Coop baseball stays undefeated with big conference wins By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown won two blowouts and a tight conference game with a controversial ending in a four-day stretch to stay undefeated in baseball. The Hawkeyes started the weekend by honoring their seniors at Doubleday Field on Friday, May 14, before a 14-1 win over Frankfort-Schuyler in a Center State Conference game. Chris Ubner hit a grand slam home run and pitched four scoreless innings for the…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 13, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego preps for hiring new administrator Tourism promoter: Focus different for 2021 Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies Schools face budget votes Tuesday; prepare for graduations Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success Master Gardeners to return May 29 Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens…
In Memoriam Charles W. (Chuck) Holcomb, 77: Worked at Oneonta Grocery Company, enjoyed tinkering Charles W. (Chuck) Holcomb, 77, passed away on May 8, 2021 at Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown after a short illness. Chuck was born the son of Charles Holcomb and the former Elsie Platt. He retired from Oneonta Grocery Company and after worked a few years at Ames Department store in Oneonta. Chuck married the former Doris Jubar of Oneonta and they recently celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary.…
Trustees Agree To Remove Sign That Angered Residents By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The village of Cooperstown will remove a controversial solar-powered speed limit sign from Pioneer Street. The village’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday, April 26, to remove the sign, which was in front of 100 Pioneer Street and told motorists heading south on Pioneer if they were exceeding the village’s 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. The meeting was held in person in the village ballroom at 22…
LETTERS from CATHE ELLSWORTH A Bad Sign I Placed On Pioneer To the Editor: Having lived on Upper Pioneer Street for some 36 years, it was indeed distressing to read John Webb’s “Letter to the Editor” in last week’s paper. The very idea of placing a solar-powered speed sign in one of Cooperstown’s residential neighborhoods is beyond the pale. It is made even more reprehensible given the fact that not only was the sign a gift to the village by…
LETTER from HANNA JOY BERGENE ‘Someone’ Who Cares Running for Village Trustee To The Editor: My name is Hanna Joy Bergene and I am honored to be running for village trustee alongside our current trustee/deputy mayor, Cindy Falk in the village election next Tuesday, March 16. Many in the local business community may know me from my time working at the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, Paperkite, Stagecoach Coffee and the Cooperstown Winter Carnival Committee. I’ve called Cooperstown home my entire…
At Woodside Hall, Not One COVID Case In Year The Rules Are Clear, Says Proprietor, But They Must Be Enforced Every Day By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ‘When I was a child, a classmate was one of the last Americans to have polio,” said Woodside Hall proprietor Stephen Cadwalader. “What if COVID-19 is like polio? That’s what went through my mind.” So here we are, a year since the coronavirus arrived – Governor Cuomo reported Tuesday was the…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 7, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Cuomo Calls Out Fox New Senator Joining Salka To Stem COVID Overreach Thanksgiving Bubble Pops: County COVID Cases Drop 31 In Day Next Generation Buys Rudy’s City Hall Seeks $500,000 To Redo Oneonta Theatre EDITORIAL In COVID Year, Leaders Did Step Up COLUMNS DELGADO: I’ll Focus On What 19th District Needs McREYNOLDS…But I Wasn’t Afraid Of ‘The Troubles’ STERNBERG: COVID Transforming Calls…
Dolgeville Couple Parents To First Bassett Baby Of ’21 By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County has welcomed the area’s first baby of the new year. ‘Allan Cotton, son of Mallory Diederichs and Scott Cotton of Dolgeville, was born – a week early – at 9:31 a.m. New Year’s Day at Bassett Hospital. Allan weighs 9 pounds, 3 ounces and is 22 inches long. Allan has four siblings: Michael, 12, and Karman, 3, at home and…
CLICK HERE FOR DAILY SCHEDULE Lines Form In Early Voting For President, Other Offices Early voting in Otsego County began Saturday morning at the county’s Meadows Office Building, Town of Middlefield, and a steady stream of voters lined up out the door and down the sidewalk to the parking lot. Above, Christine Chen, Oneonta, signs in with Polling Inspectors Diane Ehmann, Worcester, and Sue Straub, Fly Creek. Morning drizzle did not deter voters from showing up, as seen at right…
