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Widow delivers in speech
Ron Santo’s wife, Vicki, said she would have much preferred her husband give his Baseball Hall of Fame induction speech Sunday. “Rest assured that he’s laughing at my expense to see me squirm a little bit,” she said. She said words could not express her sorrow that Santo didn’t live to see his enshrinement.

July 26, 2012
Your Opinion: July 26, 2012
July 26, 2012
Our Opinion: Hall voters will have tough decisions to make
The Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual Induction Weekend is by far the biggest event in Cooperstown each year. This weekend, Cincinnati shortstop Barry Larkin and Cubs third baseman, the late Ron Santo, will join the elite fraternity.

July 24, 2012
Opinion: Roses
Roses to Cooperstown Youth Baseball and the town of
Hartwick for reaching an agreement on a lease of town
property that will allow CYB to build its new facility for
baseball and softball.

July 12, 2012
Let the celebration continue
The Fourth of July falls midweek this year, shortening for some what we normally enjoy as the “long holiday weekend.” The celebration of Independence Day is one that has not been converted to a Monday holiday to create a three-day weekend.

July 5, 2012
Our Opinion: Board made right choices
The village board made two good decisions Monday night. Both votes required a tiebreaker from Mayor Jeff Katz. The first was a proposal to halt the long-standing tradition of the noon whistle, or siren. The whistle signaling noon, or lunchtime, may have been a more important part of life decades ago, but today was carried on primarily as a tradition.

July 3, 2012
Your Opinion: June 28, 2012
July 3, 2012
Our Opinion: Good luck, seniors
June 22, 2012
Our Opinion: Celebrate Back in the swing Flag Day
Today, June 14, is Flag Day. It is a day to celebrate “Old Glory,” the “Stars and Stripes” or the “Star Spangled Banner” – whatever you wish to call it _ and all for which it stands.

June 14, 2012
Our Opinion: Board made right decision
We applaud the board of trustees’ decisions last week to eliminate the amount of chemical pesticides, particularly weed killers used in or near the village.

June 7, 2012
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