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COOPERSTOWN—Rotarian Joe Membrino and Frank Miosek, volunteer, flipped pancakes all morning long at the Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s 67th Election Day pancake fundraiser (top). Julie Singh and daughter Skyler enjoy mid-morning pancakes. Susie Law, Skyler’s grandmother, joined in while visiting from California (above). (Photos by Tara Barnwell)
Volunteers Needed for Susquehanna River Cleanup COOPERSTOWN—Volunteers are needed for the sixth annual Susquehanna River cleanup in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 29. The event will take place from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cleanup is organized by the Cooperstown Lions Club in partnership with the Rotary Club of Cooperstown, Rotary E-Club of Global Trekkers, the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Dive Team and Otsego County Conservation Association. Volunteers are needed on—and in—the river, as well as onshore. Tasks include working with the dive team to pull trash out of the river and load it onto rafts and canoes or…
In an unusual scene the afternoon of Saturday, September 7 at Cooperstown Central School, it wasn’t until after the varsity football game ended that the parking lots around the high school began to really fill up with cars. The reason? Hundreds of people gathered at the school’s auditorium to pay their respects, share remembrances, have a laugh, and perhaps even shed a tear or two as longtime influential community figure and CCS educator, coach, and athletics Hall of Fame member Don Howard was celebrated posthumously. Howard passed away in early June at the age of 82.…
As the son of the late American sculptor David Hayes, I am charged with advancing his legacy, work and reputation. Earlier this year, we donated several of his paintings to the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, a public/private organization that works through the Department of State to place artwork in American embassies around the world. FAPE’s acceptance process is intensely selective.…