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Amy Schumer Surprises Comedian Amy Schumer is donating her piece of the soldout show to Foothills and OFO’s Domestic Violence shelter.
Famed Comedian Tests New Jokes By LIBBY CUDMORE & CATHY NARDI
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he 650 fans in the packed house at Foothills may have been the first to hear Amy Schumer’s newest jokes, ahead of
this summer’s highly anticipated “Amy Schumer and Friends” tour. “It was very casual, like she was testing new material on us,” said Kevin Sutton, Oneonta. “But you could tell she had been in Oneonta the whole time. She even talked about the heroin movie they were Please See SCHUMER, B8
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Cooperstown’s Luke Banner, paddling with Todd Collier, takes a pit stop at Milford during the 56th annual General Clinton Canoe Regatta Monday, May 28. More photos at
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o celebrate World Dairy Day, the Bank of Cooperstown is giving away half-pints of milk Friday, June 1, to all its customers: “Nature’s most perfect food,” the bank calls it. Despite “hard work, diligence and professionalism,” farmers end up with just 51 cents on every $1 spent on fluid milk and 19 cents for every dollar spent on ice cream, the bank said in announcing the promotion. Saluting farmers, the bank declared, “June is Dairy Month: Raise a glass of milk.” EXPLAINING COSTS: After reports Centers Health Care is raising its “private pay” rooms at its facility in Index to $510 a day, Division President Aharon Lantzitsky has agreed to attend the June 11 local Family Council meeting to explain the Bronx-based company’s rationale.
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ix of the seven candidates running in the June 26 primary for the right to challenge U.S. Rep. John Faso, R-Kinderhook, have signed a pledge to refrain from criticizing each other. The seventh, Jeff Beals, a Woodstock high school teacher, will not. “I was asked to sign a statement today. I Jeff Beals decided not to sign it. This statement is a distraction from the biggest issue of our time: income inequality and the fight against corporate power,” he said in a statement. “Why don’t they send around Please See NEGATIVITY, B7
Oneonta Store To Open Outlet On Main Street
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Emcee and past Coopertown Veterans’ Club commander Doug Walker introduces, from left, Jim Tallman, Beth Kane, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, and Dr. Paul Russo, the keynoter, participants at the village’s Memorial Day ceremonies Monday, May 28, at the Soldiers & Sailors Monument. Top, CCS buglers Tom Knight, foreground, perform the Echo Taps arrangement/MORE PHOTOS, A7
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RAFFLE WINNERS: Marge Landers took home ne of Main Street Oneonta’s the Cooperstown Rotary iconic stores is opening a Club’s Eat Local raffle bassister outlet on Main Street, ket, while Caley Sharratt won Cooperstown. the Shop Local basket. The Theresa Cyzeski, owner of Theresa’s raffle raised $500 for Rotary. Emporium in Oneonta, said she now plans to open a second location in the former TJ’s Place, which developer Perry Ferrara is retooling for shops. Please See THERESA’S, B7
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f you couldn’t hear the National Anthem at the Hall of Fame’s Cooperstown Classic Saturday, May 26, you could see it.
As famed Marine Sgt. Lashawn Jasper’s silky smooth midtenor voice wafted over Doubleday Field, CCS sophomores Natalie Fountain, Kate Donnelly, Hazel Lippitt and Meagen Behan joined juniors Sarah Parr and Please See SIGNS, B8
Shannon Merwin, left, leads students signing the National Anthem.
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