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BROOKWOOD SAFE FOR SEVEN YEARS

BROOKWOOD SAFE FOR SEVEN YEARS Otsego Land Trust Raises $243,000, Seeks Long-Term Plan For Property COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego Land Trust has obtained commitments totaling $243,000 to extend its ownership of Brookwood Point for at least the next seven years. Chairman Harry Levine yesterday announced that several donors have combined to pledge funding for the 22-acre property.   “I am delighted that we now have enough financial stability to continue making this beautiful property available to the public,” Levine said. With the…

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In D.C., Buying Influence IS Normal

TOM MORGAN’S MONEY TALK In D.C., Buying Influence IS Normal Editor’s Note:  The column, Money Talk, by Tom Morgan of Franklin, the retired Oneonta investment counselor, is syndicated nationally.  Here is this week’s column. Suppose you discovered your doctor runs a charity on the side. The charity gives away some money. But it spends most of its money on things that help the doctor. Often financially. How is the charity funded? Contributions from drug companies. They want the doc to prescribe…

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Janet Benavides, 78; Hartwick Graduate Missionary In Texas

IN MEMORIAM: Janet F. Benavides, 78; Hartwick Graduate Missionary In Texas ONEONTA – Janet Phyllis Fleischer Benavides, 78, a former missionary in Texas, died Aug. 30, 2016, at the Fox Nursing Home. She was born Jan. 6, 1938, in The Bronx, the daughter of the late Philip and Frieda (Peck) Fleischer. Janet graduated from Hartwick College, majoring in Christian education and Spanish. During missionary work in San Antonio, Texas, she met her husband, Steve A. Benavides, who has predeceased her,…

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Sarah True Leads American Team In World Triathlon Race

Sarah True To Lead American Team In World Triathlon Race COOPERSTOWN – Otsego’s Olympian Sarah True is back on the course and leading the American Triathlon team at penultimate event on the 2016 ITU World Triathlon Series this Sunday in Edmonton, Alberta. True looks to improve on the fourth-place finish she posted in Edmonton two years ago at the series Grand Final. She has posted two top-10 finishes in World Triathlon Series events this season and raced in the Rio 2016…

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Salvatore Nigrelli, 78; On Retirement, Barber Moved To Oneonta

IN MEMORIAM:  Salvatore Nigrelli, 78; On Retirement, Barber Moved To Oneonta ONEONTA – Salvatore Nigrelli, who moved to his wife’s hometown of Oneonta on his retirement, passed away Aug. 27, 2016, at Bassett Hospital after a long illness. He was born Aug. 28, 1938, in Jersey City, N.J., to Albert and Angelina (Mazzoni) Nigrelli.  He graduated from Union Hill High School in June 1957. He served in the Army, and on returning home to Union City joined his father in…

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.