BULLETIN Clark Sports Center Will Open Thursday COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Sports Center is scheduled to open Thursday, Val Paige, director, told the Cooperstown Rotary Club today. Paige outlined extensive steps being taken to ensure safety at the Clark. The full-service community athletic center, which includes three swimming pools, basketball and racquetball courts and a full service gym, was closed shortly after Governor Cuomo declared the COVID-19 State of Emergency in mid-March. It was due to open Sept. 2, but…
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IN MEMORIAM Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90; Pierstown Community Mainstay COOPERSTOWN – Velma F. (Fassett) Armstrong, 90, a leader in the restoration of the Pierstown Grange, died peacefully at her home on Armstrong Road in Pierstown on Sunday Aug. 23, 2020, surrounded by her family. A life-long area resident, Velma was born Oct. 24, 1929, at Bassett Hospital, the daughter of Owen and Iva (Richards) Fassett. She was raised on the family farm in East Springfield and graduated from Springfield…
Cooperstown Picks ‘C.O.O.P’ As Official Film Commission COOPERSTOWN – In the last nine years, New York State has seen $29.5 billion spent on making movies in the state. And now, with the official designation of the Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership as Cooperstown’s official film commission by the Village Trustees, board president Greg Klein hopes that Otsego County could see a piece of that. “This is the first step to bringing the film industry into this area,” he said…
‘Say Their Names’ OK’d In Village, Too Mayor Questions Doubleday Field Locale By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A memorial to black lives lost to racial injustice and police brutality was approved for display in Cooperstown by the Village Board during its meeting this evening. “It’s a great idea,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. The memorial, spearheaded by Jennifer Dibble, Hartwick, would include laminated photos of black men and women from the “Say Their Names” memorial database,…
Court Overturns Murder Verdict v. Casey Callahan Husband Had Been Found Guilty 17 Years After Wife Was Run Over By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Casey Callahan’s 2017 conviction for murder in the second degree in the 2000 killing of his wife, Elizabeth Callahan, has been overturned by the Appellate Division, Third Department, according to a decision announced Friday. “Because the evidence of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming, there must be a new trial,” the decision…
IN MEMORIAM: Jocelyn A. Rauscher’s Life Will Be Celebrated Sept. 5 At Home COOPERSTOWN – The life of Jocelyn Alice Rauscher will be celebrated Saturday, Sept. 5, at 484 Roscoe Jones Road in Cooperstown. Jocelyn, a talented artist, mother of five, grandmother of eight and devoted wife of 48 years, passed away April 16, 2020. Her warmth, love and laughter filled our spirits with joy. The family requests that guests come prepared to share their thoughts, prayers and fondest memories…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 ‘Herd Immunity’ Will Happen – But When? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com We have heard the phrase herd immunity frequently and it has been used as if it has some sort of magical powers to free us from the scourge of COVID-19. But what exactly is it and how does it work? Herd immunity is the concept that when a high enough percentage of a population has immunity to a disease, either…
GUEST COLUMN Will COVID Lead Us To Justice, Peace? By RANDY VELEZ • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com One of the most perplexing elements in our relationship with God has to do with why bad things happen to us. One theory is that God is punishing us for our sinfulness. Another is that God is testing us to determine our worthiness for eternal life with him. Finally, some believe that this is the beginning of the end as described in the Book…
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Week 1, All Agree: Masks Being Worn In Downtown Coop By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Kevin Kress, who was raised in Richfield Springs, brought his family from Little Falls to Cooperstown last weekend, and was neither surprised by the village’s new mandatory-mask law, or that most everybody seemed to be obeying it. “We were in Lake Placid last weekend; they had done the same thing there,” said Kress, who was aware – and undeterred by –…