HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 29 Community Plant Sales ONEONTA PLANT SALE – 9 a.m. – Noon. Join Oneonta Federated Garden Club for annual plant sale featuring perrenial and house plants from members gardens. Will also include a ‘garden shed’ where gently used garden tools may be purchased. Huntington Park, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/Oneonta-Federated-Garden-Club-133855897358767/ COOPERSTOWN PLANT SALE – 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Stop by the Master Gardeners spring 2021 plant sale for perennials, annuals, vegetables, and flowers chosen to do…
Online home of The Freeman's Journal and Hometown Oneonta
Advertisement
Cooperstown VFW
Cooperstown & Around Village to hold Memorial Day parade Monday The Cooperstown Memorial Day Parade will start at 11 a.m., Monday, May 31. The parade will begin at the Cooperstown Veterans Club and make its way up Main St. to the Otsego County Courthouse. Masks and social distancing will be required. VFW dedication at Pierstown Grange There will be a dedication by the Cooperstown VFW of World War I and World War II memorial plaques at 2 p.m. on Saturday…
Cooperstown & Around Honoring Bobby Atwell Inspired by the roadside dedication in honor of John Kempe Winslow on state Route 205, the village of Cooperstown will work with the Cooperstown Veterans Club to find an appropriate place to honor Robert “Bobby” W. Atwell, who was killed March 21, 1968, in Vietnam. A private first class in the Army, Atwell, 20, was the only village resident who died in Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal, The Purple Heart…
IN MEMORIAM: Doug Lindsay, 92; World War II Vet Helped Found Cooperstown VFW Post On His Return COOPERSTOWN – Douglas E. Lindsay, 92, a founding member of VFW Post 7128, Cooperstown, passed away Tuesday June 30, 2015, in his sleep. He was born in Cooperstown on Feb. 25, 1923, the son of Edward D. and Sophia (Creighton) Lindsay. He served as a Seabee in the Navy during WWII in communications.…