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Polar Bear Plunge, Heart Health, Brunch, Plenty of Tunes

Polar Bear Plunge, Heart Health, Brunch, Plenty of Tunes   Come cheer the bravest divers around as they take the icy plunge into Goodyear Lake to raise money for sick kids and their families at the annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump. 9:30 a.m. registration, 12:30 p.m. jump. Saturday, Feb. 16, Goodyear Lake. Info, www.pbjump.com • The annual outdoor games come inside as Lumberjacks show off their stuff. Demonstrations and music by Nick LeDuc. All proceeds benefit the Daily Bread…

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Study D&H Yards More, Citizens Ask

Study D&H Yards More, Citizens Ask ONEONTA – Environmental advocates criticized the Generic Environmental Statement (GEIS) for the D&H yards detailed by Delaware Engineering at Oneonta Common Council on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Complaints were the GEIS failed to sufficiently consider renewable-energy options and failed to show how a gas decompressor proposed for the Town of Oneonta might fit into the city project. Full story appears on www.AllOTSEGO.com.…

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Haven’t Tried X-Country Skiing? There Are Trails Aplenty Locally

Haven’t Tried X-Country Skiing? There Are Trails Aplenty Locally By JENNIFER HILL ONEONTA – Just because it’s snowy out doesn’t mean you have an excuse to sit inside. “You often don’t have the ability to go running in the winter,” said Will Weinert, Clark Sports Center’s director of Adventure Programs. “Cross-country skiing gets you out and enjoying the winter months, keeps you from being sedentary.” But unlike downhill skiing, where you need to travel to faraway mountains, you can ski…

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Environmentalist Paula DiPerna Invited To Speak Before Congress

Environmentalist Paula DiPerna Invited To Speak Before Congress COOPERSTOWN – Paula DiPerna, global environmental policy strategist and former Congressional candidate from Otsego County, was invited to testify before the Committee on Natural Resources at a hearing entitled “Climate Changer: The Impacts and the Need To Act” on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC. A special advisor at CDP North America, DiPerna will have five minutes to present oral testimony to the congressional committee, with…

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Winter Carnival Brings Comedy, Dancing,Treats

Winter Carnival Brings Comedy, Dancing,Treats Beat the winter blues with the annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival! Get the blood pumping at the Bob Smullins 5K/10K race, show off your trivia skills, dance the night away with Flux Capacitor and front your own imaginary band in the lip-synch contest. Friday-Sunday Feb.8-10, Main Street, Cooperstown. Info www.CooperstownWinterCarnival.com • On Friday, get some Brooks Chicken to help the Susquehanna SPCA. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, Parish Hall, Christ Episcopal Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.…

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Medallion Found In Trash Cans In Badger Park, Claiming $500

Medallion Found In Trash Cans In Badger Park, Claiming $500 By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN – If Frankie Panzarella, 13, hadn’t bumped his head, he and his dad Frank might never have come across the 2019 Winter Carnival Medallion. “I was looking behind the trash cans in Badger Park and I hit my head on the corner,” he said. “I saw something taped to the side with black tape, but I didn’t know what it was at first.” It wasn’t until…

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Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office

Community Bank Promotes Wood To Vice President At Oneonta Office ONEONTA – Community Bank has promoted Paul F. Wood to vice president, senior trust officer, in Oneonta. Wood brings to the position seven years of experience in the banking industry. In his new role, Wood will assume responsibility for the bank’s Oneonta trust group, which has provided investment management as well as trust and estate planning services since 1922. Wood has been with Community Bank since August 2016, when he…

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Jim Anderson, 81; OHS Grad Played On SU’s 1959 Championship Team

Jim Anderson, 81; OHS Grad Played On SU’s 1959 Championship Team     ONEONTA – James Frazier Anderson, 81, of San Tan Valley, Ariz., the OHS graduate who went on to play on Syracuse University’s 1959 national championship football team, passed away from colon cancer on Jan. 4, 2019. Born at home in a farmhouse in Treadwell, he was the son of the late Elmer and Margaret Anderson. Jim led an amazing life! He attended Oneonta High School, Class of…

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Leland C. Smith, 96; Retired Bassett Employee

Leland C. Smith, 96; Retired Bassett Employee COOPERSTOWN – Leland C. Smith, 96, a World War II veteran who spent his career in Bassett Hospital’s business office, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at Promenade Assisted Living in Chestnut Ridge, Rockland County. Leland was born on Feb. 5, 1922, in Cooperstown, to Ethel and Charles Smith. He died less than a week before his 97th birthday. A Marine, he was a member of the “Greatest…

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