Bassett Healthcare to partner with museum studies program for inclusive artwork STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, which focuses on museum studies, has partnered with Bassett Healthcare to create inclusive artwork which represents greater diversity for patient spaces. Professor Cynthia Falk’s “Gender-Taste-Space” class selected art which depicts different racial, gender, ethnic and religious persuasions. The Gender Wellness Center team selected pieces to be purchased for display. “The principles of diversity, equity and inclusion are essential…
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Hall of Fame names new president Josh Rawitch, 44, worked with Diamondbacks, Dodgers STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Monday, June 28, that Josh Rawitch has been named President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum effective after the 2021 Induction, according to a media release. Rawitch will start in his new role Sept. 9. Until that date, Jeff Idelson will continue as interim president, which he…
CV-S graduates 32 in school-side event Saturday By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School said congratulations and farewell to 32 students Saturday, June 26, in a ceremony under a big tent on the school’s athletic field. Valedictorian Mia Horvath told her classmates to strive to be individuals. She said they were each one of just 7.8 billion people and should reach beyond their small-town roots. Horvath quoted Walt Whitman’s “Songs of Myself” which said, “I am…
Otsego DOH: COVID on decline in county STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com A media release from the Otsego County Department of Health on Thursday, June 24, confirmed that the decline in coronavirus cases nationwide is reflected in local numbers. According to DOH Director Heidi Bond, “Statewide New York has reached 71% of residents 18+ that have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. In Otsego County, 61.3% of county residents 18+ have received at least one dose…
The Farmers’ Museum to hold traditional Independence Day celebration STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Farmers’ Museum announced Thursday, June 24, that it will hold its Independence Day celebration Sunday, July 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum, just outside of Cooperstown, in the town of Otsego, will stage its traditional celebration, including a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence, barbecued food and family activities. Starting at noon, the Declaration of Independence will read aloud on…
Bound Volumes June 24, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 210 YEARS AGO We are informed that Walter Rodgers, the boy wounded on board the frigate, and who behaved with so much firmness, has been appointed a midshipman in the Navy of the United States. To Farmers—The clear profit in the produce of a farm is nearly all that can give it a certain value, and all that can ever…
Staff Dining Picks Our best bets for local dining Larissa Ryan Business Manager Stagecoach Coffee If you’re walking around downtown Cooperstown and get a bit hungry (or just need a coffee or tea or other beverage), take a left at the flagpole going toward the lake and on your right will be Stagecoach Coffee. They are primarily a coffee shop but they have been steadily expanding their food menu over the years. I recently stopped by for lunch and decided…
Hometown 4th: Oneonta to revive holiday celebration By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Hometown 4th Festival will return to Oneonta’s Neahwa Park to celebrate the July Fourth holiday next weekend, with a theme of honoring essential workers. The goal is to honor the workers, including grocery store staff, teachers, police officers, firefighters and healthcare workers, who took risks for the community good during the coronavirus pandemic, according to festival officials. “We wanted to do everything we…
HOMETOWN HISTORY June 24, 2021 Compiled by Tom Heitz/SHARON STUART, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 100 Years Ago The death of Harlow Lithbridge, son of Mrs. W.N. Millard, reported last week, from diphtheria, has been followed by the deaths from the same disease of Earnest M. Blend, nine-year-old child of Dr. G.W. Blend, which occurred on Saturday on Dietz Street, and of the wife of Dr. Blend, who died Wednesday evening and was, by order…
Best Bets Oneonta architectural tour, the circus, jazz concert at Origins Explore the architectural gems found in the city of Oneonta. Trolley tour will be led by Dr. Cindy Falk, professor of material culture at SUNY Oneonta, and will visit the historic districts of Downtown Oneonta and Walnut Street, featuring examples from the first European settlement to the boom of the Victorian era, when the railroad came to town, and more. Registration, masks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination are required.…
