Supermoon 2016, the largest moon of 21st century so far, shines down on the totem pole in front of The Fenimore Art Museum and, for that matter, all of Otsego County and the world this night. The moon will be closes to the earth at 6:22 a.m. Eastern Standard Time tomorrow morning (Nov. 14). Both the earth and the earth are in elliptical orbits; thus the distance between the two orbs varies. The last time the moon and earth were this close together was in 1948; the next time, in 2034. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Killer Knapp Dies In Prison; Guilty In SUNY Coed’s Death ONEONTA – Ricky Knapp, the man convicted of the 1977 death of SUNY Oneonta student, has died in Mohawk Correctional Facility, according to prison records. Knapp, 66, died March 8, having served 40 years of a 25-to-life sentence for a 1978 manslaughter conviction in the death of 18-year-old Linda Velzy, a SUNY student from Long Island. According to reports, Velzy was last seen Dec. 9 1977, hitchhiking in downtown Oneonta.…
Lewis Carroll’s Alice went down a rabbit hole to be transported to a world of wonder and strangeness. Something similar happens when visiting Fenimore Art Museum’s exhibit, “A Cabinet of Curious Matters: Work by Nancy Callahan and Richard Whitten.”…
Sports Stars, Royalty, Witches March Through Cooperstown PAGE OF PHOTOS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper
Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite 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.