The Freeman's Journal 01-22-26

Cooperstown Elementary School Launches ‘Walnut St. Journal’ Student Newspaper

By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL COOPERSTOWN

The Freeman’s Journal” has some new competition in Cooperstown: about a dozen elementary schoolers.

Launched this school year, the “Walnut St. Journal” is the publication of the Cooperstown schools’ newspaper club, located, of course, on Walnut Street. The paper is staffed by 4th- through 6th-graders under the guidance of junior-senior high school English teacher Margaret

Co. Officials Consider Building New Jail, Public Safety Complex

By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL

COUNTY

OTSEGO

County officials are negotiating a contract with SMRT Architects & Engineers to develop designs for a new county jail and public safety complex. The move comes after years of advocacy by local corrections leaders and officers to replace the old jail, built in 1991 and with a design no longer endorsed by state corrections officials.

Graham Vickers of SMRT gave a presentation detailing issues with the current jail and considerations for what a new one would need to members of the County Board of Representatives’ Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee on January 15. He provided a ballpark estimate of $100 million to complete the overall project.

“Your county is not unlike almost all the counties we work with,” Vickers responded to a board member’s question about the steep price tag. “A jail

facility is going to be your most expensive project until you build another jail.”

The county’s 2026 adopted budget is $153.5 million.

The case for a new jail has included that the old one is built with an outdated design that is less rehabilitative for incarcerated individuals and under new state rules requires heavier staffing, it is falling into disrepair, and does not have enough space for the jail population.

Board members discussed the presentation and what to do next during executive session. Representative Daniel Wilber (R-Burlington, Edmeston, Exeter, Plainfield), the committee chair, told AllOtsego that the county is negotiating contract terms.

“There’s going to be a discussion on that, and a negotiation between the county attorney and the firm,” SMRT, Wilber said. He said this is “phase one” to create “an evaluation of where we

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Leatherstocking Quilts Stitches Together a Creative Community

By BRIANNA FERGUSON SUNY Institute for Local News ONEONTA

As shopping increasingly moves online, one local store is banking on in-person shopping as a way to build community.

Jeanne Turner, owner of Leatherstocking Quilts in downtown Oneonta, sees her store not just as a place to buy fabric and quilting tools, but as a community.

“I think of quilting as a very communal hobby,” said Turner. “My goal was to provide high quality quilting fabrics, but also a place where people were happy to come in.”

At Leatherstocking Quilts, located at 155 Main

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Richtsmeier and fellow mom and community volunteer Maggie Dowd, who say the name emerged independently from Dowd and the students before being voted atop the masthead.

The first issue of the paper, published in December and sent home with students schoolwide, covers everything from the impact of Hurricane Melissa on local community members to a music review for “Debut” by the Los Angeles based girl group Katseye. The “Bounce it by Bella” advice column by the eponymous Bella

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Coop Boys Stay Undefeated in Local Battle COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown boys basketball preserved its undefeated season and handed Oneonta its first loss with a 66-55 non-conference victory on Saturday, January 17. Miles Nelen once again led the team in scoring with 20 points. Jackson Crisman recorded a double double with 19 points and 16 rebounds. Brody Murdock scored 18 points, all with three-point baskets. Christian Lawson added seven points and six assists. The Hawkeyes rose to 13-0 for the season and 5-0 in their division. They will host Utica Academy of Science after press time on Wednesday, January 21. Look for more photos from this game by Joe Harmer on AllOtsego.com.

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Cembrinski tackles the issue of a “jilted” letterwriter whose friend has begun spending a lot of time with someone else. Original photography ties the four-page issue together.

Richtsmeier and Dowd, both of whom have their own child in the club, told AllOtsego the experience offers a valuable opportunity for students to explore their interests and learn at the same time.

“They’re very recep-

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Street, Turner offers private sewing and quilting lessons. She also offers “upsewing” lessons, where participants transform old clothing or bags into something new; a Block of the Month Series, where quilters make a quilt block-by-block over the course of a year; and free children’s classes on Saturday mornings and during school vacations.

The classes are a big draw, said customer Allie Tabor.

“Being able to go to a class and have someone, and other people attending the class, that know a ton about the craft itself…I think that’s a really special thing, not only for Oneonta, but just in general,” Tabor said.

tive to strengthening their work,” Richtsmeier said. “They’ve really blown me away with their maturity and focus.”

“It’s been, I think, way more fulfilling than either of us could have expected,” she added.

School leaders love it, and the first issue made the superintendent spotlight at a recent school board meeting.

The young reporters, who had to opt in, run the gamut of reasons to be there: Eli Smith likes to take photos (and his mom said he could use her camera if he did it); Tommy Richtsmeier

thought the school needed a newspaper; Emma Clements wanted to write more. In less diplomatic, journalistically rebellious parlance, a couple said their parents strongly advised them to do it.

But again and again, students gave voice to the same feeling which has long drawn people to make and consume news: the ability to see oneself and their community represented for others, too, to see.

“I wanted to be able to see my work in an actual newspaper,” Elizabeth Yeske told AllOtsego while taking a break

from her timely research into Harriet Tubman for a Black History Month story. “I feel like I wanted to put something in the newspaper to be able to tell people about what’s happening.”

Gathering in the library after school on Friday, January 16, students grilled an AllOtsego reporter on whether he receives any negative feedback (“Oh yes! This week!”) and other tricks of the trade before moving over to the white board to plan out the next issue. They craft stories for their audience, spanning from the kindergartners whose

reading level needs to be kept in mind to the parents who may be looking for something a bit meatier.

In an age where many students are prone to apathy and disengagement, the sprightly sleuths and their advisors had to push back a story or two because there might be too much content.

“Maybe the next issue,” Dowd replies to one idea, amidst a small sea of raised hands.

The kids are no strangers to the tight deadlines of a modern newsroom– Parker Moore has swimming in five

There are plenty of how-to videos online, she said, “but nothing beats actual personal instruction and having

minutes. So she steps out of the editorial meeting early to get some more words on the page. When the rest break out into groups, some develop questions for the star varsity basketball player while others prep for the pizzeria owner interview. A few more edit the stories they already have in front of them as parents and older siblings trickle in to pick them up for the weekend off.

The team hopes to push out four more issues before the end of the school year, though some want to be even more ambitious.

develop its website and online store.

“It’s really interesting to learn about how a retail business is run,” said Yanoti. “I’m learning a lot about the use of textile products and what consumers are looking for, which will assist my future career in textile design.”

Turner’s mother, Mary Lou Moulton, also works at Leatherstocking Quilts.

One of the best parts of being in the store, she said, is working with her daughter and “seeing her enjoy her lifelong goal. Seeing her connect with the customers. Seeing her get to teach another generation.”

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Breaking Down the Sheriff’s Office 287(g) Agreement with ICE

By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL

COOPERSTOWN

This past fall, the Otsego County Sheriff’s Office entered into a 287(g) Warrant Service Officer agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. AllOtsego has obtained the document from ICE’s public website and published it with the online version of this article for review.

The Warrant Service Officer model “allows ICE to train, certify and authorize state and local law enforcement officers to serve and execute administrative warrants on aliens in their agency’s jail,” according to ICE’s website. The WSO is the least expansive option available for law enforcement agencies to partner with ICE for immigration enforcement, only allowing immigration enforcement actions against individuals already in criminal custody. Generally, the agreements allow LEAs to continue to hold individuals with immigration warrants for up to 48 hours after the conclusion of their criminal custody to facilitate transfer to ICE custody.

Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin’s (R) signature on the 287(g) Memorandum of Agreement is listed as September 26, 2025 and then-ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan’s on October 17. The MOA allows the Sheriff’s Office to execute warrants of arrest for immigration violations on individuals in the county jail, serve warrants of removal on individuals in the county jail, and detain and transport “any aliens arrested pursuant to the immigration laws, to ICE-approved detention facilities.”

“This program does not involve deputy sheriffs, nor does it grant them authority to enforce immigration laws in the community, on the streets, or at places of employment under this model,” Devlin wrote in an e-mail to county board members and other senior county officials, obtained by AllOtsego.

Devlin told AllOtsego he designated five jail supervisors who have been trained and “that work various shifts for 24-7 coverage” to enforce the WSO agreement. The MOA does not designate a specific number of personnel to be trained and includes the option for more.

Devlin confirmed on January 20 that no one in Sheriff’s Office custody has been subject to the

DA Muehl Retires,

By ERIC SANTOMAUROSTENZEL

COOPERSTOWN

Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl, a Republican, retired on December 31, 2025 before the end of his term. Next in line was Chief Assistant DA Christopher Di Donna, who has since been serving as acting DA and will continue to be until December 31, 2026. Di Donna told AllOtsego he plans to run for the county’s top prosecutor job as a Republican in this year’s elections.

“John was DA for 22 years here,” Di Donna said. “He had a fair but firm approach to criminal justice in this county. I’m going to continue to do that.”

Di Donna, 38, said he was born on Long Island but raised in Otsego County. A graduate of Schenevus Central School and Hartwick College, he earned his law degree from Pace University. After working for local law firms and the Court of Appeals for several years, he returned to Otsego County to work in Muehl’s office in 2019.

“I’ve known John since I was a little kid. He’s been like a role model to me,” Di Donna said. Di Donna, a former member of the Town of Maryland Town Board,

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“This program does not involve deputy sheriffs, nor does it grant them authority to enforce immigration laws in the community, on the streets, or at places of employment under this model,” Devlin wrote in an email to county board members and other senior county officials, obtained by AllOtsego.

agreement’s terms. It is not clear as of press time how many non-citizens pass through the Sheriff’s Office’s custody per year.

Asked whether he felt signing the agreement reduced the chances of a large ICE operation of the kinds seen in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, or Chicago, or whether he had received assurances as much from the agency, Devlin said “In-custody arrests occur within a secure, private, and controlled environment, which significantly reduces risk to the public.”

When acting as an immigration officer, the MOA says, personnel “will be supervised and directed by ICE” and their actions “will be reviewed by ICE officers on an ongoing basis” to ensure compliance with immigration laws and procedures, and to assess performance. The agreement also requires the Sheriff’s Office to “provide access to appropriate databases, personnel, and documents necessary” to “Federal personnel conducting reviews to ensure compliance with the terms of this MOA.”

The agreement says the Sheriff’s Office “is responsible for personnel expenses, including, but not limited to, salaries and benefits, local transportation, and official issue material.” As of press time, no outside funding for the program has been announced. Costs could include the extra boarding time, staff hours used for training and transportation.

Asked about costs of the agreement now or in the

future, Devlin replied “$0.” Asked to clarify, he said “Everything is currently in place at no cost.” He also said all budget lines will remain the same.

That means it could be difficult to track what portion of overall corrections funds are utilized for 287(g)-related purposes.

In the e-mail to county officials, Devlin said training consists of an “eight-hour course conducted online at the officer’s own pace” to be “completed while on duty, consistent with how all training within this office is conducted.” Devlin added that, “If we were to transport the detainee to an ICE facility or to another county approved to house ICE detainees, it would constitute one of the 800–900 transports we conduct annually across the state.”

The liability section of the document says that the Sheriff’s Office “will be responsible and bear the costs of participating LEA personnel with regard to their property or personal expenses incurred by reason of death, injury, or incidents giving rise to liability.” Participating personnel will be treated as federal employees only for the purposes of the Federal Tort Claims Act and worker’s compensation claims.

Sheriff’s Office personnel “will enjoy the same defenses and immunities from personal liability for their in-scope acts that are available to ICE officers based on actions conducted in compliance with this MOA.” If named as personal defendants, the personnel can also seek defense by the U.S. Department of Justice. The agreement also requires posters be put up in the jail outlining a complaint process for detained individuals.

The MOA requires the Sheriff’s Office to coordinate with ICE on releasing information about the agreement to the public. While the Sheriff’s Office can “communicate the substance of this agreement” to groups expressing interest at their discretion, including sharing the text of the document, the Sheriff’s Office “agrees to coordinate with ICE prior to releasing any information relating to, or exchanged under” the MOA.

With limited exceptions like state records laws and ICE approval, “information obtained or developed as a result of this MOA” is “under the control of ICE and shall not be disclosed.”

Di Donna Now Acting DA and Running for Job

said he is currently working to institute pretrial services to ensure individuals do not miss their court date and are informed of the process. He also said he wants to expand technology

implementation in the office.

“I like to streamline things, make sure things are running efficiently,” Di Donna said.

Office attorneys include a chief ADA, now Bradley J. Moses, two full-time ADAs, and two part-time ADAs. Di Donna said last year the team tried 11 cases, “which, for a small office like ours, is unusual.”

“It just shows that the staff here is dedicated: if we have to take a case to trial, we will take a case to trial, and we’re going to continue to do that,” Di Donna said.

Muehl could not be reached for comment

regular meetings for 2026 on the second Monday of each month at 9:00AM. However, when the date fixed for the regular meeting of the Board of Directors falls on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be re-scheduled and re-published. The meetings will be held at the Meadows Complex, Classroom A, at 140 Co Hwy 33W in Cooperstown NY. This notice is given pursuant to NYS Open Meetings Law §104. Dated January 14, 2026 Robin Moshier, District Secretary for Otsego County Soil and Water Conservation District, 967 Co Hwy 33 Cooperstown NY

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Representatives of his intention to retire at the end of the 2025 year, and continues to advise the office in a volunteer capacity.

Perspectives

Unfinished

Business: Dr. King’s Legacy Lives On

On Monday, January 19—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown held a gathering in remembrance of the life and legacy of the revered civil rights leader. Among the speakers honoring Dr. King was Enoch Bright Ampong, a museum studies student in the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Ampong, a Ghanaian museum guide and historian, arrived in Otsego County almost one year to the day. We thank Judy Steiner for knocking on our door on Monday evening deadline to share this with us, and we thank Enoch for allowing us to share his thoughts with our readers.

“What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.”—Aristotle

Meaning: A legacy is not inherited through words but completed through action and practice.

Today, we pause not only to honor a historic figure but to engage with a legacy that speaks directly to our mission as humanity. A godly mission given to us by our father, son and brother, Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King did not only believe that injustice anywhere was a threat to justice everywhere. As a man of God, he understood the ways of God and believed that our racial differences glorified the Lord’s work and made us complete. Love, not a weapon of disunity, was his remedy to social injustice.

Dr. King stated, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” It should tell everyone, both the old and the young, that sometimes fighting back is not the way to victory, but fighting right is the path to harmony. I would like to quote the Bible. Genesis 37:5 reads that one time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about the dream, he was despised.

He said, “Listen to the dream I had.

“We were all in the field binding sheaves of wheat when my sheaf suddenly stood upright and rose high. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it.”

Joseph’s brothers felt that Joseph wanted to be greater than them and their jealousy resulted in hatred. They could not find unity.

ICE Must Be Held Accountable

Congress, having appropriated $75 billion of our tax dollars to ICE (more than the entire military budgets of most countries) is now considering further funding in the budget, due January 30.

How is this money being spent? No-bid contracts to for-profit, sub-standard jails with no regulation.

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What I want to convey is that Dr. King envisioned every American, regardless of race, as equal. He recognized that even though we are plagued by injustices and social inequality, we do not belong in the field of wheat where inequality rules, but in a great country built equally by all Americans. He shared his dream not to elevate one race above another, but to encourage all Americans and humanity to see themselves as equally standing tall like Joseph’s sheaves. To Dr. King, we are a robe of many colors, but our differences should not send us into the pit of hatred; they should be our banner of unity.

Dr. King was a person who was against individualism. He was a man of all, from all, and for all. As a proponent of the common belief that “united we stand and divided we fall,” Dr. King taught us that we should not hesitate to show love to the homeless on the streets, regardless of their race. Dr. King was not just for Afro-America or all of America, but for the entire universe.

As a Ghanaian student in this magnificent nation, I stand here as a symbol of a 20th-century generation that fought for freedom from British colonialism. The Gold Coast, which became Ghana in 1957 after our independence, has its banner embedded in our coat of arms as freedom and justice. Today in Ghana and Africa at large, many millions of us know little about the enormous impact of Dr. King’s gospel of freedom and justice. This gospel not only changed the hearts of all Americans but also quickened some of the greatest sons of Africa and gave birth to great nations of Africa like Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the founding father of Ghana, who had arrived in America as a student with just $50.00 in his pocket, was awakened by his influence. Today, history recognizes Dr. Nkrumah as one of the founding fathers of Pan-Africanism.

As a man made and crafted by God, Dr. King had his worries and concerns to attend to. One such concern was his family. Let us not only contemplate what he did for the world. If Dr. King had dwelled among us today, I believe he would have done one thing. We all sometimes use the analogy of wanting people to sympathize with us or understand our experiences—to walk in our shoes. I do not know if Dr. King ever allowed anyone to experience life

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as he did.

Now I believe we are all reminiscing about the last time we asked a brother, sister or friend to put themselves in our shoes to understand what we are experiencing. I plead with you all to travel with me to my beautiful country, Ghana, in this very moment. There is a Ghanaian proverb I would want to share. It goes like this, “3KOTO DE WONYANKO NABODWE REHYEW A SAW NSO SI WODZE HO.” This saying means, “When you happen to come across a friend with a burning or flaming chin, do nothing but set a bucket of water beneath yours.”

I recall occasions when my mother would serve our meals in individual bowls and deliver the food to us by gliding it on the ground. I sometimes miss these moments. One of my sisters consistently expressed her dissatisfaction, questioning why she always received the head portion of the fish, and my mother would make the chin on flames proverb to tell her to focus on what she has or mind her own business.

But today, we have all gathered here to remind ourselves of the responsibility and a duty to hold high esteem. A task which was begun by a man who refused to set a bucket of water for his own chin but helped quench a brother’s burning chin through his gospel of freedom, justice and social equality as we celebrate his enduring legacy.

Let us not see this day as a day that swings by annually but as a day to continue the journey of justice in fighting against global injustice, no matter how high the mountain. Dr. King believed that sympathy and unity in the absence of hatred and violence would make America and the entire world a place where just a smile can heal the wounded, just an alms giving satisfies the hungry, and just a brotherly hug feels like home to the homeless.

“Man is condemned to be free.”—Jean-Paul Sartre

Meaning: We cannot escape responsibility for how we complete the legacy we inherit.

Therefore, this is an unfinished business and we today, irrespective of age and gender, have a crucifix to carry.

Long live Dr. King.

two deaths last year.

Deport “the worst of the worst”? Of course. But that has not been their mission. The vast majority of those arrested have no criminal convictions and many are here legally, rounded up on the spot. Children avoid school and parents avoid going to work as their neighborhoods are terrorized.

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Democracy Isn’t Just for Adults

On Veterans’ Day, middle schoolers from 39 states competed to be crowned the next champion of the National Civics Bee.

I was fortunate enough to emerge as the champion of 2024’s inaugural edition of the Civics Bee. As I walked off the stage then, it hit me that I, an eighth-grader from Alaska, had just shown the country that young people can and should shape our democracy.

My journey into civics started with something deeply personal. I was born with a congenital condition that requires costly dental procedures. Too often, insurance companies refuse to cover them.

Instead of just accepting that reality, my family and I began working to pass the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act in Congress. I told my story to lawmakers, explained why the bill mattered and asked them to act. Now, the bill has bipartisan sponsors in the House and Senate.

Civics isn’t just about textbooks or history tests. And it’s not something we have to wait until we’re adults to do.

The National Civics Bee brought together students from across the country to test our belief in our own power to make a difference. The chance to win a $100,000.00 scholarship called the Bill Daniels National Civics Award was certainly a draw, too.

During the competition, I loved seeing young people care about how our government truly works.

Sometimes, my classmates ask, “Why should we learn civics if we can’t even vote

yet?” My answer is simple. Civics is the toolkit for shaping our communities and our country.

Anyone can learn the basics: how a bill becomes law, or what local municipal bodies or school boards have the power to do in their communities. Anyone can speak up by writing to their lawmakers or sharing their ideas with elected officials. Anyone can get involved by helping at polling places on Election Day or volunteering in their community. Anyone can inspire others to become civically active and help friends, family, and other community members understand why self-government matters.

Civics is the tool that lets us build the future we want.

Too many students never get a front-row seat to our democracy in action. Civics education often gets squeezed, buried between test prep and other subjects. The National Civics Bee was launched by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Daniels Fund to change that.

Adults have an important role to play. They can make civics a real priority in classrooms, support programs like the Civics Bee and listen when young people speak up.

For me, the Civics Bee is just the beginning. I’ll keep working to pass the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act and encouraging my peers to step into civic life now, not later.

Democracy isn’t a spectator sport. Young people don’t have to wait until adulthood to

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210 YEARS AGO

Gas Light—We learn by the late English papers, that Covent Garden Theatre, and a number of London streets, are now illuminated by Gas Lights. They are represented as being infinitely less noxious and lastly more economical that the common lamplight by oil. The gas burner is equal to 20 common street lamps, and the saving expense is considerable. A shop may be lighted by gas, for only 2d per night – the largest room, and even a street, proportionately cheap.

January 25, 1816

85 YEARS AGO

With his hand resting upon an old Dutch family Bible, his eyes squinting into the bright noon-day sun, Franklin D. Roosevelt slowly and thoughtfully repeated the Presidential oath of office for the third time Monday and asserted that the task of the times was to “save the nation and its institutions from disruption from without.”

“Democracy is not dying,” he said with impressive solemnity, his head nodding emphatically to the rhythm of his clipped and spaced words. “We know it cannot die. We know it because we look below the surface, we sense it still spreading on every continent, for it is the most humane, the most advanced, and in the end the most unconquerable of all forms of human society.”

January 22, 1941

60 YEARS AGO

How safe is fluoridation? The people who live in such widely separated communities as Texarkana, Arkansas, Jacksonville, Florida and Aurora, Illinois, enjoy a standard of health generally on a par with Americans everywhere. But, they have one advantage. They have better teeth. The reason is that nature had fortuitously provided a desirable amount of fluorides in the drinking water. In the hundreds of communities where the phenomenon has occurred, residents have been studied for any signs that fluoridation might be harmful. The evidence attesting to the safety of the procedure is overwhelming.

January 19, 1966

35 YEARS AGO

You might say that Dr. Karen McShane, an obstetrician at Bassett Hospital, got a dose of her own medicine for the New Year. She and her husband, David Kent, had their first child, Brian, on January 1. Brian, who was born at 4:45 p.m. was the first baby born at Bassett in 1991. To welcome Bassett’s first New Year’s baby, seven local businesses and organizations had prepared a gift package, which Dr. McShane and her husband graciously accepted this week. According to Dr. McShane Brian’s arrival was “a remarkable miracle, completely unlike any previous experience. Caring for someone through labor and delivery is always very exciting and rewarding, but you really can’t compare other women’s birthing experiences to your own baby’s birth,” she said. “However, it gives me a whole new dimension to understanding what a woman is going through.”

January 23, 1991

20 YEARS AGO

Milford resident Kyle Liner, an eighth-grader at Cooperstown Central School, has been chosen to represent the United States of America and Milford as a member of an elite baseball squad venturing to Puerto Rico. As a member of Coast to Coast Baseball, Liner will spend a week playing against some of the best youth baseball teams Puerto Rico has to offer. “Traveling to Puerto Rico to play ball sounds like a great opportunity. Puerto Rico takes baseball very seriously. I can’t wait to check out the level of competition,” Liner said. Selected as a catcher, Liner is a hard-throwing right hander who swings a heavy bat from the left side of the plate. During the summer of 2004, he was selected as the recipient of the Laverne “Beanie” Ainslie Award.

January 20, 2006

news from the noteworthy

OLT, USC Protect Private Land in Fly Creek

Otsego Land Trust, with support from the Upper Susquehanna Coalition, has completed a conservation easement with local landowner Adrian Kuzminski to protect farmland, forest and wetlands in Fly Creek. The new agreement adds 120 acres to the amount of land already protected within the Fly Creek watershed.

The Kuzminski property in the Town of Otsego contributes to a growing network of conserved lands that preserve the region’s rural character, environmental resilience and scenic landscape. Adrian Kuzminski and his late wife, Antoinette, have been champions of environmental protection and thoughtful land use locally.

“Our goal was to lock in the agricultural potential of our property for the long run,” Kuzminski said. “We also wanted to preserve the rural nature and natural habitats of our region—values clearly expressed in our town’s Comprehensive Plan.”

The conservation easement on private land ensures that the land will not be subdivided or developed in a way that would compromise the environmental health and integrity.

“This project is a model for how private land conservation can safeguard public investment in ecological restoration,” said May Leinhart, director of land protection at Otsego Land Trust. “Restored wetlands will slow stormwater, filter runoff, provide habitat, and sequester carbon— benefiting nearby communities and farms for generations. The conservation easement ensures these valuable ecosystem services remain protected even as ownership changes.”

By MERL REAGLE

The Upper Susquehanna Coalition selected the site for partnership because of its strong restora-

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COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown Art Association’s biennial Spring Cleaning Art Bazaar will return to the galleries during regular hours from March 7-28. Community members are invited to donate gently used fine art and craft pieces and good-condition art supplies and materials during the delivery period, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 23-27. For more information or to determine if a specific piece meets donation criteria, contact (607) 547-9777 or gallery@cooperstownart.com as soon as possible.

$200K Available for Markets

ALBANY—New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets Richard A. Ball announced that an additional $200,000.00 is available through Part 2 of the fourth round of the Farmers’ Market Resiliency Grant Program. Grant funding is intended to enhance local food system resiliency by improving market infrastructure, increasing promotional efforts and adding delivery capacity. The second round is geared toward smaller markets or those requiring lower levels of financial assistance. Applications are due at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18. For more information or to apply, visit agriculture.ny.gov/ rfa-0381-farmers-market-resiliency-grant-programfarmers-market-grant-program-round-4.

Red Cross Needs Blood Donors

OTSEGO COUNTY—The American Red Cross announced that it is facing a severe blood shortage, leading to a 35 percent drop in reserves over the last month. The life-threatening deficit is particularly severe for platelets and types O, A negative and B negative blood. Members of the public are strongly urged to consider giving blood and may register by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-7332767. Walk-ins are welcome. Upcoming blood drives in the region include: 1-6 p.m. on January 26 at 22 Union Street in Sidney; 1-5:30 p.m. on January 28 at 53837 State Highway 30 in Roxbury;

10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on January 29 and 30 at 454 Delhi Drive on the SUNY Delhi campus; 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on January 30 at 270 BOCES Drive in Sidney Center; 1-5:30 p.m. on February 2 at 40 Lake Street in Stamford; and 1-6 p.m. on February 2 at 111 Main Street in Worcester. A full list of donation opportunities is available on the website.

Ice Harvest Set for Jan. 31st

EAST MEREDITH—Hanford Mills Museum will hold its annual Ice Harvest day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 31. Visitors can watch the traditional practice of harvesting ice from before the days of artificial refrigeration. Admission will be by donation for the day. For more information or weather updates, visit hanfordmills.org or view the museum’s Facebook or Instagram page.

Hall of Fame To Open New Store

COOPERSTOWN—The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s new Museum Store, the hall’s largest footprint expansion in more than two decades, will debut in May. Constructed in the old Cooperstown General Store, the new space will feature a front-facing entrance on Main Street in addition to access through the museum. The store will resemble a baseball diamond in layout and significantly broaden the hall’s offerings of women’s apparel, youth apparel, and collectibles. The former store will be converted into additional museum space in a renovation expected to finish next year.

DiPerna To Give Climate Talk

COOPERSTOWN—Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown will hold their next Sunday Speaker program at 3 p.m. on Sunday, January 25 in the Upstairs Ballroom of the Village Hall, 22 Main Street. Renowned climate policy advisor and author Paula DiPerna will give a talk entitled “What in the World? Climate change reality and where we go from here,” offering a panoramic view of state, federal and international climate policy. The presentation is free and open to the public.

HoF Announces ‘Rules’ Exhibit

COOPERSTOWN—Beginning on Memorial Day Weekend, visitors to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum can take a first-hand look at key historic documents from an early stage in the game’s evolution. The museum will exhibit drafts of rules handwritten by members of the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club in 1857 following a convention called to standardize the emerging national pastime. On loan from collector Hayden Trubitt, the drafts will be displayed in a special document case that will be formally unveiled on Friday, May 22.

Gatehouse Events Scheduled

MORRIS—The Gatehouse Coffee Shop and Mercantile announced New Year events that invite the community to slow down and practice mindfulness. Alyssa Hardy will lead several sessions

of a Gong Fu Cha tea ceremony, a traditional Chinese tea ritual intended to foster mindfulness and conscious savoring, on Saturday, January 24. One-hour sessions for one to three guests each will run every hour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration is $30.00 per person and spaces are limited. Mary Cordelia Myers will lead a workshop on mindfulness, neuroscience and stress relief from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, January 31. For more information or to register, visit thegatehouseny.com/events.

Scanlon Named to Dean’s List

WESTMINSTER, MD—Josie Scanlon of Oneonta was named to the McDaniel College fall 2025 Dean’s List with High Honors. To be eligible, students must maintain a GPA between 3.7 and 3.89.

Gas Prices Down Once Again

UTICA—The average price of gas in New York State declined two cents to $2.97 per gallon over the week ending Monday, January 19, AAA Northeast announced. Gas demand and production generally decline in winter, but domestic refinery output remains at near-summer levels, leading to a major uptick in inventories. The supply increase outweighed a slight growth in demand to put downward pressure on final consumer prices. New York’s price is 10 cents lower than last month and 19 below this time last year, but remains 15 cents above the national average. To view the full report, visit gasprices.aaa.com.

Clarkson U Names Scholars

POTSDAM—Clarkson University released its Fall 2025 semester list of Presidential Scholars, students who maintained a grade point average of at least 3.8 in at least 14 credit-hours of course work. Local students so honored include Grant Beverland of Worcester, Kyle Golden of Richmondville, Creighton Williams of Cooperstown and Maia Woertendyke of Oneonta.

Ag. Dept. To Offer Fair Grants

ALBANY—The New York State Department of Agriculture announced more than $2.25 million in new grants to youth and county fairs. $1.65 million is available through the Agricultural Fairgrounds Infrastructure Improvement Program for fairs to make agriculture-related improvements and renovations. Awards range from $10,000.00 to $50,000.00 and applications are due December 31. Application materials and a full list of eligibility criteria may be found at agriculture.ny.gov/rfa-0398-agriculturalfairgrounds-infrastructure-improvement-program.

A further $625,000.00 is available through the Agricultural Fairgrounds Advertising, Promotion, and Education Program to enhance public awareness of New York’s fairs. Awards range up to $12,500.00. A completed work plan and budget must be submitted by July 1. For more information, visit agriculture. ny.gov/rfa-0386-2026-agricultural-fairgroundsadvertising-promotion-and-education-program.

CCS Students, Staff Preparing for January 30th Cabaret Night

By ARYA PATEL COOPERSTOWN

Cooperstown Central School is hosting its annual Cabaret Night on Friday, January 30 from 59 p.m. Sponsored by the CCS Music Department and CCS Friends of Music and Art, Cabaret Night is an opportunity for both students and community members to showcase their talents through solo and group musical acts.

The main event is free and open to the public and is preceded by a ticketed dinner of baked ziti, garden salad, roll and beverage—with an ice-cream sundae dessert by donation, compliments of Stewart’s Shops—from 5:307:00 p.m. Dinner must be preordered and payments are due by Monday, January 26. The cost is $12.00 when paying online at facebook.com/

FomaCooperstownNY or $10.00 by cash or check made payable to FoMA and dropped off at the high school.

Senior Emily Rawitch has been a part of this program for years.

“This will be my fifth year performing at Cabaret Night, and it’s always one of the events I look forward to most from the music department,” Rawitch said. “Having the opportunity to practice singing for a crowd, especially with such talented accompanists, is always so fulfilling, and not only do I always have a blast, but it’s also such a great learning experience.”

Students in the Cooperstown school district have put in hours of time and effort for this occasion, as have members of the community. Acts will be accompanied by teachers Tim Iversen and Kerri Hogle, and by The Old Masters and Small Town Big Band, two local ensembles.

League To Host ‘Meet

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esidents of the Town of Middlefield are invited to connect with their town officials at a “Meet and Greet” on Saturday, January 24 from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Clark Sports Center.

The event, sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area, will give residents a chance to connect one-on-one with their local officials and to hear their plans

for the upcoming year, organizers said in a press release issued Monday, January 12.

Newly elected officials Town Supervisor Ron Morgan and board members Lauren Ferrara and Michael Trainor— as well as the incumbent board members, Kelly Branigan and Jeff Woeppel—will attend. Middlefield residents will also hear from Doris Motta, the new town justice, and Jean Schifano, Middlefield

All Cabaret Night donations and dinner tickets will benefit FoMA, which supports students and the arts by providing financial support for musical enrichment programming for the CCS Elementary School, scholarships for students in grades K-12 attending arts and music-related camps and lessons, CCS high-school musicals, writing prizes, graduation awards and summer music lessons. FoMA also offers scholarships to graduating seniors who continue their musical education in instrumental music, vocal music, visual art, writing, theater, or dance.

“FoMA is here to support the arts and music education at CCS. They provide scholarships, help pay for the pit bands in the school musicals, and help to bring some amazing performers to the school for the students, among other things, said FOMA member Jenny Lukovsky.

“Cabaret Night helps to raise money to increase all we can do for the students and is an amazing evening of musical performances. It is a great night to see students performing songs of their choice, to have a delicious dinner, ice cream for dessert, and to bid in the silent auction,” continued Lukovsky, who also serves on the CCS Board of Education.

“There are so many great auction items, from jewelry to Cooperstown Concert Series tickets, to cakes! It is always a really fun night,” Lukovsky said.

Cabaret Night is an evening where CCS students and community members are able to express their musical talents in front of a supportive audience. The dinner—including a silent auction— and performances will take place in the high-school cafeteria and auditorium, respectively.

and Greet’ for Middlefield Town Officials

town clerk. New Highway Supervisor Shane Young was also invited and may be in attendance. Leslie Berliant, who has replaced David Bliss as Middlefield’s representative for District 7 on the Otsego County Board of Representatives, will also be at the event.

The gathering will begin at 1 p.m. with light refreshments in the sports center Community Room. At 1:30, LWVCA Co-President Christina Bourgeois will welcome

the group and ask each official to identify two priorities for the upcoming year. The floor will then be open for questions from the audience.

“The League is so pleased to sponsor this conversation between these local government officials and the people they serve,” said CoPresident Bourgeois. “It’s so important for the public to make an in-person connection with the individuals who

serve their communities. If the event is successful, we’d like to expand it to other towns.”

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need to go, and some architectural planning and facility planning for any potential jail if we go forward.” It does not necessarily mean a new jail would be built, which would also require board approval.

Currently, multiple dorm areas with numerous beds are not in use due to understaffing. The state requires direct supervision from a correctional officer in these spaces, which were not originally built with this in mind.

“That space is pretty much useless to us now,” Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr. (R) told board members at the meeting, adding that classifications for different kinds of inmates would make it difficult to house more than a few in the units even if they had the staff to support the direct supervi-

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Please call your congressman to demand that the House, rather than adding funding to this threat, demand instead in the upcoming appropriation bill that ICE be held accountable. Rep. Riley can be reached at (202) 225 5441. Not sure who represents you? (202) 224 3121 will connect you.

Paul Mendelsohn Cherry Valley

There Are Good Republicans

Some of the most courageous and principled people in politics today are Republicans, including Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, former Republican representative Justin Amash of Michigan, and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.

They are the kind of libertarian Republicans that balance budgets at the state and local level. They follow both the spirit and the letter of the law and do not indulge in partisan cult-like theatrics. They are, in short, the kinds of Republicans that can still be found at the state and local level, including right here in Cooperstown. They pointedly are not members of the MAGA

sion required.

To reopen and staff it fully, Devlin told AllOtsego, would require 48 officers overall.

“I have 13 current vacancies,” he said, adding that boarding out would still be necessary due to classifications.

New York State’s passage of bail reform resulted in a lower number of people subject to pretrial detention, Vickers explained. “Now, the population you have in your jail doesn’t have that, let’s say, bottom tier of risk of people that could be housed in the dormitory environment,” Vickers said, “instead, they need to be in structured rooms.”

Board members wrestled with the expensive price tags of both the status quo and potential options. The county spent around $1.5 million on renovations for the dorm section only a few years ago.

“I’ll tell you the truth, if I gotta go to Morris and

scam—that promised a balanced budget in four years, promised no more wars and the release of the unredacted Epstein files. Unlike many other Republicans, they were not conned.

Some of their fellow Republicans that took the MAGA bait—such as Marjorie Taylor Greene and our own former representative, Elise Stefanik—came to regret their support of the MAGA scam. I say to them: Welcome back to sanity. Welcome back to the party of John McCain and Dwight Eisenhower and of all the other state and

Butternuts and Pittsfield, and tell them that, they will run me out of town on a rail,” said Representative James Powers (R), who represents the towns. Powers expressed hope for making use of the dorms.

During a tour of the jail with AllOtsego the same day, Lt. Thomas Fellrath, who oversees the facility, said 38 inmates were being boarded out to other counties and only 24 were in Otsego County’s own jail. Currently, jails in Delaware, Fulton, Madison, Montgomery, Tioga and Broome counties are boarding individuals on behalf of Otsego County, Fellrath said.

Fellrath estimated the cost to board out these individuals is about $80.00 to $120.00 a day not accounting for any medical or other needs beyond standard support, significantly more expensive than if Otsego County held them. The other counties can also

local Republicans that balance their budgets, uphold the Constitution, and treat people with compassion. Welcome home. Honest Abe would be proud of you.

Chip Northrup Cooperstown

Why Not Give Trump a Medal

I think Trump should be given an Olympic gold medal because…well, just because he wants one.

Maybe throw in the World Cup, too, as he is so deserving.

Jerry Townsend Cooperstown

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reject requests to board, and are more likely to do so when an incarcerated individual has health or behavioral issues.

At the committee meeting, Devlin said the board-outs cost about $1.5 million per year for Otsego County taxpayers. For 2025, Devlin told AllOtsego, “we are a little over a million dollars for inmate boarding” not including outstanding invoices and “overtime, transportation or additional costs such as medical and mental health services.”

Fellrath told AllOtsego the approach creates significant logistical work and requires many staff hours for officers to transport individuals to and from other facilities. Already understaffed, it increases the amount of overtime officers must do.

The jail itself has also experienced damages. A back hallway, primarily used by kitchen staff, is covered in mildew stains, and, according

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bring about change. We can start right now. And our country will be

stronger for it. Emily Brubaker is a ninth grader from Anchorage, Alaska and the 2024 National Civics Bee champion. Applications for the

to an SMRT report, falls outside of the security perimeter of the building. Blacktop, used for outdoor recreation, is directly exposed to the elements and requires frequent repairs. Multiple doors do not work properly. A crack stretches through the walls of the facility. Devlin said the issues were also linked to staffing, citing an incident where he said raw sewage shot up from a drain while an officer was standing above it. Devlin, now in his fifth term, has been advocating for a new jail for years. SMRT also presented to the board last February, and drafted a report on the jail’s condition in 2021. That report can be found at https://cms2.revize.com/ revize/otsegocountynynew/ Document%20Center/SY/Sheriffsoffice/210917_ %20Otsego%20Report_Final. pdf?t=202501201439440&t= 202501201439440.

2026 National Civics Bee are open until Tuesday, February 3. For more information, visit NationalCivicsBee. org. This piece first ran in Newsweek.

From Darkness into a Room Full of Light

the winter of ‘59 was the longest season of my life. I had left Brooklyn and come up to Richfield Springs to live with my Uncle William and Aunt Ruta and attend high school in the village. Some mornings I’d be walking to class and the thermometer would be down to 20 below zero. Because it was by the ocean, Brooklyn never suffered such extreme and isolating temperatures. As a city kid, especially at night, I always found company and activity below the light of a street lamp or in a luncheonette or pizza parlor on the avenue.

Now I was under the responsibility of Uncle William, who was already in his early 70s and felt he had to keep a tight rein on me. I wasn’t allowed out on weeknights and if there was a dance or a party I had to be home by ten. In Brooklyn, under my father’s supervision, there were no curfews and no restrictions. In Richfield, on top of being confined, snowy weeks would go by without the sun shining. It didn’t take long for the ache of loneliness to get to me and sometimes I’d find ways to get out of the house to visit a friend, even if I had to climb out my second floor bedroom window.

There was a large oil painting hanging on the wall in my Aunt Ruta’s living room. She had brought it with her when she came to America from Poland in 1938. It must have been a valuable painting, because her father had been a judge and owned a comfortable home and she made a great fuss about its care when disembarking from the boat in Hoboken, New Jersey…So my father told me.

The painting was a night scene of herders out on the steppes sitting around a bright fire, apparently trading songs or stories. I used to sit in a chair and look into the picture for extended periods of time. Sometimes I’d long to be in that circle of light around the fire. You could see the cold and the lonely darkness lurking behind the profiles of tethered horses in the background. Often I felt that I was in that background with no fire to sit near. There wasn’t even a television in the faded house, and my uncle was always busy pounding away at his typewriter or on the piano. The music he played was serious and heavy and, unlike my father, he didn’t bother to perfect its execution. He approached playing music like he was reading a book: “Let’s see what Rachmaninoff has to say…”

The painting was a night scene of herders out on the steppes sitting around a bright fire, apparently trading songs or stories. I used to sit in a chair and look into the picture for extended periods of time. Sometimes I’d long to be in that circle of light around the fire.

After supper, Aunt Ruta would do the dishes and then sit at the kitchen table playing solitaire. I’d try to read a book, but always felt the urge to be outside doing something with other people, young people.

I don’t remember how I learned about it, but one night I found myself headed for the school where some kind of a show was going on. Maybe I had asked my uncle if I could go and he said, “No.” So, after a while I went up to my room, threw some shoes on the floor so it sounded like I was going to bed and climbed out the window.

At the school the lobby was already empty and the doors to the gym that doubled as a theater were already closed. I could hear music as I dug deep into my pockets for the price of admission. When I entered the auditorium I was hit by the bright light on the stage. Comedic music was drowned out by laughter as telephone lineman Bill West chased a screaming damsel into the wings. I found a seat high in the bleachers, noting all the warmth and energy that was in the packed house. The music changed to a slow romantic melody and a dashing Dave Gravelding escorted pretty brunette Barbara Strong out onto the stage, where they began to dance and sing to a beautiful tune like “Blue Moon.” The audience was enthralled. When the couple finished their number and faded away, the music picked up and Bill West was again in hot pursuit of the hysterical object of his desires as the audience rooted him on.

Then Buster Whipple came out with his mother, Janet, and his beautiful wife, Zaida, who was wearing a pink taffeta dress. They sang a haunting

rendition of Porgy and Bess’s “Summertime.” Later, George Ehrmann played the horn to his mother Marguerite’s piano accompaniment. Peg Reynolds, Ed Kits, Evelyn and Ed Barron, and a host of other people whose names I didn’t know at the time danced or wailed like sweet coyotes in the night. But, most memorable of all was a duet done by an earnest Ed Leslie and a buxom young lady I didn’t recognize. She was sitting on a high swing that was suspended from top center stage. They were singing a love song in the spirit of Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddie, a song with words like “When I’m calling you ou ou ou, ou ou ou.” Ed pushed the swing higher and higher as the girl’s voice rose in pitch and the swing soared toward the ceiling. The music grew louder. Then, all at once the young lady’s legs went straight up and she squealed as you could see her undies that sported a strikingly familiar sign plastered across the bottom: RUBY’S DEPARTMENT STORE! The crowd went wild with laughter, whistling and catcalls.

The sweetie on the swing turned out to be Bert Seeholzer, a guy who worked for Suburban Propane. For me, it was the high point of the show and I was totally immersed in the warm burlesque atmosphere. There were more musical numbers and funny skits, but soon the lights died and the show was over.

I remember heading home as the bitter wind whipped the snow around so that it looked like white tops were spinning down Main Street. I zipped up my Brooklyn leather jacket to hold on to the warmth I had taken in. What luck to have stumbled upon the show and the light that exuded from it. That atmosphere must have been there for all the weeks or months of rehearsal. I thought of the painting in my aunt Ruta’s living room. It was as though I had been wandering out on the steppes and was allowed to sit in on the herders’ fire.

Back at the house, my hands might have felt frozen as I gripped the metal leader line to shinny up to my bedroom window—but the warmth of that show has burned in my memory ever since.

Terry Berkson’s articles have appeared in “New York” magazine, “Automobile” magazine and many others. His memoir, “Corvette Odyssey,” has received many good reviews: “highly recommended with broad appeal,” says “Library Journal.”

Locals Want Organized Chess Competitions in Otsego County

By ERIC SANTOMAUROSTENZEL

OTSEGO COUNTY

if you’re an Otsego County resident and have a hankering for competitive chess, your best bet is tournaments in Albany or Binghamton. A search of the history of rated tournaments in Oneonta or Cooperstown on the United States Chess Federation’s site yields zero results.

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Some locals want to change that, reviving a history that includes a New York State Chess Association meeting held in Cooperstown in 1886.

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Recent retiree Peter Mateunas has trekked the county in search of games. It’s brought him to an over-50 community in Oneonta, The Gathering Place, Hartwick Fire Department Company #2, and the Connections program at Clark Sports Center.

“Ideally, if we can get six

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to eight people that are USCF members in the area, then we can potentially set up a tournament, whether that be quarterly or just annually,” Mateunas told AllOtsego.

Now, Connections has launched a weekly Thursday program for chess from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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“I am grateful Pete wants Connections at CSC to be involved,” Carole Lachance, the program director, told AllOtsego. “I am eager to help him.”

Those interested in joining should e-mail connectionsatcsc@gmail.com.

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COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL SPORTS BRIEFS

Boys Win, Girls Up and Down

Cooperstown girls basketball rolled to a 6237 Division III victory over Sherburne-Earlville on Wednesday, January 7. Eighth grader Emma Johnson scored 30 points, followed by Freshman Lanie Nelen with 26.

Johnson led again with 24 points as the Hawkeyes defeated Sauquoit Valley 66-47 at home on Friday, January 9. She finished the evening with nine rebounds, six assists and four steals. Nelen scored 19 points and Sophia Johnson added 12. Cooperstown fell to Clinton 58-52 in a hardfought home game on Monday, January 12. Emma Johnson scored 20 points and had five rebounds, four blocks, three steals and two assists. Sophia Johnson had six points and 13 rebounds. Nelen made five assists and three steals.

The Hawkeyes fell to West Canada Valley for the second time in two weeks with a 81-45 loss on Thursday, January 15. Emma Johnson and Nelen scored 16 and 15 points, respectively.

Hamilton defeated Cooperstown 74-45 on Friday, January 16. Emma Johnson scored a personal record of 32 points and tied Liz Millea’s 11-year-old program record of eight three-pointers in a single game. Nelen scored 11 points. Cooperstown fell to 3-10 for the season and 3-2 in their division, and will face Dolgeville after press time on Tuesday, January 20.

The boys team trounced Sauquoit Valley 111-27 at home on Thursday, January 8. Christian Lawson put away 24 points, five steals and four assists. Miles Nelen added 21 points and seven assists, and Jackson Crisman recorded a double double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Ty Burkhart scored 12 points and Brody Murdock had 10.

The Hawkeyes defeated Hamilton 92-58 in a home Division III game on Saturday, January 10. Nelen scored 31 points and had seven assists. Lawson added 21 points, and Crisman recorded 20 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks.

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tion potential and will begin planting wetland trees and shrubs on some of the more marginal farmland this spring. This work is funded through an EPA grant, which required the land to be permanently protected by Otsego Land Trust before restoration could begin.

Lawson made a key steal and free throw in the final 15 seconds to break a tie game and lift Cooperstown to a 65-60 victory over Utica’s Thomas Proctor on Thursday, January 15. Brody Murdock stole another pass to give the final margin of victory. He led the team with a total of 19 points, followed by Nelen with 17, 13 from Crisman and 12 from Lawson. Following their victory over previously undefeated Oneonta on January 17, the Hawkeyes stand at 3-0 for the season and 5-0 in their division. They will host Utica Academy of Science after press time on Wednesday, January 21.

Bowling, Wrestling on Rampage

COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown bowling surpassed 3,000 total pins for the first time this season in a 5-0 sweep of Waterville on Thursday, January 8. Joey Paterno bowled a 697 series, followed by Theo Ritter with 602 and Wyatt Butts with 583. The Hawkeyes totaled 3,017 pins for the evening.

The Hawkeyes swept Sherburne-Earlville 5-0 on the road on Tuesday, January 13. Kaden Card led the team with a 571 series. Anthony McCoy had a team-high game of 219 and threw a 566 series for the evening. Ryan Ford finished with 561.

Card and Paterno led the Hawkeyes to a 5-0 Division II sweep against Waterville at home on Wednesday, January 14, bowling series of 584 and 570, respectively.

McCoy rolled a 659 series in Cooperstown’s 5-0 Division II sweep of New York Mills on Thursday, January 15. Ritter had the high game of 243 and totaled 585 for the evening. Butts had a 571 series.

Cooperstown/Milford wrestling defeated Dolgeville 54-21 in a division dual meet on Tuesday, January 13. Max Pelcer, Andrew Spaulding and Thomas Geertgens all recorded wins, in the 132, 150- and 157-pound classes, respectively. The Hawkeyes rounded out their scoring for the day with several forfeits.

C/M split a dual meet on Wednesday, January 14,

“The Upper Susquehanna Coalition includes 22 Soil and Water Conservation Districts across the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay,” added USC Coordinator Lydia Brinkley. “By pairing permanent land protection with restoration, we reduce future risks from development pressure, ownership changes, and ensure long-term ecological value.”

defeating Mount Markham 47-30 and falling 46-33 to New Hartford/Sauquoit Valley. Pelcer got two wins at 132 pounds. Rowan Brown at 118 beat NH/SV’s Trenton Noonan for the Hawkeyes’ other competitive win. Connor Van Buren (126), Max Koffer (144), Spaulding (150) and Carson Moore (190) defeated their opponents from Mount Markham.

The Hawkeyes finished sixth in a field of 15 teams at Vernon-Verona-Sherrill’s Red Devil Invitational on Saturday, January 17. C/M tied with Lowville at 104.5 points, 2.5 behind Beaver River. Mexico won the title with 140.5. Spaulding finished second in the 150-pound class, going 3-1 with three pins and losing the final to Walton/Delaware Academy’s Justin Somers. Koffer finished third (4-1) at 138 pounds, finishing the day with three pins and a technical fall. Pelcer, Kaleb Chase (132) and Matt Duszynski (215) all got fifth-place finishes.

Volleyball Takes First Losses

COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown volleyball defeated Little Falls 3-2 (24-26, 25-19, 18-25, 26-24, 15-10) in a non-division match at home on Saturday, January 10. Chloe Jubar served for a rally in the first set, helping the Hawkeyes come back from a 24-20 deficit.

The Hawkeyes swept New York Mills 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-19) in a non-division match on Monday, January 12. Jubar and Carlotta Falso recorded eight kills each.

Undefeated Division II rival Mount Markham swept Cooperstown 3-0 (25-18, 25-8, 25-15) on Friday, January 16. Hayden Merwin had eight assists and two aces.

Jubar recorded seven kills, three blocks and an ace in Cooperstown’s 3-0 sweep (25-14, 25-23, 25-17) of Sherburne-Earlville on Saturday, January 17. Falso had six kills and three aces. Mia Pelcer added four aces and six kills. The Hawkeyes fell to 9-2 for the season and 3-2 in their division. They will face S-E for a rematch after press time on Tuesday, January 20.

Otsego Land Trust is a community-based nonprofit organization that works to improve the quality of life in the Upper Susquehanna Region by enhancing climate resilience, promoting public access to nature, and working with private landowners and partners to conserve land for future generations. For more information, go to otsegolandtrust.org.

Ruth C. Stewart

1929-2026

COOPERSTOWN—Our dear Ruthie (April 2, 1929-January 19, 2026) passed in her family home surrounded by love. May we all reflect on her talent, fearlessness, beauty, tenacity, love for her family and, most of all, her enduring smile.

Arrangements under the care and guidance of the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown are pending and will be announced in the near future.

“Nothing can ever take away a love the heart holds dear.”

Grandma loved her farm, her family, and playing her old guitar.

Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home will take the time to find out what made your loved one special. Whether it’s finding just the right flowers, or finding a musician to play her favorite tunes on her old guitar, we’ll do what’s necessary to make her service as unique as she was.

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►Fri., Jan. 23

MEAL TRAIN

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to assist the Dennis family while mom Megan recovers from brain surgery. Meal Train begins on 2/2 and continues through 3/15. Donations and meal drop-off volunteers welcome. Drop-off location is on County Highway 11, Hartwick. mealtrain. com/trains/3y767y

AUCTION “Robert

J. Schneider Silent Art Auction.” Benefit for Project Fairy Spring. Bidding held through 6 p.m. on 2/15. Presented by Cooperstown Friends of the Parks. projectfairyspring@gmail.com.

COFFEE & PUZZLES

10 a.m. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 988-6661.

SENIOR COFFEE

HOUR 10:30 a.m. Coffee, tea, pastries, games, puzzles, special events and good conversation. Held each Friday. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 2936600.

WRITERS 6-8 p.m.

“Lyric Lab: A Writers Workshop.” Presented by Gotham City Outpost. Open to all singers, rappers and poets to exchange feedback. Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. (607) 4379361.

►Sat., Jan. 24

BREAKFAST 8 a.m. to noon. “Pancake Breakfast.” By donation. No preorders. Milford Fire Department and Emergency Squad, 64 South Main Street, Milford. (607) 286-9492.

FIRST AID 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Wilderness First Aid.” Presented by Hartwick College. Fees apply; registration required. Pine Lake, 1894 Charlotte Creek Road, Oneonta. (607) 4314520.

TAXES 9 a.m. “VITA

Free Tax Preparation and Filing.” Get taxes prepared and filed free of charge by IRS-certified

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volunteers. By appointment only. Held at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and at 9 a.m. on Saturdays. First Floor Lobby, Alumni Hall, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta.(607) 436-2171.

PUBLIC SPEAKING

10 a.m. “Otsego County 4-H Public Presentation Workshop.” 4-H members learn new skills and practice public speaking. The Rowe House, 31 Maple Street, Oneonta. (607) 547-2536 ext. 225.

REGISTRATION

10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “Call for Quilts.” Quilters/quilt collectors are invited to display quilts at the Fenimore Quilt Club 2026 Show. The show will be held February 2 through 22. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5479777.

BOOK SALE 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Buy one, get one free. Unadilla Public Library, 193 Main Street, Unadilla. (607) 369-3131.

LEGO CLUB 11 a.m. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 2936600.

TEA CEREMONY

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Experience the Art of Gong Fu Cha: A Mindful Tea Ceremony with Alyssa Hardy of Flying Saucer Tea.” Fees apply; registration required. The Gatehouse, 129 Main Street, Morris. (607) 285-4111.

FOOD Noon to 2 p.m. Free soup and sandwich meal. Laurens Presbyterian Church, 3 Main Street, Laurens. (607) 265-3354.

DANCE 2-4 p.m. “Body and Soul Dance.” Weekly gathering exploring dance. Includes warm-up, improv and group choreography to be performed with a monthly drum circle. Admission by donation to support food programs. Held each Saturday. First Presbyterian Church of Oneonta, 296 Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 287-3888.

DINNER 4-6 p.m. Free Community Din-

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ner. Featuring meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetable, tossed salad, desert and a beverage. Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church Street, Richfield Springs. (315)858-1553.

OPEN MIC 5-8 p.m.

The Gatehouse, 129 Main Street, Morris. (607) 2854111.

TEEN ROCK & BOWL

6-8 p.m. All-you-can-bowl, lights and music for teen in grades 7-12. Bring your own snacks and drinks. Free; registration required. The Clark Sports Center, 124 County Highway 52, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2800.

FILM 7 p.m. Movie Night: “Dog Man.” Includes popcorn and refreshments. Free to all ages. Edmeston Free Library, 26 East Street, Edmeston. (607) 9658208.

OPEN MIC 7-9 p.m. “Coffee House.” Singers, writers, musicians and more are invited to share works. 10-20 minute slots. Light refreshments available. Free, open to public. Held each 4th Saturday. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, 128 Church Street, Schuyler Lake. (609) 2347769.

►Sun., Jan. 25

MEDITATION 11 a.m.

“Sundays at Samye: A Morning of Practice and Study.” Meditation, study and discussion. Samye New York, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. (607) 547-5051.

CASUAL TEA HOUR 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Held Sundays. The Sugar Beat, 281 Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 2674374.

WORKSHOP Noon to 4 p.m. “Sew a Cozy Coat or Vest from a Blanket or Quilt.” Fees apply; registration required. Best for confident beginners with

basic sewing machine skills. Bring your own blanket/quilt to cut. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. (607) 2785454.

MUSIC 1-3 p.m.

“Andrew Carrington at The Gatehouse.” The Gatehouse, 129 Main Street, Morris. (607) 285-4111.

CONCERT 3 p.m.

“Winter 2026 Pops Concert.” Presented by the Catskill Valley Wind Ensemble. Featuring music from “Frozen,” “Lord of the Rings,” James Bond movies and more. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 435-1672.

LECTURE 3 p.m.

“What in the World? Climate Change Reality and Where We Go from Here.” Presented by Paula DiPerna, discussing the panorama of international climate policy, future viability, initiatives and New York State’s policies. Free and open to the public.

Upstairs Ballroom, Village Hall, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5478344.

►Mon., Jan. 26

BREAKFAST WITH THE BOARD

8-9 a.m. Casual meet and greet with Village of Cooperstown trustees to discuss local projects, agenda items, more. Includes coffee and donuts. All welcome. Held fourth Monday of each month. Village Board Room, Village Hall, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown.

EMPLOYMENT

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

“Advanced Manufacturing Prep Program.” Held Monday through Friday through 2/18. SUNY Oneonta ExCL Center, 4 Dietz Street, Oneonta. excl@oneonta.edu.

DRIVING 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; registration at

8:45 a.m. “Defensive Driving Course.” Open to all ages. Fees apply; preregistration requested. Otsego County Meadows Office Building, Emergency Services, Classroom A, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown. (607) 538-9632.

EXERCISE CLASS

9 a.m. Free; all welcome. Held each Monday and Thursday. Strawberry Hall, Worcester-Schenevus Library, 170 Main Street, Worcester. (607) 3977309.

STORY TIME

9:30 a.m. Staff share stories, activities and play. Held Mondays through Thursdays. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980.

CHILDREN

10:30 a.m. “Headstart Storytime.” Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 293-6600.

CONNECTIONS

12:30 p.m. “Annual Robert Burns Celebration.” Bagpipes, Scottish foods, poetry and more. Connections at Clark Sports Center, 124 County Highway 52, Cooperstown. connectionsatcsc@gmail.com.

POTTERY 1:30-4:30 p.m. Open Studio. Experienced potters work on personal projects. No instruction provided. Fees apply. Held 1:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and 6-9 p.m. on Thursday. The Smithy Clay Studio, 1 Otsego Court, Cooperstown. Gallery@ SmithyArts.org.

TECH HELP 2-3 p.m. Also available 2-3 p.m. on 1/28. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 988-6661. ►tueS., Jan. 27

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS 8-9 a.m. Local community members gather to chat about what’s happening around Oneonta. Held each Tuesday. Green Earth Health Market, 4 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-6600.

STORY TIME 9:30 a.m. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 9886661.

COMMUNITY HIKE

9:45 a.m. Hike with the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. Bring appropriate equipment/water and be aware of your level of fitness. This week’s hike will be at Lower Robert V. Riddell State Park, Davenport. (607) 431-8010.

SENIOR MEALS

11:30 a.m. Seniors enjoy a delicious meal MondayFriday. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors, $11 for guests accompanying a senior. Today, enjoy a lunch of beef stew, Brussels sprouts, biscuits and sugar cookies. (607) 547-6454.

• Each Monday-Friday. Nader Towers Housing, 2 Mitchell Street, Oneonta.

• Each Tuesday and Thursday. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann Street, Richfield Springs.

ART TOUR 2 p.m.

“Virtual Zoom Tour: In the Spotlight—Women Artists at Fenimore Art Museum.” Free; suggested donation requested. Presented by Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1400.

LIBRARY 4 p.m.

“Library Board Meeting.” Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8344.

PREPAREDNESS

5 p.m. “Emergency Preparedness Training.” Registration required. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8344.

AGRICULTURE

5:30-7 p.m. “Passing the Torch: Planning Your Farm’s Future.” Pre-

sented by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Schoharie and Otsego Counties. Registration requested. The Frances Rowe House, 31 Maple Street, Oneonta. (607) 547-2536 ext. 226. THEATER 6 p.m. “Open Auditions—Rock of Ages.” Also held 1/31 at 10 a.m. Callbacks will be 2/1 at 6 p.m. Orpheus Theatre Rehearsal Space, Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. www.OrpheusTheatre.org

FILM SCREENING 6 p.m. “The Patriot,” starring Mel Gibson. Presented by the Unadilla Historical Association. Free; tickets required. William Bauer Community Center, 246 Main Street, Unadilla. info@unadillahistory.org.

LIBRARY BOARD

MEETING 7 p.m. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 2936600.

►Wed., Jan. 28

STORY TIME 10 a.m. Free. Held each Wednesday. Worcester-Schenevus Library, 170 Main Street, Worcester. (607) 3977309.

CHILDREN 10:15 a.m. “Story Time: Groundhogs.” Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5478344.

STORYTIME 10:30 a.m. Kinney Memorial Library, 3140 County Highway 11, Hartwick. (607) 293-6600.

FOOD 3:30-5:15 p.m. “Soup’s On: Homemade Soup To Go.” No age, socio-economic or church membership requirement. Free; donations welcome. Continues each Wednesday through 3/25. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-6552.

CRAFT 6 p.m. “Valentine Seed Cards.” Registration required. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 9888-6661.

ART CLASS 6-9 p.m. “Figure This! Open Studio Life Drawing.” Non-instructional workshop with nude models. Hosted by a Cooperstown Art Association member. Fees apply, cash. Held each Wednesday. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-9777.

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RECOVERY 10 a.m. “Vets Helping Vets—Open AA Meeting.” Held each Thursday. Oneonta Veteran’s Outreach Center, 4 Academy Street, Oneonta. (607) 203-2228.

CRAFT 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. “Open Sew.” Work with fellow crafters on current projects. Demos held at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fees apply, registration required. Held each Thursday. Leatherstocking Quilts, 155 Main Street, Suite B, Oneonta. (607) 441-3111.

BLOOD DRIVE

10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Herkimer College, Alumni Hall, Robert McLaughlin College Center, 100 Reservoir Road, Herkimer. RedCrossBlood.org

SEWING—10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. “Stitch and Bitch.” Held every other Thursday. The Green Giraffe, 179 Main Street, Unadilla. (607) 3532944.

VOLUNTEER

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fight hunger in Otsego County. Help staff unload deliveries of food and other items for families in need. Cooperstown Food Pantry, 25 Church Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5478902.

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