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In Memoriam: Gail Reid Freehafer

Gail Reid Freehafer died on Thursday, October 2 at home in Cooperstown, New York. We’ve lost our beautiful mother, nana and wonderful friend. Gail Lynne Reid was born on July 25, 1940 to parents Evelyn and Herbert Reid. She grew up in the New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York City areas, moving numerous times due to her father’s career as an executive at US Rubber.…
October 15, 2025

Time Out Otsego: 06-18-25

GARDEN CLUB—2 p.m. “A Gardener Reflects: A Talk by Page Dickey.” Presented by the Lake and Valley Garden Club. Talk by the author of “Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again.” Tickets required. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=24438996562369850&set=gm.9916621465063975&idorvanity=321873527872198…
June 17, 2025
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Viewing Platform Project Plans on Hold

Discussion of the proposed Lakefront Park viewing platform project has been tabled for the time being, following Monday night’s informational meeting, led by Delta Engineer Director of Landscape Architecture Michael Haas, and the subsequent Village Board meeting. Haas reviewed plans for the platform, which was to be installed at the northern terminus of Pioneer Street, in Lakefront Park. The plans received push back from members of the public as well as some village trustees.…
November 29, 2024

In Memoriam: Patricia A. Huntington

Patricia A. Huntington passed peacefully on June 24, 2024 at home, surrounded by her immediate family. Patricia was born July 26, 1936 in Cooperstown, New York, daughter of Marcia (neé Pickard) and Frank Pearsall. She married Robert G. Huntington on January 28, 1956 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Springfield Center, New York.…
July 15, 2024
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Editorial: It’s Not Johnny’s Bench, But He Can Sit On It

Editorial It’s Not Johnny’s Bench,But He Can Sit On It Early in the freezing morning of Saturday, November 11, 1961, a terrible fire began in a building on the northwest corner of Main and Pioneer streets in Cooperstown. Fires had long been a part of the history of the village, with some big enough to threaten its very existence, and others ending the existence of a plethora of shops, restaurants, and houses. One killed a resident; John Lippitt lost his…
April 27, 2023
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Lake Front Buffer Strip spruced up

Lake Front Buffer Strip Spruced Up Take a leisurely stroll down to Lake Front Park in Cooperstown and take in the beauty of the Buffer Strip Garden along the shore of Otsego Lake. Over 15 years ago, the Otsego Lake Association helped to introduce the concept of the lakeside buffer strip to the Otsego Lake community. “This Buffer Strip was created in 2005. It’s a conservation garden that buffers the water that comes from the village into the lake so…
July 14, 2022
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In Memoriam Doris E. Reiss, 88 Partner Reiss Car Wash

In Memoriam Doris E. Reiss, 88 Partner Reiss Car Wash COOPERSTOWN – Doris Elaine Reiss of Cooperstown passed away peacefully at home January 1, 2022, with her beloved husband Howard at her bedside. She was born in 1933, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, to Mildred (Ritts) and Louis Fredericks. They moved to the Mohawk Valley where she attended Mohawk and Ilion schools. Doris was employed at the New York State Historical Association as the personal secretary for Dr. Louis C. Jones.…
January 31, 2022
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: Sunrise, Sunset Photography with the Lake & Valley Garden Club 08-12-21

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 Sunrise, Sunset Photography with the Lake & Valley Garden Club FLOWER & PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Come out to appreciate the photographs and flowers of the Lake & Valley Garden club photography show. The theme this year is on Sunrise, Sunset. Showing thru 8/13. Free, open to public. Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer St., Cooperstown.…
August 11, 2021
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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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