Dolgeville Couple Parents To First Bassett Baby Of ’21 By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County has welcomed the area’s first baby of the new year. ‘Allan Cotton, son of Mallory Diederichs and Scott Cotton of Dolgeville, was born – a week early – at 9:31 a.m. New Year’s Day at Bassett Hospital. Allan weighs 9 pounds, 3 ounces and is 22 inches long. Allan has four siblings: Michael, 12, and Karman, 3, at home and…
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CLICK HERE FOR DAILY SCHEDULE Lines Form In Early Voting For President, Other Offices Early voting in Otsego County began Saturday morning at the county’s Meadows Office Building, Town of Middlefield, and a steady stream of voters lined up out the door and down the sidewalk to the parking lot. Above, Christine Chen, Oneonta, signs in with Polling Inspectors Diane Ehmann, Worcester, and Sue Straub, Fly Creek. Morning drizzle did not deter voters from showing up, as seen at right…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Jump The Shark Band At Pioneer Park MUSIC ON MAIN – 6 – 8 p.m. Get outside to enjoy a live performance by Jump the Shark. Pioneer Park, Main St., Cooperstown. Visit www.wearecooperstown.com/free-fridays/ for info.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 29 ‘Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory’ DRIVE-IN MOVIES – 8 p.m. Come out for a fun outdoor movie experience. This week showing ‘Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.’ Movie starts at dusk. Free admission, donations welcome. Foothills Performing Arts Center Parking Lot, Oneonta. 607-353-7143 or visit www.facebook.com/TheOtsegoCountyChamber/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 Jackie Robinson Day At Baseball Hall Of Fame FIELD TRIP – 2 p.m. Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day and learn about this Hall of Fame infielder & Civil Rights Pioneer. Learn about Branch Rickey, the bigotry Robinson faced, his successes on & off the field, and his career after baseball in the Civil Rights Movement. Free, registration for Zoom conference required. Hosted by The Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-Jackie-Robinson-Day?date=0…
IN MEMORIAM Jane G. Duel, 82 Dec. 16, 1938 – July 14, 2020 COOPERSTOWN – Everyone said that it was impossible to get a parking place and admission to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Jane Goodwin Duel didn’t buy it. She and a close friend left Warren, Vt., before dawn in her light blue VW convertible bug with the Rolls Royce hood, car festooned with international flags and packed with helium balloons. Arriving at the Olympic checkpoints, their…
DEATH NOTICE Jane G. Duel, 81, Cooperstown; Affiliated With Redpoint, NYSHA COOPERSTOWN – Jane G. Duel, 81, passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Cooperstown Center, following a long illness. Most recently an executive assistant with Redpoint Builders, she was previously with the Susquehanna SPCA for four years, and for many years worked for the New York State Historical Association. Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Home. A full obituary will be forthcoming on www.AllOTSEGO.com and in next week’s Freeman’s Journal.…
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EDITORIAL Every Business Should Build On DMCOC’s Smart Marketing It’s been hard to approximate layoffs. Business owners don’t want to announce them, and the monthly figures seem so theoretical. Bassett Healthcare Network, people figure – and have heard anecdotally from time to time – has certainly furloughed and cut back hours after closing two floors and halting elective surgeries while coronavirus was considered a pending local emergency. But it doesn’t want to brag about it either. So the county Board…
FOR TOPS IN 50 STATES, CLICK HERE Cooperstown Best In NYS, farandwide.com Concludes This is what the website, www.farandwide.com, had to say in concluding Cooperstown is the best small town in New York State: Population: 1,769 A Favorite Of: Architectural Digest, Reader’s Digest What is more American than baseball? How about the small town that is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Found at the lower tip of Otsego Lake, this cheerful village is lined with quaint shops, restaurants, art…
