Each spring and fall, the CFOC solicits award requests from across Otsego County, typically asking nonprofits to focus on certain areas. While the foundation often receives more requests than it can fund, successful applicants are those that come closest to achieving the goals of the focus area. In the last five years, the CFOC has issued awards totaling $1,051,942.00 to 377 nonprofits.…
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Throughout the visit, Assemblyman Miller, ONC BOCES District Superintendent Dr. Catherine Huber, and ONC BOCES Deputy Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Avery engaged in meaningful discussions focused on regionalization initiatives and possible legislation actions to support rural schools with the resources needed to provide students with equitable access to expanded learning opportunities.…
“The local community’s response to this program has been incredibly inspiring. We are so grateful to the Lucky Duck Foundation for their support,” said Mark Kirkby, program coordinator at Bassett Cancer Institute. “Our cancer patients face treatments, therapies, and other challenges with so much strength and resolve. We are honored that through this partnership with the Cooperstown Food Pantry we are able to take away the financial pressures and logistical challenges that can come with planning out meals and purchasing…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta December 26, 2024 Front Page Foundation Awards $5,000 to Food Program OCCA Expands Programs with National Grant Hamilton Named 2025 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Inside Assemblyman Celebrates BOCES CTE Equipment Enhancements Community Foundation Announces Fall Awards Five Honored by Fenimore Schuyler Lake and Fly Creek Methodists Plan Merger SUNY/Springbrook Announce New Direct Support Professionals Training Remembrances: Remembering Reid Nagelschmidt News Briefs News Briefs: December 26, 2024 Editorial Greetings, Friends Columns…
HOLIDAYS—4:30-7 p.m. “Glimmer Nights Holiday Light Show.” Tickets required. Held Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings through 12/29. Fenimore Farm & Country Village, 5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1450 or visit https://www.fenimorefarm.org/…
90 YEARS AGO: The Post Office yesterday delivered some 500 gift packages to Oneontans, who, but for a recent order of Postmaster General James A. Farley, otherwise would have had to wait until today for their presents from relatives or friends. Delivery of packages on Christmas day is a new idea with the Post Office department according to Oneonta Postmaster Chester A. Miller. Letters and parcels were also dispatched on Sunday in an effort to expedite the handling of the…
160 YEARS AGO: A Case of Manslaughter – In the little settlement of Toddsville, are two licensed taverns or saloons; one kept by Jabez R. Weeks; the other by J.T. Burk. They are understood to have been at enmity. On Friday afternoon last, a party of three or four men were engaged in drinking and amusing themselves at Weeks’. Toward evening they went over to Burk’s and commenced breaking tumblers, &c., Weeks being one of the party. Burk undertook to…
Looking Back on 2024 We are pleased to present our 2024 Otsego County Yearbook for your enjoyment. We’ve hand picked 52 photos, one from each week of the year, each in their own way depicting life in Otsego County. These pictures provide a nice cross-section of what it’s like to be a resident of our county and its communities. We hope you enjoy them and we look forward to continuing to be your local newspapers in 2025 and beyond!…
PUBLIC SPEAKING—6 p.m. Oneonta Toastmasters hold their public meeting each 2nd and 4th Thursday. Online meeting available via Zoom. Online attendees are asked to sign in at 5:50 p.m. In-person meetings held at The Green Earth Health Market, 4 Market Street, Oneonta. Visit https://oneonta.toastmastersclubs.org/…
SENIOR MEALS—11:30 a.m. Seniors are invited to enjoy a delicious meal each Tuesday and Thursday. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors, $10.60 for guests accompanying a senior. Today’s lunch is cream of broccoli soup, chicken salad sandwich, coleslaw and mandarin oranges. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann Street, Richfield Springs. (607) 547-6454 or visit https://www.otsegocounty.com/departments/office_for_the_aging/index.php…