FAMILY FROM PHOENIX 1ST IN LINE After 126-Day Gap, Hall Opens Sedately “We’re open!” Oneonta’s Steve Pindar, Baseball Hall of Fame visitor services coordinator, called out at 9 a.m. sharp, and the Mecca at 25 Main St., with no fanfare, reopened after a 126-day closure caused by the coronavirus threat. Tadhg O’Brien, 6, in top photo, entered first, followed by brother Kian, 8, and dad Eugene, who were visiting grandmom Marjorie O’Brien of Syracuse, who is leaning against the rail. …
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What’s Fun In Otsego County Make a Giant, Hike The Trails & Go Boating! Learn about Rube Foster, the founder of the Negro Leagues, and other players from the 1920s – 40s in a virtual field trip at the Baseball Hall of Fame to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the league. 1 p.m. Thursday, June 25, www.baseballhall.org/events/virtual-field-trip-celebration-of-the-negro-leagues?date=0 for info. • If your teen has been cooped up inside for too long, get them out on the trails…
The Plains Marks Decade Of Comfort, Friendship By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In many ways, Milly Parish thinks of The Plains at Parish Homestead as the old house. “I was really inspired by the song ‘This Old House,’” she said. “The song is about someone reminiscing about the old homestead, which has been abandoned.” But her homestead was not abandoned. For the last decade, civic leader Gordon B. Roberts’ dream has been a home to retirees.…
Matching Masks And Parades Honor Graduates By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Although no graduations are being held at the Unadilla Drive-In, Cooperstown Central borrowed the idea, and families will watch the 2020 Commencement from parked cars at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28. “It will be a full ceremony, with all the students suited up on the field above,” said Superintendent Bill Crankshaw. And when families hear their student’s name over the loudspeaker, they’ll be invited up…
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Briefing ‘From Worst To First’ Editor’s Note: Here are three excerpts from Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 111th and last of “daily briefings” that became part of New Yorkers’ lives since the day of his emergency declaration Friday, March 13, as the coronavirus epidemic loomed, until Friday, June 19. He will continue briefings on an as-needed basis. Today, we have done a full 180, from worst to first. We are controlling the virus better than any state in the…
HOMETOWN HISTORY June 26, 2020 130 Years Ago Local News – Monday morning about two o’clock, the residence of Hiram Osterhoudt, who lives about four miles from the village in the Town of Milford, was discovered to be on fire. The house, together with the furniture, provisions and wearing apparel of the family was destroyed, and the inmates themselves narrowly escaped. The loss was about $600, insured in the county. Strawberries, though selling on the street for ten cents per…
EDITORIAL Drugovich, Cuomo, Harris Rose To Meet Crisis That’s the spirit. Margaret Drugovich’s latest Sunday YouTube video (linked on www.AllOTSEGO.com) was like clouds opening and the sun shining through. Watch it. You’ll feel a lot better about the near-term future. As Drugovich has proved again and again in her 12-year tenure as Hartwick College president, she’s a gutsy lady. A leader. A tough one, and an inspirational one. First, even though the COVID-19 threat is quickly diminishing – yes, it…
Primary Results Could Take Weeks To Count By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com New York State’s – and Otsego County’s – primary elections were Tuesday, June 23, but the results won’t be known for at least a week. That’s because, due to the coronavirus threat, all Otsego County voters – and all voters statewide – received absentee ballots in the mail, along with a postal return envelope, and many took advantage of the opportunity for absentee voting, avoiding any…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta June 25-26, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK FRONT PAGE Hartwick College Aims To Open This 4th, Enjoy Virtual Parade Village Erasing ‘Indian’ From Plaques Matching Masks & Parades Honor Graduates Primary Results Could Take Weeks To Count AllOTSEGO.COVID-19 Plains Marks Decade Of Comfort, Friendship Artists’ Muse: 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments Make a Giant, Hike The Trails & Go Boating! EDITORIALS Drugovich, Cuomo, Harris Rose To Meet Crisis Giles Russell, Good Citizen COLUMNS…
Hartwick College To Open This Fall By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Hartwick College is serious about reopening this fall – and serious about getting it right. The key to success is a safe campus. The tool to achieve it is “Our Social Compact: A Healthy Hartwick College,” which college President Margaret L. Drugovich announced in her latest weekly video to the campus community, Sunday, June 21, and is central to the reopening plan submitted to the…
