Trustees Intensify Noise Law Push The village trustees this week directed Zoning Enforcement Officer Jane Gentile to find noise ordinances in other municipalities so they can have a law in place in Cooperstown, perhaps by this summer. Click below for details. Objective Standards Sought To Control Noise Downtown …
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BOUND VOLUMES: Feb. 28 – Mar. 01, 2019 200 YEARS AGO Music and Dancing are generally taught by masters who profess these arts; concerning which we shall only observe that they are frequently believed to be of too great importance in female education; and on that account that too much time is expended on their acquirement. It is perhaps more desirable, that young ladies should play, sing, and dance, so well as to amuse themselves and their friends, than to…
Dad John Coaches, Son Jack Plays, As Hawkeyes Look Toward Finals By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Growing up, John Lambert always had a ball in his hand. “My dad, Paul Lambert, coached Cooperstown basketball, 1958-64,” he said. “And I want to do the same thing for my son.” The CCS Redskins are now the Hawkeyes, but some things stay the same. Like his father, John Lambert is coaching the CCS team.…
Locals: Feb. 28 – Mar. 01, 2019 Friends Of Bassett’s Soirée Raises $170K For Arts In Healing COOPERSTOWN – The more than 300 guests attending the Friends of Bassett’s third annual Valentine’s Soirée Feb. 9 at The Otesaga raised $170,000 for the hospital’s Arts in Healthcare program, the Friends announced today. Arts In Healthcare aims to reduce stress and promote healing among patients, their families and providers through artistic engagement. Flis and Andy Blum of Cooperstown were recognized for their…
Richard White, 66, CCS Football Star, Wrestler COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown native Richard White, 66, of Stockbridge, Mass., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Richard was struggling with several health issues and died at home peacefully from heart failure. Richard was born in Cooperstown, the son of Richard A. White and Barbara Hall. He graduated from Cooperstown Central School. He attended Menlo College in California and studied at many other colleges well into his adult life. He was in the…
This Nasty Little Parasite Is Meaningful By JENNIFER HILL Parasites. That doesn’t sound good. But SUNY Oneonta biology professor Florian Reyda says having a variety and plentiful parasites “is a sign of a healthy ecosystem, of biodiversity.” By that measure, Otsego Lake is quite healthy. Especially now that Margaret Doolin, a student in SUNY’s master of science biology program and one of Reyda’s advisees, had discovered a parasitic…
Koutnik Set To Retire As Season Starts In Oneonta, 5 Out, 7 Plan To Run For City Council By JIM KEVLIN & JENNIFER HILL Usually, roses are budding before local candidates start circulating nominating petitions. This year, with the primary for state races joined with federal offices and moved up from September to Thursday, June 25, petitions are being circulated before the first crocus. That change set off a flurry of electioneering in the past few days. In the City…
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND DiPerna Invited Back To Vatican To Advise Pope COOPERSTOWN – Paula DiPerna, the Cooperstown-based consultant, has been invited back to the Vatican March 7-9 to confer with Pope Francis on U.N. goals for social and economic development, called SDGs. She first met the Pope last June, while attending special Vatican conference of environmental leaders in Rome.…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Feb. 28 – Mar. 01, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE OHS Boys Head Into Tournament Dad John Coaches, Son Jack Plays, As Hawkeyes Look Toward Finals Koutnik Set To Retire As Season Starts This Nasty Little Parasite Is Meaningful Dog-Rescue Mission Sends SSPCA Director To Beirut Council Candidates Announce In A Rush Trustees Intensify Noise Law Push CITY OF THE HILLS: Feb. 28-Mar. 01, 2019 COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND:…
EDITORIAL Congressman Emerging As Moderate, Balanced If anyone was looking for a bomb-thrower – Urban Dictionary: “A colloquial term used to describe people who stir up trouble” – Antonio Delgado isn’t he. That had to be the conclusion of any objective ear at his Feb. 18 “Town Hall” in Cooperstown Village Hall, where one speaker, opining President Trump is “mentally ill,” asked the freshman congressman if he would vote for impeachment. The reply was perfectly circumspect: “I’m going to do…
