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…
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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…
Raise Bed Tax 2 Percent To Aid Municipalities, 3 Leaders Say Saying municipal finances are structurally flawed, the top political leaders of Cooperstown and Oneonta have issued a statement calling for a 2 percent bed-tax increase to benefit the communities that generate bed-tax revenues. Cooperstown Village Mayor Jeff Katz, Oneonta City Mayor Dick Miller and Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood provided the statement to Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal, which published it in full in the editions that arrive on…
BABE RUTH’S FAMILY TO ATTEND HALL’S 75TH BIRTHDAY PARTY COOPERSTOWN – Seventy-five years after Babe Ruth stood on the steps of the Baseball Hall of Fame and waved to the gathered crowd, his family will return to Cooperstown to celebrate his legacy as part of the Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, June 12. The festivities will kick off at 11 a.m. on the steps of the Hall, with Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Cal Ripkin Jr., as well…
Cooperstown ‘Hospital Zone’ Task Force May Ease Regulations On New Buildings COOPERSTOWN Zoning revisions that creates a “hospital zone” in the vicinity of Bassett Healthcare but will also allow buildings up to 4,000-square-feet anywhere in the village to avoid site-development review will be presented to the public at an informational meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 16, at the fire hall on Chestnut Street.…
IN MEMORIAM: Dr. Alfred Jaretzi III, 94; Bassett Physician Of International Repute COOPERSTOWN Word has been received that Dr. Alfred Jaretzi III, 94, a former Bassett Hospital physician whose work on the thymus gland won him an international reputation, died last Thursday. He had homes in New York City and Essex, Conn. Locally, he was a founding member of the Village Planning Board. A memorial service will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 at the Knickerbocker Club in New…
700 ‘Girls On The Run’ Race Under Sunny Skies COOPERSTOWN – Seven hundred girls from six counties dashed off the starting line at noon today at the Clark Sports Center, the culmination of 10 weeks of – as organizer Sally Trosset put it – “celebrating gratitude.” The goal, she said, is “to teach girls about self-esteem, making good choices in life,” … of learning “it’s nice to be nice.” VIEW PHOTO GALLERY FOR GIRLS ON THE RUN…
12 Lively Banners Counterbalance ‘Butterfly’ Tragedy At Glimmerglass By JIM KEVLIN for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – “Madame Butterfly” ends in tragedy. Not so with Otto Lilienthal, the little-remembered inventor of the glider, as as George Peters told it while he installed his “Flight Patterns” on the lawn of the Glimmerglass Festival this afternoon. Lilienthal was the rage in Berlin in the 1890s. He built the Fliegerberg (“Aviator’s Hill”) at his home outside the city, and Berliners would picnic there and watch him…
Eagle Scout, Churches Collaborate In Welcome Sign At Edge Of Village COOPERSTOWN – Charles Gannon’s Eagle Scout project began reaching fruition this morning, as he and fellow scouts in Cooperstown’s Troop 1254 erected a sign at Route 28’s south entrance into the village welcoming visitors to worship at the six local churches. A similar sign – “The Churches of Cooperstown Welcome You” – will be erected next Saturday at the Route 28 entrance from Fly Creek. Gannon, a CCS ninth…
As Hall of Fame Nears 75th Anniversary, Osterhoudt Looks Back at First Induction Homer Osterhoudt, who helped build the Baseball Hall of Fame from the first brick, shares his photos of the first Induction ceremony on June 12, 1939. VIEW 1939 INDUCTION SLIDE SHOW…
