Strange Creatures Run In Halloween Coop Loop If you stick your head out the window in Cooperstown right now, you might see the Coop Loop 5K and 10K participants running by in full costume. Above, Cooperstown pals – from left, Paul Crowell, Mark Spinosa and John Luke Raymond – prepare to run the 5K. (Last year, Mark was identified as the “unidentified taco”!). At right, if you tot you taw a puddy-tat on the way to the race, you did,…
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CHECK OUT HALLOWEEN CALENDAR Despite Rains, Spooky Kids Haunt Museum The spooky Hopkins sisters of Schenevus, top – Serenity, left, and Nadia – are among the trick-or-treaters this afternoon at Cooperstown’s Farmers’ Museum, taking advantage of the Empire Carousel rides and such activities as dramatic readings of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” until 4 p.m. today. The Romans of Oneonta – Aaron, 5, and his little sister Luciana, 2 (they allowed dad to come along too) – await the start…
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First Flurries Fly At Tailgate 5k Runners of the annual Tailgate 5K had a wintery start this morning with wind and flurries filling the air of the 6th ward in Oneonta. Above: Bryan Squires and 6th Ward Athletic Club President Bob Thomas release the tape as Tom Slicer, Oneonta, crosses the finish line after coming in 1st with a time of 16:49. At right, Oneonta running partners Jacqueline Scanlon, left and Lydia Dillon, run through the snow on the race…
DAR Celebrates Milestones As 75-Year Member Turns 103 The Iroquois chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met this afternoon at the Weiting Building in Worcester for two special events; celebrating the 103rd birthday of Shirley Skinner, their oldest member, and presenting her with a pin commemorating her 75 years with the Otsego County chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Above, after being presented with a carrot cupcake from Chapter Regent Lauren Milavee, left, Shirley blows a…
Old Mill Society Tours Fly Creek Cider Mill Proprietor Bill Michaels welcomes a bus load of SPOOMERS, old mill enthusiasts, to the Fly Creek Cider Mill this morning. The SPOOMERS are here from around the country this weekend for the annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM), which is underway at Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith. At right, Charlie Michaels, Bill’s dad, shows off a freshly peeled and cored apple from a Daisy corer…
Kids Spend Day Off At Upbeat Club With county schools closed for superintendent conference days, Cooperstown area children in grades 1-8 spent a day of activity at Upbeat Club at the Christ Church. Above, Diane Koffer, Cooperstown, oversees Molly Murphy, Allie Nagleschmidt and Zola Palmer in the kitchen baking cookies. At right, Elias Vazquez, Hartwick, and Elainie Nelan and Alana Feury, both of Cooperstown, make inspiration blocks. The program operates on days children are off from school, and focuses on faith-based…
Lauren’s ‘Florida’ In Top 10 For Award, Sarah Still Among Top U.S. Contenders COOPERSTOWN – It’s been quite a week for the Groff family of Cooperstown, mom Jeannine reports. Novelist Lauren Groff’s short-story collection, “Florida,” advanced to the top 10 candidates for this year’s National Book Award in the fiction category. Lauren’s “Fates and Furies,” hailed by President Obama as his favorite book of 2015, made the top 10 list that year. Her sister, Olympian Sarah Groff, finished as first…
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