Fenimore announces Young at Art winners The three top prizes for Fenimore Art Museum’s Young at Art regional youth art contest were awarded Saturday, June 5, during a ceremony at the Museum. The Grand Prize was given to Makenzie Sayers, a senior at Mount Markham, for her painting, “Our Community.” “Our Community was created in May. It was a time in New York when few left their homes and the positive cases seemed to be getting closer to home,” Sayers…
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Beekeeping becomes big upstate activity, hobby By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The sound of bees humming is audible all around at the Straight from the Hive bee farm where a number of hives are literally buzzing with activity. Richard Lercari, the beekeeper who runs Straight from the Hive, is very much a bee person. He has a bee hat and wears bee socks and speaks about his interest in bees. “I’m totally fascinated by bees,” Lercari said. “I…
AllOtsego people Father-son climbing duo to take on Denali By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Father and son climbing team of Tim and Henry Horvath are on the go again, trying to conquer Denali Mountain in Alaska during June. The father-son team left for Alaska on Monday, June 7. “It was kind of my idea,” said Henry, 16, who just completed his sophomore year at Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts. “Kind of? I’ve done this before. I didn’t need…
Sharon Springs/ Cherry Valley-Springfield upsets Charlotte Valley in baseball playoffs STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Nick Acampora and Luke Dubben had RBI hits as the combined team of Sharon Springs/Cherry Valley-Springfield, a six seed, upset host Charlotte Valley, 2-1, in the Section IV Class D baseball playoff quarterfinals Wednesday, June 9. Kyle France got the win for SS/CV-S, giving up no runs and one hit in four innings, while striking out three batters. Dubben relieved him and gave up…
In Cooperstown, induction shift causes mixed reactions By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Cooperstown community had a mixed reaction to the news that the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum would move its Induction Weekend to a Wednesday in September. The chair of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Jane Forbes Clark, announced Wednesday, June 9, that the induction would be moving from its traditional Sunday in July to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8. Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh said…
Jensen, Victory win section titles for Cooperstown track STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Sophomores Claire Jensen and Braeden Victory won Section III Class C1 titles for Cooperstown Wednesday, June 9, in South Lewis. The Cooperstown track teams ended their seasons Wednesday, with a fourth-place finish for the girls and a ninth-place finish for the boys. Jensen won the 200, with a time of 26.68, and Victory won the high jump, with a jump of 4-10. Jensen also placed second…
Unatego’s baseball season ends in 1-0 loss STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Troy Halverson’s two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning knocked third-seeded Unatego out of the Section IV Class C baseball playoffs, as visiting Union Springs, the six seed, beat the Spartans, 1-0, Wednesday, June 9, in Otego. Union Springs pitcher Ryan Bailey pitched a no-hitter and struck out 16 batters to get the win. He was one walk away from a perfect game. Unatego’s…
Oneonta falls to SV in baseball quarterfinals STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Oneonta was eliminated from the Section IV Class B baseball playoffs with a 17-7 loss in a six-inning game at Susquehanna Valley on Wednesday, June 9. SV outhit the Jackets, 15-5, and three SV players had three hits each. Oneonta fought back from a 6-0 deficit to take a 7-6 lead going into the fifth inning, but SV put the game away by scoring eight runs runs…
Hawkeyes rally in sixth to beat Oriskany in softball quarterfinals By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Tori France scored the game-winning run on an error during an at bat by Savannah Kirkby as top seeded Cooperstown rallied in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat visiting Oriskany, 12-8, in the Section III Class C softball quarterfinals Wednesday, June 9, at Cooperstown Central School. The Hawkeyes trailed, 8-7, after a three-run top of the sixth gave Oriskany the lead,…
Haney’s homer, Ubner’s Ks lead Cooperstown to baseball semifinals By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Chris Ubner struck out 17 batters in six innings and Kendall Haney hit a solo home run to center field to give top seeded Cooperstown a 1-0 win over No. 9 South Louis in the Section III Class C quarterfinals Wednesday, June 9, at Doubleday Field. Ubner gave up four walks and two hits, but had five innings where he got all…