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Mars Rover Visits ‘Cooperstown’

Mars Rover Curiosity Visits ‘Cooperstown’ MARS – The Mars Rover Curiosity just completed it’s first two-day autonomous drive on Monday, Dec. 8, and, like many tourists, stopped by Cooperstown — but it’s a Cooperstown a long way from home. ‘Cooperstown’ is NASA’s name for a rocky outcropping on Mars that bears candidates for examination with the instruments on Curiosity’s arm.  These studies will help assess the geology of the main destination for the rover, an outcropping known as Mount Sharp.…

PIPELINE DEVELOPERS TO LANDOWNERS: LET US ON

PIPELINE DEVELOPERS TO LANDOWNERS: LET US ON Days after federal regulators approved plans for a $750 million Constitution Pipeline to carry hydrofracked natural gas from Pennsylvania into New York, many reluctant landowners along the 124-mile route got letters from developers threatening to seize access to land through eminent domain, the Albany Times Union is reporting today. A copy of the letter, obtained by the newspaper, tells property owners who have refused to sell rights-of-way for the Constitution Pipeline that they have…

Ashley Cooper’s Latest Paintings Depict Husband’s Deployment Bridged By iPad

Ashley Cooper’s Latest Paintings Depict Husband’s Deployment Bridged By iPad By JIM KEVLIN • Special to allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN In 2012, the Coopers’ seemingly serene existence, in their Lake Street home that backs up on Glimmerglass, was jolted as the father of the house, Bassett’s Dr. Shelby Cooper – he is also a lieutenant commander in the Navy – was deployed to Afghanistan for nine months. “All of your paintings are about anxiety,” said his artist wife, Ashley Norwood Cooper, sitting…

New Bishop Visits Cooperstown, Confirms 20 At St. Mary’s Church

New Bishop Visits Cooperstown, Confirms 20 At St. Mary’s Church The Most Rev. Edward B. Scharfenberger, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, paid his first visit to Cooperstown this afternoon since his April 10 installation to confirm 20 young parishioners at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Church. At top, Bishop Scharfenberger prepares to confirm a young person with sacred chrism (oil).  Father John P. Rosson, pastor, is at right, and Cantor Steve Markusen, Oneonta, in the background. In smaller…