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OHS Tennis Star Catan Qualifies for States

Speaking Of Sports OHS Tennis Star Catan Heads To State Tourney ONEONTA – Tennis is far from over for sophomore Chris Catan, Oneonta’s ace player.  He qualified for the State Tournament, which begins Thursday, May 30 at USTA’s Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens.  He is the STAC and Section IV champion. Golf also has a qualifier for the State Tournament in Oneonta’s Evan Sitts.  The senior, who is heading to York College (PA) to play golf…

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‘WE’RE AMERICANS’ County Courthouse Lawn Full As Community Honors Fallen

‘WE’RE AMERICANS’ County Courthouse Lawn Full As Community Honors Fallen Marine Doug Walker, top photo, Cooperstown Veterans’ Club commander and emcee at this morning’s Memorial Day commemoration in front of the County Courthouse, invites World War II veterans Peter Martin, center, and Bruno Talevi, left, to provide brief remarks to a gathering that filled the lawn, sidewalk and pavement in front of the Soldiers’ & Sailors Monument.  Right inset, featured speaker Floyd Bourne, Korean War veteran, remembers attending the same…

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William Walter Dornburgh, 87; Banker Predicted Focus’ Failure

IN MEMORIAM William Walter Dornburgh, 87; Banker Predicted Focus’ Failure COOPERSTOWN – William Walter Dornburgh, 87, a community leader whose grounding in banking enabled him to predict the sale of Otsego Manor, the county’s nursing home, to Focus Otsego was doomed to fail, died Sunday morning, May 26, 2019, at his home. He was born Sept. 26, 1931, in Jersey City, N.J., a son of Edmund and Elizabeth (Meehan) Dornburgh. Bill attended Jersey City public schools, where he was high…

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Stars Abound At HOF Classic At Doubleday Field

CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 MLB Stars Abound  At Doubleday Field Jeff Idelson, Baseball Hall of Fame president, left, and Hall board Chairman Jane Forbes Clark, right, stand with members of 30 Major League Baseball teams who made up the roster for the 2019 Hall Of Fame Classic game at Doubleday Field this afternoon in Cooperstown. Despite some sprinkles, professional ballplayers gave their fans a great game as well as T-shirt give-aways, children’s competitions, as well as signing autographs and memorabilia.…

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You Like Baseball Cards? ‘Shoebox’ Show Has ’em All

CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 You Like Baseball Cards? ‘Shoebox’ Show Has ’em All Cooperstown’s Pete Henrici, the retired CCS teacher and proprietor since the 1970s of the Baseball Nostalgia shop in the Doubleday parking, points out one of his business cards from the early days, which is part of Shoebox Treasures, a new exhibit – two years in the making – that opened this morning at the Hall of Fame.   Inset is this morning’s ribbon cutting, with Hall President Jeff…

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They’re Off!  BASE Race Starts Day Of HoF Fun

CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 They’re Off!  BASE Race Starts Day Of HoF Fun From the starting line in front of Doubleday Field a few minutes ago, Cooperstown’s Frankie Panzarella, top photo, center, and his pal Justin Wolfe, left, led the 8th annual BASE Race 5K “Fun Run” now underway through the streets of the village, the first activity in a day of Hall of Fame offerings.  At 10 a.m., ribbon-cutting on the new exhibit on baseball cards, “Shoebox Treasures,” will…

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Fingers, Gossage Manage Teams In 11th  HoF Classic

Fingers, Gossage Manage Teams In 11th HoF Classic Saturday Game Starts at 1:50 in Doubleday Field; BASE Race Leaves Doubleday Parking Lot At 9 COOPERSTOWN – The first pitch of the 11th Hall of Fame Classic Legends Game, bringing six Hall of Famers and other MLB stars to town,  will be thrown at 1:05 p.m. Saturday (tomorrow) in Doubleday Field. Hall of Famers Rollie Fingers and Goose Gossage will manage their respective teams, while Hall of Famers Bert Blyleven, Trevor…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.