CLICK TO READ TEXT OF ARTICLE Audubon Magazine Features Cooperstown Nature Writer Susan Fenimore Cooper’s Reputation Rising COOPERSTOWN – This month’s edition of Audubon magazine features Susan Fenimore Cooper, whose “Rural Hours” (1850) was mentioned by Henry David Thoreau his journals prior to the publication of his famous “Walden” (1854). Credited simply as “by a lady,” her “Rural Hours,” while praised by such giants at Charles Darwin, prevented Susan from even approaching the fame of her father, James Fenimore Cooper.…
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MASS-VACCINATION CLINIC TO OPEN AT SUNY-O THURSDAY It Will Be Open 7 Days A Week, Aims To Give 1,000 Shots A Day By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network announced a few minutes ago that a COVID-19 mass-vaccination clinic will open Thursday at SUNY Oneonta’s Dewar Arena. It will be the first such clinic in the state operated by a healthcare network, along with nine new state-run sites announced by Governor Cuomo today. It will…
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BULLETIN BASSETT PLANS ONGOING CLINIC FOR COVID SHOTS COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Healthcare Network is partnering with New York State on an ongoing, mass-vaccination clinic to begin at 7 a.m. Thursday, March 18. The clinic will run 7 a.m.-7 p.m. daily, for 2-3 months, employees were told Monday. Check back for further details. CLICK FOR STATE’S ‘AM I ELIGIBLE’ SITE…
IN MEMORIAM: Grace P. Sheldon, 93; Native Daughter Raised 4 Sons Locally COOPERSTOWN – Grace Patricia Sheldon, 93, passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021, at Wilson Hospital in Johnson City. She was born Feb. 16, 1928, in Cooperstown, a daughter of Harold L. and Grace (Putnam) Davidson. She graduated from Cooperstown High School with the Class of 1945. On May 20, 1950, Patricia married William L. Sheldon in a ceremony at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic…
IN MEMORIAM Constance Marie Clemente Panzarella, 74 May 10, 1946-March 8, 2021 BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. – Constance Marie Clemente Panzarella, 74, loving mother, grandmother and sister, passed away March 8, 2021, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., from non-COVID related complications associated with chronic health conditions. She was born May 10, 1946, in The Bronx, a daughter of the late Amadeo J. and Pauline E. Joslin Clemente. She was raised in The Bronx, Whitesboro and Waterville, NY and was a…
You May Include Family Members In ‘In Memoriam’ On COVID Year Dear Friends, We are planning a one-year retrospective of The COVID Year the next editions of Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, which will include an “IN MEMORIAM” section, remembering and honoring our friends and neighbors fatally stricken by the virus. If you have a family member felled by COVID and would like them to be memorialized, then please send – by noon Monday, March 15 – his or…
Quarantine Lifted, Removing Obstacle To Tourist Season By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – One of the hurdles to ensuring a successful season for Dreams Park and All Star Village this season is being lifted, Governor Cuomo announced yesterday. Starting April 1, a three-day quarantine for domestic travel to New York State will no longer be required. (Mandatory quarantine will remain for international travelers.) Dreams Park is seeking state Health Department approval to open the season June 1,…
LETTER from CINDY FALK ‘It Takes A Village Moment’ Inspires Candidate Falk To the Editor: Saturday I had one of those “It Takes a Village” moments. I offered a ride to a friend to the vaccination clinic at the Clark Sports Center. Sitting with her in a folding chair on the gym floor, I remembered just how special our community is. We have a teaching hospital right here in Cooperstown, we have an amazing recreational facility and, most important, we…
Edgewater Mansion Back On The Market One of Cooperstown’s most historic mansions, Edgewater at One Lake St., is on the market for $2.7 million. The home, overlooking Otsego Lake, was built in 1810-12 for Isaac Cooper, son of village founder William Cooper and brother of James Fenimore Cooper. The home is currently owned by One Lake Street LLC, but previously was owned by the late Walter Rich, president of the Delaware Otsego Corp. The sale is being handled by…