HoF Takes Fresh Look Idealism, Injustice Balanced By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Baseball Hall of Fame is striving to balance the sport’s sometimes troubled racial history with athletic prowess on the diamond. “The conversation began this summer,” said Jon Shestakofsky, the Hall’s vice president/communications. “We wanted to shine a light on these conflicted stories. And when the Board of Directors met this summer, its members unanimously decided to make these important changes” So now, the “Pride and…
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PSLA MEETS THURSDAY Gun-Sanctuary Resolution To Go Before Committee By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Below is the text of the resolution that would declare Otsego County a gun-law sanctuary, where the state’s SAFE Act would not be enforced. The resolution will be considered Thursday by the county board’s Public Safety & Legal Affairs Committee. Dan Wilber, R-Burlington, committee chairman, hasn’t been available to discuss the matter. Scheduled for noon, the meeting may be viewed via Zoom…
RECORD SET THIS THANKSGIVING Lord’s Table, St. Mary’s Serve Up 800 Meals In a collaboration of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Lord’s Table, 600 meals – turkey with all the trimmings – had already gone out the door for delivery by noon Thanksgiving Day, when curbside pickup began. Above, Volunteers Rosemary Collie and Keton Kling, both Oneontans, shuttles bags of food to the Lord’s Table. “We were averaging about 10 meals a minute.” said event overseer Mary Southern, seen…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Election Day! GENERAL ELECTION – 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Cast your vote for the next President of the US, other public offices. Make you voice heard! Find Otsego County Polling locations by calling 607-547-4247 or visit www.otsegocounty.com/departments/board_of_elections/index.php…
CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLE BALLOT Early Voting Over; On To Main Event By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A total of 5,223 ballots were cast during the nine-day early-voting period that ended at 2 p.m. today, according to Mike Henrici, the Democratic elections commissioner. That compares to 367 early votes in 2018, according to Democratic Elections Commissioner Mike Henrici. That was a non-presidential year and the first time early voting was allowed. Of the early votes, 2,620…
Jerry Jeff Walker, Oneonta Original, 1942-2020 Our ‘Mr. Bojangles’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With the passing of “Mr. Bojangles” creator Jerry Jeff Walker, Doug Decker thinks it’s time to honor Oneonta’s most famous son. “It’s time,” he said. “I don’t think people realize how important he was to the western, gonzo and country scene. They revered him.” Walker – Oneonta’s own Ron Crosby, before he took his stage name and found fame with his 1968…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Discuss ‘Designated Hebrew’ Biography & Baseball History BASEBALL AUTHOR – 2 p.m. Presentation on ‘Designated Hebrew’ presented by co-authors former New York Yankee Ron Blomberg and his biographer, Dan Schlossberg. Book chronicles Blomberg’s baseball story at a time when the sport was changing and his struggles during. Free, registration required. Presented by Baseball Hall of Fame. Visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-author-series-dan-schlossberg-ron-bloomberg?date=0 for info. ELECTIONS – 9 a.m. – Noon. Vote in your town and village elections. Fire Hall, 24 Chestnut…
2 New Local Cases, Bring Total To 115 COOPERSTOWN – Two new cases surfaced in Otsego County yesterday, bringing the total confirmed COVID-19 infection in the county since March to 115, the county Health Department reports. There are no three active local cases, none of which required hospitalization. In all, 106 recovered from illness. There have been six deaths, the last a month ago.…
