Malatras Praises End To Use Of Word ‘Indian’ Cooperstown Ahead On Naming Issue ALBANY – SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras is praising SUNY Albany’s decision to rename “Indian Quad” and “Indian Drive” on its campus. “James Baldwin said,’To accept one’s past—one’s history—is not the same thing as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it,'” said Malatras.…
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Bassett Announces 2-Day Vaccine Clinic On Weekend At Clark COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital has just announced a two-day clinic this weekend to administer 1,200 doses of anti-COVID vaccines the county Health Department received for people over 65. Vaccination clinics will be on Saturday, March 6, and Sunday, March 7, at the Clark Sports Center. To make an appointment, click here soon as possible, as slots fill up quickly. Or call 1-833-697-4829…
‘DRIVING WHILE BLACK’ HEADLINED Gretchen Sorin In Line For National Recognition COOPERSTOWN – SUNY Oneonta Distinguished Professor Gretchen Sullivan Sorin is a finalist for a 2021 NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work – Non-Fiction for her book “Driving While Black” (W. W. Norton & Company). The 52nd NAACP Image Awards ceremony will air live on BET March 27 at 8 p.m. “I am tremendously honored and very grateful,” said Sorin, director of the Cooperstown Graduate School…
GLIMMERGLASS PLANS TO OPEN IN SUMMER 2021 4 Outdoor Operas Offered COOPERSTOWN – Opera will be back on Otsego Lake’s shores this summer. The Glimmerglass Festival announced today it will build an outdoor stage on the festival grounds, where it will present four operas. The 2021 season will run July 15 through Aug. 17 with performances of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Offenbach’s “Songbird” (La Périchole), and the world premiere of “The Passion of Mary Cardwell Dawson,” a…
SARAH SPROSS MOVES FROM MARYLAND New CCS Superintendent On The Job In Cooperstown FULL STORY IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
CLICK TO DONATE TO THE PROJECT Master Gardeners’ Fund Drive At 70% Goal: To Redevelop Cooperstown Parking Lot As Horticulture Hub COOPERSTOWN – The Grow With Cornell Cooperative Extension fund drive is more than 70 percent toward its $200,000 goal so its Master Gardener program can convert its parking lot at 123 Lake St. into a center of teaching and education. “Our success demonstrates the investment in planning conducted by Master Gardener Volunteers and staff, and the value the gardens…
IN MEMORIAM Edward F. Danielski, Jr., 89; Radiologist At Bassett, Fox COOPERSTOWN – Edward F. Danielski, Jr., a radiologist at Bassett Hospital and later director of Fox Hospital’s radiology department, passed away at home on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. The son of Edward Danielski Sr. and Jennie Danielski, Edward was born on July 12, 1930, in Greenfield, Mass. He attended Deerfield Academy and graduated from Harvard College, cum laude, in 1953. He went to Columbia Medical School and served his…
CLICK HERE FOR CARNIVAL CALENDAR For 28th Year, Dick Sliter Serving Up Soup ‘n’ Chili Until 2 p.m. today and 11-2 Saturday, Dick Sliter, for the 28th year in a row, is serving up chili, beef barley soup and broccoli chowder at First Baptist Church of Cooperstown’s annual Soup ‘n’ Chili Luncheon in the 21 Elm St. church hall, as part of the 2021 Cooperstown Winter Carnival. Due to COVID, the event is all takeout this year, offering to-go pints…
Soren’s ‘Driving While Black’ Airs Tonight At 9 On WSKG COOPERSTOWN – “Driving While Black: Race, Space & Mobility,” based on the book by Gretchen Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program director, will be broadcast at 9 p.m. this evening on WSKG-TV. It is also available on the PBS streaming service. The documentary, directed by Ken Burns’ brother Ric, is based on Sorin’s “Driving While Black: African American Travel & the Road to Civil Rights,” published in 2020. The book grew out…