‘Team Fetterman’ Welcomes Judge Lamberts Become 1st Father-Son Pair In Cooperstown’s Most Honored Ranks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It was a lesson in the right attitude. County Judge John Lambert, honored as the latest recipient of the Clark Sports Center’s Fetterman Award today at an Otesaga luncheon, was able to relate a first-hand story about Patrick Fetterman, a fabled director of the Clark Gym. It was at a Biddy Basketball Tournament in St. Johnsville more than…
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Pioneer Patio, Inn At Coop Claim Beautification Prizes COOPERSTOWN – The Clark Foundation’s annual Beautification Contest has awarded first-place prizes to Pioneer Patio for businesses; the Monzon-O’Mara household, 108 Pioneer St., for homes, and the Inn at Cooperstown for best window box/hanging basket. Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark’s grandmother, Susan Vanderpoel Clark, founded the annual contest more than 60 years ago “to recognize the tremendous time and effort so many of our residents take to make our village look welcoming…
17 Millionth Fan Enters Into Hall Sergio Arias of Lompoc, Calif., smiles with surprise a few minutes ago as Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark advises him he is the 17 millionth fan to pass through the turnstile at 25 Main St. At right, Arias, wife Amber, and children Gabi, 11, Noah, 9, and Aubrey, 6 pose with Miss Clark for the official portrait. She then presented the honoree with a lifetime Hall of Fame membership and other gifts.…
Restored, Grandstand Theater Re-Opening On Eve of Classic COOPERSTOWN – With new surround sound, a state-of-the-art projector and a brand-new film, the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Grandstand Theater is set for re-opening this weekend as part of the museum’s annual Classic Weekend. “Baseball fans come to the Hall of Fame looking for that ‘wow’ moment, and the new “Generations of the Game” introductory film, shown in the beautifully renovated and state-of-the-art Grandstand Theater, sets the stage and delivers an emotional foundation…
$8M Scriven Grant Aims To Upgrade Patient Care Bassett To Buy Instruments, Equipment, More COOPERSTOWN – Bassett Hospital today announced it has received an $8 million grant from the Scriven Foundation to upgrade patient-care equipment. The money will buy surgical instruments, patient-monitoring and patient exam tables, among other purchases including lab equipment which may include centrifuge technology to ensure the center is state of the art. It doesn’t just stop with centrifuge technology, there is plenty of other things that…
Too Many Baseball Stores, Jane Forbes Clark Suggests Let’s Work Together To Revive Downtown, Cooperstown’s Benefactress Tells Chamber Jane Forbes Clark told Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce members this morning that the village’s downtown, which lost the CVS and Cooperstown General Store in recent months, is at a crossroads, and she adopted the chamber’s 2018 of “togetherness” as a way toward a solution. The Hall of Fame chairman said store rents – as high as $7,000 a month – are “too…
Fetterman Honorees Welcome Bud Lippitt Cooperstown Elementary phys-ed teacher Bud Lippitt, in right photo, receives the 24th Fetterman Award for service to youth from Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark at today’s luncheon in his honor at The Otesaga. In accepting the honor, Lippitt said, “I’ve never had a bad day – I always look forward to coming to work.” In top photo, the honoree poses with wife Nicole, daughters Marley, left, and Emmy, and son Tommy. About 50 attended…
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Clark Sports Center Re-opens, Bigger & Better Than Ever! Before the doors even opened this morning, people were gathering outside the doors of the Clark in anticipation of the grand re-opening of the sports complex which had spent the two years undergoing extensive renovations. Above, Gunter Weldon, Cooperstown, gets a leg up from Adventure Staff member Steph Talaia-Murray on the rock-climbing wall during the grand re-opening of the Clark Sports Center this morning. Right: Staff member Peg Wilson, Dr. Rodman…
30TH ON USA TODAY LIST Jane Forbes Clark Most Influential Woman In MLB COOPERSTOWN – Jane Forbes Clark was ranked as the most influential woman in baseball in USA Today’s list of the 100 most influential people in the National Pastime. Ranked 30th, she nonetheless led the field for women. The second most influential was Kim Ng, MLB’s senior VP of baseball operations, ranked 40.…