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Casey Callahan Gets 25-To-Life For Wife’s Murder

CALLAHAN GETS 25 YEARS TO LIFE Man Found Guilty Of Killing Wife By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan, 52, who was found guilty of the January 2000 murder of his wife Elizabeth Welsh in the county’s first murder trial in decades, was sentenced to 25-to-life by Judge John F. Lambert during his hearing yesterday on Otsego County Court. “It’s the maximum sentence, and I’m satisfied,” said District Attorney John Muehl. “This was a cold, calculated, pre-meditated…

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Elderly Woman Injured In Hit-and-Run

Police: Elderly Woman Injured In Chestnut Street Hit-And-Run By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A hit-and-run victim is recovering today after allegedly being struck by a vehicle on Chestnut Street last night. According to Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert, a 76-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk down Chestnut Street southbound when she was allegedly hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. The victim told police that the operator of the vehicle did not stop to…

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Reelect Marietta, ‘Reform Caucus’

EDITORIAL ENDORSEMENTS Reelect Marietta, ‘Reform Caucus’ Editor’s Note:  This is the editorial opinion of www.AllOTSEGO.com, Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal.  Letters to the editor on political topics received after 10 a.m. Tuesday will appear on www.AllOTSEGO.com.  Polls are open 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7. With all the sturm und drang over the years surrounding the Otsego County Board of Representatives – MOSA or not, road patrols or not, economic development or not – a central truth was lost:…

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David F. Huxtable, 80; Farmer, Leader In Community, Profession

IN MEMORIAM David F. Huxtable, 80; Farmer, Leader In Community, Profession MILLERS MILLS – David “Dave” F. Huxtable, 80, of Huxtable Road, a leading dairy farmer and community leader in the West Winfield area and beyond, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at home. He was a man of strong faith, who possessed a tremendous work ethic and had a deep love of family, community and the outdoors. Dave was born on March 26, 1937, in Mohawk, the…

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Ghouls Race Through Coop On Yearly Halloween Loop

Ghouls Race Through Coop On Yearly Halloween Loop Leading off the annual Coop Loop 5K and 10K runs a few minutes ago from the Clark Sports Center were, in top photo, front and center, from left, CCS seventh-graders Hannah Craig, Anya Hodgins and Madi Miosek.  Some strange apparations accompanied them, including, lower right, Max Gialanella and Charles Hollister, both of Cooperstown, flanked by Hannah Dulovich of Schuyler Lake, left, and Shelby Hollister, Charles’ new bride.  The pirate crew, upper right,…

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Hartwick Announces $10,000 Scholarships For In-State Students

Hartwick Announces $10,000 Scholarships For All NY Students Unlike Cuomo’s Excelsior Program, No Residency, Income Requirements ONEONTA – Hartwick College announced today it will provide a $10,000 Founders’ Award scholarships to each newly enrolled first-year and transfer student who is a resident of New York State, beginning in fall 2018. Historically, 75 percent of Hartwick students are New Yorkers. “This new award is intended to send a clear message to families from New York state that we understand their concerns…

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Ghostly Haunts Toured As Hallow’s Eve Nears

Ghostly Haunts Toured As Hallow’s Eve Nears With Halloween arriving Oct. 31, thrill-seekers filled tours of local ghostly haunts over the weekend. In top photo, Hyde Hall interpreter John Henry Aborn discusses unexplained happenings, premature deaths and curses uttered at the National Historic Mansion on Otsego Lake as “Hyde and Shriek” tours began at dusk Saturday. Later that evening, (inset photo at right), Linda Smith of Oneonta, flanked by brother Roger, left, and husband Geoff, examines  documentation of deadly happenings…

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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.