THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Jan. 2-3, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Social Media Buoys ‘Gun Sanctuary’ Effort Catskill Symphony Picks Polish Conductor DOT Denied Grant; Now, Pedestrian Felled ‘Shelter Us’ Campaign Goal At $5 Million Public Hearing Set On Bassett Parking Lot EDITORIALS 2019 Full Of Oddities, But Things Change In New Decade, We’ll Get What We Expect COLUMNS SEWARD: Lawless Rewarded, Lives Endangered? ZAGATA: Save Eagles From Environmentalism LETTERS to the EDITOR…
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Lettis Highway Accident Victim Identified, In ICU ONEONTA – Oneonta Police have identified the woman struck by a car last night on the Lettis Highway as April Johnson, 32, Oneonta. Johnson allegedly crossed the highway in an area not marked for pedestrians and was struck by a car driven by David Shafer, 41, Otsego. She was taken by ambulance to Fox Hospital and transferred to Albany Medical Center, where she was admitted to the intensive care unit.…
Oneonta Woman In Critical Condition After Lettis Accident By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – An Oneonta woman is in critical condition at Fox Hospital after she was struck by a car on the Lettis Highway earlier this evening. According to Police Chief Doug Brenner, an Oneonta woman was walking with a friend when she allegedly crossed the James F. Lettis Highway approximately 100 yards from the intersection of Main Street. “The area is not marked for pedestrians…
IMPAIRMENT, INTENT RULED OUT No Skid Marks Visible At Richfield Crash Site By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – There were no skid marks visible on the half-mile stretch of Main Street here after a state fire vehicle plowed into four cars late yesterday afternoon. “The road was icy, but we don’t believe that was a contributing factor,” said Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. According to Devlin, the driver of the vehicle consented to be tested at…
EDITORIAL Will Improvements To Main Street Ever End? No, Shouldn’t Begun inauspiciously in March 2014 with the felling of 37 trees on Main Street, a remarkable series of successes has followed in the reinvention of downtown Cooperstown for 21st century tourism. The environmentally sensitive rain gardens, new sidewalks, streetlights, replacement of 19th century water mains and sewerage – even a new flag pole, embroiled in controversy as it now is – have followed in quick succession. • But it’s not…
HOMETOWN History Sept. 14, 2019 150 Years Ago Temperance – If the temperance question could be withdrawn from the areas of party politics it would be far better for the morals of the rising generation. We have urged the same views in relation to Sabbath observances. The claims of truth upon the conscience are weakened by alliance with the demands of warring political factions. If faith in the Supreme Being were made the test of political orthodoxy, there are many…
Pioneer Park Stage, Doubleday Field Bleachers Part Of Cooperstown Upgrades…
Mayor To Brief Public On Multiple Projects Downtown Upgrades, Doubleday Field, Pioneer Park, Sewage Plant On Agenda COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch will update the public on several village projects due to begin right after Labor Day at an informational meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, in Village Hall’s second-floor ballroom, which is accessible by elevator from the Fair Street entrance. Topics to be covered include the waste-water treatment plant improvement project, Pioneer Park upgrades, the continuation of…
PLUS, 2 UNDER 15 REPORTED IN CAR Driver Assaulted Victim With Car, Troopers Report COLUMBUS – Troopers from the Oneonta Barracks deployed at Unadilla Motorcross responded at 8:53 p.m. Friday to a report a pedestrian had been struck by a car on nearby Route 8. They then arrested the driver, Edward D. Burnett, 31, of Utica, for vehicular assault in the second degree, and for DWI while two passengers in the car were under 15, according to a press release…
CITY HALL EXPERIMENTS One Entry To Neahwa? Try It. Like It? E-mail dpsinfo@oneonta.ny.us. ONEONTA – Try it. See how you like it. The Market Street entrance to Neahwa Park has been closed for a week, beginning yesterday, a test to see if one vehicular entrance – at Main and River – is sufficient for park users. “The intent of this temporary, experimental road closure is to observe its effects on traffic entering, exiting, and within Neahwa Park,” City Hall announced…
