Principal out at Cooperstown Jr/Sr High Cooperstown Junior/Senior High School Principal Karl O’Leary is out seven months into what was his first year at the district, reportedly escorted from the building on the afternoon of Friday, March 18, ending a brief but reportedly rocky tenure in the building. The district’s Board of Education hired Mr. O’Leary in August 2021. We’re working on the story for this week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta.…
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Corrections and amplifications Our March 10, 2022 edition carried the story Rep. Delgado brings SBA head to Cooperstown for tour, talks. That story as published included my reporting error, which I correct as follows: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum expects to draw more than 200,000 visitors this year — that’s twice the number we included in our original story. The 100,000 figure we reported in the original story refers to the number of visitors who come to…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 17, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego County officials wonder how state’s pot store preference will affect local licensures Georgia’s parachuting spiders: can they make it this far north? Obituary: Dr. Emery Herman, Cooperstown pillar Inside The Paper ‘Newsies’ on tap for this weekend in Oneonta Cooperstown Central stages ‘Puffs’ production Otsego County Boy Scouts selling Camp Henderson Otsego County Chamber hosts labor law update Cooperstown Central hosts…
Bound Volumes 212 YEARS AGO So long as our republican system of government prevails, so long will the people be industrious, prosperous, independent, and happy; but as soon as they become shackled by the chains of aristocracy they will become indolent, thriftless and miserable. March 17, 1810…
Springbrook: Plans for “The Ford on Main” [Editor’s note: This week’s “News from the Noteworthy” column comes from Seth Haight, Chief Operating Officer for Springbrook.] I hope Springbrook’s plans to renovate Oneonta’s historic Ford Block buildings come as no surprise. While the COVID-19 pandemic put the project on hold, it is near and dear to our hearts here at Springbrook. That is why I was excited when Patricia Kennedy, Springbrook’s CEO, asked me to write this piece and bring the public…
Farmers’ Museum slates spring workshops The Farmers’ Museum opens its Spring Workshop season on Saturday, April 2, with a series of programs throughout the month and again in June taking place at the museum at 5775 State Highway 80 in Cooperstown. The museum’s resident experts guide participants every step of the way, with activities that include blacksmithing, gardening, baking, printing, broom making, creating balms and salves, and more. All workshops require advance registration. For descriptions, pricing, and registration, visit FarmersMuseum.org…
My mad map to March Madness madness You say you want some sports? I got your sports right here! It’s March Madness, that time of year when I set aside my utter ignorance for all things college basketball and plunge face-first into filling out a tournament bracket. I pinpoint the data, poring carefully over each school’s win-loss record, coaching strategies, recruitment violations, and other important calculations. Here’s one that I used to win a pool back in the 1990s: I…
Cooperstown raises Ukraine flag at Village Hall The Village of Cooperstown’s Board of Trustees voted last week to raise the Ukrainian flag alongside the United States flag at the entrance to Village Hall on Main Street, welcoming Ukrainian emigre Aliona Yezhova, her son, Joshua Echavarria, and village residents to a brief March 11 celebration of the people of Ukraine. “It means so much to me and my family that we have been made to feel so welcome here,” said Ms.…
‘Wabbit’ column off-base To the Editor: I applaud The Freeman’s Journal‘s endorsement (3/10/22) of the anti-bullying activities held recently at Cooperstown Central School. I further applaud your reporting of the remarks made by two students to the CCS Board of Education stating they received “no support from ‘a member of the administration’ when they reported incidents of racial intolerance and bullying,” and I trust you will continue to follow that story and its ramifications. What I cannot accept, then, is…
Here come the parachuting spiders! Remember the murder hornets? The evildoers we feared would come in an almost Biblical tandem with a worldwide pandemic that, at the time, had just begun. Mercifully, though, science seems to have kept those nasty bugs in check – at least for now. Say hello, then, to the Japanese Joro spider, an arachnid the University of Georgia said two weeks ago is expected to “colonize” the entire East Coast this spring “by parachuting down from…
