Cooperstown News

This column marks the end of an era. It is no longer written, as it has been for over twenty-five years, by``The Ellsworths.'' Starting in 1984 this column, which started as ``Where Nature Smiles,'' was penned by ``The Ellsworths,'' the he-we and the she-we who famously noted, when asked, that they each wrote every other word.

There's no easy way to get to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. Nestled more than four hours away from New York City and Boston -- and more than 20 miles off of Interstate 88 in the rolling hills of central New York -- it's a 16-hour drive from St.

By JIM AUSTIN Cooperstown Crier Police Chief Diana Nicols wants the mayor and Board of Trustees to reinstate money that was cut from her budget request so that she will be able to provide 24- hour police coverage in the village all year long.

It is a bit strange: The holiday to celebrate the independence and birth of our 233-year-old government has evolved into a celebration of things that bind us together beyond government.

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Cooperstown knows how to do holidays. Other towns may attempt quaint and heart-warming holidays, but Cooperstown just happens to have both the small size and the community resources to outshine even a Hollywood rendition.

By MICHELLE MILLER Staff Writer Cooperstown Central School second grader Emma Johnson will soon be a published writer.

Good news for the Central Valley Braves 12-year-old little league team. They won the championship of the Cooperstown Village All-Star World Series in New York tonight, beating Long Beach, 9-7. They are not finished, and will play in another World Series later this month in San Diego.

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Huey Lewis and the News performed at the Brewery Omegang Wednesday Night for the annual Hospice Celebrity Party for the Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care.

It is, without a doubt, nearing the best time of year. Sure, kids are out of school, but that is not what is important.

This summer, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., is marking its 70th anniversary with, among other highlights, Viva Baseball , its first permanent exhibit on Latin American baseball.

Two teenaged inmates in Otsego County jail were charged June 22 after a fight with two incarcerated teens, including one who was taken to a hospital, Otsego County deputies said in a media release.

Staff Report Cooperstown High School students are not waiting on the world to change.

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By Shirley O'Shea Contributing Writer "You and only you are the composer of your own life.

Back row: pictured left to right, Beth Lesko, Laura Harmon and Mary Harmon. Front: Margaret Harmon and Sophia Lesko.

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The New York State Bar Association has given its endorsement to same-sex marriage.

By MICHELLE MILLER Staff Writer FLY CREEK - The town of Otsego planning board approved Edward Walker's three-lot subdivision proposal on Otsego Lake at a special meeting Monday night.