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…
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Hundreds Attend Rally In Rain To Protest Crimes Against Asian People By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com About 250 people attended a rally Sunday, May 2, at the Otsego County Courthouse, to support the community’s Asian American and Pacific Island residents. The “Otsego Rally for Solidarity with Asian Americans” was organized and run by a group of Cooperstown Central School freshmen, including 15-year-old Cate Bohler, who said she wanted to speak up to support her friends or anyone who…
Rally Sunday To Protest Crimes Against Asians In response to the rising number of hate crimes directed at Asian Americans since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, local teens are planing a Solidarity Rally for Sunday, May 2, according to a media release. Otsego Solidarity Rally for Asian Americans will be held at 2 p.m. in front of the Otsego County Courthouse at 197 Main Street. May is Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage month, according to the release. Students…
CLICK HERE FOR ALL FILINGS Democrats Off To Races In Otsego, Middlefield Kiernan Runs Again; Marc Heller Enters Politics By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Democrats in the two towns that serve the Village of Cooperstown – Otsego and Middlefield – were fast out of the gate this morning as the county Board of Elections began accepting petitions at 9 a.m. for the Nov. 5 elections. In the Town of Otsego (including Cooperstown west of the Susquehanna,…
Taxes Emerge As Issue In Otsego Town Election By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FLY CREEK – Taxes have emerged as an issue in the Town of Otsego in the final days of the Town Board campaign, with a Republican incumbent saying they “may double” and a flyer from Republican candidates delivered over the weekend estimating the increase at 25 percent. But Town Supervisor Meg Kiernan, who is running unopposed in Tuesday’s election, said taxes will go up only…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, NOV. 20 With Santa, Decorate Downtown Cooperstown To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. SANTA’S COTTAGE –2 p.m. Decorating Party. Help Cooperstown Committee decorate Santa’s cottage and the village lampposts for the holidays. All decorations provided; please bring wirecutters, gloves, and ladders, if available. Meet in Pioneer Park. Free photo of your family in front of Santa’s Cottage as a thank you. To reserve a pole, email Meg Kiernan, megk@oecblue.com Meet in…
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PETITION DEADLINE PASSES Kiernan To Run Unopposed For Otsego Town Supervisor COOPERSTOWN After a stormy period in the Town of Otsego, former town supervisor Meg Kiernan is running unopposed for the top town position in the Nov. 3 local elections, according to a list of candidate released a few minutes ago by the county Board of Elections. The deadline for filing petitions was 5 p.m. Thursday. Kiernan, a Democrat, would succeed Republican Anne Geddes Atwell, whose sparring with the town…