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2 Bassett Boards Enter ’18 With New Chairs At Helm

2 Bassett Boards Enter ’18 With New Chairs At Helm Meyer At Network, Fulmer At Hospital, Plus Franck, Hanft Gain Appointments COOPERSTOWN – The Bassett Healthcare Network Board of Directors and the Bassett Hospital Board of Trustees will have new chairs Jan. 1, it was announced today. Ralph H. Meyer, past president & CEO of Guthrie Healthcare System in 1982-98, will chair the Healthcare Network board. Terry Fulmer, president of The John A. Hartford Foundation in New York City and…

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New Year’s Day Swearings-In Set In Oneonta, Cooperstown

New Year’s Day Swearings-In Set In Oneonta, Cooperstown ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig, Town Supervisor Bob Wood, county board reps and local elected officials will be sworn in for new terms at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan 1., at Hartwick College’s Shineman Chapel.  The new county Democratic chair, Kim Muller, will emcee. Meanwhile, that morning, the new county treasurer, Allen Ruffles, will be sworn in at 11 a.m. at the county courthouse in Cooperstown by county Judge John Lambert.…

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Last-Minute Wishes: Line Long For Final Requests To Santa

Last-Minute Wishes Line Long For Final Requests To Santa With Santa and Mrs. Claus taking final Christmas wishes, the line was still long a few minutes ago with youngsters waiting to share their Christmas wishes with the couple at Santa’s Cottage in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park. Top, Gunnar Lee, 6, and brother Cash, 3, of Fly Creek, pose with dad Justin on the sleigh in front of the cottage. At right, Margaret Wolfert, 3, and sister Gloria, 5, of Cooperstown, wait…

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Local Resident Celebrates A Century Plus A Few

At Focus, Resident Marks 102nd Birthday Local resident Asa Skaloud, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1915, celebrated her 102nd birthday this afternoon at the Focus Nursing Home in the town of Otsego. Residents of the nursing home gathered in the auditorium to celebrate the milestone with cake and music.  Dressed in purple to her left is her friend Louise Puylara, Activity Director Amy Rose, and to Asa’s right is her friend Claire Cardinale.…

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Maverick Johnson Is Bassett’s 1,000th Baby of 2017

Maverick James Johnson  1,000th Baby At Bassett  COOPERSTOWN – Parents Paula Waffle, Eric Johnson and the staff at the Bassett Birthing Center welcomed Maverick James Johnson, the 1,000th baby born at the center in 2017, on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Maverick was born at 3:57 p.m. Tuesday, weighing 8 lbs, 10 oz, 21 inches long. Though born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, he was able to stay at the birthing center for the first few days of his…

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Walter C. Eckler, 83; Business Owner Active In Community

IN MEMORIAM:  Walter C. Eckler, 83; Business Owner Active In Community MIDDLEFIELD – Walter Charles Eckler, 83, a 45-year firefighter, co-founder of the local 40 & 8 veterans organization and co-owner of a former local Chevrolet dealership, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, at his home in Phoenix Mills, surrounded by his family, following a long illness. Walter was born on May 17, 1934, in Hyde Park (Otsego County), only two miles from his lifelong residence with his…

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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.