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BEGINNING OF THE END? Governor Opens Door To County’s Reopening

MAY 15, FACTORIES, CONSTRUCTION A GO BEGINNING OF THE END? Governor Opens Door To County’s Reopening By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com By May 18, Greg Ward hopes that Burt Rigid Box in the Town of Oneonta can bring its 44 employees back to work. “We’re in the process of putting plans in place,” said Ward, the plant’s operations manager. “We’ve got a crew in there deep cleaning now, and we’re constructing Plexiglas barriers for when people can’t exercise…

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David Dean Erbe, 74; OHS Grad Signed With Minnesota Twins

IN MEMORIAM: David Dean Erbe, 74; OHS Grad Signed With Minnesota Twins SIDNEY – David Dean Erbe, 74, who signed with the Minnesota Twins to play professional baseball after graduating from Oneonta High School, died April 8, 2019, surrounded by his family. Born March 14, 1945, in Cooperstown, he was a relief pitcher in the Twins’ minor league organization in 1966. He later lived in Sidney for many years, working for Custom Electronics in Oneonta, Amphenol/Bendix in Sidney, and retired…

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Lt. Governor Hochul In City To Tour Corning

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul In City To Tour Corning ONEONTA – Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Oneonta today to see the Corning plant and tour Main Street, Mayor Gary Herzig reports. “She was very impressed with Corning’s jobs and the training they give their employees to help them move up in their careers,” said Herzig. “She also spoke with them about the upgrades to the plant.”…

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Laura Gohde, 78; Worked At Corning Plant, Astrocom

IN MEMORIAM: Laura Gohde, 78; Worked At Corning Plant, Astrocom MILFORD – Laura M. Gohde, 78, of Tansey Hill Road, passed away early Thursday morning, Oct. 26, 2017, at Bassett Hospital. She was born at the home of a relative in Pleasant Brook on July 8, 1939, one of 12 children of  Donald E. and Mabel E. (Crewell) Hitchcock.…

In Memoriam: John Wiedeck

IN MEMORIAM: John R. Wiedeck, 61, Wells Bridge; Retired Molder WELLS BRIDGE – John Raymond Wiedeck, 61, of Wells Bridge, a retired molder at Corning in Oneonta, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.