THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 14, 2022 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Laurens Color Guard wins regional championship State Police Conclude Hartwick Incident An Accident Remembering Vincenza Alessi Inside The Paper Otsego County, Mohawk Valley group team up to go green North American Cashmeres, junior apprentice program among Hulse Hill’s treasures League of Women Voters talk democracy at the local level Gas tax holiday, drinks-to-go, volunteer fire department aid in state’s $220 billion budget…
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Vincenza Alessi
Remembering Vincenza Alessi Her time on Earth was far brief, but her legacy of love and caring goes on. Cherished Vincenza Alessi, 28, became an angel on Sunday, April 10, after a two-year battle against a rare blood disorder. Heaven is so lucky to have her home. Vincenza was a 2012 graduate of Cooperstown Central School, earning her degree in psychology and women’s studies from the State University of New York at Oneonta. She recently had earned her master’s degree…
Be The Match Event a Success…
CCS grad’s blood disorder stymies doctors as family perseveres (Editors note: Our January 13 edition included an update on Vincenza Alessi, the 2012 CCS graduate who had a bone marrow transplant that didn’t take. This week, we bring you up to date on her condition and urge you to get tested as a bone marrow transplant participant. See ‘How to Help’ below for specifics.) By Tara Barnwell “We brought Vincenza home to Cooperstown from Columbia Hospital in New York City…
“Be The Match” Bone Marrow Drive In honor of Vincenza Alessi, a 2012 Cooperstown Central School graduate ill with bone marrow failure of unknown origin, the school will host a bone marrow drive on March 29 from 3 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Those interested in donating must be between ages 18 and 40. Text VincenzaCCS2012 to 61474 to register to have a swab taken at the school or to receive a test kit in the mail.…