Democrat Varney Plans Challenge To Dave Bliss By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Democrat Charles Varney, who lives in Cherry Valley and operates the Cooperstown Underground Barbershop on Main Street, plans to challenge county board Chairman David Bliss in the Nov. 2 elections, he announced today. Bliss, a Republican, represents District 7, which includes the Village of Cooperstown east of the Susquehanna River, plus the towns of Middlefield, Roseboom and Cherry Valley. “My announcement was the long…
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6 PIONEERS GET SHOTS It’s Beginning Of End Of Virus In Otsego County By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Six Tier One Bassett employees elected to receive the Moderna vaccine in Bassett Hospital’s Clark Auditorium this morning. Housekeeper Eddie Cook, among the six, was “excited and a little nervous” about receiving the vaccine. “If it helps stop the spread and will keep his wife safe,” he said, “I am happy to do it – I will be…
Mayor Warns Staff Of ‘Phishing’ Attempt COOPERSTOWN – Village of Cooperstown employees’ emails are “phishing” targets, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch announced this morning. Phishing is defined as, “the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.”…
LETTER from JEANNE DEWEY Reelect Democratic Slate In Village To the Editor, Our world has changed significantly since March 18, 2020, when the Cooperstown village elections were originally scheduled. Until last month the Village Board was unable to meet in person, due to the pandemic, so monthly meetings took place via Zoom and were streamed live on the village website. They are also archived on the village’s You-Tube channel. MacGuire Benton probably didn’t know a pandemic was heading our way,…
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SUSAN B. ANTHONY EXPLORED Century-Old Ideals About Womanhood Bring Groans Today By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Digging through the NYSHA archives in 2004, Sharon Stuart, Otsego town historian, found an item that everyone else overlooked. “As I was looking through February 1885 issues of The Freeman’s Journal, a name caught my eye,” Stewart said during a Sunday, Aug. 9, talk at the Swart-Wilcox House, “Susan B. Anthony.” Stuart’s talk on Anthony – she also spoke in 1894…
IN MEMORIAM Christine Coe (Cooke) Seibel May 6, 1952-July 13, 2020 FOX LAKE, Ill. – Christine Coe (Cooke) Seibel, 68, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020, at Northwestern University Hospital, following a long illness. Christine was born May 6, 1952, in Oak Park, Ill., to Charles Eugene Cooke, Jr. and Ruth Coe Cooke (both deceased) of Gross Point, Mich. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Leroy and Grace Coe, Gross Point, Mich., and Charles Eugene and Harriet (VanDycke) Cooke,…
IN MEMORIAM: Joseph R. McCullion, 77; Veteran Earned Purple Heart, Bronze Star COOPERSTOWN – Joseph Raymond McCullion, 77, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, passed away on June 30, 2020. He was born May 28, 1943 in Tampa, Fla. Joseph was a kind, loving, compassionate man. He loved his New York sports teams – the Yankees, Rangers and Giants. He was a lifelong fan of all three.…
MONEY COMES FROM CARES ACT Delgado Grant Helps Keep Hall, Fans Linked COOPERSTOWN – Congressman Antonio Delgado, D-19, today announced $300,000 in federal funding for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for “virtual education” and access to the digital collection. The money will come through the National Endowment for the Humanities and was approved through the House and Senate through the bipartisan CARES Act. Calling the Hall “an iconic landmark and driver of the local economy,” Delgado said “it is…
Forces Combined, And All Star Village Had To Face Reality Crowd Regulations, Jobless Benefits, Caused Patton To Cancel 2020 Season WEST ONEONTA – From the beginning, Marty Patton, Cooperstown All Star Village proprietor, had concerns about being able to operate safely as the coronavirus swept the nation. “What if a coach comes in from out of the area, and the kids get infected?” he reflected the day after deciding it will be impossible to open his youth-baseball tournament venue on…