http://www.coopercrier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:10:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_064151138.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_064151138.html There have been a number of times since 1984 when we wonder why on earth we keep writing this column. Most of them, until now, have been related to anonymous notes of extreme dissatisfaction with something we wrote. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_052120027.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_052120027.html Not long ago we sent an e-mail off to a friend who is wintering in a location far to our south. In the e-mail we wrote: ``The winter doldrums have officially descended. We are sick of the snow, not that we have a lot. We are sick of the cold, which we certainly do have.’’ In response we were told to get ``...more exercise. It releases happy stuff into your system...’’ This was followed by a suggestion to ``Keep up the exercise. The happy stuff increases the more you do. Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:34:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_043113521.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_043113521.html We have learned as we have traveled the road of life, that there are many, many things which we simply cannot explain. Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_030125422.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_030125422.html We are most pleased to announce the arrival of Abigail Gilpin Ellsworth, a.k.a. Boo. Abby arrived on Monday, Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:13 p.m., weighing in at six pounds, seven ounces and measuring 19.25 inches in length. On hand for her arrival were her mother Annie, something which no doubt goes without saying, her father, Christopher, and her maternal grandmother, Judy Higby. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_026133120.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_026133120.html The Ellsworth family has paid school taxes on the property at 105 Pioneer Street in Cooperstown for just shy of one hundred years. And while we rather doubt that is a record for the longest run by a single family, we feel it is not an insubstantial record. Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:44:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_008084459.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_008084459.html The Christmas of 2009 will go down as the first Christmas since 1971 that we have not celebrated the holiday in Cooperstown. Instead we found ourselves with the Christopher and Annie in Mount Vernon, Ohio. We were, of course, dubious that Christmas could actually be celebrated anywhere but Cooperstown. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:14:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_001124044.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_001124044.html At the end of each year we tend to become somewhat reflective about the previous twelve months, making note of those events which we hope to see repeated in the year ahead. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:27:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_357092328.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_357092328.html ...with apologies to "O Little Town of Bethlehem’’ Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:45:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_351124648.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_351124648.html We note that this Sunday, Dec. 20 will be the last opportunity to partake of the Alternative Market held at the Presbyterian Church from noon until 1 p.m. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_344085339.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_344085339.html The next meeting of the Literary Discussion Group, sponsored by the Women’s Club of Cooperstown, will be held on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 2:30 p.m. in the Village of Cooperstown Library. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:24:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_338152413.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_338152413.html Every so often we make what could undoubtedly be considered to be a tactical error. Our most recent example of this would be to view the DVD ``Food, Inc.’’ the day before Thanksgiving. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_329095103.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_329095103.html We were delighted, in view of our thinking of last week, to learn that the Cooperstown Central School is asking for input from all residents of the district in developing a profile of attributes and qualities, which would be deemed desirable for the next superintendent of schools. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_323094450.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_323094450.html When we received our Cooperstown Central School Newsletter last week, we sat right down to see if our conversation with the School Board’s Public Relations Committee bore fruit. We had attended a meeting back in October of the Public Relations Committee as we felt quite strongly that the school needs to do a better job communicating with all the residents of the school district. Too often, we felt, members of the public attending various school board meetings had asked relevant questions which were, as far as we could tell, never answered. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:02:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_316090256.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_316090256.html We must admit that we always enjoy a good play on words. And quite unexpectedly this past weekend we were on the receiving end of such word play. While perambulating about the neighborhood, with the assistance of the Red Rocket, we encountered a gentleman who looked at us and said something to the effect that having read in the column that we had dropped a foot, he quite expected us to be shorter. It made our day. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_309082703.html http://www.coopercrier.com/otsegohills/local_story_309082703.html Unfortunately, we find ourselves having to report that for the time being we are unable, due to a drop foot, to pilot our car about the village or anywhere else for that matter. To say that we find this revolting development to be downright annoying is an understatement.