The great outdoors is the focus of an ad campaign to tempt tourists STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A new advertising campaign by www.ThisisCooperstown.com, which is managed by Destination Marketing Corporation, has a focus on outdoor activities with the intention of drawing people to the area post-pandemic. The website, which now has a page called ‘Get Outside’, will have links to trails, playgrounds and boat rentals among other things.…
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Outlaws to return for 2021, home opener June 4 By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After a one-year hiatus because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oneonta Outlaws will return for a 2021 summer baseball season. The team will again be part of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, competing in the Eastern Division. The Outlaws will open the season Thursday, June 3, with a 7 p.m. game at Saugerties. The home opener will be at 7 p.m., Friday June…
COVID update for Otsego County STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com As of Tuesday, June 1, COVID cases in Otsego County have decreased to a 0.6% positivity rate with 1% of tests coming back positive, according to the Otsego County Health Department. Currently there are 15 active cases with two hospitalizations as a result of COVID. As COVID cases continue to go down, many businesses and towns are seeing an easing of COVID restrictions. A mask ordinance in Cooperstown is…
Oneonta’s Memorial Day Parade honors vets despite cold weather By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Despite the occasional rain and cold weather, hundreds came out for the Memorial Day parade and a wreath laying ceremony Monday, May 31, in Neahwa Park to honor the country’s veterans who died in service. Participants in the parade included the Oneonta Fire Department, the Oneonta PD, the American Legion, the Rotary Club, the Boy Scouts and the VFW. Fred Hicken, a…
Hartwick graduation for ’20 and ’21 classes showcases importance of taking risks By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College celebrated the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 on Saturday, May 29, in a virtual commencement ceremony. As the college acknowledged the unusual circumstances surrounding the graduation of the ’20 and ’21 classes, speakers highlighted some of the important lessons that the students would take with them in life. Elizabeth LeTendre, a digital marketing entrepreneur who graduated Hartwick College…
Photos: Rep. Antonio Delgado visits Cooperstown Distillery By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com…
Delgado visits Otsego County to tout American Rescue Plan By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-NY19, appeared in Otsego County on Thursday, May 28, to speak about the money the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan, which he help shepherd through Congress. Otsego County receive about $11.5 million, he said, half of which has already been delivered, with the other half to follow within a year. Other county towns and villages will…
Richfield community creates park By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – About 15 people gathered Sunday, May 24, on Main Street in the village to turn the site of a formerly blighted home into a “pocket park.” The property at 177 Main St. had been abandoned years ago, one of a handful of old houses in the area that had gotten too run down and where the former owners could not afford to restore it. The Greater…
Dreams Park update opens tourism season By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The summer tourism season begins Memorial Day weekend, with businesses and attractions getting set for a better year now that COVID is beginning to dissipate. After a run of team cancellations earlier in the year, the Dreams Park baseball camp announced new protocols Monday, May 24. The baseball camp in Hartwick Seminary will open Friday, July 23, with no restrictions on social distancing or mask wearing. However, they…
Idelson aims for smooth Hall transition, induction By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will have an encore from its former leader, as Jeff Idelson returned May 15, as interim president. Idelson, who left the Hall in 2019, after 25 years, including more than 12 as president, replaced Tim Mead, his hand-picked successor. Mead left mid-May, saying the isolation from his family in Southern California during the coronavirus pandemic made him unable…