THINGS TO DO Girls Of Summer, Harvest Festival, Garlic & Pottery By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Meet three of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players who inspired “A League of Their Own” at a Q&A at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, followed by the film at 7 p.m. Check baseballhall.org for The Hall of Fame’s annual film festival showings that continues through the weekend. Tickets free, reservations required. Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. Info (607)…
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HOMETOWN History Sept. 20, 2019 100 Years Ago An Assemblage of “Fat Men” – A convention of fat men has recently been held in Norwalk, Connecticut at Gregory’s Point Hotel. One hundred and forty of the fattest men of New England and the adjoining states assembled. The names and weights of the various individuals are recorded. The weights ranged from two hundred to three hundred and fifty-eight pounds. The 358-pounder was John A.P. Fisk of New York who was elected…
TEDx Speaker Says: Save Our Farms With Water, Upstate Can Save The World By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – America will face a food security crisis within 20 years and Upstate New York is the solution. That’s the message Phoebe Schreiner, executive director of the Oneonta-based Center for Agriculture Development & Entrepreneurship (CADE) brought to the third TEDxOneonta Talk Friday, Sept. 13, at Hartwick College. “I saw the impact of climate change the desertification of agriculture in…
LATEST FAMILY READY TO MOVE IN Habitat Slide Show Applauds 36 Homes, 2 Renovations Habitat For Humanity celebrated 30 years of building homes in Otsego County at the Elm Park Methodist Church this evening. A slideshow of the 36 homes and two major renovations was played for the guests as they enjoyed refreshments and cake. Above, Brad Conforti, wife Colleen and their children Abrielle and Micah, Town of Maryland, show off the most recent Habitat newsletter that features the home…
They’re Off! Legion Riders Off On 2019 Legacy Run Chris Chase, vice president, American Legion Riders, Post 259, gears up with fellow riders as they prepare to head out Saturday morning on the 2019 Legacy Run. Inset, Deborah Rodriguez-Heim, Oneonta, starts out on her red Can-Am Spyder. The ride funds the American Legion Legacy Scholarship, which provides scholarship money to children of post-9/11 veterans who died on active duty. This year, the riders made their way from Oneonta, over Franklin…
SCHREINER PROMOTES NEW FOODSHED Oneonta’s TEDx Evening Includes CADE Executive CLICK FOR ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR TED TALKS…
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HOMETOWN History Sept. 14, 2019 150 Years Ago Temperance – If the temperance question could be withdrawn from the areas of party politics it would be far better for the morals of the rising generation. We have urged the same views in relation to Sabbath observances. The claims of truth upon the conscience are weakened by alliance with the demands of warring political factions. If faith in the Supreme Being were made the test of political orthodoxy, there are many…
