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Nominations Sought For Fetterman Award

Goal: Recognize Service To Youth Nominations Sought For Fetterman Award COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the annual Fetterman Award. This award is given in memory of Patrick C. Fetterman, long-time associate director of the ACC Gymnasium/Clark Sports Center.  Recipients are honored for their dedication to serving local youth, especially in the area of athletics. Please send nominations to Brenda Wedderspoon-Gray, Clark Sports Center, Box 850, Cooperstown NY 13326.  Or drop off letter of nomination at…

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Mayor Details Advance Of Cooperstown’s Parks

JANE CLARK NAMED CITIZEN OF YEAR Mayor Details Advance Of Cooperstown’s Parks The feud between James Fenimore Cooper and Cooperstown over citizens’ unauthorized use of what today is the Three Mile Point village park went on four decades after the writer’s death in 1851, until Samuel Shaw, half-century editor/proprietor of The Freeman’s Journal, bought it from a Cooper heir in the 1890s and turn it over to the village.  Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch recounted that controversy in discussing the history…

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Avanzato Releases Oneonta Inspired Poetry Collection

Avanzato’s Poetry Focuses On Oneonta Gianluca Avanzato, with his mother Rosemarie and father Antonio, poses with his new collection of poetry inspired by growing up in Oneonta, aptly titled “City Of The Hills.” Gianluca was on hand at Stella Luna this evening where he read from the collection and signed copies. The book will be available at Greater Oneonta Historical Society, The Green Toad Bookstore and on Amazon.com. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…

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Richfield Town Board Candidate Not Living In Town, Officials Say

Richfield Town Board Candidate Not Living In Town, Officials Say Board of Elections Sends Out Letter To Richfield Lanes Owner/Candidate By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.COM COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Elections has sent a letter to Richfield Town Board candidate Jeremy Fisher, a partner in Richfield Lanes, saying he is not a town resident, according to Democratic Commissioner Mike Henrici. “There is nothing in election law that requires a candidate to be a resident to run for…

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Rte. 205 At Hartwick Renamed For Marine Who Died In Vietnam

Rte. 205 At Hartwick Renamed For Marine Who Died In Vietnam HARTWICK – Route 205 through Hartwick hamlet will be named in honor of Marine Corps Sgt. John Kempe Winslow under legislation signed into law today. The bill (S.3658/A.6670) sponsored by state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman John Salka, R-West Edmeston, pays tribute to the decorated patriot who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in 1969. The local soldier, a machine gunner, was assigned to Vietnam on…

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Casale Group Make List Of ‘Top 50’ Consultants

Magazine Includes Cooperstown Firm Casale Group Make List Of ‘Top 50’ Consultants COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown-based Casale Group has been listed as Number 31 in the “Power 50,” New York State’s most influential political consultants, in the City & State New York magazine. In particular, Vince Casale and Lynn Krogh, the husband-and-wife team, are identified as key advisers to Marc Molinaro, both in his gubernatorial run last year and this year’s race for his reelection as Dutchess county executive.  …

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Mayor: Let Committee Study What Flags To Fly

Mayor: Let Committee Study What Flags To Fly Editor’s Note: This was reprinted from the current edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, available at local newsstands. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As suggestions expand to hanging banners beyond the Pride Flag on the village’s flagpole, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch is asking Trustee MacGuire Benton to form a committee with two other trustees to develop a policy for all such requests. “We need a policy,…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.