American Legion Turns 100; Hall Collaborates With Vets By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – The American Legion, especially through American Legion Baseball, and The National Baseball Hall of have had a special relationship for over four decades. “American Legion Baseball was founded in 1925 to further citizenship through sportsmanship,” said Jeremy Field, director of communication at American Legion’s HQ in Indianapolis. “Every year our player of the year is honored at the Hall of…
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COLUMN Donate! 25 Years Ago Kidney Saved My Life By STEVE BIERITZ • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta Every month of April, we celebrate National Donate Life Month. On April 17, I will celebrate the 25th year of my very successful kidney transplant. After battling the disease that caused a loss of kidney function over time, my energy level and quality of life were at a low point. That was truly a donation that changed my life and was…
CASALE: ‘Gotcha’ Politics May Backfire For Democrats By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – Democrats are in for “a huge beating,” Otsego County Republican Chairman Vince Casale said in the wake of Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller’s non-indictment outcome of a two-year investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. “They’ve hung everything they’ve had on ‘collusion’ over the past two years,” said Casale, who is also a political consultant in statewide campaigns in New York. “Now…
Cooperstown Distillery Unveils Plan To Double Its Plant, Hire 10 More By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta COOPERSTOWN – With five years of success behind it, the Cooperstown Distillery is looking ahead and planning to more than double the size of its plant on Railroad Avenue. “We outgrew our space many years ago,” proprietor Gene Marra told the Village Board on Monday, March 25. “Our production has been limited by our physical space.” The planned 7,500-square-foot…
The Young Turks Benton On Cooperstown Board; Oliver, Wells Aiming For County By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – Community engagement doesn’t have a minimum age requirement. MacGuire Benton, 21, of Cooperstown, and two Oneontans, Clark Oliver, 21, and Wilson Wells, 23, have all thrown their hats into the ring of local politics. “Our age group is horrible about voting,” said Oliver. “And I think part of that is that we don’t have people who…
from ROBERT SEWARD Is Downtown Cooperstown Destined To Relive ‘Last Picture Show’ Fate To the Editor: “The Last Picture Show” was the last movie of the season in the film series sponsored by the Friends of the Village Library. The 1971 film is directed by Peter Bogdanovich, based on a Larry McMurtry novel. The black-and-white film is set in a small, dying, North Texas town. There is little to do, and the only movie house, on Main Street, is about…
CONSOLING THE SUFIS Try ‘March Matchness’ To Help SSPCA COOPERSTOWN – It’s cats versus dogs as the Susquehanna SPCA hosts its very first “March Matchness,” where donors can help move their chosen pet through the brackets to victory, just like NCAA men’s basketball tournament. The championship is Tuesday, April 9. CLICK HERE FOR FULL STORY …
10 PROPERTY OWNERS HONORED After Hiatus, Village HPARB Revives Preservation Awards…
Father Rosson Retiring At Cooperstown Parish Final Mass, Celebration Planned This Sunday By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Father John Rosson, pastor of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church, is retiring, effective April 1, after 19 years in Cooperstown. Father Rosson said today his final mass will be at 10 a.m. this Sunday, March 31, followed by a brunch and open house. The news was announced this past Sunday at the end of…
Cooperstown Distillery Plans To Double In Size…
