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Congressman Among Babe Ruth Opening Attendees COOPERSTOWN – U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, will be among the dignitaries expected at the 11 a.m. opening ceremony of “Babe Ruth: His Life and Legend,” at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, part of its 75th anniversary celebration. At noon, a roundtable discussion focusing on Ruth and his impact on the game will be held in the Museum’s Bullpen Theater and will feature Mike Gibbons, executive director of the Babe Ruth Museum; author Jane Leavy;…
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BOUND VOLUMES, June 12, 2014 200 YEARS AGO Important Arrival, New York, June 9: Arrived, this afternoon, the French national brig Olive Branch in 45 days from L’Orient, with dispatches from the new government in France to the French ministry in this country, and the American government. The captain informed us that Bonaparte had taken his departure from Fontainebleau for a small island in the Mediterranean (Elbe); that King Louis was expected in France from England in two or three…
1st Cooperstown Marathon To Extend 75th Festivities COOPERSTOWN – The first 26.2-mile “Race The Lake” marathon begins at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Clark Sports Center. At 8:30, contestants in the 13.1-mile half-marathon will be bused from the Clark to the Springfield Community Center, where that race will begin at 9:30. Get more details and register to run…
Hall of Fame’s Yesteryears Recalled By JIM KEVLIN • www.allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Yesterday was today’s topic, and things have changed. “I shouldn’t say this,” said Ted Spencer, the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s retired curator, “but my first year here” – 1982 – “I tried everything on.” How things have become more formal and security-conscious over the years was one theme that emerged from a panel Spencer rounded out this afternoon in the Hall’s Bullpen Theater. He joined three attendees…
HEROES OF GAME CUT CAKE ON HALL OF FAME’S 75TH View photo gallery of this morning’s 75th birthday party for Hall of Fame…
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Soldier With Cooperstown Ties Killed In Friendly Fire Incident COOPERSTOWN Staff Sgt. Scott Studenmund, 24, of Pasadena, Calif., whose family ties to Cooperstown go back several generations, was one of five soldiers killed Monday in Afghanistan in a friendly fire incident. Studenmund’s parents, Woody, an economics professor at Occidental University, and Jaynie Miller, former eHarmony CEO, summer on Otsego Lake, according to Martha McGowan, a family friend. Neighbor Marlin James told CNN that Scott knew from a very early age that…