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Two Milford teachers honored by SUCO
MILFORD — Two Milford Central School science teachers
were among six educators who were recognized for their
work by the Secondary Education Department of the SUNY
College at Oneonta.
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Sophomore wins award
Over 400 middle and high
school students from across
New York State came to Cooperstown
for the annual New
York State History Day competition
Friday, but only one
local student received recognition.
Cooperstown Central
School tenth-grader Alexandra
Rheinhardt will not be
advancing to the National
History Day competition held
at the University of Maryland
in June, but received an
award for her senior individual
documentary, ``Sounds of
Conflict: A cultural Divide.’’
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Planning board expected to accept CDD proposal
The village planning
board is expected to accept
with conditions and recommendations
a preliminary
proposal for the creation of a
Coordinated Development
District on the old railroad
right-of-way along Grove
Street.
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Lake group seeks mud-flow evidence
The Otsego Lake Association is hoping
some photographic evidence will help them
demonstrate to local officials the threat mud
flows pose to the lake.
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Students rewarded for 'work' in school
MILFORD — Milford Central School fourth-grade
teacher Priscilla Heath says she considers
school to be like a job, and just as
she is expected to show up prepared
and ready to work each day, she expects
the same from her students.
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School disputes ranking by website
Cooperstown Central School Superintendent
Mary Jo McPhail says people have the
right to freedom of speech and are entitled to
their personal opinions, but doesn’t feel a recently
launched website tells the whole story
about the district.
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CV-S budget hearing will be next week
CHERRY-VALLEY — Cherry-Valley
Springfield Central School will be holding its
Annual Budget Hearing in the school building
on Thursday, May 8 at 7 p.m., and district
residents will have the opportunity to
cast their votes for the budget on Tuesday,
May 20.
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Chestnut Street lot permits available
Applications for parking
permits for the Chestnut
Street lot will be available
from the village clerk’s office
beginning today.
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Plan board to discuss input
The village planning board has
scheduled a special meeting to review
comments it has received in regard to a
proposal to create a residential Coordinated
Development District on the old
railroad right-of-way along Grove
Street.
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Summer program cut back
Youngsters will have an abbreviated
summer program this year
because of a loss of funding for the
CROP program.
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Girl’s essay stars in DAR competition
Cooperstown fifth-grader Rebecca Odell
said she was extremely excited when she
received local recognition for the essay she
entered into this year’s Daughters of the
American Revolution (DAR) Essay competition,
but was overwhelmed with joy when she
received a phone call Monday night notifying
her that her essay placed second in the state.
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Cooperstown names top seniors
Cooperstown Central School has
announced the top four students
for this year’s graduating class —
all of whom are not quite sure what
they truly want to do with their futures.
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Hartwick planning program to clean up town
HARTWICK — Jessica Breiten is one of about a dozen
residents within the Town of Hartwick who has recently
joined forces with the town supervisor and town board members
to develop a voluntary program to clean up the town.
The community is developing a three-part plan that includes
a junk vehicle removal program, a roadside clean-up
event, and the placement of permanent recycling and scrap
metal bins. There will be many chances for participants to
win cash and other prizes.
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Three seeking board seats
Cooperstown Central
School district residents will
soon have the opportunity to
cast their votes for who will
fill the vacancies on the
Board of Education.
Three candidates are running
for three seats. Candidates
include Dr. David
Borgstrom, Dr. Theresa Russo
and incumbent Anthony
Scalici.
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Students illustrate why there’s no place like home
People come to visit Cooperstown from
near and afar for many reasons, but what
about the children who live in the village all
year long? What parts of Cooperstown are
most familiar to them, and what places do
they consider most important?
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Golf club pesticide rift rages
Long-time lake advocate Michael Whaling told the
board of trustees Monday that he has ongoing concerns
about chemical pesticide use at the Leatherstocking
Golf Course and their potential to contaminate the
lake.
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Author shares her time with eatery, keyboard
CHERRY VALLEY — Two aspects
of Dana Spiotta’s personality
appear in her work, both as an
award-winning author and co-manager
of The Rose and Kettle, a
Cherry Valley restaurant she runs
with her husband.
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Village trims tax levy hike
Village officials have
pared more than two percent
off the increase in the tax
levy, according to a tentative
budget scheduled to be adopted
next week.
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CV man realizes dream to appear on 'Jeopardy'
If ‘Jeopardy’ host Alex Trebek
were to ask, ``Who will appear on
the national broadcast of Jeopardy
this Friday night, the correct answer
would be, ``Who is National
Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Library researcher and Cherry
Valley resident Gabriel Schechter?’’
