THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 27-28, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Inventive Scams Entrap Otsego County’s Elderly Green Cow Features Local Grass-Fed Beef A Visit To Otsego County, Louisiana 12 Unit ‘The Grove’ Rattles Cooperstown Neighbors ‘It Couple’ As Wife, Husband Take Pulpits EDITORIAL Trustees, Keep Cooperstown Cooperstown COLUMNS KUZMINSKI: How To Waste $400 Million SEWARD: New Law May Bankrupt Farms LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DOWNEY: Gas Best Way To Decarbonize AINSLIE FAMILY:…
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12 Unit ‘The Grove’ Rattles Cooperstown Neighbors By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The 12-unit The Grove apartment complex – unprecedented in Cooperstown – just surfaced, but neighbors packed the Village Board’s monthly meeting Monday, June 24, to denounce it. “We are shocked and deeply disappointed that the village would consider a 12-unit apartment complex within a block of primarily single-family homes,” said Sherrie Kingsley, co-owner of The Inn at Cooperstown with husband Marc. “Is there really…
Grown Here, Now Savored Here Green Cow Features Local Grass-Fed Beef By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Doug Thompson doesn’t have anything against toppings, but he believes, at least for the first bite, the meat should speak for itself. “It will really surprise you when you realize that meat has flavor,” he said. Monday, June 24, he and wife Carrie opened a butcher shop, The Green Cow, at 21 Railroad Ave., and for the first time local…
FINE FOOD, FUN FOOD Food–And What a View! Such a nice way to spend an hour! We went to The Hawkeye Bar and Grill at The Otesaga for lunch. It’s one of my favorite places to go where I can pretend to be a tourist – the outdoor seating is by the lake and you’re only separated from the water by rolling grass. Skiers on the lake. Kids playing lawn games. People getting sun by the pool. Touristy things. It…
Walk Where Legends Walked Friends Offer Tours Of Doubleday Field By LIBBY CUDMORE• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you’ve ever dreamed of setting foot on historic Doubleday Field, Jeff Katz and the Friends of Doubleday can make that happen. “People always want to get on the field,” he said. “There’s lots of signage telling people the story of Doubleday, but it doesn’t get them out there.” The Friends of Doubleday – Katz is president – have begun offering tours…
VILLAGE TRUSTEES GET EARFUL Development Pressures Bring Out Worried Citizens Sherrie Kingsley, above, proprietor of The Inn at Cooperstown with her husband, Marc (seated to her right), reads a three-page letter to the Village Board this evening raising concerns about impacts of The Grove, a 12-unit apartment complex developer Josh Edmonds is proposing at 10 Chestnut St., next to single-family homes on lower Chestnut and Pine Boulevard. Several neighbors seconded Kingsley’s concerns. Others, including Bill Rigby, inset at right, opposed…
Trustees Will See Plan To Allow More Housing Within Village Limits NY Pizza Parking, The Grove Apartments Also On Village Board’s Agenda Tonight COOPERSTOWN – A proposed revision to the Zoning Law that will allow two-family and apartment houses throughout the Village of Cooperstown will be presented to trustees for the first time tonight. Also under discussion at the meeting, which begins at 6:30 p.m at Village Hall, 22 Main St., will be a parking plan for New York Pizzeria…
IN MEMORIAM: Saidy Toufic Maalouf, 72; Survivors Include Cooperstown Physician COOPERSTOWN – Saidy Toufic Maalouf, a native of Lebanon currently residing in Cooperstown with her daughter and family, passed into eternal life Thursday evening, June 20, 2019, at her daughter’s home, surrounded by family. She was 72. Born Aug. 15, 1946, in Hadath, Balbeck, Lebanon, she was a daughter of Toufic and Farida Maalouf. On May 6, 1971, she married Gebrail “Gaby” Abou Zeidan in Ablah, Lebanon.…
IN MEMORIAM: Roberta A. Morley, 85; R.N. Retired From County Public Health COOPERSTOWN – Roberta “Bobbie” A. Morley, 85, formerly of Cooperstown, a registered nurse who retired from Otsego County Public Health, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019, at the Allerton House in Hingham, Mass., where she lived. Born Dec. 22, 1933, in Newark, N.J., she was the daughter of Leonard and Viola (Smalley) Schilling. Bobbie attended Immaculate Conception High School and the State University of New York at Delhi…
Twin Brother, Sister Lead Hydrant-Repainting Effort He Aims For Eagle; She, Girl Scout Gold Star Twins Cooper and Devon Guzy, 15, above left, brief work crews at 8:30 a.m. today in the Cooperstown Elementary parking lot at the start of an effort to paint all 127 hydrants in the village in the next three weeks. Through the project, Cooper, a member of Troop 1254, hopes to gain his Eagle Scout rank, already achieved by brothers Carson, 17, and Blake, 19.…
