FROM OUR ARCHIVES Lou Presutti Dreamed Of Parks Across Nation Editor’s Note: This profile of Lou Presutti II and report on his vision of founding youth-baseball parks nationwide appeared in The Freeman’s Journal on June 17, 2010. The dream was never realized, but Cooperstown Dreams Park continued to flourish and grow up until the time of Mr. Presutti’s death on Wednesday afternoon. By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN – Fifteen-hundred young baseball players will be converging on the Cooperstown region every week through Labor…
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Crowd At Today’s Viewing For Dreams Park’s Presutti COOPERSTOWN – Private calling hours for Cooperstown Dreams Park founder Lou Presutti, 75, who passed away Wednesday afternoon, July 6, at the Hartwick Seminary facility, are underway at this hour at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home. Word is that Mr. Presutti passed away while taking a nap. While private, a substantial crowd had appeared for the viewing, including a substantial part of the Dream Park staff. The phones were not being answered at…
A LEGEND PASSES Accolades Pour In For Lou Presutti II COOPERSTOWN – Lou Presutti II “made more dreams come true than anybody I know,” Washington National Bryce Harper wrote on his Instagram account this morning. As of this writing, 809 people have posted comments on Bryce’s site, and 41,400 have visited. CLICK HERE FOR THE POSTINGS SO FAR…
POSTINGS ON LOU PRESUTTI II ON BRYCE HARPER’S INSTAGRAM • bharper3407: You will be missed Lou! This man touched more lives and made more dreams come true than anybody that I know..Can’t believe he is gone, but will never be forgotten! To the Presutti family my thoughts and prayers are with you #BeYourOwnHero • zco21: I went to coopers town 3 week ago and he talked to us because we were from Wyoming and there has only been one Wyoming…
IN MEMORIAM Lou Presutti II Cooperstown Dreams Park Founder COOPERSTOWN – Word is circulating that Lou Presutti II, 75, who founded Cooperstown Dreams Park 20 years ago and changed the economy of northern Otsego County, has passed away. Matt Hazzard, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, posted this tribute on Facebook: “Hard to hear of the death of Cooperstown Dreams Park owner Lou Presutti. Umpired there for a couple years and he treated me very well. A strong…
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On WAMC’s ‘Morning Headlines’, Editor Reports On Rapper’s Otsego Lake Home Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of www.AllOTSEGO.com (and Hometown Oneonta & the Freeman’s Journal), tells WAMC’s David Guistina about Peter Nash, aka rapper Prime Minister Peter Nice, who moved to Cooperstown in 1993 after a music career that included the his “Pop Goes The Weasel”, and helped the wax museum and Cooperstown Dreams Park. The property was abandoned a decade ago when Nash moved elsewhere. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THIS WEEK’S REPORT…
IN MEMORIAM: Pat Gifford, 78; Founded Ostomy Assoc. Chapter NEW BERLIN – Pat Gifford, 78, a civic leader here who worked for 15 years in Oneonta, helping found the Ostomy Association chapter there, then 15 more operating a “Sunshine Home” catering to Alzeimer’s patients, passed away on July 1, 2016 at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. Patricia was born on May 25, 1938, in Deposit, the daughter of Christopher and Ruth Burke. Her childhood was spent in New Berlin. She…
Bassett Wins Gold For Stroke Care COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital has been recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for its quality care of patients, receiving the “Get With the Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus & Target Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll Award. “Time is brain,” said Dr. Paul Deringer, Bassett division chief of neurology and stroke director. “A patient having a stroke loses 1.9 million nerve cells every minute. So prompt treatment is vital to reduce the chance of…