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COOPERSTOWN — About 40 people attended the dedication for the Say Their Names Memorial-Cooperstown on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Former Laurens Central School District Superintendent Romona Wenck was unanimously appointed to serve as interim superintendent of the Cooperstown Central School District.

Otsego Lake has a new invasive species, quagga mussels, according to a Facebook post by the Otsego Lake Association.

 An off-duty Otsego County deputy who accidentally discharged his gun in an Oneida County restaurant Saturday, wounding two bystanders, has been put on administrative leave pending further investigation of the incident, according to Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr.

ALBANY —The state relaxed its restrictions on visits to residents of nursing homes Tuesday after getting strong pressure to do so from advocates for families and patients.

A tie in the Cooperstown Board of Trustees race on Tuesday, Sept. 15, will bring voters back to the polls later this month.

 Otsego County’s dedicated glass recycling program has expanded to the Southern Transfer Station in Oneonta.

COOPERSTOWN — The village of Cooperstown held its first Police-Community Advisory Board meeting Wednesday, Sept. 9, in the Ballroom at 22 Main St.

The Otsego County Board of Representatives met for its first 2021 budget session Thursday, Sept. 10, but the questions outpaced the answers.

 Otsego County has been taking steps to make sure its large senior citizen population is not isolated or suffering from mental health issues during the coronavirus pandemic.

ALBANY — Police executives across New York are initiating the process of finding ways to forge better relationships with the communities their departments patrol, with guidance from a 135-page state manual promoting a “reinvention” of policies.

Those who have noticed the web-like insect nests popping up in local tree branches may think it is the wrong season for tent caterpillars.

COOPERSTOWN — The 2020 Clark Foundation Cooperstown Beautification Contest winners were announced recently by Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark.

The Otsego County Energy Task Force met with business members in a webinar Tuesday, Sept. 8, designed to restart momentum amid the coronavirus pandemic and alert business owners about the group’s energy needs survey. 

COOPERSTOWN — State Sen. James Seward awarded Oneonta physician assistant Mallory Delaney the 51st district’s Women of Distinction Award for 2020 during a ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Bassett Hospital. 

 The day before state officials ordered her campus closed for the semester, SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris met with the Otsego County Board of Representatives via teleconference on Wednesday, Sept. 2, for the board’s monthly meeting.

This week marked the beginning of a school year unlike any other.

The Art Garage outside of Cooperstown will present a new version of its annual ‘Taj Garage’ with a Labor Day trunk show.

Fenimore Art Museum will open an exhibit just in time for election season, “Pete Souza: Two Presidents, One Photographer,” opening Saturday, Sept. 5. The exhibit will be on view through Dec. 31.

Cooperstown Central School District Superintendent Bill Crankshaw said he wasn’t looking to leave the district, but the opportunity to return to his alma mater was one he couldn’t resist.

COOPERSTOWN — Oneonta resident Alexander Borggreen, one of six suspects charged in the 2019 shooting death of Kenneth Robinson, appeared in Otsego County Court on Monday, Aug. 31, waving his right to a Huntley Hearing.

ALBANY (AP) — The owner of the stretched limousine that crashed and killed 20 people in upstate New York repeatedly changed the listed number of seats in the vehicle and took other steps to avoid safety regulations, according to documents released Wednesday by federal investigators.

A Sharon Springs native has set an unofficial U.S. Navy record for most consecutive days at sea.

The coronavirus pandemic slowed the beginning of the Habitat for Humanity building season, but officials in the Otsego County chapter said they have adapted to the delay and to new safety rules as well.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a ruling the week of Aug. 16-22 saying gyms can reopen beginning Monday, Aug. 24, but several area gyms said they will wait on official certification or more direction before reopening.

ALBANY — Requiring hospitals and nursing homes across New York to adhere to minimum caregiver staffing levels would add billions of dollars in new costs to the health care network while depriving employers of “flexibility,” according to a study released by the state Department of Health.

Otsego County’s jail is dangerously understaffed, Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. told county officials during an Administration Committee meeting Thursday, Aug. 20.

Oneonta resident Nicolas Meridy, one of six suspects charged in connection with the October shooting death of a Worcester man and attempted cover-up, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday, Aug. 24, in Otsego County Court.

Sometimes the journey in getting to the destination can be far more eventful than the actual arrival.

There couldn’t have been a much better birthday wish come true for an Oneonta woman in August 1945.