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Musket Donations Find Home At Greater Oneonta Historical Society By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Fred Hickein wanted to make sure his heirloom muskets stayed in good hands, so the 93-year-old Oneonta resident made a major donation to the Greater Historical Society of Oneonta on Wednesday, April 21. Hickein and his wife, Eleanor, and several of his colleagues from the Oneonta American Legion Post 259, presented GOHS with two family treasures Wednesday,: an English smooth bore rifle, circa 1800, which…
A Week To Remember For Hall, Former Hawkeye, Outlaw By CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com At the beginning of the 2021 baseball season, Coker University senior outfielder Riley Hall had five career collegiate home runs. He matched that total Saturday, April 3, during a doubleheader at the University of Virginia-Wise. Hall, a 2017 graduate of Cooperstown Central School and former Oneonta Outlaw, hit two home runs in the first game and three more in the second game to…
OCCA To Adjust With Virtual Earth Festival By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Earth Festival will again be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but this year the Otsego County Conservation Assocation is better prepared to replace its annual events with a virtual presentation from Thursday, April 22 to Saturday, April 24. “In March (2020), I think we were all thinking, ‘let’s not cancel, yet,’ it will all blow over,” OCCA Program Director Jeff O’Handley said. “It seems crazy to…
EDITORIAL New Editor Views Media Brands As Community Service I can honestly say this is a column I never thought I would write, my first as editor of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta. I say that for two reasons: one, I spent the past decade in competition with the Iron String Press media team, while working as an editor and reporter for another news organization; two, that stint, with an Alabama-based organization I shall forever more refer to as…
With Another Tourism Season In Doubt Otsego Looks Outdoors By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With tourism dealt another pandemic-related blow last week, Otsego County’s leaders are increasingly turning to outdoor adventures to lure visitors. “We’re actually in the process right now of trying to launch a massive campaign to tout our outdoor adventure,” said Cassandra Harrington, executive director of Destination Marketing Corporation, which promotes tourism in Otsego and Schoharie counties. Harrington said the tourism news has been mostly…
LETTER from M. A. WEHLAN Trump Supporter’s Challenge Accepted About ‘Election Fraud’ To the Editor: In his recent communication to the readership of the Freeman’s Journal, Mr. Furnari offered to debate anyone on the subject of Mr. Trumps’ 75 million enthusiasts who, he says, were deprived of their right to vote for him. We could also debate his other statements – but first we would have to establish some Rules of Evidence to abide by, as we seem to differ…
LETTER from TAMMY CHRISTMAN Helios Recognizes National Volunteer Appreciation Week To the Editor: Helios Care is celebrating and honoring the valuable and heartfelt commitment of our wonderful volunteers during National Volunteer Appreciation Week. Even when a person is dying, there can be a lot of living to do. Hospice makes it possible by bringing care, compassion, and hope to patients and families facing life-limiting illness. Volunteers are a vital part of this special care: 224 trained volunteers support our local…
Otsego County Seeks To Supplement Struggling Local Emergency Services By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Emergency medical services are struggling to respond to calls county-wide, leading Otsego County officials to consider stepping in with supplemental services. “I’ve been in the service for 47 years. I have never seen it this bad,” said Rep. Dan Wilber, R-Burlington, Edmeston, Exeter, Plainfield, who is a member of the Edmeston Fire Department and Rescue Squad and the chair of the county’s Public Safety…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 22, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Local Media Company Under New Ownership Otsego County Seeks To Supplement Struggling Local Emergency Services Gorman Will Return To Cooperstown As Interim Principal City Promotes Mattice To Administrator Position Sports A Week To Remember For Hall, Former Hawkeye, Outlaw After Transfer, Bertram Finds Hoops Home At Binghamton University EDITORIAL New Editor Views Media Brands As Community Service LETTERS BERKSON: Otsego Lawman, Cunningham,…
