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If you’re a very recent newcomer, you may know us best for our programs that add to the vitality of daily living in Otsego County. The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market (1991) was established to bring farmers and artisans to their customers and those customers back to Main Street at a time when even baseball writers were lamenting the takeover by baseball shops.…
Friends Remember Henry Cooper Amid Art Exhibit In His Memory REVIEW FREEMAN’S JOURNAL TRIBUTE TO HENRY COOPER…
In 2008, Henry Cooper Toasted For His Gentleness, Sense Of Fun Editor’s Note: This is reprinted from The Freeman’s Journal edition of July 11, 2008, after Henry S.F. Cooper Jr., who passed away early today, was celebrated at a testimonial in his honor at The Otesaga, attended by 220 of his many admirers. By JIM KEVLIN • from The Freeman’s Journal COOPERSTOWN – Everybody agreed Bradley Goodyear Smith’s story best captured Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.’s gentle personality. On her way to a party,…
IN MEMORIAM Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.; Writer, Environmentalist COOPERSTOWN – Henry S.F. Cooper Jr., noted environmentalist and a founder of what became Otsego 2000, as well as the Otsego Land Trust, passed away today at home in the Town of Middlefield’s Red Creek section. A retired writer for the New Yorker, where he covered the space program, Mr. Cooper was a fifth-generation descendant of novelist James Fenimore Cooper, and a sixth-generation descendant of William Cooper, Cooperstown’s founder. He was the…