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Jim Tallman

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TALLMAN: CFD Foregoes Donations In Pandemic

LETTER from JIM TALLMAN CFD Foregoes Donations In Pandemic To the Editor: On behalf of the Cooperstown Fire Department, I would like to let you know we will not be doing our annual Equipment Fund Drive this year. Due to COVID-19 and the economic impact it has had on us all we feel that we should forgo asking for donations. Through your generous past donations we have been able to purchase the most necessary equipment we needed to replace. Although…

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Fire Companies Salute Our Healthcare Heroes

SIRENS, LIGHTS, HORNS SOUND Fire Companies Salute Our Healthcare Heroes Fire trucks from Cooperstown area companies descended on the corner of Fair Street and Atwell Road – the middle of Bassett Hospital’s campus – at 6:30 p.m. this evening, sirens sounding and horns blowing, in tribute to Bassett Hospital employees who have been on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus.  About 100 staffers from the ER, security and other departments poured out onto the lawn, ignoring the…

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‘Ball of White Fire’ Engulfs Volunteers

‘Ball of White Fire’ Engulfs Volunteers By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD – By the time the explosions began – “a ball of white fire,” according to one witness – that came from inside the burning garage in this hamlet on Wednesday, Feb. 26, it was too late. “It started as this small white ball, and then it became this massive white flame that shot 100 feet out of the building,” said Cooperstown Fire Chief Jim Tallman. “The…