BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from The Freeman’s Journal Editor’s Note: Due to limited space configurations due to this week’s 2015 Otsego County Yearbook in The Freeman’s Journal, the Bound Volumes feature is being published online. It returns next week to our print edition. Enjoy! 200 YEARS AGO The Albany Argus contains a list of newspapers published in the State of New York, from which it appears there are published in the State 77 papers – 42 of which…
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Hometown History Compiled by Tom Heitz from NYSHA records Editor’s Note: Due to limited space configurations due to this week’s 2015 Otsego County Yearbook in Hometown Oneonta, Hometown History is being published online this week. It returns next week to our print edition. Enjoy! 125 Years Ago Winter came in earnest with the big snow storm of Friday last. To the north and east of Oneonta there was already snow enough for comfortable traveling. Friday noon saw the earth…
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DAN WILBER, R- DISTRICT 5 Experience In Ulster County Prepares Newcomer For Role Editor’s Note: This is the final of seven profiles of the seven new members of the Otsego County Board of Representatives elected Nov. 3, and who take office Wednesday, Jan. 6. Review all the profiles at www.allotsego.com By LIBBY CUDMORE • for www.AllOTSEGO.com BURLINGTON – A former code officer for the county and an employee of the state Department of Transportation, Dan Wilber, knows how the government works. …
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University Police To Be Santa For 40 Local Needy Children ONEONTA – The University Police at SUNY Oneonta hope to start a new holiday tradition tomorrow, hosting the first annual “Cop Shop” to benefit children from underprivileged families within the Oneonta community: Police will distribute donated gifts to approximately 40 children between the ages of 3-5. “Our goal is to help make things a little easier for these families this holiday season,” said Officer Denise Natoli. “Each child will be…
Hanna Will Announce His Retirement Today Congressman Formerly Lived In Cooperstown U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna, R-22, the three-term Congressman whose district included most of Otsego County in 2010-12, will announce this morning he will retire at the end of his term next year, Syracuse.com began reporting Sunday afternoon. He still represents the Richfield Springs area. Hanna, a businessman who lived in Cooperstown for a period before moving back to the Mohawk Valley, planned to announced the decision at his home Barneveld…
IN MEMORIAM: Jerry Mowers, 63; Secretary, Oneonta Fire Department ONEONTA – Gerald “Jerry” I. Mowers, 63, who retired from the Oneonta Fire Department after 25 years in 1999, having served as secretary for many years, passed away unexpectedly at his home on Dec. 18, 2015. Jerry was born March 31, 1952, in Fort Dix, N.J., the eldest child of Gordon and Betty (Kingsley) Mowers. The family moved to Oneonta shortly after his birth where he spent most of his life.…
