Fenimore Museum Gate Up 42.8% This Summer Ansel Adams, Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, State Grant Credited COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum is crediting Ansel Adams, Toulouse-Lautrec, and James Whistler exhibits with a 42.8 percent increase (as of yesterday) in paid visitors this season. “An average of 7,440 people visited the museum each month since its opening on April 1,” Todd Kenyon, director of marketing and communications, announced today. “We’re well on our way to surpass our record-breaking season of 44,000 visitors…
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Two Charged With Selling Coke In Oneonta ONEONTA – A man and a woman were each charged with selling cocaine in Oneonta in what Lt. Douglas Brenner describes as “an upswing” in the drug’s sale. “For the past two years, we’ve seen cocaine creeping back into Oneonta,” he said. “We try to keep an eye on trends.” Freddie L. Sampson, 44, Brooklyn, was arrested Sept 8. and charged with five counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, a class…
Oneonta Municipal Airport Celebrates 50th Anniversary HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL ON NEWSSTANDS LOCALLY THIS AFTERNOON…
IN MEMORIAM: Charlotte Georgeson; Former 1st Lady Active In Civic Life ONEONTA – Charlotte Lunn Georgeson, 89, named “Mrs. Oneonta” for her contributions to the community, died Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at Focus Otsego in Cooperstown. She was born July 13, 1927, the daughter of Dorothy Hanks and William H. Lunn, Sr. A 1944 graduate of OHS, Charlotte attended Connecticut College for Women in New London, and in 1949 earned a bachelor’s from Cornell. After a brief career in hotel…
Miller Park Opens Friends, Family Gather At Site To Honor Friend, Former Mayor…
Hyde Hall Lease With State Extended Another 30 Years ONEONTA – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today announced that legislation he sponsored to protect long-term stability and local management of the Hyde Hall National Historic Landmark has been signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The law extends the lease agreement between New York State and the Friends of Hyde Hall, which was set to expire on Jan. 1, 2017, for an additional 30 years, to Jan. 1, 2047. The new…
Political Signs Defaced On Route 28 Near I-88…
Leonard, Eichler Awarded Top United Way Honors COOPERSTOWN – The United Way of Delaware & Otsego Counties announced the winners of its two top awards this morning at the 2016 campaign kickoff breakfast at The Otesaga: • Patricia Leonard, executive director of the Family Services Association, received the 2016 M.Cheri Albrecht Executive Director Excellence Award. • Angie Allison Eichler, Greek Life adviser at SUNY Oneonta, received the 2016 Alan Donovan Outstanding Community Leadership Award.…
Polls Open At Noon In 101st, Towns Of Richfield, Morris COOPERSTOWN – Polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. today for primaries in the 101st Assembly District – the Otsego County towns of Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland – and also for town races in Richfield and Morris. In the Oneida-centric 101st, Brian D Miller and Maria E. Kelso are seeking the Republican nomination to succeed Claudia Tenney, who is running for Congress to succeed U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna. …
5 Cooperstown EMTs Honored For Answering Over 1,000 Calls…