Ribbon cutting at Badger Park to mark opening of new pavilion By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A ribbon cutting will take place at 10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 16, at Cooperstown’s Badger Park to open a new pavilion. The purchase of the pavilion is a result of a partnership between Cooperstown Friends of the Parks and the Cooperstown Lions Club in conjunction with the village. Susie Knight, the acting chairperson of Friends of the Parks, said her group…
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Film COOP Women in Film tour connects filmmakers with region STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — From Sept. 30, to Oct. 3, Film COOP hosted a group of female filmmakers for a location tour and networking event. “It was an amazing, transformative weekend,” said Film COOP Board President Greg Klein. “We started on Thursday as a group of strangers but by Sunday it was like a family of artists who had bonded in unpredictable and amazing ways.” Film…
Editor’s Notebook by Greg Klein: Film COOP spreads love of region to women’s group Last weekend my film commission office, Film COOP, hosted a bunch of female filmmakers for a destination weekend location tour and networking event. As with our too long and klutzy legal name, the Cooperstown, Oneonta, Otsego County Film Partnership, Inc., the name Film COOP presents the Women in Film Peak Leaf Weekend Location Tour and Networking Event soon fell by the wayside. The shorthand Women in…
Coop Rotary plans Fall Fling for Saturday by CHAD G. WELCH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Rotary Club of Cooperstown is hosting the Fall Fling fundraiser at the Clark Sports Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Oct. 9. Fall Fling is replacing Spring Fling. which the club has hosted annually in May since 2017, event chairperson Sydney Sheehan said. It was canceled in 2020 and postponed this year. “We decided to hold this event in the fall because…
Lack of childcare option in pandemic frustrates Cooperstown parents By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Lack of childcare in Cooperstown Central School District is causing a crisis for many families of young children. The Clark Sports Center had previously served the role but now is closed for children under 12 because of COVID pandemic restrictions. Mary Jane Sansevere, a Cooperstown resident with a husband and two children, said her family was forced to move her children out of the…
Protesters decry mandates in Cooperstown, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Anti-mask and anti-vaccine protesters staged two rallies in Otsego County in the past week, bringing their message to Bassett Healthcare and others. Hundreds of protesters, along with Assemblyman John Salka, R-Brookfield, marched to A.O. Fox Hospital and through Main Street in Oneonta on Friday, Sept. 17. Protesters also marched Tuesday, Sept. 21, in Cooperstown, from the Otsego County Courthouse to Bassett Medical Center.…
Cooperstown native pursuing pro fishing dreams By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A former Cooperstown resident is pursuing his dream of making it on the professional bass fishing tour and having success doing it. Kyle Patrick, who grew up in Cooperstown, and whose family still lives here, has spent his year since college graduation making advances into the pro tour. “It has been a neat thing,” said Patrick, who lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, but was home last week visiting.…
In Memoriam Sandra Lou Stockdale Single mother overcame challenges, found love COOPERSTOWN – Sandra Lou Stockdale (Sandy) passed away peacefully after a brief illness on Thursday, August 26th, 2021. She was surrounded by her loving family who made certain she was comfortable. Sandy is survived by her loving husband of 30 years and one day, William Stockdale. She is survived by her children and their spouses: Greg and LisaMarie Morrison, Glenn and Michele Morrison, and Glenda and Matt Vatovec. She…
Village delays action on site, licensing fees after more pushback By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — The village Board of Trustees tabled a proposed law to charge license and site fees for village property and the use of village icons in commercial endeavors. There were two public hearings on the docket Monday, July 26, but four of the five members of the public at the meeting at 22 Chestnut Street spoke against charging local artists who paint,…
AllOtsego people: In Cooperstown, a female majority forms By PHOEBE SMITH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — When Hanna Bergene decided to run for a village trustee position and Jim Dean announced he would step down to make way for her, it inadvertently led to a local first: a female majority board of trustees. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, who was first elected in 2018, and is the second female mayor of the village, Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk and trustees Bergene…
