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The Hartwick town board held a special meeting Monday night to appoint a new town clerk.
Regina Palmer, who is in her seventh year in the position, submitted her resignation but said she will help with training for the next couple of weeks. Her last day will be August 31.
After interviewing six candidates, board members decided to offer the position to Sarah McGuire of Hartwick. Palmer said McGuire has a strong resume and was the village clerk in Milford for several years.
McGuire will serve as town clerk for the months of September, October, November and December.
There will be an electionin November to fill the remainder of Palmer’s term, which is Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011. Palmer said she did not want to leave the town without anyone or in some kind of predicament and pondered about fulfilling the time left to her term.
However, she said she had more than a year left and felt it was time to be a little ``selfish.’’
Palmer said she spent 32 years teaching at Cooperstown Central School and once retired was elected as town clerk. She said her main goal now is to focus on spending more time with her family.
According to Palmer, her son recently got married and she will soon be a grandmother. She said her husband also recently retired.
``I’ve worked all these years and now it feels like it is time to be able to do more things together,’’ said Palmer. ``I am really excited to spend more time with my family.’’
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Students do the catwalk
Cooperstown Central School students were the stars of the show Friday night as they took to the runway. This marked the fifth year of the student-run fashion show, and there were a few added bonuses. Before the lights were turned off in the Sterling Auditorium at the Cooperstown Middle/High School, a behind-thescenes video about each designer was featured. Skinny Guys with Glasses also provided live entertainment during intermission.
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Chamber names executive director
The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce announced that Patricia A. Szarpa will be its executive director, effective April 1.
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Village trustees want option to exceed property tax cap
Budget time is approaching for the village and trustees want to prepare by making sure they’ll be able, if necessary, to exceed the state-imposed two percent property tax cap designed to slow the growth of property taxes.
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It’s carnival time ... event takes on pre-Lent party theme
Taking a page from the creed of the U.S. Postal Service (that “Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night” stuff ), organizers for the Cooperstown Winter Carnival, the threeday event that begins Friday, might look at recent weather forecasts and come up with their own creed for the event: “Neither sun, nor warmth, nor the desire to wear short-sleeves shall prevent the Winter Carnival from …” _ well, you can guess the rest.
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CCS to offer online food service payments
Cooperstown Central School is launching an online payment option for purchases of school lunches, breakfasts and other food items.
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Arraignments for CCS players postponed until April 11
Two of the five Cooperstown High School football players charged with harassing a teammate by giving him “the tunnel treatment” appeared in town court Wednesday as the father of the boy allegedly accosted sat in the courtroom.
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Third judge to oversee Pacherille Jr.’s shooting case
COOPERSTOWN — A third judge has taken over the case of local teenager Anthony Pacherille Jr., the former Cooperstown High School student serving an 11-year prison term after shooting an African-American classmate in April 2010. Pacherille’s attorney, Frank Policelli of Utica, is pressing to have his client resentenced as a youthful offender.
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Bassett’s new MRI machine features latest technology
Bassett Medical Center doctors now have the most advanced technology in magnetic resonance imaging that will allow doctors to more accurately diagnosis and treat patients, according to Bassett radiologist Dr. Lawrence Barnowsky.
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MCS program brings together job seekers and employers
People need jobs. Companies need workers with skills. Milford Central School is erecting a bridge, of sorts, that can help connect job seekers with employers.
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Wednesday is community art night at The Smithy
The Smithy-Pioneer Gallery is offering a series of free art-making nights every Wednesday through the month of February. Located at the heart of the village, the historic Smithy provides a place for the community to gather together and partake in some fun and easy art projects like small paper sculptures and ornaments, a variety of printmaking and more.
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College to offer continuing education courses this spring
The State University College at Oneonta will offer more than 30 non-credit courses on topics ranging from Argentine tango to kayaking this spring, according to a media release from the college.
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Circus exhibit closing soon
Like the circuses it spotlights, “From Acrobats to Zebras: Circus Art and the Big Top Experience,” a small exhibition at the New York State Historical Association’s Research Library in Cooperstown, will fold its tent and close its doors on Feb. 29, according to a media release from NYSHA.
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Earth Festival to be April 14
Planning has begun for the seventh annual Earth Festival, set for Saturday, April 14, at Milford Central School, according to a media release from the Otsego County Conservation Association. Returning is the traditional information and vendor fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the gymnasium.
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Local cultural program celebrates Chinese New Year
A celebration of the Chinese New Year was held at Milford Central School on Sunday.
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To Our Readers
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.
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CV-S: Positive influences abound
Last week, the Crier published an article with several criticisms of the Cherry Valley-Springfield School District, many from anonymous sources.
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Mayor will not seek second term
Barring a challenge from an independent candidate, it appears Village Trustee Jeff Katz will become the next mayor of Cooperstown.
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CCS geo bee winner may get second chance at state competition
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.
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Entrepreneurship program receives funding to go green
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.
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Sex offender to test Otsego child safety law
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.
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