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Poster Drives Says: ‘We Welcome People’

Poster Drives Says: ‘We Welcome People’ Duo Aims To Distribute 50 Village-Wide By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The posters began appearing around Cooperstown about a week ago:  “Cooperstown Welcomes People of All Faiths from All Nations,” with red, white and blue stripe across the middle. There’s one on the Village Library bulletin board at 22 Main, another in The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market.  Alex’s Bistro has one in the front window, Bruce Hall in the side window. Mary Anne Whelan,…

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Richard Simmons, 64, Auto Mechanic

IN MEMORIAM: Richard Simmons, 64, Mechanic OTEGO – Richard “Simm” Simmons, 64, of Otego, an auto mechanic and woodworker,  passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Simm was born in Oneonta, the son of Earl and Ida (Collison) Simmons. He married Lisa Toth at St Mary’s Church in Oneonta on May 4, 1991.…

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Mary Elizabeth Koury Laing, 82, Oneonta; Survivors Include 3 Daughters

IN MEMORIAM: Mary Elizabeth Laing, 82, Oneonta; Survivors Include 3 Daughters ONEONTA – Mary Elizabeth Koury Laing, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, after a short illness. She was born in Cranford, N.J. on Aug. 31, 1934, to Selean and Margaret Koury. She attended Oneonta High school and held jobs at Homer Folks Hospital, Bendix Corp. and Corning Glass retiring in 1997. After High School she married Dominic Langellotti and they had three daughters, Antoiniette, Lisa and Gina. She later married…

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CAA’s White Walls Aflame With Colors From 90 Quilts

CAA’s White Walls Aflame With Colors From 90 Quilts The regional nature of the Fenimore Quilt Show, which opened this morning at the Cooperstown Art Association, was very much in evidence, as Elaine Schwan, top photo, right, and Kathy Meek of Norwich’s Chenango Piecemakers’ toured the offerings.  One of Schwan’s two entries, QFL, is on the far well, which won a contest organized by Sew Nice, the Norwich quilting shop.   The quilt in the foreground is one of Meek’s…

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ZBA Pledging Action On ‘Hotel’ In 62 Days

RICHFIELD SPRINGS HEARING OVER ZBA Pledging Action On ‘Hotel’ In 62 Days By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – After only three people testified this evening, the chairman of the village Zoning Board of Appeals declared the hearing closed on a homeless lodging proposed for the former Mielnicki’s Restaurant on Lake Street. Bob Hazleton promised a decision on the 14-room proposal within 62 days, the statutory requirement. But one of the three testifying was attorney Doug Zamelis of…

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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.