CBS News Profiles ‘The Woman Behind Iconic Cooperstown’ COOPERSTOWN – “Fifty thousand people are expected to pour into Cooperstown this weekend to help celebrate the induction of six legendary names into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,” CBS This Morning reported today. “But as CBS News travel editor Peter Greenberg reports, the chairman of the Hall has a unique history of her own, and she doesn’t even work for the major leagues,” it continued. “‘I hope someday that some of…
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Water-Main Work To Close Church Street, Oneonta, Thursday ONEONTA – Church Street will be closed to through traffic from Center Street to Walnut Street from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday while the city’s Department of Public Service completes a water main tie-in. Questions, call the City Engineering Department, 432-6465.…
Cooperstown To Close Streets Friday, Saturday COOPERSTOWN – The village Police Chief Mike Covert announced the following street closures during Hall of Fame Weekend: • Doubleday Field Parking Lot, 3 a.m. Friday through 9 p.m. Saturday. Any vehicles in the lot after 3 p.m. will be towed at owner’s expense. • Main Street between Chestnut and Fair, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday. • Pioneer Street, from Lake to Church, 9 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, ad 7 a.m.-11 p.m.…
2 Catholic Charities Offices Put Under Oneonta’s Administration ONEONTA – Offices in Oneonta, Delhi and Cobleskill have combined into a single agency called Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego, and Schoharie counties, based in Oneonta. The change took place July 1, but was announced by the diocese today. Lynn Glueckert, the Oneonta director, has been named executive director of the three-county effort. She said the merger will make the smaller Delaware and Schoharie operations stronger by allowing Oneonta to handle their…
75 Challenge Post Office Plans To Cut Service To Gilbertsville By TERESA WINCHESTER • allotsego.com GILBERTSVILLE – The noon whistle blew today. The natives, numbering some 75 souls, were restless and a chain reaction of barking dogs, also in attendance, was set off as David Clark, manager of post office operations for all zip codes in 137-138 range, opened the meeting, originally scheduled for the minuscule lobby of the history-rich Gilbertsville Post Office but moved impromptu to the great outdoors…
Briefing Today On Gilbertsville Post Office Future GILBERTSVILLE – Today at noon, U.S. Postal Service representatives are coming to the Gilbertsville Post Office to talk with the residents about where to maintain or cut back hours, perhaps even close it. An e-mail missive to residents said, “It is very important that we have an overwhelming number of people show up to let them know that we are a force to be reckoned with … We must make them understand that…
Bush Daughter To Anchor NBC’s ‘Today’ At Otesaga COOPERSTOWN – NBC’s “Today” show, anchored by correspondents Natalie Morales and Jenna Bush Hager, will be broadcast live Thursday, July 24, leading into the 75th anniversary Hall of Fame Induction weekend.…
Common Council Rejects Adding Citizens To City Manager Search ONEONTA – Common Council, 6-1, this evening rejected suggestions it expand its search committee for a new city manager to include two members of the public. Unanimously, Common Council did vote to expand the search committee to include the whole council, not just its Human Resources Committee. “What we’ve been through,” said Council member Russ Southard, HR committee chair, referring to working 18 months with the first city manager, “makes us…
IN MEMORIAM Peter S. Dokuchitz, 86; Assemblyman Founded Custom Electronics Inc. ONEONTA – Custom Electronics founder Peter S. Dokuchitz, 86, of Oneonta, who represented Otsego and Herkimer counties in the state Assembly in 1973-78, passed away yesterday at Fox Hospital. He was born March 9, 1928, in Oneonta, the son of Peter D. and Julia (Kozech) Dokuchitz. Pete graduated from Oneonta High School. He served in the Navy’s Submarine Service in 1946-48, then attended Siena College, graduating in 1952. He…
‘Disappointed’ Hall Of Fame President Advises Ticketholders About Refunds COOPERSTOWN – Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson announced a few minutes ago that the Baseball Hall of Fame leadership is “extremely disappointed” by the promoter’s cancellation of the concert celebrating the 75th anniversary of the first Induction. “We are so thankful for all of those who purchased tickets for the concert with the intent to support the museum and our educational outreach mission in our Diamond anniversary salute,” Idelson said.…
