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Local Efforts Support Milford Fire Victims

Rigby Handcraft, 43 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, has also put together a fundraiser to support Jeanetta Osterhoudt, the owner of Sybil’s Yarn Shop, as she works to rebuild her business. “We are doing a fundraiser for Sybil’s Yarn Shop, which burned down in the Milford fire, and we have been accepting donations from community members,” said Rigby Handcraft owner Emilie Rigby.…
August 7, 2025
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Watershed Supervisory Committee Moves Ahead with Plan To Combat Algal Blooms

The summer of 2022 marked the first major harmful algal bloom—or HAB—in Otsego Lake, resulting in the closure of the public beach at Glimmerglass State Park as well as the Village of Cooperstown-owned Three Mile Point and Fairy Spring parks. Though not to the scale that some New York State counties have seen, the negative effects of HABs on public health have been raising concerns.…
August 7, 2025
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Sixth Ward Shindig Revived

The overwhelming enthusiasm for this event was rooted in decades of pent-up nostalgia and a desire for communal connection. Cousins Becky Thomas and Frank Russo, two of the organizers of this year’s event, were just children when their fathers began to plan what ended up becoming a staple of the Sixth Ward each year.…
August 7, 2025
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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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