On the heels of a couple of thought-provoking and, for some, provocative editorials, we thought we would lighten things up a bit this week.…
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Tara Barnwell
After six years of patrolling Bassett Healthcare Network properties, Security Officer Robert Meiser and his dog, Hudson, are retiring. As of Friday, August 1, the pair will no longer roam the campus halls and grounds.…
Roberts, who hails from Bovina Center, has covered local news before. Her summer job in high school was with the “Catskill Mountain News” in Arkville. There, she shadowed reporters, wrote a weekly “this day in history” column and learned the basics of the industry.…
Otsego County is a wonderful place; full of hope and potential along with truly amazing people who want to make our little rural home a great place to live. My time at LEAF has been defined by working side by side with hundreds of people over the years who want to do just that.…
“This Dickensian Christmas-style event stems from years of visitor interest in a holiday-themed experience at Hyde Hall,” said John Aborn, Hyde Hall’s program manager. “We’ve previously hosted holiday bazaars and seasonal vendor fairs but, this year, we wanted to offer something more immersive and educational...."…
A 1995 graduate of Cooperstown Central School, Connolly first joined the Cooperstown community as a 9-year-old in 1987, and he’s been reading (and sometimes appearing in) “The Freeman’s Journal” ever since.…
Iron String Press is the sole remaining independent and locally owned newspaper publishing enterprise in Otsego County. Through its print publications and its digital counterpart, AllOtsego.com, Otsego County households have the benefit of local news in local hands at a time when the U.S. is losing an average of more than two community newspapers each week.…
My first day at OFO was October 1, 1987 as an itinerant outreach worker in a high school dropout prevention program.…
Nelson is a 2018 graduate of Cooperstown Central School and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hamilton College in December 2022. He lives in Middlefield but will relocate to Albany for his new position.…
Iron String Press Extends Subscription Drive Benefitting NFPs By DARLA M. YOUNGSOTSEGO COUNTY Since August, new subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” newspaper and to the AllOtsego.com website have had the opportunity to assist their choice of one of four area charitable organizations by donating $5.00 of the fee when they subscribe annually. Thanks to the favorable results of this special offer, parent company Iron String Press Inc. has extended its “Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper” subscription drive through…
