‘Friends Helping Friends’ Revived To Help David Sellover, Art Boden COOPERSTOWN – “Friends Helping Friends,” which mobilize last summer to help raise funds when Cooperstown Chamber Executive Director Matt Hazzard was stricken with non-Hodgkins lymphoma, is back in action. And this time, Hazzard, in remission and back on the job, is organizing an event to help to other local men fighting cancer: David Sellover and Art Boden.…
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54 Headstones Vandalized In Hartwick Cemetery HARTWICK – 54 Headstones in the Hartwick Cemetery, some of them over a century old, were broken and desecrated overnight in an apparent act of vandalism. “It’s terrible,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. “It’s an absolute disgrace. People are upset. This is their loved one’s place of rest, and it’s been disturbed.”…
Two Arrested For Stealing From College Apartment ONEONTA – Two people residents were arrested by Oneonta Police after breaking into a college student’s apartment and stealing his belongings while he was away. Courtney Griffin, 44, and Joanne Roberts. 54, both of Oneonta, allegedly broke into a college apartment on Main Street while the student was home after finals and stole over $3,000 worth of his property. “They took the TV, coffee maker, everything,” said Lt. Douglas Brenner. “He came back to…
Times Change, Village Cobbler Is Renamed LJ’s Sassy Boutique COOPERSTOWN – When Laura Jane and Wayne Alexander opened The Village Cobbler 15 years ago off Chestnut Street, it was a different downtown. At the time, Chamber of Commerce then-director Polly Renckens was promoting the concept of a “Victorian village,” the Alexanders recalled, complete with the Victorian stroll each Christmas season, where people would dress up in 19th century garb. In that context, the Americana tone of “Village Cobbler” made sense.…
2nd Democratic Challenger Plans Run Against Seward SHERBURNE – Today, Jermaine Bagnall-Graham made it official: He is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, this fall for the 51st District Seat. His prospective candidate was first reported two weeks ago on www.allotsego.com. Audrey Dunning, a lawyer from Ilion, has already announced she intends to seek the nomination in the 51st, setting up a primary in advance of the general election.…
‘app’ In Hand, VIPs Take Inaugural Trolley e-Ride COOPERSTOWN – A press conference this morning on the Baseball Hall of Fame steps launched a new “app” that allows tourists to check how soon the Cooperstown Trolley will be showing up at any one stop. Mayor Jeff Katz, who was on the scene with trustees and county, City of Oneonta and Birnie Bus officials, gave credit to tech-savvy Village Trustee Jim Dean with proposing the app idea for the trolley system.…
Can It Be? 2 Signs That Economy May Rebound THIS WEEK’S EDITIONS AT THESE FINE ESTABLISHMENTS TRY CONVENIENT FREEMAN’S JOURNAL HOME DELIVERY…
Hartwick’s Drugovich To Serve Through ’24 She Inspires, Leads, Chairman Says In Announcing Extension By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College trustees announced today they offered President Margaret L. Drugovich an eight-year extension of her contract and she has accepted. Her third contract since her arrival on Oyaron Hill in 2008, it begins June 1 and continues until June 30, 2024. “The board is confident that Dr. Drugovich will continue to inspire and to lead this community of…
Vince Romano Named IFL Lions Team Captain…
2 Cooperstown Students Awarded Scholarships From Bassett Family COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown High School seniors Sylvia Johnson and Kimberly Gertz have been awarded $500 scholarships by the Charles H. Bassett Youth Foundation, in partnership with The Community Foundation for South Central New York, Bassett Healthcare announced today. Johnson received the Mary Augusta and Wilson T. Bassett Scholarship, which recognizes excellence in academics, balanced development and a willingness to overcome challenges and seize opportunities.…