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Jane Forbes Clark

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Happy Service Anniversary!

Happy Service Anniversary! COOPERSTOWN—The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum recently recognized staff members who are celebrating milestone service anniversaries this year. Pictured from left are: Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark, Coordinator of Rights and Reproductions John Horne, Library Associate Dan Bennett, Manager of Exhibits and Special Projects Mike Fink, Manager of Digital and Outreach Learning Bruce Markusen, Director of Museum Education Stephanie Hazzard, Director of Communications Craig Muder, Fulfillment and Shipping Associate Tina…

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Mr. Pep Takes the Podium

Cooperstown Central School teacher and coach David Peplinski is the latest recipient of the Patrick C. Fetterman Award. Peplinski is shown above addressing the crowd as Jane Forbes Clark watches on. Read the full article on page 3. (Photo by Emily Ackerman)…

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David Peplinski Latest Recipient of Patrick C. Fetterman Award

Lifelong Cooperstown resident, teacher and coach David Peplinski was welcomed into honored company at The Otesaga on Thursday, October 12. The long-serving and beloved modified boys soccer coach, golf coach and sixth-grade teacher received the Clark Sports Center’s Patrick C. Fetterman Award for outstanding dedication to local youth athletics.…

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Barnstorming Team Sells Out Doubleday

Doubleday Field witnessed one of Cooperstown’s biggest spectacles in recent memory on Saturday, September 16. The Savannah Bananas, a barnstorming team that plays by its own rules and has been called baseball’s answer to the Harlem Globetrotters, descended on the village for the final stop of their 2023 world tour.…

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Clark Foundation Announces Beautification Contest Winners

Since 1954, Village of Cooperstown residential and business properties are judged annually on their horticultural beautification efforts in three categories: Most Attractive Floral Display in a Business Setting; Most Effective Overall Planting Which Enhances a Residential Property, As Seen From the Street; and, Most Appropriate Residential or Business Window Box or Boxes and/or Hanging Basket or Baskets.…

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Fans: Parade Did Not Disappoint

Under a sky both sunny and cloudy by turn, and blessed with a pleasantly warm evening, a relatively small but enthusiastic crowd witnessed the Parade of Legends that forms a part of Cooperstown’s annual Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. “I’ve been doing the security detail for the Hall of Fame for 18 years, and this year is definitely quieter,” Joe Pavone noted.…

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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.