Frank Rollins’ Images Available To All By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 COOPERSTOWN Frank Rollins joined Cooperstown High School in 1957 as a vocal teacher. That was his career. But he also spent the next half-century with a camera around his neck recording village life, sports matches, graduations, school plays, weddings, community life, tens of thousands of images. That is his legacy. He retired in 1974 from teaching, but continued shooting, with negatives…
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Ag Commissioner, In Cooperstown, Hopes To Connect NY Products, Customers By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 13-14 2014 Richard Ball, commissioner of the state Department of Agriculture & Markets, wants to make sure everyone in the state has access to Upstate’s bounty. “We have a great resource here in central New York,” he said. “And we want more farmers to have New York State as a customer.” Ball, who is from neighboring Schoharie…
All Recall Former Mayor’s Vitality, Civic Duty, Humor Jim Georgeson, 1919-2014 By LIBBY CUDMORE Edition of Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 When Sam Nader succeeded Jim Georgeson as mayor in 1960, he found nothing that Georgeson had left behind. “I said to him, ‘You didn’t even leave me a sheet of paper’!” recalled Nader. “And he said, ‘I knew you were smart enough that you could figure it out’!” Georgeson, 95, died Wednesday, Oct. 22, at The Otsego Manor, three days before…
Inclusion May Be As Simple As A Simple ‘Good Morning’ By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 Inclusion can begin with a simple “good morning.” Stated in different ways, that was one observation that came out Saturday, Nov. 8, as 60 people at “Oneonta: An Inclusive Community” engaged in “envisioneering” – Mayor Dick Miller’s term – to imagine what an optimum community might look like in 2025. The exercise, also called a Diversity Summit, was hosted…
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IN MEMORIAM: Dee Mahalick, Food Pantry Founder CHERRY VALLEY – Glora K. (Dee) Mahalick , 71, founder of the Daily Bread Food Pantry here, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 at Bassett Hospital.…
Rock Hall’s Greg Harris Blending Old Stars, New By LIBBY CUDMORE•The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014 When Greg Harris, ’93, was a Cooperstown Graduate Program “first year,” he may not have known that what he did in his free time would be as important to his career as what he did in the classroom. “We were always out going to see bands in Oneonta, Cherry Valley,” he said. “We spent as much time in the community as…
Fund In Mayor Miller’s Memory To Plant, Preserve Trees In City ONEONTA – Mayor Richard P. Miller Jr.’s legacy will live on in the continued beautification of Oneonta. At a City Hall press conference this morning, a Mayor Miller Memorial Fund was announced. The proceeds will be used to plant and preserve trees in the city. Donations may be mailed to City Hall, 258 Main St., Oneonta NY 13820.…
City Hall Releases Statement On Mayor ONEONTA – This is the statement released by City Hall at 2:32 this afternoon: “The City of Oneonta and its common Council are deeply saddened to report that at approximately 10:25 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2014 Mayor Richard P. Miller, Jr. died unexpectedly. On behalf of the Miller family, it is requested that during this difficult time the privacy of the family be respected.”…
It’s No Svet, Accordionist Says As He Hits Heights By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday Oct. 16-17 When Frank Svet picks up his accordion, he’s fulfilling a promise he made to his mother, Millie Krish, years ago. “I was an electrical engineer, but I told my mother that I’d play polka music in my retirement.” Svet, a Richfield Springs native who now lives in Dayton, Ohio, was on hand Sunday, Oct. 12, to play Cleveland-style polkas at the…