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Our Opinion: Roses
Roses to 13-year-old Chelsea Baker, the Florida native who donated her baseball jersey to the Hall of Fame last week. Baker, a pitcher and third baseman, learned the knuckleball from former Major League pitcher Joe Niekro, who coached her when she was younger.
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Be careful with law
Earlier this month, Mayor Joe Booan held his first town hall-style meeting to receive input from residents about improving the quality of life in Cooperstown.
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Our Opinion: Enforcement is the right course
We’re happy to see the village board exhibited some backbone last week when members decided to go to court to halt the operation of an unpermited short-term rental on Main Street.
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Our Opinion: Steroids to take center stage
Perhaps it was fitting that dark clouds hung menacingly over most of Induction Weekend.
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While baseball fans celebrated the 2010 Induction class of Andre Dawson, Whitey Herzog and Doug Harvey on Sunday, there is a sense of foreboding for future elections, when Steroid Era players such as Barry Bonds, Rafael Palmeiro and Roger Clemens will be become eligible for election to the Hall. -
Our Opinion: Does 'The Boss' belong?
The limelight will be on this year’s National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees this weekend, but the death of New York Yankees’ owner George Steinbrenner has people questioning whether or not ``The Boss’’ belongs there as well.
Continued ... - Thursday, July 15, 2010
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Our Opinion: What’s good for the goose...
The board of trustees has decided to hire an engineer to review the work of CLA Site, the firm hired to do the site assessment and design work for the Village Gateway Project _ now known as the Cooperstown Intermodal Transit Project. That review will cost up to $12,000.
Continued ... - Thursday, July 8, 2010
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Our Opinion: Roses
Roses to the Otsego Land Trust for its continuing efforts to conserve the distinctive rural character of Otsego County through protecting open space, lands of scenic value, fragile ecosystems, farmland and forestlands and to Dorothy Manley, who recently placed a conservation easement on 92 acres on Scotch Hill Road in the Town of Hartwick.
Continued ... - Thursday, July 1, 2010
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United we stand
It is a bit strange: The holiday to celebrate the independence and birth of our 234-year-old government has evolved into a celebration of things that bind us together beyond government.
Continued ... - Thursday, June 24, 2010
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Our Opinion: New beginnings
This weekend will mark the start of a new beginning for many area high school seniors. They will put on their caps and gowns and take their first steps toward adulthood while embarking onto the next phase of their lives.
Continued ... - Thursday, June 17, 2010
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Our Opinion: From showman to spokesman
The late addition of slick fielding shortstop Ozzie Smith to the Hall of Fame line-up for its second annual Hall of Fame Classic this Sunday should add some pizzazz to this year’s game.
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Our Opinion: Roses
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- Your Opinion: August 26, 2010
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Your Opinion: July 29, 2010
We cannot trust the assurances Fear and loathing in Cooperstown was displayed at the special natural gas County Board forum on July 21. Our ``good neighbor’’ principle was shattered by a few leased landowners who see an imaginary pot of gold.
Continued ... - Your Opinion: July 22, 2010
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Your Opinion: June 24, 2010
Children say thanks Nine children in Otsego County would like to thank The Home Depot for the use of their parking lot on Wednesday June 2, for a Child Seat Check- Up Event. During this event, nine seats were checked to see if they were installed correctly, recalled, or fit the child that was using it.
Continued ... - Your Opinion: June 17, 2010
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- Your Opinion: June 3, 2010
