HOF Awards Presentation to air on MLB Network Sunday, July 25 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com According to a media release from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum on Friday, July 23, the annual Hall of Fame Awards Presentation will be broadcast on MLB Network at 12 p.m., Sunday, July 25, and will feature the 2020 and 2021 award winners. Although the 2021 induction has been moved to a September date for an in-person event at The…
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SABR meeting to take place Sunday, July 25 The next Cliff Kachline – Cooperstown/Upstate/Central NY Society for American Baseball Research Chapter meeting will take place at 6 p.m., Sunday, July 25, at Tillapaugh’s, located at 28 Pioneer St. in Cooperstown. Guest speakers will include; Bill Deane, Tony Morante, Pete Pagliaro and Mike Hauser. Deane, an acclaimed baseball author, will talk about the life of chapter namesake, Cliff Kachline, who was one of the founding members of SABR in August of…
HBO requests Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) footage from his Oneonta childhood STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Via the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, HBO has asked if anyone from Oneonta has footage of Paul Reubens, better known by his stage name of Pee Wee Herman. Reubens attended Bugbee School in Oneonta and participated in several plays. Producer Brian Becker contacted GOHS and asked them if they could put out a wide net to find someone who had footage of…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 23 ‘George Strong and the Clarkes’ SUMMER CONCERT SERIES – 7:30 p.m. Enjoy a glimpse of the musical landscape of early America in ‘George Templeton Strong and the Clarkes’ as recorded by George Templeton Strong, coupled with music by Antonín Dvořák. Cost, $20/adult. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. 607-547-5098 or visit hydehall.org…
AllOtsego people: In Cooperstown, a female majority forms By PHOEBE SMITH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — When Hanna Bergene decided to run for a village trustee position and Jim Dean announced he would step down to make way for her, it inadvertently led to a local first: a female majority board of trustees. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, who was first elected in 2018, and is the second female mayor of the village, Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk and trustees Bergene…
With induction delayed, HOF awards get Saturday spotlight By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com While the Hall of Fame’s induction ceremony has been pushed back to Sept. 8, in order to accommodate the inclusion of fans in attendance on the lawn at the Clark Sports Center, the Hall’s annual Awards Presentation honoring baseball writers and broadcasters is scheduled for Saturday, July 24, as a television only event. This year’s Ford C. Frick Award and Baseball Writer’s Association of America…
Lights, camera, Otsego County Summer film shoot for ‘Bring Him Back Dead’ highlights industry’s growth in Cooperstown, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MIDDLEFIELD — The push to bring the film industry to Otsego County produced big results in July, in large part thanks to efforts of Film COOP and scenery in the region that the filmmakers couldn’t get anywhere else. Tucked away at a “hideout” location, the small-budget action film “Bring Him Back Dead” was shot at…
Summer Music Festival to reopen with free concert Aug. 10, at Fenimore By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com After the cancellation of the 2020 season because of the coronavirus, the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival will be back for its 23rd season this summer. The season kicks off Tuesday, Aug. 10, with a free concert. “We wanted to make a giftto the community and say let’s come back and enjoy live music together after difficult times,” CSMF Artistic Director Linda…
Leonard became Milford’s pioneer wrestler, Coop legend Despite losing senior season to pandemic, grappling career will continue with college recruitment By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com MARYLAND — As he could see his senior season of wrestling being washed away by the coronavirus pandemic, 2021 Milford Central School graduate Avery Leonard said he relied on his philosophy of life, “worry about what you can control, let go of everything you can’t control.” “I have always run with that saying,”…
Pit Run to return for 2021 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The 28th Pit Run, in honor of late State Trooper Ricky J. Parisian, will take place Sunday, Oct. 3, in Oneonta. “We are so excited to announce our 28th annual event,” Race Director Dave Weaver said in a media release. “Not only does the Pit Run celebrate Ricky J. Parisian’s heroism, but it celebrates the best attributes of the greater Oneonta community. It is a wonderful family event,…