My favorite display was the herb garden. Huge pink, blue, red and yellow lighted flowers appeared over the white picket fence.…
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COOPERSTOWN—James Anthony McGrath, a long-time resident of Cooperstown and dedicated member of the Cooperstown Veterans Club, passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 21, 2023, at the A.O. Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. He was 85 years old.
Born May 21, 1938 in Jersey City, New Jersey, Jim was one of eight children of John Thomas McGrath and Sophie R. (Maciag) McGrath. When he was 10 years old, Jim’s father passed away unexpectedly, and…
The Cooperstown Central School Sports Booster Club will host the 40th annual Dick White Holiday Basketball Tournament in the high school’s Red Bursey Gymnasium on Wednesday and Thursday, December 27 and 28.…
Superintendent Sarah Spross did not confirm the rumored departure of High School Principal Owen Kelso Jr. in her report, but did announce that there had been a resignation in the administration.…
Pioneer Park was the site of the Cooperstown Fire Department’s Children’s Holiday Party last Saturday, December 16.…
About a dozen nurses accompanied by NYSNA personnel and community members gathered in front of the emergency room entrance to speak about their concerns about the state of the hospital’s staffing and administration.…
“I love to bake and always have,” Winston said. “I thought last Friday, ‘no one likes Mondays. How can I make it more fun?’ It took me seven hours and I had to do it all myself because my parents were busy.”…
The display, an “Adirondack Lake and Lodge” village, weighs in at more than 100 pounds and takes up an honored place in the center of The Otesaga lobby.…
At press time, calls and e-mails to the school district and to Superintendent Sarah Spross had not been returned, and no further information was available.…
The Indian Hunter, modeled in 1860, cast in bronze in 1866, and exhibited in the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition, was so popular with audiences at home and abroad that, in 1869, a larger-than-life cast was installed in New York’s Central Park, the first sculpture by an American artist to be placed in the then 11-year-old park.…