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Plan to join the celebration
Plans for an end-of-the-season celebration for Cooperstown area residents have come a long way since we endorsed the idea four weeks ago.
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Nothing like firsthand experience
I have been covering PumpkinFest for five years. It is one of the more unique events I get to cover each year. Typically, I am asking paddlers what it is like to race giant pumpkins in Otsego Lake.
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Roses
to the planning board, Brenda Jaeger and a more-accessible PumpkinFest
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Enjoy the weekend events
It has been a really nice summer, but before we know it, chillier weather will be here.
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Help to Celebrate Cooperstown
We think the mayor and village board’s suggestion of a weekend for the residents to ”Celebrate Cooperstown” is a good one.
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Watch out for CVS
School will be starting next week and each year technology is integrated more and more into the classroom.
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Patience will be required
Cooperstown students return to school in two weeks. and one of the biggest changes the teachers, parents and students encounter may be making their way through a construction zone.
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Well done, Sarah
Former Cooperstown Central School student and athlete Sarah Groff missed a bronze finish in the women’s triathlon at the Olympic Games by just 10 seconds.
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Spraying should stop
We were dismayed to learn the New York State Department of Transportation considers the use of a glysophate-based herbicide on unwanted plants on the Route 80 right-of-way along the western shore of Otsego Lake to be an “acceptable risk.” We believe it poses an unacceptable risk.
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Good luck, Sarah
Beginning at 9 a.m. London time on Saturday, 55 women will chase Olympic gold in the women’s Triathlon. They will swim 1,500 meters, bike 40 kilometers and run 10,000 meters.
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