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Editorial: When Is Enough Enough?

Presently, we are seeing the construction of yet another chain hotel and something to be called the “Cooperstown Experience,” a soon-to-open, one-of-a-kind baseball and softball tournament complex that promises a complete family vacation experience in “The Baseball Capital of the World.”…

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Editorial: What Do May Flowers Bring?

Editorial What Do May Flowers Bring? The old rhyme about spring—April showers bring May flowers—was most likely intended to buoy the soggy human sprits of those last muddy weeks of winter, especially in places like Otsego County, where there have historically been only two seasons: winter and Fourth of July. Now it seems that Otsego County may be more representative of the school-kid joke that followed up on the rhyme—April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?” Pilgrims.…

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Coop Vendors, Officials: 2022 a ‘Good Year’

Coop Vendors, Officials:2022 a ‘Good Year’ By Caspar Ewig Now that the parking meters have received their winter covers, it is time to assess the results of summer 2022 in Cooperstown. The meters, which spring into function on Memorial Day and fall into disuse on Columbus Day, as well as the trolley ridership from the parking lots that surround Cooperstown, represent a good barometer of the town’s commercial health. Using that yardstick as a guide, this summer has proved to…

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EDITORIAL: Re-Charge!

Editorial Re-Charge! A little over a year ago The Freeman’s Journal put forth an editorial on the subject of electric vehicle chargers, which were at the time pretty scarce within the Village and, in fact, even outside the Village. The reason we explored the local availability of these chargers was, of course, that our tiny historic Village has been, and is, the destination of myriad urban baseball, sports, scenic and music explorers whose mode of transportation to Cooperstown is increasingly…

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Visitors Seek Autographs at golf course

Visitors Seek Autographs at golf course Visitors were out today by the Leatherstocking Golf Course to catch a glimpse (and maybe an autograph) of the Hall of Famers playing on the field. There will be golf tournament featuring the Hall of Famers Saturday morning before the rest of the Induction weekend festivities.…

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