90 People Envision Future At Cooperstown ‘Charrette’ By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Close to 90 people spent two hours at this evening’s “Design Charrette,” detailing and discussing the pros, cons, dreams and fears of “America’s Most Perfect Village,” as a community visioning effort got underway. “A lot of community happened around this room,” declared Lisa Nagle, a principal in Elan Planning, Saratoga Springs, when the session in the CCS cafeteria was over. The goal is to develop an updated…
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For 2 Cooperstown Families, Chickens Help Children Learn By LIBBY CUDMORE•AllOTSEGO With four white and brown chickens quietly clucking and pecking in a sun-dappled yard, you might think that you’re on a country farm at harvest time. Nope – you’re in Cindy Falk’s backyard on Irish Hill. “We knew people had raised chickens in the village,” said Falk, a CGP professor who is also a village trustee. “My daughter Elizabeth wanted some, so we went down to ask.” In the…
Veterans Get VIP Treatment On Honor Flight By LIBBY CUDMORE•allotsego.com Edition Of Thursday-Friday, Sept. 2-3 Wherever George Voris and Harold Lamberton went, there were people waiting. “They had flags, signs welcoming us,” said Voris. “Everywhere we went, people were greeting us with banners.” “On the way to the airport, we had a motorcycle escort,” added Lamberton. “At the airport, they had an honor guard waiting for us.” Lamberton and Voris, both residents of St. James Manor, took part on Sept.…
Scots Terrified Establishment, In End, Establishment Won Edition of Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26 Editor’s Note: Cooperstown’s Scott Buchanan, formerly this newspaper’s graphic artist, is living in Scotland. EDINBURG, Scotland Forty-five percent of the electorate in the highest turnout in modern political history voted for change, and didn’t get it. Fifty-five percent voted in fear of change, but change for the worse is what they shall have. The political landscape of the U.K. has been fundamentally changed by the referendum debate. Questions…
Northern Eagle Plans Seek More Economic, Ag Growth Edition of Thursday-Friday, Sept. 25-26 Editor’s Note: Northern Eagle Beverages President George Allen delivered these remarks Thursday, Sept. 18, at the ground-breaking on an 82,000-square-foot brewery and warehouse on Browne Street, Town of Oneonta, a hops-to-taps collaboration of the Hager family’s Northern Eagle, Cooperstown Brewery Co. and Hager Hops. The vision for the future started in July 2012 when a new site was being considered in the Pony Farm Industrial Park. That…
Like Charleston, Offer Free Trolleys Edition Of Thursday-Friday Sept. 25-26 To the Editor: A modest proposal: I recently happened to visit Charleston, S.C., which, like Cooperstown, is a noted tourist destination. And, like Cooperstown, or any similar tourist town, they have a parking problem. Charlestown, however, has done something which Cooperstown might consider, namely, establishing a free trolley service. Being able to jump on and off a trolley making the circuit of the main local sites without having to dig…
In Stamp-Collecting Month, Consider Pastime Edition of Friday, Sept. 26 To the Editor: A single stamp, the British Guiana one-cent magenta, sold in June 2014 at Sotheby’s for a record-setting $9.48 million. By weight, a mere .04 grams, it is considered the most valuable item in the world. The stamp was issued in 1856 in British Guiana (now Guyana), and is the only copy known to exist. Interestingly, it was found in 1873 by a Scottish schoolboy who sold it…
Falsehoods Helped Sink Town Board Campaign Edition of Friday, Sept. 26 To The Editor: I lost the Democratic Primary in the Town of Oneonta, but I am proud to say that I did so with my integrity intact. Not one negative article was written, no personal attacks were launched and petitions were not challenged. As I visited homes throughout the town, I tried to focus on my positions and to explain my experiences in municipal governance. However, this became very…
Over 50 Years, CGP Students Gather 1,800 Oral Histories By LIBBY CUDMORE•The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Sept. 25 From 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 student research. “These are people’s lives.” The Oral History collection has been part the Folklore…
Jellyfish In Otsego Lake By JIM KEVLIN•The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 In 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 Fenimore Cooper’s Glimmerglass. “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 Station, according to Paul Lord, who teaches at SUNY and…