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Sen. Jim Seward

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Otsego Chamber To Honor Seward As ‘Distinguished Citizen’

Chamber Honors Retiring Senator With Bettiol Prize Senator, Theresa’s, Pathfinder, Custom Electronics All Honored ONEONTA – Retiring state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, will receive the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene A. Bettiol, Jr., Distinguished Citizen Award during a virtual ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. “Senator Seward has been a strong supporter of business and manufacturing in the regions he serves, and he has always worked hard on behalf of the business community’s needs,” wrote Barbara Ann Heegan,…

Seward To Name ‘Woman Of Distinction’ Tomorrow In Ceremony at Bassett

Sen. Seward To Name ‘Woman Of Distinction’ COOPERSTOWN – Senator Jim Seward, R-Milford, will announce the 2020 NYS Senate Woman of Distinction award winner for the 51st Senate District during a presentation in the Clark Auditorium, Bassett Hospital, tomorrow at 10 a.m. Tommy Ibrahim, MD, MHA, Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO, will join Senator Seward for the presentation.…

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Senate Resolution, Pizza Welcome CCS Champs To Albany

Senate Resolution, Pizza Welcome CCS Champs To Albany ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, welcomed the  Cooperstown Hawkeyes boys  basketball team and Coach John Lambert to the state Capitol this  afternoon, where they were honored as the 2019 New York State Class C champions. Seward presented the boys with a Senate resolution recognizing their achievement – and a pizza lunch in his office in the Capitol building.…

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Arlean M. Norton, 90; Businesswoman Also Worked For Senator

IN MEMORIAM:  Arlean M. Norton, 90; Businesswoman Also Worked For Senator ONEONTA – Arlean M. Norton, 90, a businesswoman and aide to state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, passed away peacefully on Jan. 22, 2018, at the Home of The Good Shepherd in Malta, with her son and daughter at her side. She was born in Carbondale, Pa., on May 26, 1927, the daughter of Michael and Caroline Zagata.…

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Fire At Milford United Methodist Church

CLICK HERE FOR SLIDE SHOW OF FIRST PHOTOS OF SCENE BLAZE GUTTING MILFORD CHURCH Fire Began In Dining Hall At Rear, Spreads Throughout By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MILFORD – Almost a dozen fire crews at this hour are battling a blaze at the Milford United Methodist Church at 89 Main St. The crews, including Milford, Oneonta, Cooperstown, Mount Vision, Schenevus and several others appeared to have the blaze under control, but it was burning too…

Seward On Conference Committee For Education, Higher Ed Budgets

Seward On Conference Committee For Education, Higher Ed Budgets ALBANY – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has been named to the 10-legislator conference committee – five senators, five assemblymen – charged with negotiating budget differences between the two houses in the areas of education and higher education. In a statement, Seward said the senate version, if it can be largely preserved, will achieve “two of my primary goals, … ending the disastrous Gap Elimination Adjustment and significantly raising school aid…

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.