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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, September 25, 2014
6-YEAR-OLD DISCOVERS INVASIVE
Jellyfish In Otsego Lake By JIM KEVLIN
GROUND-BREAKING HOPS-TO-TAP PLAN LAUNCHED
The affiliated Northern Eagle Beverages, Coopertown Brewery Co. and Hager Hops began work Thursday, Sept. 18, in West Oneonta on an 82,000-square foot brewery and warehouse aimed at creating a full cycle of beermaking in Otsego County/SEE A4 The Freeman’s Journal
Northern Eagle chair Lou Hager Jr., Cooperstown, in top photo appeared with his partners – sons Louis III and Whit, 9, and daughter Alicia – and longtime general manager Matt Curley at the groundbreaking. At left, Hager briefs dignitaries at the gathering.
Cooperstown’s Kathleen Galland-Bennett and Christine McBrearty-Hulse ride into Oneonta’s Damaschke Field to the end of the first Bike Otsego event Saturday, Sept. 20. It included a 75-mile “Hall of Fame Ride” through Cooperstown.
Public Invited To ‘Charrette’ At CCS 10/6 COOPERSTOWN
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he public is being asked to attend the launch of a “charrette” to envision Cooperstown’s future at 6-8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in the CCS cafeteria, the organizing committee has announced. This workshop will provide an opportunity to work with a design team about desired improvements, amenities and new businesses; connections within the village and to surrounding areas; and unmet local needs. A concluding meeting is planned 6-8 p.m. Wednesday the 8th, where the design and planning team will present initial conclusions. CASINO BOON: State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, testified in support of the proposed Howe Caverns Resort & Casino at state Gaming Facility Gaming Board hearings Monday, Sept., 22, in Albany, saying Otsego County’s tourism industry would benefit from the combined draw.
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n July, Colin Lassiter, 6, was fishing off Council Rock with his dad and sister, and he discovered dozens of Craspedacusta sowerbyi, a fresh-water jellyfish, in James The Freeman’s Journal Fenimore Colin Lassiter, Cooper’s 6, and sister Glimmerglass. Chloe, 8. “I thought they were some sort of weird bubble,” the boy said. Since, two other “credible reports” have been received by SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Please See JELLYFISH, B7
OTSEGO CHAMBER GALA HONORS LUTZ FEED, FOX HOSPITAL
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utz Feed Co. and Fox Hospital will be honored at the Otsego County Chamber’s annual Small Business Banquet Thursday, Oct. 16, at The Otesaga. Details at
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New Broadband Plan For County Takes Shape By JIM KEVLIN
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three-person team from FARR Technologies of Sioux Falls, S.D., spent three days in Otsego County last
FARR Team Spends 3 Days On Ground Locally week, tightening a schematic for achieving broadband Internet service countywide within five years. FARR’s mandate is to provide, by mid-October, “information we
need to aggressively apply for state and federal funding,” said Sandy Mathes, Otsego County IDA president. He plans to ask the IDA to approve funding applications when
it meets Oct. 2. The team – by FARR CEO Peter Rassmusson, Vice President/Network Design Jerry Weber, and Steve Angerhofer, a partner in the company – arrived Tuesday the Please See FARR, B6
Over 50 Years, CGP Students Gather 1,800 Oral Histories
Professor Will Walker currently oversees the Oral History collection, compiled since the CGP’s founding in 1964.
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rom maple sugar to folk songs, from farming techniques to pierogie recipes, over 1,800 recordings have been collected by the Cooperstown Graduate Program since its founding 50 years ago. “There’s all kinds of incredible
material,” said Will Walker, the associate professor of history who oversees the 1964-2014 student research. “These are people’s lives.” The Oral History collection has been part the Folklore concentration Please See CGP, B7
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD
ANNUAL COOPERSTOWN AMERICANA SYMPOSIUM
Folk Art and American Modernism
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 • 9:00AM - 5:OOPM Based on the new exhibition Folk Art and American Modernism. Presentations by Paul D’Ambrosio, Robin Jaffee Frank, Stacy Hollander, Wendy Jeffers, Cynthia Nadelman, and by co-curators Elizabeth Stillinger and Ruth Wolfe. REGISTRATION: $65 for NYSHA members, $75 for non-members. For a complete schedule and to register online visit FenimoreArtMuseum.org/americana or call (607) 547-1461.
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