebration of Historic Preservation Month, students of the Cooperstown Graduate Program address why preservation matters, what it means to be in a historic district, how to learn about a property and what incentives exist for owners. Includes music and refreshments. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8344 or visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/321873527872198/user/61554193259469/…
May 5, 2025

Federal Agency Slashes Hefty Funding to Hanford Mills Museum

At issue was a $238,475.00 federal grant IMLS had awarded HMM for two separate multi-year projects. One was to improve the management and care of the museum’s historic objects so as to ensure their long-term duration. The other was to create an interpretive master plan, with input from the community, to guide the museum’s activities through 2026.…
April 24, 2025

Editorial: Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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.…
March 6, 2025

Death Notice: Brian A. Alexander

COOPERSTOWN—Brian A. Alexander, 73, visiting professor of museum administration at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, passed away unexpectedly on November 27 at Albany Medical Center. Born March 25, 1951 in Peoria, Illinois, Brian was the son of Arnold George Alexander and Norma Jean (nee Hoffman) Alexander. A celebration of Brian’s life will be held at the Cooperstown Graduate Program at 5838 State Route 80, Cooperstown.…
December 11, 2024
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PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

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