Bassett Healthcare Net-work and Hartwick College are launching joint simulation labs for first-year Bassett residents and nursing students. This is the first time Bassett residents are partnering with Hartwick nursing students in simulation labs.…
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Edition of 06/29/2023
The Village of Cooperstown Board of Trustees enjoyed an active meeting on Monday, June 26, touching on many issues and including two public hearings. The public hearing to approve Proposed Local Law No. 3, a change in the definition of “short-term rental” as used in the village zoning law, revealed uniform agreement for the proposed change.…
Otsego Town Historian and Iron String Press contributing writer Sharon Stuart gave a lecture on the history of the transgender liberation movement at the Cooperstown Village Hall on Friday, June 16. The talk revolved around Stuart’s research for and contributions to an upcoming book by Carolyn and Christopher Wolf-Gould, Oneonta-based physicians who have become nationally-respected leaders in gender-affirming care.…
I have decided that, due to focusing on my academic studies to get my degree in political science and to attend to my own personal medical issues, I am taking a temporary sabbatical from running for office at this time.…
Over the weekend, the Otsego County Conservation Association received multiple negative, bigoted comments on a Facebook thread that was advertising our Queer Outdoor Adventure Programming.…
The Otsego Lake Association’s annual “We Love Our Lake” Decorated Boat Parade will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 3rd, forming off Three Mile Point (weather permitting). This year’s parade theme is “Our Glimmerglass Shines."…
An opinion article on June 1, “Smart Meters Coming Soon, But Are They Safe?” asks an important question. It has just one answer. Yes.…
This week, after a few long months of studied work, which included numerous failed and frustrating attempts, multifaceted thoughts and endless meetings as well as significant and intelligent breakthroughs, Iron String Press unveils its newly redesigned, modern, long-awaited, readable, and truly navigable website: AllOtsego.com, the online home of “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta.”…
A lack of staffing is the cancer eating away at our economy. It’s reasonable to assume that few business owners and their core staff will be willing to endure the stress of working harder and longer to “cover” open positions indefinitely.…
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and Richfield Springs resident Jules Feiffer returned to the spotlight on May 19 for a screening of his 1971 film “Little Murders” at Fenimore Art Museum. “Little Murders” is a black comedy about a young, professional woman who brings her nihilistic and nearly catatonic boyfriend home to her dysfunctional family. It paints a dark portrait of a society collapsing under the weight of random violence, obscene phone calls, random shootings, garbage strikes, electrical blackouts and paranoia.…