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Lifelong Cooperstown resident, teacher and coach David Peplinski was welcomed into honored company at The Otesaga on Thursday, October 12. The long-serving and beloved modified boys soccer coach, golf coach and sixth-grade teacher received the Clark Sports Center’s Patrick C. Fetterman Award for outstanding dedication to local youth athletics.…
Biological Field Station Research Support Specialist Holly Waterfield conducts harmful algal bloom testing on Otsego Lake in Cooperstown. (Photo provided) Clark Foundation Grants Support forContinued HAB Testing by BFS ONEONTA Generous new grants from The Clark Foundation will allow researchers at SUNY Oneonta’s Biological Field Station in Cooperstown to continue to monitor and study the presence of harmful algal blooms on Otsego Lake, just in time for the summer season. Earlier this spring, The Clark Foundation Board of Directors approved…
Letter from Jim & Polly Renckens Is ‘Perfect Village’ Pricing Out Seniors? Now getting into our ninth decade of life, we find there are concerns that weren’t there in our eighth decade. The latest concern is downsizing. Even though we older folks want to stay in our present home forever, the reality is that the constant upkeep, inside and out, becomes very difficult. So now is the time, and many others feel this way too, to move forward to the…
Letter by Dr. Roger MacMillan Thanks to All Involved with CAA Flowerbeds While I wish to thank the Clark Foundation for their generous comments regarding the flower bed in front of the Cooperstown Art Association sign, I would be remiss if I failed to thank the many people who have aided me in this endeavor over the past years. One should note a large maple tree adjacent to this garden bed. Every spring, using forks and a mechanical tiller, the…
Winners of Annual Cooperstown Beautification Contest Announced COOPERSTOWN – Jane Forbes Clark, President of The Clark Foundation, announced today the winners of the 2022 Clark Foundation Cooperstown Beautification Contest. “Over 65 years ago, my grandmother, Susan Vanderpoel Clark, founded the Cooperstown Beautification Contest to recognize the tremendous time and effort so many of our residents take to make our village look welcoming and beautiful,” Jane Forbes Clark said. She added, “She would be so happy that this wonderful tradition continues…
No Helicopter, But Reservists Back in County For Training For the sixth time in seven years, the Cooperstown Graduate Program has coordinated with the Army Reserves to do field training in the Cooperstown area. According to CGP Professor Cindy Falk, about 30 soldiers from Fort Drum, six cadets from Syracuse University and six CGP students from her Culture and Collections class worked together on training exercises over a three-day weekend, from Thursday, March 25, to Saturday, March 27. “We did…