LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Proposed apartments better than existing eyesores To the Editor: A new apartment building has been proposed at 10 Chestnut between Main and Lake. Simple Integrity proposed much the same thing two years ago. I was the only person at the hearing that spoke in favor of it—on the simple premise that what they proposed was clearly an improvement on what’s there now—a dilapidated building. The first and foremost utilitarian test on the redevelopment of property in…
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Master Gardeners to return May 29 After a long hiatus, the Master Gardener Plant Sale will return Saturday, May 29. Locally grown annuals, perennials, vegetables and herbs will be featured at the Master Gardeners of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Otsego County Plant Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its outreach center at 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown. Master Gardener volunteers have begun growing many of the plants featured at the sale, some of which are “cultivated unusual, hardy,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta May 13, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego preps for hiring new administrator Tourism promoter: Focus different for 2021 Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper Duo sentenced for series of gas station robberies Schools face budget votes Tuesday; prepare for graduations Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success Master Gardeners to return May 29 Cooperstown couple wins recognition for care of senior citizens…
Views Around New York Albany should make jail reform a priority From: Sochie Nnaemeka and TeAna Taylor. special to the Utica Observer-Dispatch. There’s no doubt that Albany is undergoing a transformation. Voters across the state turned out in record numbers to elect Democratic and Working Families champions to the Legislature last year, winning super-majorities in both houses. And this April, the results were made clear: New York passed a budget that provides historic funding to our public school students, tenants,…
In Memoriam Clayton Harvey Bantham Jr., 90 CCS Class of 1948, Worked for State Farm Clayton Harvey Bantham, Jr., 90, passed away February 5, 2021, at Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs. Born October 30, 1930, in Utica, Harvey was the son of Clayton Harvey Bantham, Sr. and Ruth Lucille Kline Bantham. The family moved to Cooperstown in 1936 when his father became manager at Iroquois Farm. Upon graduating from Cooperstown High School, Class of 1948, he attended Rider University where…
CORRECTION Lin Vincent was a friend and co-worker of Paul Kellogg. Because of a production error, she was incorrectly identified as his sister in the May 5 editions of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.…
EDITORIAL The question is not why, but why would you not cover sports? As we wrap up the first month of under-new management at Iron String Press, I am sure you have seen some changes, big and small, in the newspapers and perhaps on the website. And while all of them were needed in my opinion, the one I am most – excited about, proud of, nervous about, all of the above – is the sports page. I am, after…
Roundup: Hawkeye staff no hits Herkimer; Milford wins softball opener Four Cooperstown pitchers combined for a no-hitter in a 10-0 win at Herkimer in a Center State Conference baseball game Monday, May 10. Starter Alex Poulson got the win for Cooperstown, pitching four innings, striking out eight batters, walking two. Kendall Haney, Liam Ford and Alex Hage each pitched one inning in relief, each facing just three Herkimer batters. Hage, Derek Moore and Tristan Emerick each scored twice. Brady Hascup…
Community Foundation announces $2 million fund, initial campaign success By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Community Foundation of Otsego County announced Tuesday, May 11, that it is launching a new funding campaign to raise $2 million and has already taken in most of that money in pledges. The 16-member board was formed about two years ago to help solve issues of business and poverty that are affecting Otsego County. When the coronavirus pandemic hit not long after the…
In Memoriam David Damon Jeffres, 91 Navy Musician, Then Language Professor at Hartwick David Damon Jeffres died peacefully at home on May 2, 2021, at the age of 91 following a 13-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was surrounded by his family and canine companion Rocky. He was also a loving husband, father and devoted college professor. He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa on November 2, 1929, the son of Edgar Perry Jeffres and Sibyl Irene Jeffres. He graduated…
