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Debris Removed from Otsego Lake
Volunteers representing the Otsego Lake Association, the Village of Cooperstown and the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station collected an estimated 1,000 pounds of debris from Otsego Lake.

LWVCA Hosts National Security Correspondent J.J. Green
The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area welcomes award-winning journalist and national security correspondent J.J. Green to speak at the Cooperstown High School Auditorium on Thursday, September 17 from 5-6 p.m.

News from the Noteworthy: New Season Kicks Off at a New Venue
s part of our continual efforts to expand our impact in the community and find great new places in our community to enjoy live music, we are thrilled to add the Glimmerglass Festival Pavilion to our roster of premier local venues.

In Memoriam: Barbara M. Schanz
Barbara M. Schanz, 94, passed away peacefully at her home in Cooperstown, New York on August 30, 2026. Barbara was born on July 11, 1932 in Salem, Massachusetts to James and Olive Cox (nee Lain). As a young child her family moved to Ramsey, New Jersey.

Armstrong: A Challenge to Mayor, Trustees
Here’s my suggestion: Make Church Street, and parts of Fair, Pioneer, River and Lake streets, seasonal no-parking zones, with signs telling visitors to use the trolley.

DiPerna: Verizon Doesn’t Want Landlines
Cutting off landlines presents a serious security and safety issue in our area, where cell service is so spotty. Many people depend on landlines as back-up, especially where this is no cell service and no plans to improve that either.

Local EMT Reflects on Ground Zero Experience 25 Years Later
Twenty‑five years after the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, DC former volunteer EMT Carrie Carney still remembers the moment she felt compelled to go and help.

Northrup: Take Riley To Task for Recent Vote
Our local Congressman, Josh Riley—after taking more than $170,000.00 from AIPAC, the de facto Israeli lobby in Washington, just voted with almost all of the Republicans to withhold federal funding from colleges and universities that they deem insufficiently deferential to one…

Pope: Farmers’ Market Will Not Relocate
Pope: "I want to set the record straight on the operations of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market during the stormwater management/re-paving project planned for Pioneer Alley in late spring 2027."

Time Out Otsego: 09-09-26
TASTING—5:30 p.m. “Tomato-Palooza.” Learn about the Vegetable Varieties Garden Trials and then participate in a tomato tasting-event. Free and open to the public. Pre-registration encouraged. Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners, 123 Lake Street, Cooperstown. (607)…

Time Out Otsego: 09-08-26
REPAIR—1-4 p.m. Cooperstown Repair Café. Repair coaches will be on hand during the Tuesday Market to evaluate and attempt to fix everything from lamps to bicycles and more. Free; materials needed to conduct repairs may be available to purchase. Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 101…

Twenty-two Practitioners Join Bassett Healthcare Network in August
Bassett Healthcare Network welcomed 22 new practitioners during the month of August, according to a press release issued on Tuesday, September 1.