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Ommegang Releases Hopstate NY, Made With 100% New York Hops COOPERSTOWN – In time for this weekend’s Avett Brothers concert, Brewery Ommegang has released Hopstate NY, a tribute to local hop farmers who are reviving the state’s hop industry. This is the latest effort in Ommegang’s hop program, which includes a variety trial hop yard and support of Cornell Cooperative Extension and their hop farm advisers. “Hopstate NY is a very exciting project for us,” says Mike McManus, Ommegang’s innovation…
Dreams Park Umps Raise Funds To Help Cooperstown Food Bank HARTWICK SEMINARY – Greg Holstine, a Cooperstown Dreams Park umpire, convinced Brewery Ommegang to match amounts raised from fellow umpires to benefit the Cooperstown Food Bank. Today, Holstine showed up at the Town of Middlefield brewery with the first $150, Ommegang spokesperson Allison Capozza reports. One of the other umpires, who is scheduled to be at the Dreams Park for the entire summer, has offered to keep this going every week…
NATIONAL GUARD COPTERS TO TRAIN IN COOPERSTOWN COOPERSTOWN – Three New York Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters will be operating in the Cooperstown area on Saturday evening, in support of a Army Reserve training exercise. The three UH-60 helicopters, flown by Company A of the 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation Regiment, which is based at Albany International Airport in Latham, will be landing adjacent to Basset Medical Center at around 6 p.m. The helicopters will conduct training with 30 members of the…
Tourism Industry Provides $10,000 In Sweat Equity By JIM KEVLIN • for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Three dozen volunteers from Tourism Cares are painting the bleachers at Doubleday Field at this hour, part of a national effort that allows hundreds of tourism professionals to “give back” annually. The volunteers will be able to say, “I painted the outfield wall at Doubleday Field and swung a bat at home plate,” said Jay Smith of Sports Travel & Tours, Hatfield, Mass., the official travel…
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Hartwick Professor Publishes Book On Fall Of The Department Store ONEONTA – Hartwick College Associate Professor of History Dr. Vicki Howard has published a new book analyzing the history of department stores in the American retail industry. Titled “From Main Street to Mall: The Rise and Fall of the American Department Store,” Howard offers the first national study of the department store industry. The work looks at retailing from a new vantage point, advancing our understanding of the role department…
IN MEMORIAM: Zondra Lynn Hart, 51; Oversaw County Economic Development ONEONTA – Zondra Lynn (Carson) Hart, 51, of Hartwick, who in the second half of 2013 bore the responsibility of keeping the Otsego County Economic Development Office operating, passed away peacefully at her home Monday, June 8, 2015. She was born July 13, 1963, in Oneonta, the daughter of Leonard Eugene Carson, Sr. and Crystal (Faunce) Carson. Zondra graduated from Laurens Central School, Class of 1981. She then earned an…