IN MEMORIAM: Carole S. Burnsworth, 77; Started Fresh Air Program for City Youth ONEONTA – Carole S. Burnsworth, 77, who helped bring city children to local farms for the summer. passed away on July 2, 2016 after a brief illness. All three of her children and her husband were at her side as was her sister, Sally. She was born in Albany on Aug. 31, 1938, the daughter of Sam and Viola Scranton. A graduate of Schoharie Central School, she earned her…
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IN MEMORIAM Guy J. Barton, 69, Civic Leader; Cooperstown Area Entrepreneur FORT PLAIN – Guy J. Barton, 69, the Village of Fort Plain’s foremost civic leader and an entrepreneur and businessman in the Cooperstown area for decades, died Friday, July 1, 2016, at Bassett Hospital after a brief illness. Calling hours and the funeral are this afternoon in Fort Plain. (See below) Born on January 16, 1947, he was the son of Guy E. Barton and Dorothy Weyant Barton. He…
Police Assured A Fun, Safe Hometown 4th Facebook Threat Investigated, Deemed “Not Credible” By FBI ONEONTA – With extra patrols on hand and monitoring by the State Police, the Oneonta Police Department helped assure that the Hometown 4th of July was a safe and celebratory time for all. On Thursday, June 30, Matthias Czako, Georgia, posted on Facebook claiming that Oneonta’s 4th of July event in Neahwa Park would be a target of domestic terrorism. “We had people calling, messaging us…
Hometown 4th In Full Force, Ends With Fireworks At Dusk MORE PHOTOS IN THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA…
Life, Liberty, Pursuit Of Happiness Stated Anew At Farmers’ Museum…
Sun, 70-Degree Weather Lures Thousands To Springfield 4th MORE PHOTOS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Holiday Colors…
IN MEMORIAM ‘Jerry’ Russell, 74; Played Organ For The Tones, Others ONEONTA – Gerald “Jerry” T. Russell Sr., 74, a well-known organist locally and accompanist for The Chymes, recording with them in New York City when they became better known as The Tones, passed away on June 25, 2016, in Oneonta. Born on Dec. 4, 1941, to Vaughan and Bertha Russell, Jerry was a lifelong resident of Oneonta, spending his entire life on Harrison Avenue. LISTEN TO THE TONES ‘THREE…
On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On Rapper’s Otsego Lake Home Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), reports on Peter Nash, aka rapper Prime Minister Peter Nice, who moved to Cooperstown in 1993 after a music career that included the his “Pop Goes The Weasel”, and helped the wax museum and Cooperstown Dreams Park. The property was abandoned a decade ago when Nash moved elsewhere. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
Fireworks Salute 4th…