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Phil Pohl ‘Awesome’ At Spring Training In Arizona

REPORT:  Phil Pohl ‘Awesome’ At Spring Training In Arizona  MESA, Ariz. – One of the fresh young faces in A’s camp this spring already has a major-league job sewn up and comes with Hall of Fame credentials, sportwiter Matt Kawahara reports for the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee. That would be Phil Pohl, who’s embarking on his first season as the A’s new bullpen catcher. Pohl was born in Bakersfield but grew up in Cooperstown, N.Y., and he caught for several seasons in…

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The Ashok Malhotra Story: THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY

The Ashok Malhotra Story THE NIGHTINGALE & THE FIREFLY (A Three-Part Series) “A nightingale had flown far from her nest, seeking food for her fledglings, and it was night, dark night.  Lost, at the end of a branch, she wept. “Along came a firefly and, learning of the nightingale’s plight, guided her home by his tiny light.” “Even thought you are small, you can perform miracles,” his grandfather told Ashok Malhotra, who 70 years later is a retired founding professor of…

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Lucy Baldo Gaisford, 99; Taught For 30 Years In Melbourne, Fla.

IN MEMORIAM: Lucy B. Gaisford, 99; Taught For 30 Years In Melbourne, Fla. ONEONTA – Oneonta native Lucy Baldo Gaisford, 99, a career-long teacher, passed away on Feb. 22, 2016, after a brief illness in Melbourne, Fla, where she had been living.  She was born in Oneonta, on June 3, 1916, the daughter of Donato and Caroline (Cirillo) Baldo. In 1954, she received her bachelor’s in education at Oneonta State Teachers College, now SUNY Oneonta.  She later earned her master’s…

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Work By 152 Student Artists Hang At Congressional Show

Works By 152 Student Artists Hang At Congressional Show COOPERSTOWN – The opening reception for the Congressional Art Show, whose winners compete on the Congressional District level and may eventually have their works shown in the Capitol in Washington D.C., is underway until 7 p.m. at the Cooperstown Art Association Gallery, 22 Main St.  The show is titled “An Artistic Discovery.”  Students from 11 county school district are competing, including, at left, Julie Donnelly of Cherry Valley Central, posing in front of…

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.