Tim Mead Resigns As HoF’s President COOPERSTOWN – Tim Mead, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, has announced that he will be resigning, effective around mid-May. Mead, who said his whole career has been motivated by “love of baseball,” had been commuting back and forth to his family in California. “Try as I might, even with the unwavering support of my family, these last 22 months have been challenging in maintaining my responsibilities to them.” Jane…
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IN MEMORIAM: Robert A. Hazelton, 83 RICHFIELD SPRINGS – With his wife and four children embracing him, Robert “Bob” James Hazelton felt tremendous love, guiding him to peace on Saturday, April 3, 2021. Born on Hotel Street in Richfield Springs, Bob’s journey began April 10, 1938. Romans and Psalms provided that needed assurance to take his last steps from the home he built for his family beside the Ocquionis Creek on River Street.…
Village Begins Flushing Hydrants COOPERSTOWN – The village Water Department will begin flushing hydrants at 5 a.m. Monday, April 19.…
IN MEMORIAM Robert P. (Robbie) Mulligan, 62 Feb. 27, 1959-March 27, 2021 COOPERSTOWN – Robert Patrick (Robbie) Mulligan, age 62, in the comfort of his own home, with his daughter Jordan by his side, went peacefully into the arms of our Lord on Saturday, March 27, 2021, succumbing to a courageous battle with cancer. Robbie, a Cooperstown Native Son, was born on Feb. 27, 1959, in Cooperstown. He is the youngest son of the late Robert J. Mulligan and Mary…
CCS GRAD LED STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION Bobby Walker Succeeded At College Republican Helm COOPERSTOWN – Bobby Walker, Cooperstown Central School, ’16, stepped aside over the weekend as chairman of the New York State College Republicans. He is completing his degree at SUNY Albany and plans to continue fulltime with the state GOP Committee’s Communications Department, where he is currently digital director. Walker has been succeeded by Augustus LeRoux, a Syracuse University sophomore, Walker’s chief of staff at the NYFCR. Daniel Koerner…
Let’s Not Jump To Conclusions D.A. Muehl Says Be Cautious, Prosecutor Cautions: Eyewitness Accounts ‘Inaccurate’ By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Eyewitness accounts of last Tuesday’s fatal shooting by a police officer on River Street “have not been accurate,” District Attorney John Muehl said this morning. “I’ve seen the video,” said Muehl, referring to the body cam worn by Sgt. Ralph Pajerski, who twice shot Tyler Green, 23, of 48 River St., on responding to a domestic…
HOLIDAY LANES BURNS IN ONEONTA Oneonta’s foremost bowling alley, Holiday Lanes, burned this morning on Southside. This reports comes courtesy of WKTV, Utica, AllOTSEGO.com’s partner.…
STATEMENT RELEASED TODAY Dreams Park Requires Vaccinating 12-Year-Olds, Upsetting Some Parents COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown Dreams Park’s announcement that it will require players 12 and over at the youth baseball park this summer to have COVID-19 vaccinations is already causing consternation among parents. So far, some states will not provide vaccines to students under 16 until further testing is done, according to Jodi Plimpton-Werstein of Lee County, Fla., which puts parents in a bind. “Should a vaccine become available (for 12-15 year olds)…
Laurie Zimniewicz Among 3 New Bassett Directors COOPERSTOWN – Laurie Zimniewicz of Oneonta, current Fox Hospital board chairman, was one of three new members of the Bassett Health Network Board of Directors announced today. Also appointed are: • Anil Rustgi, MD, director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and dean health sciences and medicine at Columvia. • Carl Mummenthey, superintendent of schools for the Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School District since 2014.…
Officer In Shooting 18-Year OPD Veteran Troopers Release Sgt. Pajerski’s Name ONEONTA – A few minutes ago, state police at Sidney identified the Oneonta police office the officer who “fired his duty weapon, striking the subject” as Sgt. Ralph Pajerski, an 18-year veteran of the department. The state police press release also said the man who was shot twice in the chest was Tyler R. Green, 23; he has been identified in press reports as Tyler Johnson. He later died…