5-Officer Wedges Needed To Diffuse Problems In Crowds City Couldn’t Handle Trouble At OH-Fest, Chief, Mayor Find By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – If one person gets hurt in the OH-Fest crowd, it takes five people, including law enforcement and EMTs, to reach them, according to City Police Chief Doug Brenner. “We form a wedge to move through the crowd,” he said. “But if there’s 10 people fighting, we’re quickly overwhelmed.” Such concerns were…
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POEM TO THE EDITOR April, After The Shower Under the rainbow In a world as sparkling clean As washed crystal The tulip bud swells and colors At the end of a pale green wand, The fat pink earthworm Jiggles on the wet asphalt, And the eager young man Still holding up the umbrella Goes right on talking sweet dirty Into his girlfriend’s ear – Until he blushes At his own cheekiness And loses the moment. • DOROTHY MUNCH Oneonta…
LIBBY’S BEST BETS Racing Season Starts Heal Your Soul, Or Learn About Voting Winter is behind us and two 5K/10K races ramp up Otsego County’s favorite warm-weather activity. First, enjoy a sweet treat on the course as part of the Oneonta Donut Dash to raise money for the Rebecca Douglas Siegfried Scholarship fund at Morris Central School. 9 a.m. Saturday, April 27 Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info Valery.Worden@oneonta.edu • If you prefer your race day treats in a glass, the annual…
STRIP! Our Clothes Are Killing Us, Professor, Student Believe By JENNIFER HILL • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – You might think the mannequin dressed in colorful plastic flowers on the main floor of SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Student Union is there to advertise cute clothes. Two posters flanking the mannequin indicate the opposite. The one on the left says, “The Ugly Truths About 80 Billion Garments Produced Annually.” On the right, “What Can We Do?” SUNY Oneonta Human…
New York Pizzeria Seeks To Expand Parking, Seating Innovative PDD Zoning Sought By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – It’s a village hot-spot, and customers intent on New York Pizzeria’s offerings park along Chestnut and Elm streets, and in the off-hours fill the parking lots at the adjoining Bank of Cooperstown and Triple-A offices. With the popularity of the pizzeria, it’s imperative that they keep orders flowing to avoid long wait times. Many restaurants address…
DISTINGUISHED BUSINESS Businesses Sold On Pathfinder Village Residential Community Training, Placing Residents In Local Jobs By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta EDMESTON – When she was 16, Joanna Draper had a brain tumor removed and was in a coma for a month. Though she recovered, her short-term memory was all but gone, dashing her hopes of continuing to perform in musical theater. But now, you can find her serenading customers at the Pathfinder Village bakery and café,…
DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN New In Town, Grummons Got To Know Everyone Funeral Director To Be Honored At Annual Chamber Gala May 2 By JIM KEVLIN • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Everybody knows Les Grummons. “I always liked to be involved,” said the Oneonta funeral director who is the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene A. Bettiol Jr. Distinguished Citizen of the Year. “I was always that way.” He will be honored Thursday, May 2, at the chamber’s annual…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 18-19, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK OTSEGO CHAMBER’S BEST of the BEST LES GRUMMONS, Distinguished Citizen PATHFINDER VILLAGE, Distinguished Business FRONT PAGE 2 Oneontas Dip Toe Into Geothermal Bassett Doctor Leads Top MD Association Russell, Dewey In Top 30% In Boston Marathon B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake New CSO Executive Seasoned On Opera Stage Main Street Finale Adds Futuristic Trash Cans Doubleday Redo Scales Back 3rd-Base Pavilion…
from Pastor Joe Perdue Baptist Church Programs Reach Out To Kids, Moms To the Editor: I am excited to tell our friends and neighbors about two new programs that First Baptist Church is offering to our community. Both will meet Sundays at 9 a.m. at 21 Elm Street in Cooperstown. The first is “Spark: Activate Faith” for all kids through fifth grade. This is not your traditional, boring, or antiquated Sunday School. Each week we’ll learn something new about God…
B&B Owner Drowns As Car Runs Into Lake 2 Officers Injured In Rescue Attempt By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – It’s rare, but not unheard of, for a car to end up in a body of water, said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. after last week’s fatal submersion off the boat ramp into Otsego Lake at the end of Fair Street. “Before I was sheriff, someone drove into the Susquehanna River,” he said. “They were…
