Chamber Doesn’t Need To DO Ec-Dev, But Can Support It Edition: June 5, 2014 Editorial As when machinery forced farm workers into the cities in the 19th century, and cars and highways shifted populations from cities to suburbs in the 20th, we are living in an age of disruption. The Internet has juggled the formula in retail, media, politics, entertainment, you name it. In effect, human transactions are being replaced by electronic transmissions. It comes as no surprise that chambers…
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Cooperstown Explores Community Solar Plan Edition Date: June 5, 2014 By JIM KEVLIN Talks have begun aimed at defining the Village of Cooperstown’s solar-energy future, which could range from panels on the 22 Main’s roof for municipal use to a solar farm that generates low-cost power for everyone. “It’s exciting. And it’s challenging,” said Trustee Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president and clean-energy advocate who is leading the conversation. He is also a member of the Village…
Franklin Stage Will Again Be ‘A Beautiful Place’ Edition of: June 6, 2014 By LIBBY CUDMORE Remarkably, the Franklin Stage Company has survived 17 years on the kindness of strangers. There are no tickets. Audience members donate what they will. After each show, there’s a moment Carmela Marner, the Franklin Stage’s font of vitality, lives for. “We’ll get these envelopes that have been sealed and prepared before the show with just a few dollars in them and a note that…
CAA, Smithy Agree On United Management Wright, Raddatz New Board’s Leadership Edition of: June 6, 2014 By JIM KEVLIN Cooperstown’s two premier arts organizations – the Smithy Pioneer Gallery and Cooperstown Art Association – have announced the formation of an alliance “for the purpose of enhancing the experience of the arts” locally. According to the announcement, the two entities’ boards on Friday, May 30, voted to create a “corporate union” with a single board and executive director, but the Smithy and…
Butterflies Replace Elephant On Glimmerglass Fest Lawn Edition: June 5, 2014 By Jim Kevlin ‘Madame Butterfly” ends in tragedy. Not so with Otto Lilienthal, the little-remembered inventor of the glider, as George Peters told it while he installed his “Flight Patterns” on the lawn of the Glimmerglass Festival Saturday, June 1. Lilienthal was the rage in Berlin in the 1890s. He built the Fliegerberg (“Aviator’s Hill”) at his home outside the city, and Berliners would picnic there and watch him glide.…
Otsego Lake Association Plans First Fourth Of July Boat Show COOPERSTOWN – The Otsego Lake Association will sponsor its first annual “We Love Our Lake” decorated, judged boat parade at 6 p.m. Friday, July 4, rain or shine. Paticipating decorated boats will gather off-shore at Three Mile Point, three miles north of Cooperstown on West Lake Road, the start and finish of the parade route. The SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station’s research vessel, Anondontoides,which will serve as a committee barge of…
Tomorrow First Anniversary Of ‘Community Conversations’ ONEONTA – Tuesday, June 10, is the first anniversary of Common Council’s “Community Conversations,” weekly 8-9 a.m. meetings at the College Food Boutique in The Shops At Ford & Main where residents have a chance to chat with the city’s leadership. Ward 7 Council member Bob Brzozowski invites folks to stop by.…
BABE RUTH’S FAMILY TO ATTEND HALL’S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY COOPERSTOWN – Seventy-five years after Babe Ruth stood on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame and waved to the gathered crowd, his family will return to Cooperstown to celebrate his legacy as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 12. The festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Hall, with Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Cal Ripkin Jr., as well…
Lumberjacks At Lakefront Park Qualifying For National Contest COOPERSTOWN – Before 150 spectators in Lakefront Park and against a stunning backdrop of sunny Otsego Lake, Cooperstown’s first Stihl Pro & Collegiate Lumberjack Legacy Invitational northeast qualifier is underway until 5 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. The local event was devised by Nathan and Holly Waterfield of Cherry Valley, who have been competing in lumberjack competitions since their undergraduate days at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He…
IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Spaziani, 64; Loved Beatles, Played Guitar ONEONTA – Nancy L. Spaziani, 64, of Stamford, an Oneonta native who loved The Beatles and played guitar in a band in the 1980s with her husband and son, died Thursday, June 5, 2014.…