IN MEMORIAM: Robert ‘Woody’ Woodrow, 82; Army Vet, Richfield Springs Post Commander RICHFIELD SPRINGS – The funeral is Saturday, Oct. 26, for Robert William “Woody” Woodrow Jr., 82, an Army veteran and former local veterans post commander who passed away peacefully Saturday morning, Oct. 12, 2019, in Folts Brook Skilled Nursing Facility, Herkimer. He had the love and support of his devoted family by his side. Woody was born on Sept. 14, 1937, in Cooperstown, son of the late Robert…
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NOVELIST AT SHARON SPRINGS FESTIVAL Lying Inspires Poetry, Erica Jong Declares FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S, HOMETOWN…
‘Dine Out For Polio’ Begins This Evening In Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – The Cooperstown Rotary Club’s “Dine Out For Polio” week begins this evening, with Nicoletta’s contributing a portion of its net to Rotary International’s Global Eradication Effort. Other local participating restaurants are: Monday, Bocca Osteria; Tuesday, the Cafe at Brewery Ommegant; Wednesday, Stagecoach Coffee and Well-Spent Wednesday at Alex’s Bistro; Thursday, Mel’s at 22; Friday, The Otesaga’s Hawkeye Grill, and Saturday, Council Rock Brewery.…
‘Gimme Four’ Group Joins ‘Sweet Adelines’ At Concert…
OCCA LEADS ON-EARTH TOUR Small Solar System Shows Big Realities By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – They might not look like space explorers, but the seven who met Saturday morning at the railroad tracks were just that. Bill Ralston led a tour of the Earth’s solar system, from the sun to Pluto, by using common objects to represent the planets and walking specific numbers of paces between them to represent actual distances between them.…
What’s The ‘Plus’ Of PolioPlus? By MICHAEL JEROME • Cooperstown Rotary PolioPlus Chric Thirty years ago, Rotary International made a promise to the children of the world – we will eradicate polio worldwide. This pledge launched the PolioPlus program, the first global initiative to provide mass vaccinations to children. Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) have made great strides in their sustained effort to end polio forever despite many challenges over the years. Rotary remains…
A FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE She Would Have Loved That Smile Editor’s Note: Jim Atwell penned this column on Aug. 30, 2001, when he and Anne were still living in Fly Creek. By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I can’t do justice in words to an incident last Saturday. It was too rich with meaning. But the moment was so wondrous that I’ll still try to tell you. Read the words, please; then make up for their shortfall from your…
HOMETOWN History Oct. 18, 2019 150 Years Ago It was supposed when the law was passed that about 1,200 of the veterans were still living in this State, and that the $50,000 appropriated would be sufficient to pay off the certificates of all the survivors. But it seems that 2,700 of the old soldiers were alive and filed their certificates with the Adjutant General. Many are still living to whom certificates were never granted. The result of this mistake on…
BOUND VOLUMES Oct. 17, 2018 200 YEARS AGO Communications – The Synod of Albany, at its last sessions in Cherry Valley, divided the Presbytery of Oneida, and formed from it a new Presbytery, to be denominated the “Presbytery of Otsego,” which by order of the Synod, is to hold its first meeting at the Presbyterian Meeting-House, in Cooperstown, on the first Tuesday of November next, at 11 o’clock a.m. Advertisement – New Grocery. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that…
Erica Jong Will Headline Sharon Springs Poetry Fest SHARON SPRINGS – Erica Jong, who became prominent for her 1973 novel, “Fear of Flying,” and novel attitudes toward female sexuality, is among the headliners at this week’s third annual Sharon Springs Poetry Festival Friday-Saturday, Oct. 18-19, at the Linkhart Hall Arts Center. Jong will first appear at 7 p.m. Friday, at readings by all the participating poets in the Sharon Springs Central School Auditorium. At 5 p.m. on Saturday is “Erica…