GETCHA BASEBALL GEAR HERE 16 Baseball Stores In Cooperstown’s Business District You want baseball gear, you’ve got baseball gear in downtown Cooperstown’s 15 baseball stores. ►Surrounding Doubleday Field Parking Lot: • Cooperstown Doubleday Field Clubhouse, Doubleday Court, (607) 547-1852. Vintage-style baseball apparel. Owner, Ron Brown. • Baseball Nostalgia Inc., 4 Doubleday Court. (607) 547-6051. Vintage baseball cards and ephemera. Co-owners, Bruce Andrews and Pete Henrici. • Cooperstown Factory Store, 103 Main St. (607) 547-5826. Baseball apparel. Owner, Ron Brown. ►Leave…
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ON BASEBALL’S MAIN STREET Seventh-Inning Stretch, Newly Upgraded, Hosts Mariano Rivera Signing By LIBBY CUDMORE • from SUMMER DREAMS COOPERSTOWN – Vincent Carfagno knows the importance of service with a smile. “I had Mariano Rivera here for a signing and, when I drove him to the airport, I told him he was going to the Hall of Fame,” he said. “This year, when he was doing his walkthrough in January, I went over there and gave him a big smile –…
HOMETOWN History June 7, 2019 150 Years Ago The new Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated on Thursday last. The day being fine, large numbers of people were present from the adjacent towns, including many of the clergy. The financial statement showed an expenditure of over $14,000 for building and parsonage house and grounds, with a balance of $5,500 to be provided for. This amount, after an able sermon, and a very convincing talk after the sermon, both by Rev. B.L.…
JOSH EDMONDS’ 45 DELAWARE He’s Built The Future Cooperstown House Efficient, Affordable By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Josh Edmonds has built the future at 45 Delaware St. • POINT ONE: A partner in the Simple Integrity construction firm, Edmonds has been paying $4,000 a year to heat his home in Springfield Center. The 2,600-square-foot house he’s just finished building at 45 Delaware will cost $254 a year to heat. “That’s a pretty substantial difference,” Edmonds said in…
FUNDRAISING BEGINS FOR STUDIO 53 Volunteers Hope To Revive Ancient Row As Arts Center By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Growing up, Ryan Miosek spent many afternoons in photographer Jim Kosinski’s darkroom above Danny’s Market, developing film he had shot around town. “All we had to do was provide the paper,” he said. “The chemicals and equipment were all there, free of charge. As long as we showed respect to the place, you could get a key.”…
from ARTHUR HENRY There’s No Place For Gay Marriage In UM Church To the Editor: To all of our Methodist friends at the Fly Creek Methodist Church. I read your statement in local papers about the Church and its position on homosexuality. The Book of Discipline, the law that governs the Methodist Church, states that Homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching. Several attempts to change the wording have failed at general conference, defeated three times with a larger vote the…
Sidebar to: He’s Built The Future Passive House Institute’s 5 Rules Here are the five concepts Simple Integrity builder Josh Edmonds applied to 45 Delaware St., Cooperstown, necessary to win certification from the Passive House Institute. ►One, Thermal Bridging Nothing outside is connected directly with the interior, accomplished by a five-layered wall. From the inside out, that wall consists of a layer of 2x6s; a layer of ZIP System sheathing and tape; 12-inch-deep I-joints (plenty of room for insulation); a…
COLUMN ATTENTION PARENTS! Vaping Is Threatening Your Kids Editor’s Note: CCS Superintendent of Schools Bill Crankshaw sent this cautionary letter to parents. Dear Parents and Caregivers, Cooperstown Central School District has experienced a sharp increase in “vaping.” This dangerous trend is a common concern in almost all schools nationally. Locally, the most current Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2018) indicates that 44 percent of high school students, grades 9-72, in Otsego County have used vapor products. This is a staggering statistic…
COLUMN Is Any Government Agency Efficient? By MIKE ZAGATA • View From West Davenport When Bernie Sanders starts a sentence by saying “The truth on this matter is,” it’s time to reach for your wallet to see if it’s still there. He’s not alone in that regard, as there are lots of candidates trying to sell us on the virtues of socialism. To learn how socialism has affected you, read the last three paragraphs. The major differences between socialism and…
from CHIP NORTHRUP Texans Say, Don’t Mess With Cattle To the Editor: Had the local dairyman moved to Texas and knowingly allowed his cows to starve to death, he would have been charged with up to 25 felony counts, each carrying up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine per head – which adds up to 250 years in the state pen and $250,000 in fines. About the same as for manslaughter. In New York, he gets a…
