CMA Winner Hunter Hayes Joins Hall of Fame 75th Concert Lineup COOPERSTOWN Country superstar Hunter Hayes joins Paul Simon, Yolanda Adams and Juan Luis Guerra, and former New York Yankee Bernie Williams on stage with the Boston Pops at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Clark Sports Center Field. Hayes, 22, released his self-titled debut album in 2011, reaching number seven on the Billboard chart and selling 1.1 million copies and featured the…
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World T.E.A.M Sports Brings Can-Am Vets To Cooperstown HARTWICK SEMINARY – The World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Can-Am Veterans Challenge pedaled into Hartwick Seminary this afternoon on the fifth day of a 14-day charity ride that will end with a ceremony on the steps of the Capitol on the Fourth of July. The group will then ride in Washington D.C.’s Independence Day parade. The bike ride is affiliated with Wounded Warriors, a U.S.-Canadian organization the helps injured veterans on both sides of the border,…
U.S. Mayors: Upstate Cities’ Growth Will Lag Growth in Upstate cities is expected to lag behind the national rate through 2020, according to a new study by the U.S. Conference of Mayors. …
Hager Hops Installs Harvester At Cooperstown Brewery Site…
Newest IDA Staffer’s Focus: Making Microbusiness Work By LIBBY CUDMORE To help Otsego County businesses succeed, all you have to do is ask what they need. That’s the theory Dawn Rivers, the new office manager and director of the county IDA’s Susquehanna Regional Center for Jobs, is operating under. “It’s going to be important, going forward, to listen to people,” she said. “We will be much more successful in helping our economy thrive if we listen to what people want from…
Latter-Day Bruce Wayne Lives His Dream By LIBBY CUDMORE The Batcave’s location is one of Batman’s most closely guarded secrets – but it may be closer than the Joker or the Penguin might think. Hidden in the misty hills of Mount Vision, in a non-descript garage just off 205, is the Batmobile – or rather, a near-perfect replica of the car from the 1966 TV show starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader. “When I used to watch the show…
Village Applies For $½ Million To ‘Jumpstart’ 22 Main Upgrade By JIM KEVLIN The Village Board has applied for a $500,000 CFA grant that, if approved, would “hugely jumpstart” a $2 million planned renovation of 22 Main, the historic Village Hall, according to Mayor Jeff Katz. The grant, plus the village’s $166,000 match, would pay for one-third of the work. CFAs (for consolidated funding applications), administered through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission (one of 13 statewide), are the Cuomo…
For Babe Ruth’s Descendant, a Surprise By TERESA WINCHESTER Visits to Cooperstown have always been part of Amanda Stevens’ life. For the annual Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, her family would rent a house here and stay for several days. (Her father and brother still make the yearly pilgrimage.) And she often had a chance to meet Major League ballplayers. (Cal Ripken Jr. is her favorite.) For Stevens, now living in Cambridge, Mass., is Babe Ruth’s great-granddaughter. “There are many…
SUNY Alum Friend To Baseball’s Greats By TERESA WINCHESTER ‘I cried when Babe Ruth died,” declared Marty Appel, prolific writer on sports-related topics, Emmy Award-winning producer, former Yankee public relations director, riveting raconteur, and SUNY-Oneonta graduate. “I was 9 days old,” added the author of the recently published “Pinstripe Empire,” a featured speaker at the Hall of Fame Friday, June 13, as part of the 75th anniversary celebration. He smiles and so does his audience. With his broad, never-vanishing grin,…
Chamber Names Executive Director By JIM KEVLIN The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, June 17, announced the appointment of Matt Hazzard as interim executive director, and Chamber President Ken Meifert said he and the board expect that he will fill the position long term. “Matt has a great combination: Long affinity with the community, having grown up here, and the real-world experience to lead the chamber to bigger and greater things,” said Meifert, who is also vice president/development at the Baseball…