MEAD TELLS FANS AT Q&A Leading Hall Of Fame Is About ‘We,’ Not ‘I’ By JENNIFER HILL • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In a Q&A this morning, Community Day at the Baseball Hall of Fame and Cooperstown’s two other museums, the Hall’s new president Tim Mead told of his humble beginnings. He was born in Greece, and adopted, along with his sister, when he was 6 months old. He joined the Los Angeles (then Anaheim) Angels as an intern…
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1,000 APPLAUD AT INAUGURAL Diverse Themes Welcome Morris To SUNY-O Helm SUNY Oneonta’s newly minted eighth president, Barbara Jean Morris, top photo, leads the recessional from the Dewar Arena’s platform shortly before 1 p.m. this afternoon after a two-hour ceremony that included an invocation by Mohawk spiritual leader Thomas Porter (behind Morris), and student performances by the college’s XClusive Dance Crew; and Gota, a traditional Ghanaian dance, and Luk Luk Lumbu, a Javanese dance, accompanied by the college’s World Chorus. …
SATURDAY, HALL ADMISSION FREE Hall Of Fame President Mead Plans Q&A With Community COOPERSTOWN – The Baseball Hall of Fame’s new president, Tim Mead, plans a Q&A with visitors at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday) during Community Day, where local fans will be admitted for free, (a $23 value for adults with drivers’ license or other ID). Mead , who succeeded Jeff Idelson at the end of the 2019 Induction, spent a career at the Los Angeles Angels, the last decade…
Jail Ministry Celebration Of 60 Years Packs House Seward, Dostal, Brenner Recognized State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, addresses a packed house at Oneonta’s Quality Inn last evening as the Jail Ministry of Otsego County marked its 60th anniversary in ministering to inmates at the county Correctional Facility. At the gathering, the Jail Ministry honored, inset photo, Seward, LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal and Oneonta Police Chief Doug Brenner. (Photos courtesy Otsego Chamber of Commerce)…
OHS ALUMNI WEEKEND 2019 144 Golfers At Country Club As Reunion Gets Underway A record-breaking 144 golfers brought the Oneonta Country Club to full capacity as they arrived this morning to participate in the 13th annual Alumni Golf Tournament this morning to kick off OHS Alumni Weekend 2019. On the first tee, in inset photo, Bob Harlem, Oneonta, takes the first shot of the morning alongside friend and teammate Nick Lambros, Oneonta. The annual alumni reception is this evening at…
GOHS Honors President Corinne Smith, Volunteers Deb Bruce, Wayne Wright…
SOHN IN ‘HEART & SOLE’ IN NJ Heart Transplant Recipient Walks Sunday To Raise Funds For Hospital Transplant Team TO HELP MARY-MARGARET, CLICK HERE…
Silver Jubilee Features Sidney Center Quilter Rare Male In Hobby Picked It Up To Keep Busy After His Retirement DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S HOMETOWN ONEONTA, FREEMAN’S JOURNAL, ON NEWSSTANDS TOMORROW…
SUNNY EVERY YEAR, ORGANIZER SAYS Cooperstown Communes At 8th Annual Harvest Feast Dolores Wharton, left in top photo, and Elma Del Rosario each recognized a kindred spirit in the other late this afternoon at Cooperstown’s eighth annual Community Harvest Dinner: Both were wearing MIT gear. (In the background is Dolores’ husband, retired SUNY chancellor Clifton R. Wharton Jr.) Again this year, Main Street was closed off between Fair and Lake streets and 200-300 people participated in the Village of Cooperstown’s…
HOLLISTER, WILSEY COMPETE Top Runners On Roster To Benefit Food Pantry It was a small group in today’s Corn Maze 5K in the Fly Creek Valley, but it included some top local runners. Leading at the starting line were Chuck Hollister of Oneonta, CCS ’06, and Frank Wilsey of Fly Creek, who both place or win local races regularly. The race was a straight 2.5K on the Fly Creek Valley Road toward the hamlet, then 2.5K back, but the hilly…
