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Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen spent the weekend in Cooperstown with permanent grins on their faces, thrilled at the prospect of joining baseball’s greatest team and scarcely believing they were now among the greatest legends of the game. Years from now, electees will feel the same about McGriff and Rolen, whose humility is surpassed only by their success on the field…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, JULY 24 Support Local Baseball Team HOME GAME—7 p.m. Oneonta Outlaws vs. the Utica Blue Sox, featuring happy hour before the game from 5-6 p.m. Admission, $5/adult. Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Avenue, Oneonta. (607) 432-6326 or visit oneontaoutlaws.com BLOOD DRIVE – Noon-5 p.m. With Oneonta YMCA at Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. Visit RedCrossBlood.org…
Former Center Street School librarian Mark Parmerter will provide a brief history of Oneonta’s longest serving elementary school (1897-2012) on Sunday, July 23 at the Swart-Wilcox House Museum. Parmerter’s talk, part of the museum’s Summer Sunday Series, begins at 1:15 p.m. and will be followed by a sharing of memories and anecdotes honoring Center Street School’s 115 years serving the Oneonta community…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 22 Parade Of Legends PARADE OF LEGENDS—6-8 p.m. Hall of Fame members will ride through Cooperstown from The Otesaga Resort Hotel to a red-carpet arrival on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame, where a private reception will follow. Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547- 7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/2023-parade-legends…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta July 20, 2023 Front Page 52 HoF Legends Coming to Town This Weekend Inside Governor On Hand for Doubleday Ribbon-Cutting Wellness Committee Meets Special Effects Artist Builds Stuff of Nightmares in E. Springfield Garage Veteran’s Cross-Country Odyssey Has Important Educational Purpose Vêsucrê: Celebrating Success with Grant, Expo ‘Passages: Creatures & Curiosities’ Exhibit To Open at Art Garage July 20 Let the Games Begin! Best Bets: July 20, 2023 News in Brief…
210 YEARS AGO
British Monsters—Excerpt of a letter from Captain Cooper to Charles K. Mallory, Esq. Lieut. Gov. of Virginia—“I was in Hampton with my troop; that place having been evacuated in the morning by the British. My blood ran cold at what I saw and heard. The few distressed inhabitants running up in every direction to congratulate us; tears were shedding in every corner – the infamous scoundrels, monsters, destroyed everything but the houses, and (my pen is almost unwilling…
Friday, July 21
BASEBALL—8-11 a.m. “Play Ball” with Ozzie Smith and other Hall of Famers to kick off Hall of Fame weekend. Fundraiser for the educational programs of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown.
SIGNINGS—11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Former Major League Baseball player Jack Clark, aka “The Ripper,” will be available for autographs and photos daily during Hall of Fame Weekend. Willis Monie Books, 139 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8363 or visit https://www.wearecooperstown.com/events/jack-clark-signings-at-willis-monie-books/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 21 Contadance In The Wood Barn At Hyde Hall CONTRADANCE—7:30 p.m. Enjoy a fun evening in Hyde Hall’s newly renovated wood barn. $10 at the door. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown, (607) 547-5098 or visit hydehall.org/events-2/ BLOOD DRIVE – 2:30-6:30 p.m. Richfield Springs Community Center, 6 Ann Street, Richfield Springs. Visit RedCrossBlood.org…
True fans of the horror genre will be familiar with Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman, and Rocko Zevenbergen, collectively known for such delightfully disturbing B movie cult classics as “The Toxic Avenger,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High” and the more recent “I Need You Dead!” Here in Otsego County, a local man is leading a team of experts as they develop special effects for Zevenbergen’s latest movie in an East Springfield garage.…
The eyes of the baseball world will be focused on Cooperstown this weekend, with the legends of the game in town to see history unfold during Hall of Fame Weekend. Fifty previously-inducted Hall of Fame members are expected to return, July 21-24, to celebrate the induction of the Hall of Fame Class of 2023. As of July 10, 52 total Hall of Famers, including 2023 inductees Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen, are scheduled to be a part of Hall of…
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