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On 11-11-11, We Remember

COOPERSTOWN VETERANS DAY On 11-11-11, We Remember Framed in a flag held by Juliet Cunnington, CCS Marching Band Director Kerri Hogle, in top photo, directs the National Anthem at annual ceremonies next to Cooperstown’s Doughboy Statue today at 11-11-11, the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, signifying the day and time of the Armistice that ended World War I.    In front of the statue, which commemorates local men who died in the Great War, are…
November 11, 2019

Consumer Hall Of Fame To Induct Owen D. Young

GALA WEDNESDAY IN NEW YORK CITY Consumer Hall Of Fame To Induct Owen D. Young Almost 60 years after his death, Owen D. Young is still receiving kudos. The Van Hornesville native, who rose to found RCA and preside as president and chairman of the nation’s first radio company, will be inducted into the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame Wednesday at an awards banquet in New York City. Young, who was Time magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1929 and…
November 5, 2019

Clinton’s Dam, Expedition Against Iroquois Explored

SCHOLARS GATHER AT FMCC Clinton’s Dam, Expedition Against Iroquois Explored William A. Starna, above, SUNY Oneonta professor emeritus of anthropology, describes a schematic of what Clinton’s Dam might have looked like.  It was built across the Susquehanna River in Cooperstown, probably in the vicinity of today’s Main Street bridge,  during the summer of 1779 and breached on that Aug. 8; the resulting torrent floated 200 bateaux down the Susquehanna in Gen. James Clinton’s expedition against the Iroquois during the American…
November 2, 2019

For An Evening, Church Becomes Haunted House

DOZENS OF TRICK, TREATERS VISIT For An Evening, Church Becomes Haunted House From the back, he looked like the Headline Organist.  From the front, it was Tim Iversen, CCS band director and virtuoso organist, churning out spooky sounds that wafted throughout Cooperstown’s First Baptist Church, which Thursday evening doubled as a Haunted House.  Inset photo, Cooperstown’s Juan Alamo family partakes of the scarey offerings in the church’s lobby.  For much of the evening, trick or treaters were lined up down…
November 1, 2019

On Halloween, 3-Generation Tradition Lives On At Jackie’s

On Halloween, 3-Generation Tradition Lives On At Jackie’s A three-generation tradition is alive and well at Jackie’s Restaurant in Milford where Jackie Folts, left,  her sisters and the next generation were in full Halloween regalia today. Right of Jackie is sister Brenda Alton, Jordyn Scott, Brooke Sisson and sister Sue Sisson. The ladies pose with Bones and his dog, No-Barc. After the photo, the mother of the family, Sandy Chase of Cooperstown, showed up and posed with Jordyn. When her…
October 31, 2019
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