News from the Noteworthy Post-election Activities Full of Positivity, Unity The midterm elections are over, or mostly over, as tight returns leave many state and federal races close and uncertain. I, for one, am very glad that pre-election coverage and political mailings have ceased and we have voted. We can now get back to our jobs, our community, and our lives, where real things happen, where we can make a difference to a person and to our community.…
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11-17-22
Film Plastic Recycling Challenge Returns OTSEGO COUNTY—The Otsego County Solid Waste Department and the Otsego County Conservation Association are teaming up once again to promote the Otsego County Schools Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. The challenge promotes recycling of film plastics and is open to all public and private K-12 school buildings located in Otsego County. The challenge kicks off on America Recycles Day, November 15, and runs through April 14, 2023. During the challenge, students are encouraged to collect clean,…
Flu, COVID-19 and Hospital Happenings By DR. TOMMY IBRAHIM Monthly news and insights by Dr. Tommy Ibrahim, president and CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network I am honored to have the opportunity to reach you through “The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta.” Each month I will keep you up to date on emerging public health information, share the latest news from Bassett Healthcare Network, talk about health trends in the news, address your questions and concerns, and discuss ways you and…
Letter from Constance Cummings Polly Renckens Lauded for Service The Richfield Springs Food Pantry thanks and congratulates Mrs. Polly Renckens for her six years of devoted service to the Richfield Springs Food Pantry and its mission of ensuring that all members of our community have access to nutritious food. The Richfield Springs Food Pantry has made great strides since Polly Renckens began her leadership role with her husband, Jim, in 2017. During the time of Mrs. Renckens’ service, the organization…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta November 17, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK Mural Moment FRONT PAGE Former School Houses Luxury Apartments Chobani Donates Gifts ToHelp St. James Food Programs Benton to Run for County Clerk Ommegang Brews for Veterans Inside The Paper Cherry Valley Native’s IPO Market Exposé the Culmination of Two-Year Effort Books, Volunteers Sought for Collection November 19 Concert To FeatureNoted Polish-American Violinist SUNY Professor To Speak on Antiracism Film Plastic Recycling Challenge Returns…
In Memoriam Elizabeth H. Gilbert 1928-2022 BAINBRIDGE—Elizabeth H. Gilbert passed away peacefully on October 22, 2022 in Georgetown, Texas. Betty Gilbert was the youngest of four children. Her father was a German immigrant and her mother an orphan. Betty was raised in rural upstate New York with little in the way of creature comforts. One of her childhood chores in the winter was to take the horse to a creek and break the ice, so that the horse could drink…
Ommegang Brews for Veterans By TED MEBUST In support of veterans nationwide, Brewery Ommegang’s recent Hops for Heroes event raised funds for Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit organization that provides aid to active military, veterans and their families. Participating breweries throughout the country produced a special Veteran’s Day batch, Homefront IPA, the proceeds of which exclusively benefit the nonprofit’s mission.…
Cherry Valley Native’s IPO Market Exposé the Culmination of Two-Year Effort By TED MEBUST CHAPEL HILL, NC – If you were walking along Pioneer Street in the early 2000s and happened upon “The Freeman’s Journal” offices near Main Street center, you’d find a young editor hard at work. Dakin Campbell, a member of Cooperstown High School’s class of 1995, was launching a burgeoning career in journalism. At that time, the Cornell University graduate could be found diligently reporting on the…
Editorial Bassett: A Beginning Over 150 years ago, in 1867, Susan Fenimore Cooper—the visionary daughter of our illustrious James Fenimore Cooper—founded the Thanksgiving Hospital, the first such hospital in the Village of Cooperstown and, so it’s told, in the state. Dedicated to the “weak and suffering among the population of Otsego County and the adjoining counties,” it had 16 beds. At the time Cooperstown was a small rural community with 1,600 people. Established in appreciation of the end of the…
Benton to Run for County Clerk By TED MEBUST COOPERSTOWN – Village trustee and former Deputy Elections Commissioner MacGuire Benton announced his candidacy for Otsego County clerk on Monday, November 14. With his trustee tenure ending in April, he plans to begin his campaign for the 2023 General Election Ballot with a listening tour across the county. “I feel ready to take on more for more people,” stated Benton. The reopening of Oneonta’s Department of Motor Vehicles office, he explained,…