Harry Wilson talks crime, Matt Castelli talks security as candidates ramp up campaigns Two candidates, two different offices – neither complete newcomers to public service but each, in his own way, relative newcomers to political battlefields. The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta spoke last week with Matt Castelli, a Democrat looking to unseat Republican Elise Stefanik in the 21st Congressional District, newly drawn to include the Village of Cooperstown and the northern half of Otsego County. The newspapers also spoke…
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Editorial: Hall of Fame kudos All five out of a possible five stars to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and its expert staff for kick-starting Cooperstown’s first learning-how-to-deal-with-COVID summer with the return of its joyous “Hall of Fame Classic,” a holiday weekend gathering that brought some 4,000 fans to Doubleday Field last Saturday and brought the village to near-summer-strength life almost overnight. Visitors crowded Main Street until everyone seemingly decamped to Brewery Ommegang for the Avett Brothers and Lake…
Certified ‘passive house’ project in Cooperstown nears completion Chestnut Crossing reaches energy efficiency goals Josh Edmonds stood outside Chestnut Crossing – the 13-unit apartment building nearing completion at 10 Chestnut Street in Cooperstown – and described the construction process that will render the building a Certified Passive House, a concept manifesting renewable energy and environmentally-friendly designs that set standards for ‘green’ buildings everywhere. Mr. Edmonds’s company, Simple Integrity, is building the project. “I don’t know why every new construction isn’t…
“It’s Bobby’s park” as village dedicates Lakefront Park plaque The Village of Cooperstown marked Memorial Day as did villages, towns, and cities across the country – a parade up Main Street, a tribute to the fallen men and women who gave their lives in battle to protect freedom for all Americans. Some 200 village residents, area veterans, family, and friends gathered Monday afternoon, though, in a special, somber, and emotional ceremony dedicating a plaque in Cooperstown’s Lakefront Park to the…
Thoughts and prayers vs. hopes and dreams Commentary by Ted Potrikus I’m scared of guns. I’ve never held one and I don’t want to. With the dual murderous massacres in Buffalo and Uvalde still sickeningly fresh in what’s left of our nation’s conscience, I’m foursquare behind calls for more gun control. Governor Hochul and others are right, in my opinion, looking to prohibit the sale of automatic weapons to anyone under the age of 21. I’m nutty enough to go…
It was a ‘Classic’ weekend!…
Parks and recreation…
This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta includes a photo page from Memorial Day ceremonies and parades in Otsego County — on newsstands on June 1 and mailboxes June 2!…
Uvalde prayer vigil is Thursday Christ Church in Cooperstown offers a prayer vigil on Thursday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m. for the victims of the Uvalde massacre. Event organizers write: “Less than two weeks after the Buffalo massacre there is another senseless mass murder. People of all and no faiths will gather together to honor the memory of those taken from us and in prayer for all those left behind which really is all of us.” For more information please…
Oneonta Police investigating Dietz St. alley murder ‘Not believed to be random attack,’ say police The City of Oneonta Police Department says it is investigating the May 30 murder of a 24-year-old Oneonta man, identified as Kaleb J. O’Neill. According to a press release issued at noon on May 31, “At 8:10 p.m. the Oneonta Police Department received a 911 call of a male being stabbed in the alleyway of 6 Dietz Street. Officers and Oneonta Fire Emergency Medical were…