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Summer Fun Comes To End As School Year Begins Today

Summer Fun Comes To End As School Year Begins Today Summer vacation ended this morning at schools throughout Otsego County.  Above, teacher aide Alyson Burleigh welcomes Emmett and Henry Ayers, led into Cooperstown Elementary School this morning by mom Sally; in the background, teacher aide Debra Mack confers with parent Brenton Seamon.   At right, Melissa Brockway walks her daughter Taryn to her first day of second grade  at Greater Plains Elementary School in Oneonta.   (Jim Kevlin and Ian Austin /AllOTSEGO.com)…

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Nominations For 101st, Richfield Go To Primary

Nominations For 101st, Richfield Go To Primary COOPERSTOWN – A race in the 101st Assembly District – it includes the Otsego County towns of Springfield, Middlefield, Westford and Maryland – will highlight primary elections a week from today. Primaries are also planned for Richfield and Morris town offices. The polls will be open from noon to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 13.…

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True Takes 2nd At World Triathlon Race

Sarah True Takes 2nd At World Triathlon Race By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Sarah True took to the podium in second place at the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series yesterday Edmonton, Alberta, joining Summer Cook in her debut first-place finish and fellow Olympian Katie Zaferes for an All-American podium. Otsego’s Olympian  finished the 750-meter swim, 10-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run course in 56:53, just narrowly missing Cook’s first place finish by three seconds.  It’s her first race since a quad…

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Donald R. Wilsey, 69; Oneonta Native, Veteran, Diesel Mechanic

IN MEMORIAM:  Donald R. Wilsey, 69; Oneonta Native, Veteran, Diesel Mechanic SHARON SPRINGS – Oneonta native Donald R. Wilsey, 69, an Army veteran and diesel mechanic, passed away Sept. 3, 2016, at his home. He was born May 22, 1947, in Oneonta, the son of Clarence and Pearl (Bank) Wilsey. Donald was a Army veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Middleburgh VFW.…

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HoF Launches Digital Archive With 25 Babe Ruth Scrapbooks

PASTIME Collection Ramps Up HoF Launches Digital Archive With 25 Babe Ruth Scrapbooks By CRAIG MUDER • Baseball Hall of Fame COOPERSTOWN – They are scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings, detailing the larger-than-life figure that was George Herman Ruth. Photo after photo, story after story… first-hand accounts of one of the first media stars of the 20th century. And then, a headline that could have been ripped from a 21st century mobile device – one that seemingly predicted the future.…

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Keith D. Olmstead, 54; Practical Nurse In Military, Civilian Life

IN MEMORIAM: Keith D. Olmstead, 54; Practical Nurse In Military, Civilian Life COOPERSTOWN – Keith Douglas Olmstead, 54, a practical nurse in the military and civilian life, died unexpectedly early Friday afternoon, Aug. 26, 2016, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy. He was born May 16, 1962, the son of Douglas John Olmstead and Rose Marie née Dziergowski. Raised in Middlefield, he graduated from Cherry Valley High School, Class of 1980.  On Sept. 10, 1981, he entered the Army and served…

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Cooperstown’s Labor Day Mainstay: At On The Lawn

Cooperstown End-Of-Summer Mainstay: Art On The Lawn  Mary Fines of Cooperstown examines the offerings at Art on the Lawn, the Cooperstown Art Association’s annual Labor Day Weekend exhibit and sale Saturday and Sunday on the porch and lawn of 22 Main.  Inset, Mike Naso poses by his flower photos that were so realistic that honeybees kept bumping into the glass, looking for pollen.  (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…

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.