HoF INDUCTEES TO BE NAMED 1/21 Jeter Ballot Mailed Out, Includes 18 Newcomers COOPERSTOWN – Five-time World Series champion Derek Jeter heads a group of 18 new candidates on the 2020 Hall of Fame ballot that is being mailed this week to more than 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The results will be announced Jan. 21 live on the MLB network. Additional newcomers to the ballot include Cliff Lee, Josh Beckett, Jason Giambi, Paul Konerko,…
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WRUBLESKI FAMILY, PATRONS CELEBRATE With Music, Good Cheer Mel’s At 22 Marks Fifth…
DONATE IN COOPERSTOWN, ONEONTA Kettle Drive Begins For Salvation Army…
CLICK FOR TENTATIVE 2020 COUNTY BUDGET 2020 County Budget Would Top $120M COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego County Treasurer’s Office today released a tentative budget for 2020 that, if adopted as is, will cross the $120 million mark for the first time, by $200. If approved, the tax levy would rise 3.73 percent to $12,144,437. The public hearing on the budget is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26. The budget must be adopted by mid-December.…
BULLETIN Dunkin’ Quits Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Dunkin’ Donuts today advised Village Hall it is withdrawing its application to build a co-branded outlet with Baskin Robbins in the village, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch confirmed a few minutes ago.…
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EDITORIAL From All, Best Wishes For A Speedy Recovery Editor’s Note: This editorial is reprinted from this week’s editions of Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, on newsstands now. The news that state Sen. Jim Seward’s cancer is back – his office issued a press release Wednesday, Nov. 6 – brings two immediate reactions. One, fingers crossed. Advances in cancer-fighting research can mean five years, 10 years – and more – of active living. Everyone’s got a story of a…
IN MEMORIAM Dean D. Wayman, 94, Cooperstown; Native Son, Sperry Chevrolet Owner COOPERSTOWN — Cooperstown Native Son Dean D. Wayman, 93, a lifelong auto buff and former co-owner of Bob Sperry Chevrolet, died Saturday Nov, 9, 2019, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by his family. Dean and his twin brother Doug were born May 13, 1926, at the former Thanksgiving Hospital in Cooperstown, the sons of Floyd and Murl (Dyer) Wayman.…
INCUMBENTS RUN; SO MAY INCUMBENTS Rare Races Possible For Mayor, Trustees By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh says she’s running for a second term in next March’s village election, adding that first-term Trustee MacGuire Benton is likely to as well. And Joe Membrino, also in his first term, said he’s planning to run again, too. But for the first time since the GOP debacle in 2011, the Republican Party may be running a slate as…
LETTER from CHIP NORTHRUP Hotter World = More Fires To the Editor: Like everything else, the wildfires in California have been politicized by President Trump, who blames them on “bad forest management.” Catch is, most of what’s burning are not trees, much less “forests” but grass and shrubs. We lived in California for years. Except for the Sierras, most of California is a desert – right up to the beach. When the hot Santa Ana winds blow in from the…
