As Justice Is Sworn In, Protesters Recall RBG Cooperstown March Ends At Courthouse As Amy Coney Barrett prepared for her swearing-in as a U.S. Supreme Court justice in Washington, D.C., Carina Franck, left, and Meg Kiernan led off a march a few minutes ago from Cooperstown Village Hall, up Main Street to the county courthouse. Susie Knight, inset, carries a sign that captures the message: “RGB Cannot RIP.” The message contrasts the legacy of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a…
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ADJUSTED FOR COVID, EVENT ON Pumpkins Aglow On Village Hall’s Porch Siblings Eva Gibson, 12, and brother Patrick, 10, spent part of today carving pumpkins for the Pumpkin Glow, underway until 7 p.m. on the front porch of Cooperstown Village Hall. Then, the two began examining the competition. Pumpkins are being brought to the event throughout the hour, so there’s time to get over there and take a look. Of course, COVID precautions are being followed, including masks and social…
CLARK GREENHOUSE TEAM DEPLOYS Sign Of The Season: Daffodil Bulbs Planted The team from the Clark Foundation Greenhouses completed planting 1,000 daffodil bulbs this morning at the Cooperstown United Methodist Church at Chestnut and Glen, after completing similar annual autumn plantings in the past few days at the village’s other four churches, Christ Episcopal, St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake,” First Baptist and First Presbyterian. From left are Barry Shirley, Ray Miller, Curtis Hurley, Bob Schworn and Jason Swezey. …
‘Nurses’ Hopeful Eyes’ Grip COVID-19 Patient Delhi Artist Recalls Narrow Escape From Bassett News Service COOPERSTOWN – This fall, Horace “Glenn” Lee, who spent weeks in Bassett Hospital’s intensive care unit last spring fighting COVID-19, returned to the ICU to thank the doctors and nurses who saved his life. “I was in the hospital for 37 days total, three weeks in Cooperstown’s ICU and two weeks in rehabilitation at O’ Connor Hospital in Delhi,” said Lee, a 69-year-old contemporary American…
CLICK HERE FOR JOHN SALKA PROFILE CLICK FOR DAN BUTTERMANN PROFILE League Plans Forum For Salka, Buttermann Participate Monday, Oct. 26, Via Zoom Assembly John Salka, R-Brookfield, and his Democratic challenger, Dan Buttermann of Oneonta, will debate at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, via Zoom, the Oneonta and Cooperstown League of Women Voters chapters announced. Jake Cornell, Oneida, the Libertarian candidate, will also participate. Candidates will make introductory statements and answer questions emailed by the public. Up to 500 viewers…
‘Patriot Rally’ Calls For Vigilance, Local Reflection At what its organizers called “The Patriots Rally” this afternoon in Oneonta’s Muller Plaza to combat “white supremacists and racism,” co-organizer Diandra Sangetti-Daniels, above, calls for the continued defense against racism in all forms. Sixty-five people stopped to listen to several speakers, including co-organizer Johnny Brown, inset photo, as well as Anthony Baron, Zach King and Anthony Eardley, who recited Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “America’s Chief Moral Dilemma.” Sangetti-Daniels is also organizing…
Senator Seward Mourns Leader Bruno’s Passing ALBANY – On the news of former state Senator Majority Leader Joe Bruno’s passing, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, today issued a statement praising him as “a mentor, a friend and a dynamic public servant.” “Joe was a fighter through and through who stood up to every challenge he faced,” Seward said. “The Capital District as well as all of New York State will reap the benefits of his dedication for generations to come.…
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BULLETIN Teri Barown Says Goodbye To Village Hall Revered Administrator Retiring By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – With regret, the Village Board this evening accepted a notice of retirement from its revered village administrator, Teri Barown. Appointed village clerk in 2005, she was promoted to village administrator in 2016 after “making herself absolutely essential to our village operations,” Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said in announcing the news at the Village Board’s organizational meeting. Barown said she was…
