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A Day For Sun Worshipers…
New Friends: Sun And Moon…
At 2:40, Birds Stopped Singing Excitement As Moon Passes Over The Sun…
Images Coming In As Eclipse Arrives Tamara Razzano of Little Falls (formerly of Cooperstown) posted this image a few minutes ago from southern Illinois, where she and son Robert Iversen of Cooperstown went to observe the first full eclipse of the sun in the U.S. since 1945. Locally, sun watchers are gathering in Oneonta’s Huntington Park and Cooperstown’s Fairy Spring Park to witness the rare event, although a partial one in Upstate New York, where the phenomenon peaks at 2:40…
Northbound Route Out Of Schenevus To Be Closed 2 Days For Culvert Work SCHENEVUS – The Otsego County Highway Department will be closing County Route 34, the main route north out of this community, the week of Aug. 28 to replace a large cross culvert, county Highway Superintendent Bill Mason announced. The closing is approximately 2 1/2 miles north of State Route 7, Town of Maryland, at the Barton Farm. Drivers can use Sperry Hollow Road, Stanley Roseboom Road,…
Eclipse Peaks Locally at 2:40 p.m. In Otsego County, today’s eclipse will peak at 2:40 p.m. The partial eclipse will become evident at 1:20 p.m. and will end at 3:55. LEARN HOW TO WATCH ECLIPSE SAFELY…
3 Local Artists Recognized With ‘Art By Lake’ Awards COOPERSTOWN – Brent Delanoy of Oneonta, James Matson of Cooperstown and Wladek Putrycz of Franklin were local winners at the 10th annual Art by the Lake juried art invitational yesterday at The Fenimore Art Museum. The winner of the top Fenimore Award went to Hyde Park artist Tatiana Rhinevault. Sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. William Streck of Cooperstown, the award “recognizes the one work of art that can be considered museum quality.”…
Fans Heard Take Me Out To Ballgame, With A Twist…
IN MEMORIAM: William E. Brooks Jr., 76; Longtime Laurens Bus Driver, Custodian LAURENS – William E. Brooks Jr., 76, who retired after 23 years of service to Laurens Central School as a custodian and bus driver, lost his courageous battle with cancer on Aug. 16, 2017. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, on Jan. 17, 1941, he moved to Upstate New York as a young man, marrying Harriet Bucca-Brooks of Reading, Pa., while living in Elmira. The couple had two children, Daniel…