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Local Women’s Rally To Echo D.C. Event

Women’s Rally To Echo D.C. Event COOPERSTOWN – Otsego County Women’s Rally and Candlelight Vigil is being organized at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Otsego County Office Building on upper Main Street in sympathy with the Women’s March on Washington, the day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.   Lynne Mebust of Cooperstown is leading the effort.…

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Anne Marie Sinnott, 88; Moved To County From Brooklyn In 1983

IN MEMORIAM: Anne Marie Sinnott, 88; Moved To County From Brooklyn In 1983 COOPERSTOWN – Anne Marie Sinnott, 88, who lived in Cooperstown since 1983,  died peacefully on Christmas Eve,  Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at Focus Otsego, with family members by her side. Anne was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 15, 1928, daughter of  Thomas  and  Agnes (Carroll)  Collopy.   Raised in Brooklyn, Anne met her future husband, Victor C. Sinnott  there and they married on April 22, 1950, at Holy Cross Roman…

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Gary ‘Mike’ Newell, Developed Alternate School In Hartwick

IN MEMORIAM:  Gary ‘Mike’ Newell, Developed Alternate School In Hartwick HARTWICK – Gary Michael Newell, firefighter, poet and teacher who helped develop an alternative school in Hartwick, died peacefully at home on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. Mike was born in Whitehall, the son of Patricia Newell (Cooper). His maternal grandmother, upon first peek, declared, “He’s not a Gary. He’s a Mike!” and hence he became known as Mike. His childhood home, with the mountains in his backyard, provided the perfect…

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$100,000 In Donations Boost Animal Shelter At Year’s End

$100,000 In Donations Boost Animal Shelter At Year’s End HARTWICK SEMINARY – Local benefactors have contributed more than $100,000 to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter leading up to Christmas, Executive Director Stacie Haynes has announced. Gifts include $20,000 from Miss Jane Forbes Clark and $20,000 from Mr. Lincoln and the late Mrs. Emma Rapenske, plus two anonymous gifts, for $5,000 and $59,250.…

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Senior To CCS Board: We Won’t Be Bullied

E-PETITION SPURS DEBATE Senior To CCS Board: We Won’t Be Bullied By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Bobby Walker, a CCS senior and leader of the Otsego County Young Republicans, said he was called into the principal’s office and told to “remove” e-petitions he was circulating on behalf of Laurie Pestar, the elementary school secretary who was seeking an unpaid leave while she fights cancer. Walker refused to do so, and asked Middle/High School Principal Donna Lucy who…

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Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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