HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JUNE 10 What Happened to the Songs of the Erie Canal? NEW YORK HISTORY – 6:30 p.m. Learn about the culture and music from when the Erie canal connected Buffalo to New York City in video ‘Where Did the Songs Go? The Musical Legacy of the Historic Erie Canal Part 1.’ Part 2 will debut June 17. Presented by the Arkell Museum, Canajoharie. 518-673-2314 ext. 113 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar…
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Wayne Bank announces new hire, promotion at Bank of Cooperstown STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Honesdale, Pennsylvania – Lewis J. Critelli, president and chief executive officer of Wayne Bank, announced the addition of Paul Catan to its commercial lending team in Oneonta, in a media release Wednesday June 9. Catan, vice president of commercial lending, will be working with local businesses to meet their borrowing needs. He has more than 20 years of lending experience. “I am pleased to…
Hall of Fame moves induction to September, will allow limited crowds STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Jane Forbes Clark, chair of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, announced in a media release Wednesday, June 9, that this summer’s Induction Ceremony will take place at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8, in front of limited crowds as an outdoor ticketed event on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center. The Induction Ceremonywill be broadcast live on MLB Network. Planning…
Former Congressman, Gibson, to receive scout award STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Chris Gibson, a three-term Congressman from New York’s 19th District, retired Army colonel and president of Siena College, will be honored by the Twin Rivers Council of the Boy Scouts of America during its Columbia County Good Scout Award Dinner on Thursday, June 17, according to a media release. Gibson is a Kinderhook resident who grew up in Columbia County, graduated from Ichabod Crane High School and…
Oberacker bills to help Oneonta schools, dedicate part of Route 51 to a fallen solider, pass state Senate STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R/C-Schenevus, announced Tuesday, June 8, that the state Senate has approval of a pair of bills he sponsors to assist the Oneonta City School District and honor an Army medic from the town of Butternuts, who lost his life in the Vietnam War. Senate bill 396 corrects a clerical error and will…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 Tour Ansel Adams WWII Photography Exhibit VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 – 3 p.m. Join live tour of exhibit ‘Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams’ which features photographs documenting the Japanese internment camp in California in 1943. Free, suggested donation $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
Outlaws win home opener in extra innings STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Gunner Johnson’s walkoff RBI walk scored A.J. Gaich in the bottom of the 10th inning as Oneonta won its first game of the 2021 season, beating Albany, 2-1, in the Outlaws’s home opener Monday, June 7. Both starting pitchers had good nights. Albany’s Jake Manderson gave up one unearned run in the second inning, but otherwise pitched three clean innings. Gaich scored the Outlaws first run, too,…
Cooperstown blanks Weedsport, 5-0, in playoff opener By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Marley Lippitt struck out 14 batters, walking none and giving up three hits, as top seeded Cooperstown advanced to the Section III Class C quarterfinals with a 5-0 opening-round win over No. 16 Weedsport on Monday, June 7, at Cooperstown Central School. Cooperstown had trouble with Weedsport pitcher Christine Jackson early, but began to figure out her motion in the middle innings. “It wasn’t so much…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JUNE 8 Curators on Fantasy Baseball CURATOR SPOTLIGHT – 2 p.m. Explore display ‘A Whole New Ballgame’ about fantasy baseball with a hall of fame curator. Begins with the 19th century game of Parlor Base Ball, and up to today’s online leagues. Free, registration for Zoom meeting required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-curator-spotlight-fantasy-baseball?date=0…
In Memoriam William L. Ross, Sr., 80 Veteran, Tinkerer, Owned B&S Inn FLY CREEK – William L. Ross, Sr., (80) of Willow Avenue in Fly Creek died Saturday June 5, 2021 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. Born March 30, 1941 in Ilion, NY Bill was the only child of William E. and Elizabeth (Houck) Ross. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1959 and following graduation enlisted in the US Air Force serving his country until…