Letter from Jim Renckens Please Hold… After 2 years going silent to regroup their organizational strategies, under new CEO Tommy Ibrahim, and the Bassett Healthcare —“Your call is very important to us please stay on the line your call…”—Network is emerging with a legacy driven ad campaign. This new campaign—“This call is very important to us please stay on the…”—will highlight the accomplishments of its founder Dr. Mary Imogene Bassett, one ofthe first female medical directors in—“Your call is very…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, AUGUST 2 Summer Concert Series Continues COOPERSTOWN CONCERT – 7 – 9 p.m. The Cooperstown Concert series returns for 2022 with an opening concert by Imani Winds. Known for their dynamic playing & adventurous programming which has inspired audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Tickets, $30/adult. The Otesaga, Cooperstown. 877-666-7421 or visit www.cooperstownmusicfest.org…
Exploration Days at Hanford Mills The 2022 Exploration Days at Hanford Mills have been successful in giving visitors a chance to explore the Mill and experience a variety of engaging activities and programs offered by local presenters and staff at Hanford Mills. As part of the August 13th Exploration Day, they will again welcome cooper, Bob Allers. He will demonstrate historic coopering skills, sharing the tools and techniques of constructing buckets, tubs, casks, and other containers. Allers taught Earth Science…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, AUGUST 1 Concert at the Golf Course CONCERT FEST – 7 p.m. Enjoy the Tom Hovey Summer Music Festival. This week is a performance by the Glimmerglass Trombone Quartet. Free. Rain or Shine. Meadow Links Golf Course, 476 Co. Rd. 27, Richfield Springs. 315-858-1646 or visit www.meadowlinks.com/#5_News-and-Events…
Column from Paula DiPerna Snapshot from a return to the Induction I decided to go this year — it’s been so long, and it was fun, even jaunty, to fall in with the crowd, hundreds making their way to the Induction ground — loners and families, crowds and couples. Cars with plates from all the states most likely were jammed wherever they could be fit, sun shining off their baking roofs. My road led straight to the heart of things,…
Pat Ryan Visits Cooperstown and Cooperstown Distillery Sam Aldridge With political tensions simmering one degree below boiling this summer, the very first special election for public office is taking place here in District 19 between Pat Ryan (D) and Marc Molinaro (R) on August 23. Ryan visited Cooperstown on Friday, meeting with officials from Bassett Hospital, touring the Hall of Fame, and tasting the spirits of Cooperstown Distillery. “I had really good conversations with healthcare leaders, the town supervisor and…
Otsego County Chamber of Commerce completes 2022 Leadership Otsego Training Every year the Otsego Chamber of Commerce welcomes in a group of people to their Leadership Otsego program. The curriculum explores current leadership topics such as motivating teams, understanding local challenges, managing conflict, building professional networks, building teams and enhancing leadership presence in our community.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 31 Learn The Geology of The City of the Hills SUMMER SUNDAYS – 1 – 3 p.m. Local history presentation ‘A Geological History Beneath the Swart-Wilcox House’ by Dr. Robert & Johanna Titus. Free, open to the public. Bring your own mask, folding chair. Handicapped accessible. Held on the front lawn at The Swart Wilcox Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. 607-287-7011 or visit swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/summer-schedule/…
Baseball’s Bridge to the Pacific Exhibit at Dodger Stadium By Charlie Vascellaro These days it would be hard to imagine Major League Baseball without the contributions made by Japanese stars like Shohei Ohtani, the game’s top marquee attraction, or impending Hall of Fame inductee Ichiro Suzuki, or the stir created by Hideo “The Tornado” Nomo, when he made his big-league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. Nomo was preceded by pitcher Masanori “Mashi” Murakami as the first Japanese…
Column by Terry Berkson A Miller’s Knot Bumped into Buster Whipple several summers ago at Joe’s Pizzeria downtown. He was up from Florida to attend his grandchild’s graduation. We hashed over old times, among them, days I used to work with him on his family’s farm. We were doing hay the year I was eighteen and headed for Brooklyn College in the fall. “You’re a good worker now,” Buster had said as I threw a bale onto the wagon. “But…
