Missing Roseboom girl safe, back at home STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A missing teen from Roseboom, whom police had been looking for for the past few days, was located Saturday, June 19. State Police say 14-year-old Anjelia Sturtevant was located Saturday morning after a 911 tip came in about her whereabouts. Before being located, police said she was last seen at her home in Roseboom the night of Monday, June 14. No other information about where she has…
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Scriven Foundation, NYCON announce 2021 mini-grants for Otsego County nonprofits STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The New York Council of Nonprofits announced Monday, June 21,that the 2021 Otsego County Mini-Grant Program awards for Otsego County nonprofits and their capacity building projects has opened for the year. The program is intended to measurably improve the governance and management operations of qualifying Otsego County 501(c)3 charitable nonprofits, according to a media release. Launched in 2004, this program is made possible with…
Juneteenth celebrated in Neahwa Park By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – More than 100 people gathered at Neahwa Park on Saturday, June 19, to celebrate Juneteenth, a day that celebrates African-American emancipation. There was additional cause for celebration Saturday since President Joe Biden signed a law this week making Juneteenth a national holiday. With a DJ spinning music the entire time, it wasn’t unusual to see spontaneous dancing. Free hamburgers, hotdogs and beverages were also provided. There…
The AllOtsego Report podcast Episode 3: Championship Week Episode 3 of The AllOtsego Report podcast, Championship Week, answers the question of why an induction on a Wednesday in September, continues to talk about housing in Otsego County and recaps the final week of 2021 spring high school sports. Click here to listen!…
The Old Badger The joy of the old pavilion still makes people smile Editor’s note: This column was first published May 4, 1977. The Three Mile Point pavilion was a simple wooden platform with a peaked roof – not very handsome – not on my list for historic preservation; yet it has been enjoyed for decades as a spot for everything from Sunday School picnics to rock-around-the-clock parties. Summer “natives,” tourists and fishermen appreciated it for years. I hope it…
Hall: Wednesday induction was best option By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — A National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum official said the rescheduling of Induction Weekend to a Wednesday in September came down to one simple factor: the calendar. “Looking at the calendar, we just had a very limited amount of options,” Jon Shestakofsky, vice president of communications and education, told Iron String Media, Friday, June 11. The exclusive interview took place two days after the…
Up on Hawthorn Hill An update arrives from the top of the hill It has been quite some time since my last essay appeared in these pages. It is nice to be back where it all started. My first FJ essays appeared under the heading of “The Timely Writer” and after a while it changed to “Hawthorn Hill Journal.” That made a lot of sense, since so much of what I write is nurtured by an ongoing and quite intimate…
Correction of May 27 edition of The Freeman’s Journal Professor of Biology Dr. Mary Allen received the 2020 Bunn Award for Outstanding Teaching from Hartwick College. Because of a reporter’s error, the wrong person was credited with the award in the May 27 edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.…
In Memoriam Kobey John King, 23: welder and dog lover ONEONTA – Kobey John King was born at A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, NY on March 4, 1998. He died at age 23 as the result of a motorcycle accident in New Jersey on June 7, 2021. He is survived by his parents Tom and Jill King of Otego, NY. His grandparents, John and Jan Stankiewicz of Oneonta, NY. He is also survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Emily and…
Student news Elmira College celebrated the graduation of 192 students during its 163rd Commencement on Sunday, June 6, on Carnegie Lawn at the College. The exercises included 169 undergraduate and 23 graduate students, including: Evan Mendoza of New Berlin, who received a bachelor of arts; Mason Weir of Oneonta, who received a bachelor of science. Ashley Harrington of New Berlin was named to The University of Alabama President’s List for spring semester 2021. A total of 11,813 students enrolled during…
