M-E tops Oneonta, 8-0 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State powerhouse Maine-Endwell defeated Oneonta, 8-0, in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference baseball game at MEHS on Thursday, May 27. Maine-Endwell, whose roster had numerous players from the Little League World Championship team of 2016, put the game away with a four-run fourth inning, that included four hits and three walks.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 28 Stream ‘The Glass Menagerie’ THEATER – Stream on Demand. Get your tickets for local production of ‘The Glass Menagerie’ by Tennessee Williams. The play is a tender, and sometimes bitter, memory of the Wingfield family with matriarch Amanda Wingfield watching over her children Tom and Laura and attempting to control their lives. Tickets, $15. Presented by Stuff of Dreams Productions. Visit www.facebook.com/GEStevensOneonta/…
Delgado visits Otsego County to tout American Rescue Plan By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN — Rep. Antonio Delgado, D-NY19, appeared in Otsego County on Thursday, May 28, to speak about the money the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan, which he help shepherd through Congress. Otsego County receive about $11.5 million, he said, half of which has already been delivered, with the other half to follow within a year. Other county towns and villages will…
Hartwick names new head of Food and Beverage Center STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Harmonie Marie Bettenhausen has been named the new director of the Hartwick College Center for Craft Food & Beverage, Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich announced Thursday, May 27, in a media release. Bettenhausen will assume the role in late June, succeeding Aaron MacLeod, who served as the center’s inaugural director for seven years. Bettenhausen comes to Hartwick from Colorado State University, where…
Richfield community creates park By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com RICHFIELD SPRINGS – About 15 people gathered Sunday, May 24, on Main Street in the village to turn the site of a formerly blighted home into a “pocket park.” The property at 177 Main St. had been abandoned years ago, one of a handful of old houses in the area that had gotten too run down and where the former owners could not afford to restore it. The Greater…
Dreams Park update opens tourism season By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The summer tourism season begins Memorial Day weekend, with businesses and attractions getting set for a better year now that COVID is beginning to dissipate. After a run of team cancellations earlier in the year, the Dreams Park baseball camp announced new protocols Monday, May 24. The baseball camp in Hartwick Seminary will open Friday, July 23, with no restrictions on social distancing or mask wearing. However, they…
Idelson aims for smooth Hall transition, induction By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will have an encore from its former leader, as Jeff Idelson returned May 15, as interim president. Idelson, who left the Hall in 2019, after 25 years, including more than 12 as president, replaced Tim Mead, his hand-picked successor. Mead left mid-May, saying the isolation from his family in Southern California during the coronavirus pandemic made him unable…
Regatta switches to virtual event for 2021 By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The General Clinton Canoe Regatta, which is traditionally held Memorial Day, will be held virtually this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic. “We have exhausted all other options,” the General Clinton Canoe Regatta website read. There will be no winners or awards this year, but racers will be credited with finishes, according to event organizers. Participants will be provided with a GPS in order to get…
Cooperstown KOA to stage outdoor summer movie series By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown KOA Journey will host a summer movie series beginning Saturday, June 12. The campground, which is about 20 miles north of Cooperstown, just outside of Otsego County in the town of Warren, Herkimer County, and about a mile from the Route 20 and 80 crossing, will provide socially distanced spaces for families to enjoy outdoor movies during the late spring and summer. There are…
Jensen sets school record for Cooperstown against Markham STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Annelise Jensen set the school record for the 800 run with a time of 2:23.7, as Cooperstown’s girls won a track meet against host Mount Markham on Wednesday, May 26. Claire Jensen was 0.4 off the 400 record with a 400 time of 60.7. Claire also won the 200 with a time of 27.4. Claire and Annelise joined Ireland Gable and Meah Boyles to win the…