COOPERSTOWN BAT FACILITY IN FLAMES By LIBBY CUDMORE & JIM KEVLIN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com HARTWICK – A long-vacant sawmill in this hamlet that Cooperstown Bat Co. reopened just a couple of weeks ago to manufacture billets for baseball bats was destroyed this evening in a smokey blaze. Fire departments from Hartwick, Hartwick Seminary, Cooperstown, Milford, Fly Creek, Mount Vision, Laurens and Edmeston responded to a 6:20 p.m. call and were still pouring water on the structure at the end…
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Cooperstown Bat Building On Fire HARTWICK – The former sawmill at the end of Poplar Street in the Hamlet of Hartwick was the site of a fire this evening. The sawmill had been vacant for several years before Tim and Connie Haney, owners of the Cooperstown Bat Company, refurbished it as a place to store their billets, blank bats that are in need of finishing. The restoration of the building was only completed two weeks ago. As of 8:30 p.m.,…
COOPERSTOWN BAT BUILDING ON FIRE HARTWICK – At this hour, the Cooperstown Bat Company is reportedly on fire, according to the Otsego County Fire Wire. Mutual Aid is being provided by Mount Vision Fire, Milford Fire/EMS, Hartwick Seminary Fire, Cooperstown Fire, County Coordinators, Fly Creek Fire, Laurens Fire, Edmeston Fire. This is a developing story, Please check back for details…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 25 Support The Scouts CHICKEN DINNER – 5-7 p.m. Boy and Girl Scouts serve a chicken and biscuit dinner. Price, $9 adult, $5 children. Morris United Methodist Church, 17 Church St., Morris. Info, Harry Graves (607)316-8239 3-D DESIGN WORKSHOP – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Come tinker with your designs for 3-D printing. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, hmloneonta.org/calendar/…
IN MEMORIAM Ray Han, 85, Noted Artist Lived In NYC, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN – Raymond G.J. Han, a noted artist and sculptor, whose works were subject of a one-man exhibit at The Fenimore Art Museum in 2015, passed away April 18, 2017. He was a longtime resident of New York City and of Cooperstown, where he had maintained a home and studio since 1972. Born Sept. 29, 1931, in Honolulu, Hawaii, he studied at the Honolulu Academy of Art before moving…
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450 Students Visit Today For New York History Day COOPERSTOWN – You may have noticed: 450 middle and high school students – plus family members and teachers – from around the Empire State are in Cooperstown today for New York History Day, organized by The Fenimore Art and Farmers’ museums. History Day uses space at numerous Cooperstown venues for students to present their papers, documentaries, exhibits, websites and performances – in addition to the two museums, the Baseball Hall of Fame…
Kleniewski Praises Chancellor Choice SUNY To Name Katrina Johnson Today ONEONTA – SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski this morning praised the choice of Dr. Katrina Johnson as SUNY chancellor, calling her “an accomplished scientist, entrepreneur and educator.” CLICK FOR REPORT IN NY TIMES Johnson, who co-founded Cube Hydro, a hydroelectric company, after serving as under secretary of the Department of Energy, is expected to be appointed by the SUNY trustees at 3 p.m. today in Albany. She would succeed Nancy Zimpher,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, APRIL 24 History Day Presentations HISTORY DAY – All Day. Students from the Catskill region of NYS compete to see who has created the best History Day Project and continue on to the Statewide competition. The Farmers Museum, Cooperstown. Info, nyshistoryday.org SPRING DINNER – 6 p.m. Roast Pork dinner. Individual seating only, reservations required. Take-out available, ready for pick-up by 5:45 p.m. Middlefield Baptist Church. Info, call Dorothy @ (607)547-9093 or Sue @ (607)264-8042…