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2012-02-02T13:10:16-05:00

In last week’s edition, two front-page stories were printed that did not come up to the high standards you have come to expect from The Cooperstown Crier. The stories concerned the Cherry Valley-Springfield school district and its leadership.

CV-S: Positive influences abound

2012-02-02T13:07:21-05:00

Last week, the Crier published an article with several criticisms of the Cherry Valley-Springfield School District, many from anonymous sources.

Mayor will not seek second term

2012-02-02T13:06:06-05:00

Barring a challenge from an independent candidate, it appears Village Trustee Jeff Katz will become the next mayor of Cooperstown.

CCS geo bee winner may get second chance at state competition

2012-02-02T13:03:42-05:00

The pressure was on. Cooperstown sixth-grader Tom Knight had won his school district’s fifth-and-sixth-grade geography bee last year and said he felt that many were expecting him to pull a repeat. “I was going into the competition confident, but I was feeling much more pressure this time around,” Tom said Friday afternoon after winning in seven rounds.

Entrepreneurship program receives funding to go green

2012-02-02T13:02:22-05:00

Cooperstown’s after-school educational program TREP$ has been given an incentive to go green this year. The program, in which students develop their own products or services and then sell them at a “flea market” style marketplace, has been awarded $700 through The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s New York Energy $mart Students Program.

Sex offender to test Otsego child safety law

2012-02-02T13:00:34-05:00

When Dennis and Aarona Rockwell rented a home on a side road off Chestnut Street in Cooperstown on Jan. 9, they contacted the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department to let the agency know Dennis had a new address.

Bliss to retire from Otsego County post

2012-02-02T12:44:12-05:00

A mainstay of Otsego County government, planner Terry Bliss, has informed the Board of Representatives that he will be retiring in late March.

Democrats had decided not to challenge Republican caucus

2012-02-02T12:42:57-05:00

Despite a recommendation to the contrary from the Otsego County Democratic Committee, the Cooperstown Democratic Committee decided it would not file a challenge to the Republican caucus that had been scheduled for Tuesday. The fact no caucus occurred makes the issue a moot point.

Cooperstown harassment case moved to Hartwick

2012-02-02T12:41:58-05:00

The case involving five Cooperstown High School football players charged with harassing a teammate after practice in September has been transferred to Hartwick Town Court, officials said Monday.

CCS students to hit the runway

2012-02-02T12:28:53-05:00

Models will hit the runway this Friday at the Cooperstown middle/high school auditorium. According to organizers, eight designers will be showing off their designs during the fifth annual student-run fashion show, which will kick off at 7:30 p.m. The event has always been student-run, but this year the group has become an official club at the school, said co-director Abby Wilcox.