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On Arbor Day, Cooperstown To Honor Homer Osterhoudt

Tree To Be Planted At 2 Walnut On Arbor Day, Cooperstown To Honor Homer Osterhoudt COOPERSTOWN – A tree will be dedicated to Homer M. Osterhoudt, who passed away last June 30 at age 100, at the Village of Cooperstown’s annual Arbor Day celebration at 1 p.m. next Monday, May 13, at 2 Walnut St., his home for many years. Homer, a retired mailman who walked more than 10 miles a day through village streets for decades, mixed concrete to…

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As Prelude to Moms’ Day, Daughters Treated To Tea

3ND ANNUAL PARTY AT FOOTHILLS As Prelude To Moms’ Day, Daughters Treated To Tea Desiree Wheeler and Fate Goodrich, top photo, share a cup of tea this morning at the third annual Mother Daughter Tea Party in Foothills’ Atrium, leading up to next weekend’s celebration of Mother’s Day. A novelty this year was, inset photo, a string quartet consisting of the Higgins sisters of Otego; from left are Keely, Patricia, Anna and Siobhan. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTEGO.com)…

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Don Howard Meet Attracts 16 Schools From As Far As Tully

Don Howard Meet Attracts 16 Schools From As Far As Tully Cooperstown Hawkeye Isaiah Johnson clears the bar easily at the pole vault event just wrapping up now at the Linden Avenue campus. Teams from 12 schools, as far away at Tully and Cazenovia, were attracted to today’s Don Howard Invitational, a regional highlight of the track and field season. Inset, Oneonta’s Maddy Hanson elicited oohs and aahs with this long jump. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)…

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7th Graders Swirl Around Dance Floor At 61st Cotillion

COOPERSTOWN TRADITION UNDERWAY 7th Graders Swirl Around Dance Floor At 61st Cotillion Ben Agostino escorts Tori France into The Otesaga’s grand ballroom this evening as the 61st annual Cooperstown Cotillion got underway.  The annual May tradition follows six weeks of ballroom dancing, where Cooperstown Central seventh-graders learn steps that will serve them well throughout their lives to come.  At right, Gina Geertgens leans on the arm of Henry Horvath, as he leads her on the promenade through the hotel’s lobby…

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: With Hall of Fame’s new President Tim Mead

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Teamwork: A Way Of Life Tim Mead’s Now Bringing Here L.A. Angels Communications/VP To Succeed Idelson After Induction By JIM KEVLIN • www.AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive COOPERSTOWN – Tim Mead, who will become the seventh president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame following this year’s Induction on July 21, has been a team player in the front office at the Los Angeles Angels for four decades. But for the Angels’ vice president/communications, team playing didn’t start there. When young…

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Injury Breaking Up Water Street Brawl Led To New Career

JOSEPH YELICH RETIRES JULY 1 Injury Breaking Up Water Street Brawl Led To New Career Hard Work, Hartwick Teaching Degree Set Brindley On Road To Superintendent By LIBBY CUDMORE • AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive ONEONTA – Could Thomas Brindley, who will become the new superintendent of Oneonta City Schools on July 1 when Joseph Yelich retires, have been a police chief by now? “I was an Oneonta police officer for seven years,” the assistant superintendent and former Oneonta High School principal said in…

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Brindley Succeeds Yelich In Top Post At Oneonta Schools

­­Brindley Succeeds Yelich In Top Post At Oneonta Schools New Superintendent Former Policeman, 1st To Rise From Teacher To Front Office ONEONTA – The Oneonta City school board has accepted the retirement of Joseph Yelich as superintendent and appointed his assistant superintendent, Thomas Brindley, to succeed him, effective July 1. Yelich has served as superintendent since July 1, 2013, after serving as superintendent of the Waverly School District and executive principal in the Jamestown School District. Before his current post,…

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