Something happened last weekend. All of a sudden the Village of Cooperstown was quiet; the sidewalks were sparsely populated; there were a number of parking spaces on Main Street (though not so many opposite the Hall of Fame, where the sign says 15-minute parking); there were no horns blaring (though the fire department siren was working hard, as is its wont); and there were fewer cars speeding up and down the lake and on Route 28, south toward Oneonta.…
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With Another Tourism Season In Doubt Otsego Looks Outdoors By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With tourism dealt another pandemic-related blow last week, Otsego County’s leaders are increasingly turning to outdoor adventures to lure visitors. “We’re actually in the process right now of trying to launch a massive campaign to tout our outdoor adventure,” said Cassandra Harrington, executive director of Destination Marketing Corporation, which promotes tourism in Otsego and Schoharie counties. Harrington said the tourism news has been mostly…
LETTER from JODI PLIMPTON-WERSTEIN Dreams Park Orders C-19 Shots – For 12-Year-Olds? To the Editor: Last week, parents of athletes looking to attend the Cooperstown Dreams Park experience this summer, were notified that in order to participate, they will be requiring proof of vaccination for anyone 12 years old and up. Anyone under 12 years old, simply has to provide proof of negative test (however, they did not give a timeframe for how recent that test needed to be). As…
Baseball Camps Wait For Albany Guidance Quarantine Rules Also Turn Off Some Families By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Health and wealth. Those are the two concepts people in government and the tourist industry are using in discussing the news that the two youth-baseball camps, Dreams Park in Hartwick Seminary and All Star Village in West Oneonta, are seeking permission to open someway, somehow, in the 2021 season. “If they can conform to the state’s requirements and…
MIKE BROWN PUBLISHES ‘UMP’S BUNKHOUSE’ Author, Editor To Discuss Dream’s Park Experiences…
TASK FORCE CHAIRMAN SAYS: At All-Star Village, No Closing Planned – At Least For Now COOPERSTOWN – County Emergency Task Force chairman Allen Ruffles today said he has been assured by Marty Patton, owner of Cooperstown All-Star Village in West Oneonta, that there are no plans to cancel the summer season, at least for now. All-Star Village – as well at Coopertown Dreams Park in Hartwick Seminary, which Friday announced it is cancelling it 2020 season – together fuel the…
Facility Offered To Bassett DREAMS PARK CANCELLING 2020 SEASON By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Citing the “best interest” of community, employees and traveling players and families, Cooperstown Dreams Park has announced it will be closed for the 2020 season. “Cooperstown Dreams Park was hoping to avoid this outcome,” says a letter on its website. “But it is the only responsible course of action.” All teams will receive a 100 percent refund or the option of future…
FROM DREAMS PARK TO FORTUNE Bryce Harper Signs Record $330-Million Contract With Phillies Baseball star Bryce Harper, now 26, who played at Cooperstown Dreams Park in 2003-05, has just signed a 13-year, $330-million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, the largest contract in MLB and pro-sports history. FOR DETAILS FROM MLB.COM, CLICK HERE…
IN MEMORIAM: Randy C. Bullis, 61; Lifelong Resident Of Otsego County HARTWICK – Randy C Bullis, 61, of Hartwick, a lifelong Otsego County resident, passed away unexpectedly March 9, 2018 at his home. He was born on Aug. 1, 1956, in Oneonta, son of the late Clayton and Bessie (Houck) Bullis. He graduated from Franklin Central School.…
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