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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…

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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…

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.