Advertisement. Advertise with us
Just … No!
YMCA’s summer programming on track, but ‘different’ this year
Dedication, invention, perseverance lead to a surprising, happy ending for the Fenimore Cooper murals
Inside The Paper
Roots of suffrage topic of talk
Cooperstown salutes Stephen Sondheim with “Hawkeye Revue”
Sports Snippets June 8, 2023 Softball Takes Sectionals, Falls in Regionals COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown softball team won its third sectional title in program history with a 4-2 victory over eight-seed Port Byron on May 31. Dani Seamon threw a two-hitter with six strikeouts, hit two singles and stole a base. Seamon singled in the first inning and two walks put Savannah Kirkby and Sophia Hotaling on base. Brenna Seamon walked and Jeana Geertgens hit a two-RBI single to open a three-run lead. Port Byron scored twice in the fifth inning before Katie Crippen blasted a solo home run over the left…
Editorial ‘The Big Need’ April 21, 2022 What better time than the middle of National Volunteer Week (April 17 – 24) to take the time to salute every person who gives their time — truly our most precious commodity — to help others. The Freeman’s Journal/Hometown Oneonta receives a few dozen press releases each week from community groups of every stripe throughout Otsego County — organizations looking out for the environment, preserving open spaces, grooming hiking trails. Groups dedicated to keeping political discourse at a civil level, encouraging citizens to vote and participate in democracy. Programs to feed the hungry,…
In Memoraim Sandra R. Denicore, 84 December 19, 1937 – October 13, 2022 ONEONTA – On December 19, 1937, Sandra “Sandy” Rae Cooper arrived in Elmira, New York – full of life and purpose – as the middle child of her loving parents, Beatrice and Merle Cooper. After giving everything she had to give, Sandy left this world 84 years later on October 13, 2022, as the spouse of one, the mother of six, the grandmother of twenty, the sister of two, and a friend to hundreds. Like everyone, Sandy arrived in this world with nothing, and she left with…