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Cooperstown’s Sarah Groff exults after winning gold at the ITU World Triathlon in Stockholm Aug. 23.
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alfway to Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio de Janiero, Cooperstown triathlete Sarah Groff is gaining traction. She took a gold Aug. 23 at the ITU World Triathlon in Stockholm, earning her first career World Triathlon Series win and moving up to the second position in the world rankings. The daughter of Jerry and Jeannine Groff confirmed that ranking Saturday, Aug. 30, taking a silver for the overall season.
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he state Education Department has put Cooperstown Elementary on its list of “Reward Schools,” meaning its scores under the Common Core curriculum are in the top 250 of the state’s 4,500 schools. Executive Principal Lynn Strang surprised Elementary Principal Teresa Gorman with the news at the Tuesday, Sept. 2, assembly that marked the beginning of the 2014-15 academic year for teachers and staff. Classes start Thursday, Sept. 4. “The certificate is real,” Superintendent of Schools C.J. Hebert assured the beaming Gorman, although he acknowledged picking up a frame at Walmart on his way into school that day Please See CCS, B5
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s George Christopher, Hazlett, N.J., the 16th million visitor in its 75 years of existence passed through its hallowed portals at 25 Main, the recently embattled Baseball Hall of Fame was also able to report a 17 percent increase in the gate this summer. “We believe we’ve set the bar George for future Christopher years,” said Brad Horn, the Hall’s vice president/communications & education, in confirming at year-to-date tally of 260,000. “We’re on target to hit 300,000 by the end of the year.” The last time the gate passed 300,000 was in 2008, when the Cal Ripken Jr./ Tony Gwynn induction drew some 82,000 fans, a record. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal July’s 75th anniversary As the ALS “Ice Bucket” Challenge swept Otsego County, Baseball Hall of induction of Bobby Cox, Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark, President Jeff Idelson and all the staff Tom Glavine, Tony La on duty Thursday, Aug. 28, stood on the steps of 25 Main and had buckRussa, Greg Maddux, Frank ets of ice water dumped over them. The Hall had been “challenged” by Thomas and Joe Torre drew the Football Hall in Canton, Ohio, and in turn challenged Bassett Hospital, Please See HALL, B5 which was planning its own dousing later this week/RELATED PHOTOS, A3, B5
STRECK HONORED: The county Democratic Committee will be honoring retired Bassett President/CEO Bill Streck at its Jedediah Peck Annual Dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary. Speaker By LIBBY CUDMORE is state Controller Tom diNapoli. $75 apiece; $125 for couple. RSVP at http://www. COOPERSTOWN otsegocountydemocraticcomhe state DOT said the cluster of mittee.com/ summer cottages just past Five Mile Point isn’t a neighborhood. CIDER SEASON: The Fly Creek Cider Mill’s 1889 Boomer & Boschert press President will begin making apple Scott White cider for the 90th year this admires CoopersSaturday, Sept. 6. The cider town Bank’s mill bought the 2-cylinder, logo R.J. 24-horsepower Waterloo Boy Millworks Engine in 1924 from a John worked into Deere dealership in Syracuse.
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Betty VanHeusen and her neighbors disagree. “We take care of each other,” she said, gesturing to the houses up and down the waterfront. “Andy Peterson taught all the kids to water ski. We help each other with our boats.” Now, 250 of those neighbors,
from Three Mile Point and into Cooperstown proper, have banded together to sign a petition as the Friends of Otsego Lake, asking Governor Cuomo, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, the county Board of Representatives and others to help get answers Please See PETITION, B7
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.J. Millworks of Oneonta did the teller cage, including a stained-glass depiction of Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal the Bank of Cooperstown’s
sheaf-of-wheat logo. Isaac Willard, from Steve McClintock Electrical Contracting, East Meredith, was completing wiring under the conference-room table Please See BANK, B4
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tsego County has received a claim from the estate of Maryellen Wrubleski, 53, who died unexpectedly last Dec. 21, saying a faulty 911 response contributed to her death. The claim, filed by Brian Wrubleski, the estate’s executor, says the 911 operator, on receiving the emergency call, dispatched an ambulance to the wrong address. The claim is a preliminary step. If the case is not settled, a court action could follow. To review complaint, see WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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