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VISIT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM Volume 206, No. 16
COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND
Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014
2 Vacancies To Be Filled In CCS Vote COOPERSTOWN
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Deirdre Domine of Cooperstown lets dad Aaron examine a honey bee after meeting PBS’ Sid the Science Guy Saturday, April 12, at Foothills Performing Arts Center.
‘Cooper Town’ Author Wins 2nd Pulitzer COOPERSTOWN
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ightning struck twice for Alan Taylor. The historian, who won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for “William Cooper’s Town,” won a second Monday, April 14, for “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 17721832.” Taylor, 58, a professor of history at the University of California, Davis, built the new book around the War of 1812, and slaves escaping to the British and freedom. YOU’RE INVITED: Milford, Hartwick and New Lisbon residents are invited to a public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, in Milford Town Hall, to engage in public discussion with county Rep. Ed Lentz, D-District 5; County Treasurer Dan Crowell and Milford Town Supervisor Chris Harmon. HELP EARTH: Join Otsego Land Trust for the 44th Annual Earth Day in cleaning up Greenough Road Conservation Area at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. RSVP recommended, not required, at 547-2366 or sara@otsegolandtrust.org.
he filing deadline is 5 p.m. Monday, April 21, for two vacancies on the Cooperstown Central school board. Incumbents Jean Schifano and Theresa Russo are running again. Petitions, which require only 25 signatures, may be picked up at District Clerk Wendy Lansing’s office at the middle/high school. The election will be Tuesday, May 20, in conjunction with the annual budget vote. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Custodian Post Gone In Budget
CAA, Smithy Study How To Collaborate At his installation, Bishop Scharfenberger meets Father John P. Rosson, left, of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Catholic Church, Cooperstown, and parishioners Margie and Ed Landers.
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he sole attendee was Teamsters Local 693 President Roberta Dunker, and questioned the Village Board’s decision to replace 25-year employee Tom Steele, the Village Hall custodian, with a cleaning service. Speaking Thursday, April 10, at the public hearing on the 2014-15 village budget, Dunker said the move will only save $9,000. In response, Mayor Jeff Katz pointed her to lines in the budget showing $23,600 for the cleaning service and a $40,253 line for Steele, suggesting a savings in the $17,000 range. The total budget is $5.4 Please See BUDGET, A7
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Consultant Asked To Facilitate Talks By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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ooperstown’s two art associations have agreed to take the next step toward a formal collaboration, asking NYCON (the New The Freeman’s Journal York Council of CAA’s Cheryl Wright Nonprofits) to and SCA’s Henry Weil. facilitate a discussion to take matters to the next level. But the presidents of both boards, Cooperstown Art Association’s Cheryl Wright and the Smithy Center for the Arts’ Henry Weil, Please See ARTS, A6
2 County Natives Still Rattled Year After Marathon Hobbie, Raddatz Going Back 4/21 By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, right, receives the crozier – the symbol of his office – from New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan during the bishop’s installation Thursday, April 10, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. The Albany diocese includes Otsego County.
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or weeks after last April 15’s bombing that rocked the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, Maggee Hobbie couldn’t shake the fear of what she’d narrowly escaped. “I was supposed to fly to a friend’s wedding in May, but the night before, I was up with panic attacks and anxiety,” she said. “I kept thinking Please See BOMBING, A6
Rags Of Many Colors Woven Into Rugs To Be Auctioned At Otsego 2000 Benefit By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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wo flannel sheets, someone’s red chenille sweater and an old, battered polar fleece jacket – on any other
day, they might be destined for a landfill, but with a little cutting, some sewing and a vintage loom, they’re transformed into a work of fiber art. “It reminds me of an Arizona sunset,” said weaver Dawn Helstrom of Butternut Fiber Arts, Mount Vision, who, at Please See RUGS, A7
Dawn Helstrom, Mount Vision, has been weaving rags into rugs at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
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