HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 CCS Cabaret Night CABARET – 5 – 9 p.m. CCS students present this years Cabaret night. Begins with soup & chili dinners, 2 stage of entertainment featuring local performers, & silent auction. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org…
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NO PLAN YET, CCS BOARD SAYS CROWD FEARFUL FOOTBALL GOING By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Some 200 people filled the high school cafeteria for a half-hour this evening, expressing fears to the Cooperstown Central school board that the development of the 2020-21 budget would bring an end to varsity football and curtail other extra-curricular activities. Despite the size of the crowd, school board President Tim Hayes cut off discussion after the 30 minutes scheduled for public…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Summertime In Winter Concert WINTER CARNIVAL – All Day. Info at www.cooperstownwintercarnival.com CONCERT – 3 p.m. Enjoy mix of American music for ‘Good Ol’ Summertime in Winter’ concert. Beat the winter blues with pieces like Carousel, America The Beautiful, more performed by Oneonta Community Concert Band. FoxCare Center, 1 FoxCare Dr., Oneonta. 607-432-7085.…
Classroom Size, Programs On CCS Budget Agenda By JAMES CUMMINGS • Special To ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – K-12 staffing, extracurricular activities and classroom sizes will all be discussed during the second of three public meetings on the Cooperstown Central School budget, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the school. “We are in the very early stages of budget formation,” said Superintendent Bill Crankshaw. “Last month we discussed the administration portion of the budget. This month we will talk about…
Mom Fears CCS Might Bar Twins By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The mother of two 7-year-olds was fearful as this edition went to press Tuesday evening, Oct. 1, that one of her sons would be barred from Cooperstown Elementary School the following morning, even though she believed both boys are vaccinated in accordance with a new state law. That morning, she had received an email from CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw directing her to remove…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 Indigenous Art Group Exhibit OPENING RECEPTION – 5 – 7 p.m. Celebrate group art exhibit “The Land On Which We Gather,” honoring new SUNY president Barbara Jean Morris. Features 40+ works by 8 artists of native descent in various mediums from painting to beading, sculpture. Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, SUNY Oneonta. 607-436-3456 or visit suny.oneonta.edu/art-department/art-galleries…
Plea Involved Explicit Recordings Hobbie Pleads Guilty To Exploiting 3 Girls By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Former Cooperstown Central School gym teacher Justin Hobbie pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, nine months after the Department of Homeland Security raided his home and found child pornography on his computer in December 2018, United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith announced in a release. In pleading guilty, Hobbie, 41, Springfield Center admitted that from…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 29 Duck Derby For The Leo Club DUCK DERBY – 10 a.m. Help launch a flock of rubber duckies at the headwaters of the Susquehanna. Support Cooperstown Leo Club on day trip to the United Nations in NYC. Cost, $5/duck or $20/5-ducks at Otesaga, Mel’s @ 22, others. Finish line just South of Main St. Bridge, Cooperstown. 607-282-2956 or visit www.facebook.com/CooperstownLionsClub/…
STATE GRANT TO BUY CAMERAS Scrutiny To Intensify After Beating At CCS By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – While contemplating how to respond to a student’s beating and the furor it evoked, Cooperstown Central School Superintendent Bill Crankshaw got some welcome good news. After a four-year wait, CCS received word Monday, June 17, it has received $500,000 in state Smart School Bond money intended for security and infrastructure improvements in the schools. “It’s great news and it’s…
Students Safe After Gun Threat At Cooperstown School COOPERSTOWN – All students are safe and law enforcement is present at Cooperstown Schools after Superintendent William Crankshaw received a tip that a student allegedly had access to a firearm. “During the early morning hours, I was notified by a community member that a student may have access to a firearm,” he wrote in an email to parents this morning. “Law enforcement was also notified, and conducted an immediate investigation. It was…
