President Obama addresses a packed Hall of Plaques at 3:55 this afternoon, where he mentioned Cooperstown a half-dozen times during a nationally televised speech launching an initiatives to attract a million tourists from overseas annually by 1920. “You can’t buy that kind of publicity,” a local tourism advocate observed while leaving. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)Governor Cuomo answers reporters’ questions after arriving at the Hall of Plaque from his downstate nomination for a second term, just missing President Obama. At right is Sandra Lee, his companion Food Network TV host. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
Barbara M. Schanz, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Cooperstown, New York on August 30, 2026. Barbara was born on July 11, 1932 in Salem, Massachusetts to James and Olive Cox (nee Lain). As a young child her family moved to Ramsey, New Jersey.…
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TASTING—5:30 p.m. “Tomato-Palooza.” Learn about the Vegetable Varieties Garden Trials and then participate in a tomato tasting-event. Free and open to the public. Pre-registration encouraged. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2536 or https://www.facebook.com/events/1748184159789950/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
September 8, 2026
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER
For a limited time, subscribers to AllOtsego.com pay a reduced rate ($25.00 for one year) and can choose to have $5.00 of the subscription fee donated toward refurbishment of Otsego County’s Civil War Memorial.
