This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta includes an update on those James Fenimore Cooper murals doomed for destruction in Westchester … Cooperstown’s mayor looks past the pandemic and invites you to breakfast … there’s a new baseball card shop in town … a spring hiking challenge … a look at your New York State Income Tax form … some thoughts on the Bills stadium brou-ha-ha … Merl Reagle’s dynamic crossword puzzle … and more!
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Dutchess County Executive and Republican candidate in the race for Otsego County’s 19th Congressional District, Marc Molinaro, teamed up with New York State Senator Peter Oberacker and Assemblyman Chris Tague to visit the Singh Family’s Apple Food & Grocery on Route 28 in Milford to discuss small business challenges and the senator’s proposal that would suspend the state’s gas tax for the summer driving months. Pictured here in front of the market are, from left to right, Malkit Singh, Tony Singh, Inderjit Singh, Paul Singh, Monty Singh, Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, Gurdev Singh, Assemblyman Chris Tague, Senator Peter Oberacker, Harry Singh and his daughter, Javin Singh, and Billy Singh. For more on the story, CLICK HERE
This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta includes an update on Cooperstown Central School’s removal of Karl O’Leary as principal of its junior/senior high school … a peek at what’s coming to the lot in Oneonta where Christopher’s once stood … a story on Sen. Peter Oberacker‘s plan to cut the state’s gasoline tax … an update on Vincenza Alessi as she battles a blood disorder … also … coins for Ukraine … we consider the possibility of an Andrew Cuomo run for governor … we share a story about ‘West Side Story‘ … our great Merl Reagle crossword puzzle … and Girl Scout Cookies!
Ukranian emigre Liona Yezhova with son Joshua Echavarria with the Cooperstown Village Board of Trustees on the steps of the village library of Cooperstown where they voted to raise the Ukrainian flag in support of the now war-ravaged nation. Visit www.allotsego.com/cooperstown-raises-ukraine-flag-at-village-hall/ for the full story.
Spot the local luminaries! Nearly the full cast and crew of “A Roadhouse Coup” pose after shooting the cocktail party scene at Oneonta’s Masonic Lodge. Filmmaker Lori Bailey told a Cooperstown gathering on March 8 she hopes to have the feature-length film complete in time for a September premier. See story on page 6.
The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station volunteer diving team held an ice-dive training February 12 for the first time this winter with the ice one foot thick and air temperatures in the 40s. The dive team works with the field station and the Village of Cooperstown to maintain buoys, science instruments, and study the ecosystem of Otsego Lake. Pictured from left to right Ed Lentz, Lucas LaTarte (holding the safety line), Kari Minissale (noting the divers’ direction), Wayne Bunn, Tiffany Valenti, and PADI Master SCUBA Diver Trainer Paul Lord. Diving are Noel Odell and David Turner. Photo for AllOtsego.com by Larissa Ryan.
Representative Antonio Delgado watches on as Fly Creek Cider Mill owner Bill Michaels shows him where the apples are pressed. (Kevin Limiti/AllOtsego.com)
Rep. Antonio Delgado samples a chocolate-flavored whiskey at the Cooperstown Distillery during a tour Thursday, May 27. Get the full story in this week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.
Cooperstown Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk, left, and Otsego 2000 Executive Director Ellen Pope, to Falk’s left, talk about the architecture of an 1800s Federal-style house at 30 Lake St. in Cooperstown, which is known as the oldest corner of the village. The two women gave an architectural tour in the village Monday, May 31, sponsored by Otsego 2000 and the Cooperstown Graduate Program, where Falk is a professor. About 60 people were on two 90-minute trolley tours through the village Monday afternoon. Falk said a similar tour of Oneonta will take place sometime in the future. (Greg Klein/AllOTSEGO.com)
New Iron String Press President and Publisher Tara Barnwell poses with the paper’s publisher/editor of 15 years, Jim Kevlin, who retired Friday, April 16. (Larissa Ryan/AllOTSEGO.com)
Elaine Bresee adjusts Santa’s hat at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, where he is on display, much like he used to be in the windows of Bresee’s and, later, in front of Marc and Elaine’s Milford Center home. (Ian/AllOTSEGO.com)
SIGN OF THE SEASON: Santa and Mrs. Clauses were observed strolling through Cooperstown’s downtown the other day, as plans on creating “virtual” Christmas celebrations being completed there and in Oneonta. The Coopertown Community Christmas Committee’s first activity is annual Decorating Day, which begin at 1 p.m. Sunday in Pioneer Park. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
It took a raging blaze less than an hour to destroy a Wood Bull Antiques storage barn Friday, Nov. 6, on Williams Road, Town of Otsego, near Fly Creek. Fire companies from Hartwick to Richfield Springs were called to the scene. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Otsego County’s next state senator, Peter Oberacker, the county representative, expresses his thanks to wife Shannon at a victory celebration at Form Tech Solutions, his Schenevus-based company. At right are son Derek and Campaign Manager Ron Wheeler. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
EXCLUSIVE: Dennis Craig, SUNY Oneonta’s new interim president, had an instinct for readiness, forming a disaster-preparedness committee on arriving at SUNY Purchase as a vice president in 2006. He discusses lessons learned in his successful effort to keep COVID cases there to 25, and how to apply them to the Oneonta campus in an exclusive interview. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
