According to the school board president, the amount “represents only about 2 percent” of the annual school budget. The board president states that the “crime will not impact district operations.”…
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Tours of Richfield's William E. Soeffling Mansion, a reading of "The Gift of the Magi" by Patrick Breen, an update on the Swart-Wilcox House Museum barn project and an upcoming kids' sewing class led by Betsy Foster are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
When I moved to upstate New York as a teenager—a land of old barns, stubborn winters and families with generations of calloused hands—I stepped into a different America. An America where kids were up before dawn, milked 60 cows, and threw on their Carhartt jackets (still smelling like hay) to go to school before most of us rolled out of bed.…
A few years back, a chance encounter between Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Dr. Anush Patel at the Friends of the Village Library Winter Carnival Book Sale launched an idea that has since become a beloved community event. For three years now, the monthly Welcome Home Cooperstown meet and greet has been welcoming newcomers...…
Theodore Patrick “Tim” Feury Jr. passed away Monday afternoon, October 27, 2025, at his home in Cooperstown. He was 82. Born March 4, 1943 in Utica to Theodore Patrick Feury and Kathryn Marsh, Tim’s father missed his birth as he was serving on the USS Saratoga in the Pacific Ocean as a naval officer during World War II. After the war, his father resumed his career as a Cooperstown attorney.…
Updates on Cooperstown Central School cross country, soccer and football teams, including soccer head coach Frank Miosek's 500th career win.…
Updates on Cooperstown Central School fall sports, New York State gas prices and goings on at the Roxbury Arts Center are among the topics covered in today's news briefs.…
Recently I came across a paper I wrote 60 years ago, in 1965, when I was a freshman at Cooperstown Central School. The English teacher required every ninth-grader to write an autobiography. I thought to myself, this is going to be great. I’ll share it with my kids and grandkids so they can see what I was thinking about then.…
A Fly-In Pancake Breakfast at Cooperstown/Westville Airport, free FOIL training, an Otsego Lake Watershed Protection Program survey and a benefit dinner in support of Bob Croft are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Amy R. Kukenberger, a lifelong area resident, peacefully entered into eternal life on Friday, August 29, 2025 at her home on Beaver Meadow Road. She was 55. Born September 18, 1969 at A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital in Oneonta, Amy was the daughter of Frank A. “Sonny” Kukenberger Jr. and Ruth Ann (Downs) Kukenberger. She was the beloved granddaughter of George “Pop” and Ruth Downs and Frank and Mary (Konchar) Kukenberger.…
