THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 2-3, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Security Cameras Protect Trump Billboard ‘Indian’ Erasure Revisited Museums, Hyde Hall Announce Openings Baseball Hall of Fame Opens Doors COMMENCEMENT 2020 Oneonta High School Cooperstown High School Worcester High School Unatego High School Milford High School Laurens High School Cherry Valley-Springfield High School Schenevus High School Richfield Springs High School EDITORIALS Extremism Threatens George Floyd’s Legacy COLUMNS MORGAN: Slavery Was Most Everywhere…
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BOUND VOLUMES July 2, 2020 200 YEARS AGO Important to Tanners – The patent right for preparing, using and vending chestnut wood for the purpose of tanning and dyeing in the New England states, is vested in the Springfield Manufacturing Company, who will soon have in operation machinery and apparatus for preparing the wood fit for use, and will deliver it to purchasers in large or small quantities, at any place within the above limits, for a sum that will…
STATE HOLDS ON TO MONEY Reps Updated: All Financial News Bad By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As at every meeting since the coronavirus threat arrived, all the financial news was bad when the county Board of Representatives met this morning. As state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli emphasized when he spoke to the county board last month, the state has yet to decide what funds will be sent out from Albany this year. Reporting on a presentation by…
IN MEMORIAM Ljiljana Neckermann, 70; Artist Loved Otsego Lake COOPERSTOWN – Ljiljana Neckermann, an artist and former resident of Newport, Cooperstown and Schuyler Lake, passed away at Pacifica Senior Living in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, after a long illness. Ljiljana was born in 1949 in the former Yugoslavia, and moved to Germany in her 20s, where she had a successful career in business and became a citizen. In 1979, she was married to the widowed…
Land Trust Offers Free Trees COOPERSTOWN – Though many 4th of July traditions are on hold this year, the Otsego Land Trust’s free tree giveaway is still a go. “Giving away trees to community has been a 4th of July tradition for the land trust,” commented Patricia Szarpa, Executive Director, “with the cancellation of the annual Springfield Parade, we still want to carry out this tradition, but in a different way this year!”…
Fenimore, Farmers’ To Open For Holiday Plans In Place To Ensure Safety COOPERSTOWN – With the final phase of New York State’s regional reopening plan underway, The Fenimore and Farmers’ museums will open their doors Friday, July 3. Hours for both will be 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday, (closed Mondays). with reduced admission for all ages. Museum members receive special early access on Wednesday and Thursday, July 1–2. Both museums developed comprehensive safety plans in accordance with guidelines provided by the…
Resolution On ‘Indian’ Withdrawn Hearing ‘More Knowledgeable People,’ He Changed His Mind By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Trustee Richard Sternberg is withdrawing his resolution that would seek the removal of the word “Indian” or “Indians” from historical markers in the village, he announced a few minutes ago. “After discussions with people much more knowledgeable than I about tribal histories and affairs, I realized that my wording was poor and that I didn’t even state well…
Hyde Hall Reopens July 1 COOPERSTOWN – With by-reservation tours, enhanced safety measures and reduced contact, Hyde Hall has announced that they will be open for tours on Wednesday, July 1. “Hyde Hall has more to offer than ever before,” says Jonathan Maney, Executive Director. “Explore history with us and see fascinating things that you cannot find anywhere else. We are excited to share this beautiful New York treasure!”…
IN MEMORIAM Milton Glaser, Father Of ‘I Love NY,’ Coop Music Festival Poster The father of “I Love NY,” Milton Glaser, who died Friday, June 26, 2020, on his 91st birthday in his studio in New York City, has also provided the annual poster for Linda Chessis’ Cooperstown Music Festival for the past two decades. This video describes how it all came about. CLICK HERE FOR MILTON GLASER OBITUARY…
CLICK HERE FOR COOPERSTOWN GRADS Amid Deluge, CCS Sends 78 Into World After a downpour delayed Cooperstown Central School’s 1:30 p.m. Commencement 2020 for 45 minutes this afternoon, Anya McGoldrick, left, and Natalie Fountain, top photo, lead a procession of 78 seniors through cheers and beeping horns in the school parking lot to the ceremony in the field between the high school and elementary schools. Inset left, Tammi Kelly and Don Corns – their grad is Morgan Kelly – opened…