Minister Served Locally 3 Years Cooperstown’s Pastor Lebeau Moving To Jamestown Pulpit COOPERSTOWN – The Rev. Tom Lebeau, Cooperstown United Methodist Church pastor for the past three years, was honored by congregation members at a brunch this morning as he and wife Georgia prepare to depart for a new assignment in Jamestown. Pastor Lebeau, who has served in Cooperstown for the past three years, will assume his duties July 1 at Kidder Memorial First UM, and preach his first Sunday…
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Lions, Rotary Collaborate On Susquehanna Cleanup Lions, Rotarians, the OCCA and SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station are collaborating today in the annual cleanup of the Susquehanna River between Council Rock and the Mill Street bridge at Cooperstown. Conferring at the outset are, from left, Rotarian Mike Jerome, OCCA’s Jeff O’Handley, Lion John Rowley and Chris Maier of the BFS diving team. At right is Rev. Elsie Rhodes, a Rotarian. Inset, a crew begins by retrieving a tire and other material. …
The Green Cow Sign Up; Opening Planned Monday The Green Cow proprietor Carrie Thompson watches Pele Matson of One-Day Signs, Waterford, place the new grass-fed beef store’s sign a few minutes ago at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. Carrie and her husband Doug have their own grass-fed herds along Route 20, and will be making the beef – retail and wholesale – available to the Otsego County market. A “soft opening” is planned Monday, with store hours from 11 a.m. to…
EDITORIAL Energy Amity Not Easy, Chamber Policy Shows The Otsego Chamber of Commerce’s “Energy & Infrastructure Policy,” released last Thursday, June 13. The title sounds innocuous enough. In effect, it is rank-and-file business owners’ Declaration of Independence. The whole of the Otsego Chamber’s new policy appears in this newspaper, beginning at right. Read it. But there are a couple of key paragraphs. The first makes common cause with every sensible person’s aspirations: “As we head toward the inevitable move to…
BOUND VOLUMES June 20, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Advertisement: Sale of Pews – The sale of the pews in the Presbyterian Church will take place on Thursday, the first day of July next at 2 o’clock p.m. Six month’s rent will then become due. It is earnestly desired that all would pay at that time. Geo. Pomeroy, Clerk, Cooperstown, June 21, 1819. Advertisement: The inhabitants of Burlington intend to celebrate the anniversary of our national independence on the fifth day…
LETTER from MARY ANNE WHELAN Only Communications Can Root Out Bullying To the Editor: Last week’s article about school bullying recounts a serious incident in Cooperstown High School (by no means the first), but it begins – and exists – at much earlier levels, as parents and administrators of the lower grades will verify. This is a problem that needs to be addressed prophylactically and at multiple levels, by parents talking to their own children, by teachers and administrators, and…
A FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE New View, From Delaware Street It’s a pleasure to be writing again for The Freeman’s Journal (as well as, for the first time, Hometown Oneonta). I’ve been here before, though it was about two decades ago. More about that in a future column. For this new stint of columns, of course I need a new name. “From Fly Creek” just won’t do. Though all I learned and came to love while writing from that hamlet still lives…
SUMMER DREAMS Vendors Reveal Favorite Flavors, How To Mix ‘Em By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Growing up, Katie Entwistle-Eddy knew if she wanted a cold treat on a hot summer day, Mr. Shake on Route 28 was the place to go. “This place has been here for more than 30 years,” she said. “Whenever my family went out for ice cream, we came here.” Later, she got a job there. And, in 2015, her parents…
Troop C: Scams Extracted $70M From County In ’19 ONEONTA – Be on high alert for phone scams that have bilked nearly $70,000 out of unsuspecting Otsego County residents so far this year, advises Trooper Aga Dembinska, Troop C public information officer. In a press release, police warn that the following scams have been reported to Troop C:…
SSPCA Fashion Show Draws Oohs, Aahs at Woodside Hall…
