THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta September 10, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE 20,000 Yankee fans pack Cooperstown for Induction of Jeter, Walker, Miller, Simmons Main Street business good but not great Otsego County hires County Administrator, approves EMS positions Inside The Paper Harvest Festival changes format to month long ‘Celebration of Autumn’ Otsego asks for emergency certification for EMS plan Fly Creek hosts races Saturday in honor of 9/11 first responders HOFer Jenkins…
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THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta August 5, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE COVID era brings new mental health issues Coop alum, Schaeffer, releases book about school lunch Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper AllOtsego people: New fire chief credits parents with his success Death certificates lead to Coop-Otsego dispute Wenck becomes interim Milford superintendent Art Garage to host artist talk on ‘Roots’ Sunflower Power Lions, Rotary, other partners host annual…
EDITORIAL The speech I did not give to the class of 2021 About two weeks ago I got a message from the other Tara in my life, Cooperstown Sports Booster Club President Tara Loewenguth, letting me know that despite COVID restrictions I was invited to the annual end-of-year sports banquet. It wasn’t an unusual text and I politely declined. I don’t do a lot of banquets, but as a Cooperstown booster and after a fun spring of sports coverage, I…
Series could do more to review racial issues Our community is fortunate to have the Friends of the Village Library to organize important conversations and events like the “Looking in the Mirror” program. I have attended a few of the series including racism in education and in healthcare and had come to expect a decent program when tuning in. On Feb. 10, I listened to The Cooperstown Reflects on Racism and Law Enforcement Series with my wife hoping for an…
LETTER from JOSH SIMPSON Series could do more to review racial issues Our community is fortunate to have the Friends of the Village Library to organize important conversations and events like the “Looking in the Mirror” program. I have attended a few of the series including racism in education and in healthcare and had come to expect a decent program when tuning in. On Feb. 10, I listened to The Cooperstown Reflects on Racism and Law Enforcement Series with my…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 10, 2021 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Otsego communities struggle with housing needs Cooperstown mourns community servant, Kuhn AllOtsego people: Father-son climbing duo to take on Denali Cooperstown & Around City of the Hills Inside The Paper Oberacker’s CCS-inspired bill to make baseball NY’s official sport passes State Senate Scouting it out Student News Perspectives Pandemic recovery period makes for some awkward encounters The Old Badger: Salvaging the Mohican…
In Memoriam Joseph S. Harris, 64 Middlefield town supervisor; also cared for Doubleday Field for 33 years. Middlefield – Joseph S. Harris, 64, of Middlefield, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday May 25, 2021. He was born on Sept. 20, 1956 in Oneida, NY, the son of William and Barbara Harris. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He worked for the Village of Cooperstown, where he took care of his pride and joy, Doubleday Field, for 33 years before retiring. He also…
IN MEMORIAM Joseph Harris, 64, Middlefield town supervisor Sept. 20, 1956 to May 25, 2021 Middlefield — Joseph S. Harris, 64, of Middlefield, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday May 25, 2021. Harris was born on Sept. 20, 1956, in Oneida. The son of William and Barbara Harris. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He worked for the village of Cooperstown, where he took care of his pride and joy, Doubleday Field for 33 years before retiring. He also spent many years…
BOUND VOLUMES May 20, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO The following is copied from the London Courier: The sea is ours, and we must maintain the doctrine – that no nation, no fleet, no cockboat shall sail upon it without our permission. America declares that England must not presume to declare a port in a state of blockade, unless she can keep a force actually before…
The Pandemic Year • First Death On March 23, 2020 All Fall To Egalitarian COVID-19 By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com On Monday morning, March 23, 2020, Otsego County confirmed its first case of coronavirus at a Fox clinic in Oneonta. Just three days later, the county recorded the first COVID-19 death. Now, one year later, there have been over 3,500 positive cases here; 54 county residents have died from COVID-19 and related complications. At least eight former…
