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The speech I did not give to the class of 2021

EDITORIAL The speech I did not give to the class of 2021 About two weeks ago I got a message from the other Tara in my life, Cooperstown Sports Booster Club President Tara Loewenguth, letting me know that despite COVID restrictions I was invited to the annual end-of-year sports banquet. It wasn’t an unusual text and I politely declined. I don’t do a lot of banquets, but as a Cooperstown booster and after a fun spring of sports coverage, I…
July 8, 2021

LANSING: A tribute to local journalism, journalists

LETTER from ROGER LANSING A tribute to local journalism, journalists Editor’s Note: This speech was given Friday, June 25, to honor Editor Greg Klein at the 2020-2021 Cooperstown Central School Athletic Awards Banquet. In the fall of 2005, the Cooperstown community lost a piece of its soul with the unexpected passing of Ken Kiser. Kenny was a devoted husband and dad, a man who thought the best of each person he met, enjoying the beauty in life, every minute of…
July 8, 2021

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 

Visit our “subscribe” page and select your charity of choice at checkout