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“Baseball is a mirror of the American culture,” said Simons in a May 19 telephone interview. “A lot of American history can be reflected through baseball—race relations, military history, women’s history. Baseball developed at a time when America was moving to the city, yet it evokes a rural nostalgia,” he said.…
Presently, we are seeing the construction of yet another chain hotel and something to be called the “Cooperstown Experience,” a soon-to-open, one-of-a-kind baseball and softball tournament complex that promises a complete family vacation experience in “The Baseball Capital of the World.”…
Memorial Day observances took place throughout Otsego County on May 27, including in Cooperstown, where a contingent representing the Sgt. Walter P. Eggleston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7128 marched on Main Street.…
They have shown that we are not obliged to withdraw from the world or worldly pursuits simply because of the calendar. In so doing, they have added new meaning to the slogan, “Just Do It!”…
If Israel is to be the light of the world, then what needs to take place is an Act of God, a miracle. Guns, bloodshed, murder and mayhem should not be necessary.…
As someone who has lived nearly everywhere, I would like to say something out loud to those who choose to see only inconveniences inside this county-wide community. Please, wake up and smell the coffee. It’s wafting on the breeze from the successful java shop on the corner.…
The grant will be used to develop a new walking trail and paddling launch on the north side of the Brookwood Point Conservation Area.…
Mary Finneran and Janet Tweed are vying for the Democratic nomination to represent the 102nd District. The 102nd District comprises all of Schoharie and Greene counties, and portions of Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Otsego (including the towns of Otsego, Worcester, Cherry Valley, Middlefield, and Springfield), and Ulster counties.…
COOPERSTOWN - Stanley Eckler Hall, husband, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully on May 20, 2024 at his home in Cooperstown, at the age of 90 years.
Born on January 10, 1934 to Wesley and Cynthia Hall, Stanley grew up in Milford, New York.
He would later return to his hometown, in his retirement, to found Cooperstown Brewing Company in 1995, known for its flagship beer “Old Slugger.”…
Annelise Jensen and Riley Green win Athlete of the Meet honors for track and field, respectively. Cooperstown and Sherburne-Earlville tie for first in the Center State Conference East Division.…