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Golf, Tennis Tourneys Raise Over $81,000 for Scholarship Fund

“It’s an honor to be part of this decades-long tradition that celebrates two sports and two world-class non-profits, Pathfinder Village and the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Pathfinder’s Chief Executive Officer Karen Knavel, who joined the Edmeston-based community in January. “In planning these events, I was taken by our volunteers’ enthusiasm and dedication. It is amazing these events have been so successful—42 years for golf and 15 years for tennis. We are grateful for your faith in our mission,…

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Recognition for A Job Well Done

“We are immensely proud that an Oneonta Job Corps graduate has been recognized with the Successful Graduate Award,” Bodenmiller said “Ortiz-Bailon was an excellent student who used the skills he learned at our center to secure a great job at Pro-Tel, where he continues to thrive and build a strong future for himself.”…

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A Celebration of Life and Fond Farewell

Hundreds of people gathered in the Cooperstown Central School auditorium on Saturday, September 7 to pay their respects, share remembrances, have a laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two as longtime influential community figure and CCS educator, coach, and athletics Hall of Fame member Don Howard was celebrated posthumously.…

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Winners of Foundation’s Annual Beautification Contest Announced

Held annually since 1954, the competition judges Village of Cooperstown residential and business properties on their horticultural beautification efforts in three categories: Most Attractive Floral Display in a Business Setting, Most Effective Overall Planting Which Enhances a Residential Property, As Seen from the Street, and Most Appropriate Residential or Business Window Box or Boxes and/or Hanging Basket or Baskets.…

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Caretaker’s Forecast: Lovely Overall, but Stress Likely

Panzarella and Panzer sat down recently, outside of their respective caretaker cottages, to talk about their experience. Among the common themes to arise as the Labor Day holiday and the end of the season approached? The challenges and stress from being “on” seven days a week, and more or less around the clock; appreciation for the lakeside-park setting as a “home” for the summer; animals in the parks; and baseball teams.…

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NY State Assembly Recognizes Local Historian for Her Work

Eckmair was specifically acknowledged for her involvement in a research project which ultimately quashed an Army Corps of Engineers plan to install a series of dams in the Butternut Valley. According to the citation, these dams would have created a 7-mile-long lake, thus “flooding the entire village and most of the Butternut Valley and over 4,000 years of Native American civilization.” Congress deauthorized the monies appropriated for the plan in 1979.…

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