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Chamber Chair: Re-Opening Chance For Growth, Creativity

Chamber Chair: Reopening Chance For Growth, Creativity By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Though Phase One of “un-PAUSE” is limited to construction, manufacturing and curbside retail, Al Rubin, chair, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce Board, wants to make sure all businesses are ready to begin the process of rebuilding the local economy. “It’s exciting,” he said. “Now is the time for innovation and creativity. Now is not the time to be shy. We need to be sharing…

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Democrat Buttermann Wins Democrat Herzig’s Backing

Democrat Buttermann Wins Democrat Herzig’s Backing ONEONTA – Dan Buttermann, Oneonta, Democratic candidate for Assembly from the 121st District, today announced he has been endorsed by Mayor Gary Herzig, also a Democrats. If Buttermann wins the nomination against Corey Mosher, a Hamilton farmer, in the June 23 Democrat primary, he will face Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, in November.…

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Jean Marie Fink, 81; Active In West Laurens Fire Company

IN MEMORIAN: Jean Marie Fink, 81; Active In West Laurens Fire Company WEST ONEONTA – Jean Marie Fink, 81, of West Oneonta, an active member of the West Laurens Fire Department and secretary to its board of fire commissioners,  passed away unexpectedly in the comfort of her own home on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Jean was born on May 11, 1938 in Sanitaria Springs, Broome County,  a daughter of the late Kenneth and Clara (Tripp) Hill. On July 27, 1957,…

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Tapestry Coloring Contest Gives Families Activity, Artwork

Tapestry Coloring Contest Gives Families Activity, Art By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Coloring contests, Lindsey Millea believes, are not just for adults. “Before quarantine, we were going to have a ‘Color and Sip’ event in the store,” she said. “People could get one of our black and white tapestries and color them in. When everyone had to go into quarantine, we thought, why not offer it as a coloring contest?” The contest, offered by the Fashion…

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Robert E. Matus, 71, DVM, Oneonta; Veterinary Cancer Society Founder

IN MEMORIAM Robert E. Matus, 71, DVM, Oneonta; Veterinary Cancer Society Founder WEST ONEONTA – Robert E. Matus, 71, an eminent veterinarian and a founder of the Veterinary Cancer Society, passed away at home on April 28, 2020. He was born Dec. 17, 1948 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Robert S. and Martha A. (Golya) Matus. Bob graduated from Purdue University with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1977.…

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Crochet Club Makes 1,750 ‘Mask Mates’

ITEM GIVEN AWAY IN ONEONTA Crochet Club Makes 1,750 ‘Mask Mates’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Wearing a mask is that much harder if it doesn’t fit, said Emily Phillips. “I got masks for my partner and I, and mine kept falling off my face, and his was pulling on his ears,” she said. “I reached out to a crochet group on Facebook, and they had patterns for ‘mask mates’.” The crochet band is designed to…

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AUTOMOBILE SHOWROOMS OPEN AGAIN

AUTOMOBILE SHOWROOMS OPEN AGAIN Appointments, Social Distancing Convince Cuomo They Can Be Safe By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Happy days are here again at Otsego County’s automobile showrooms. At noon today, a press release arrived from the New York State Automobile Dealers Association breaking the news: From County Club Motors to Five Star Subaru, Oneonta’s Southside and everywhere in between, auto dealers, severely limited by Governor Cuomo’s March 13 emergency declaration, can again do what they…

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3 Lady Hawkeyes NYSSWA All-Stars

3 Lady Hawkeyes NYSSWA All-Stars Oneonta’s Eichler, Buzzy Honored, Too The New York State Sportswriters Association today named three CCS Lady Hawkeyes to the girls all-state basketball team. Cooperstown senior Piper Seamon, the hard-driving guard who was leading the Cooperstown girls to the state championship when play was ended by the coronavirus, reached the highest ranking, named to the third team Class C all-state girls basketball team. Her Hawkeye teammate Kate Donnelly was named to the 10th team, and Meagan…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through July 31st, new or lapsed annual subscribers to the hard copy “Freeman’s Journal” (which also includes unlimited access to AllOtsego.com), or electronically to AllOtsego.com, can also give back to one of their favorite Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.