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Alleged Renert Accomplice Arrested In Pre-Christmas Shooting In Coop

Alleged Renert Accomplice Arrested In Pre-Christmas Shooting In Coop COOPERSTOWN – A Florida man police suspect assisted Barry Renert in an alleged armed-robbery attempt at Seventh Inning Stretch two days before Christmas was arrested yesterday at a prison in Orlando, Fla., by Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies after a five-month investigation. It is alleged that Stephen John Janiszeski, 30, of 3200 Old Winter Garden Road, Ocoee, Fla., drove up from Sanford, Fla., with Renert and waited in the car while his…
June 19, 2014

Massachusetts Accountant Wins Cooperstown’s First Marathon

Massachusetts Accountant Wins ‘Race Lake’, A Cooperstown First COOPERSTOWN – James Sullivan, an accountant from Chelmsford, Mass., who has run six marathons – including Boston’s – in the past eight weeks, crossed the finish line at 10.53.07 p.m. today, winning the first-ever Cooperstown marathon, “Race The Lake.” His time was 2:54:34, and he finished a good mile ahead of the second finisher, Dierdre Dwyer, of Poughkeepsie (the family has a weekend home locally), who won the half-marathon in 1:29:44. PHOTO…
June 14, 2014

‘Race Around The Lake’ Underway, 1st Cooperstown Race USTF Qualifier

 ‘Race The Lake’ Marathon Underway, 1st Cooperstown Event USTF Qualifier COOPERSTOWN –  “Race The Lake,” Cooperstown’s first marathon, is underway.  Beginning at 8 on Susquehanna Avenue north of the Clark Sports Center, the leading running are expected to arrive at the finish line there at about 11. The race is U.S. Track & Field certified, meaning that running who complete the loop under three hours qualify for next spring’s Boston Marathon, which Sport Center Director Val Paige said elevated interest in the…
June 14, 2014

1st Cooperstown Marathon To Extend 75th Festivities

1st Cooperstown Marathon To Extend 75th Festivities COOPERSTOWN – The first 26.2-mile “Race The Lake” marathon begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Clark Sports Center.   At 8:30, contestants in the 13.1-mile half-marathon will be bused from the Clark to the Springfield Community Center, where that race will begin at 9:30. Get more details and register to run…
June 12, 2014

Hall of Fame’s Yesteryears Recalled

Hall of Fame’s Yesteryears Recalled By JIM KEVLIN • www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Yesterday was today’s topic, and things have changed. “I shouldn’t say this,” said Ted Spencer, the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s retired curator, “but my first year here” – 1982 – “I tried everything on.” How things have become more formal and security-conscious over the years was one theme that emerged from a panel Spencer rounded out this afternoon in the Hall’s Bullpen Theater. He joined three attendees…
June 12, 2014

Raise Bed Tax 2 Percent To Aid Municipalities, 3 Leaders Say

Raise Bed Tax 2 Percent To Aid Municipalities, 3 Leaders Say Saying municipal finances are structurally flawed, the top political leaders of Cooperstown and Oneonta have issued a statement calling for a 2 percent bed-tax increase to benefit the communities that generate bed-tax revenues. Cooperstown Village Mayor Jeff Katz, Oneonta City Mayor Dick Miller and Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood provided the statement to Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, which published it in full in the editions that arrive on…
June 11, 2014

Babe Ruth Hall of Fame 75th

BABE RUTH’S FAMILY TO ATTEND HALL’S  75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY COOPERSTOWN – Seventy-five years after Babe Ruth stood on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame and waved to the gathered crowd, his family will return to Cooperstown to celebrate his legacy as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 12. The festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Hall, with Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Cal Ripkin Jr., as well…
June 9, 2014

PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER

For a limited time, new annual subscriptions to the hard copy of “The Freeman’s Journal” or “Hometown Oneonta” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or digital-only access to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice: Friends of the Feral-TNR, Super Heroes Humane Society, or Susquehanna Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 

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