Reps Ask, Are Promotions Too Cooperstown-Centric? By DON MATHISEN • for AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Intergovernmental Affairs committee wants a shift in the way Otsego County is marketed. “There has been a sense for a long while that the tourism branding is done around Cooperstown,” said Kathy Clark, R-Otego, chair of the Board of Representatives. “There are other things in the county that people come here for.” The issue has come to the forefront because Destination Marketing Corp. of Otsego County…
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Ken Griffey Jr. On List Of Hall’s First Timers COOPERSTOWN – Ken Griffey Jr., 13-time All-Star, 10-time Gold Glove Award winner and 1997 American League Most Valuable Player, is among 15 first-time candidates on the Baseball Writers Association of America 2016 ballot released a few minutes ago. Seven-time All-Star closer and owner of 601 saves Trevor Hoffman and eight-time Gold Glove Award-winner Jim Edmonds are among the other newcomers. Rounding out the list of first-time candidates area Garret Anderson, Brad Ausmus, Luis Castillo,…
Service Planned For Elinor Pollock, 87, Cooperstown COOPERSTOWN — A memorial service is planned Saturday, Nov. 14, for Elinor Pollock, 87, at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, with the Rev. Elsie Rhodes officiating. Mrs. Pollock passed away peacefully Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, at Bassett Hospital, surrounded by her family. A complete obituary will be forthcoming. Arrangements are entrusted to Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown. …
IN MEMORIAM: Eileen M. Morton, 83; With Husband, Ran Cherry Valley Farm CHERRY VALLEY – Eileen Marie Morton, 83, passed away Nov. 5, 2015 at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing, in Cooperstown where she was a resident since February. She was born on Aug. 22, 1932, in Sharon Springs, the only child of Millard and Eleanor(Herman) Burnside. She was a graduate of the Cherry Valley Central School and married her high school sweetheart, Richard Arnold Morton, on Oct. 15, 1950. at…
OCCB Honors Veterans With Concert At Greater Plains School…
IN MEMORIAM: Jake Muehl, 91; Farmer With Array Of Interests WORCESTER – While Jakob (Jake) G. Muehl, 91, who passed away Nov. 4, 2015, of congestive heart failure, spent his career as a farmer, he pursued a wide array of interests. He carried his a noteworthy sense of humor into music, chess and teaching. He learned to fly small planes, drove school bus, substitute taught and had a chess club at Worcester Central School. He attended SUNY Oneonta, and taught…
Common Core Takes A Beating At Hearings Across NY State…
Carlton Fisk Helps Cut Ribbon On Hall’s ‘Whole New Game’ REVIEW DETAILS OF THE HALL’S LATEST EXHIBIT…
DETAILS EXPECTED ON NEW SKI RESORT Upscale, $28 million, Four-Season Destination 37 Miles From Oneonta HIGHMOUNT – Jim Seward, R-Milford, one of the ranking members of the state Senate, will be joined at 11 a.m. Monday, by state Olympic Regional Development Authority President/CEO Ted Blazer, to announce details of The Belleayre Resort at Catskill Park. Environmental clearances were announced in September on a $28 million project that, when complete, is envisioned as “the only upscale, four-season resort directly serving the New York metropolitan…
Clinic At Pathfinder Honors Bill Streck…