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School Cancelled, But Voting Continues On $5M CCS Plan COOPERSTOWN — Classes are cancelled today, but voting will continue until 8 p.m. at the high school on a $5 million referendum on capital improvements in the district. according to Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw. Rehabbed gymnasiums, new LED lighting, enhanced security and enhanced drainage at the baseball field are among the items that would be funded by the $5 million allocation, if approved. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON CCS REFERENDUM…
IN MEMORIAM: Bruce N. Buffett, 66; Cooperstown Central Standout Athlete COOPERSTOWN — Bruce Nathaniel Buffett, 66, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, of natural causes at his home in Norfolk, Va. Buffett was born in Huntington, Long Island, on Jan. 13, 1953, and was proud of the fact he was descended from three families who settled on Long Island in the 1630s, the Buffett, Conklin, and Sammis families. He was named Bruce Nathaniel, continuing the Buffett family’s practice of…
CHEERFUL FANS AT FARMERS’ FETE Spirits Un-Dampened At Candlelight Evening Ron Johnson on the keyboard and his brother Ren on the fiddle led singers on Christmas Carols at this afternoon Candlelight Evening, The Farmers’ Museum annual holiday celebration. It began at 3, and despite the rain that began at 4 the tailed off at 6, a cheerful crowd enjoyed a range of bands and choruses – including Toddsville Community Bible Chapel choir, inset right, that included Gail and Tim Buel…
Event Meets Expectation: Those Sweaters Are UGLY! Just before the 10 a.m. start at the the flagpole, Cooperstown Chamber Executive Director Tara Burke, right, top photo (green sweater), instructs this morning’s participants in the sixth annual Ugly Sweater Run/Walk through the historic downtown, ending up in Lakefront Park. Center foreground is Frankie Panzarella, one of the younger participants. Inset right, Emily Whipple, right, of Davenport, joined two friends from Roxbury, Kendall Darling, center, and Melissa Peters; the three drove up…
County Clerks Make 11th-Hour Plea: Turn Off Green-Light Law On Monday, They Must Issue NY Licenses To Illegal Aliens COOPERSTOWN — Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner has joined 26 other county clerks who today urged Governor Cuomo and DMV Commissioner Mark Schroeder to delay implementing the state’s Green Light Law until next Oct. 1 “for the safety and security of all New Yorkers.” The new law, which allows people in the U.S. illegally to obtain New York State driver’s…
2 JOURNALISM INDUCTION HONOREES Harrelson Wins Frick; Spink Goes To Cafardo COOPERSTOWN – Ken Harrelson will be honored with the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting, and the late Nick Cafardo, for the J.G. Spink Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing” Saturday, July 25, during the 2020 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. A five-time Emmy Award winner, Harrelson became a Chicago icon while calling White Sox games for 34 of his 43 years behind the mic. Born…
EDITORIAL Not John Lambert, Somebody LIKE Him Why does John Lambert, son of Cooperstown and now a county judge, keep coming to mind in the past few weeks? Raised in that village, he was a good student and guard on a top CCS Redskins’ basketball team that won two regional titles in the late 1980s. He graduated from Hartwick College in 1992, and earned a J.D. from New England School of Law in 1998. Then he came home, practiced law,…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta Dec. 12-13, 2019 PHOTO OF THE WEEK SPECIAL REPORT HIRING A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Bliss: Kennedy May Lead Job Search For Stuligross, Dream Coming True Past, Present Collide As Job Debated VIDEO: Watch Administrator Debate TEXT: Read What Top Job Requires EDITORIAL: Think – Judge Lambert FRONT PAGE Judicial Reform: Is End Of Bail Dangerous? SantaCon May Start Campus Drinking Debate New Faces: Basile Seeks Pay Hikes, Shelter Aid New NYPD Commissioner…
HIRING COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR For Stuligross, Career-Long Dream Coming To Fruition By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Kay Stuligross has come a long way, baby. Growing up in Oberlin, Ohio, in the 1940s and ’50s, the daughter of a college professor, her mother sometimes wouldn’t vote “because she didn’t want to cancel out my father’s vote.” Raising a family in Oneonta in the 1980s, she and her husband, Hartwick College Economics Professor Jack Stuligross, agreed her time would…
