Cooperstown baseball loves a parade By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown’s varsity baseball team got a firetruck parade on Main Street on Saturday, June 12, after winning the Section IV Class C1 baseball title earlier in the evening at Oneonta’s Damaschke Field. The Hawkeyes beat Port Byron, 4-3. Senior Alex Hage, who plays first base, got the title-winning RBI, scoring sophomore pinch runner P.J. Kiuber, after he stole a base to get into scoring position. Kendall Haney got…
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Cooperstown wins section baseball title with extra-innings walkoff By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Alex Hage’s walk-off single to left field scored pinch runner P.J. Kiuber to give top seeded Cooperstown its third Section III Class C baseball title in five years, with a 4-3 eight-inning win over No. 3 Port Byron in the C1 tournament championship Saturday, June 12, at Damaschke Field. “Right off the bat, I knew. We won,” said Hage, a senior who plays…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JUNE 13 Concert for Flag Day COMMUNITY CONCERT – 3 p.m. Oneonta Community Band returns with their first outdoor concert of the season. They will be performing patriotic tunes like the ‘Battle Hymn of the Republic,’ A Colonial Rhapsody’ and others, to celebrate Flag Day. Bring blankets, chairs and whatever else you need to be comfortable while you listen. The event will be held at the pavilion in Wilber Park in Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/oneontacommunity-concertband for more…
Cooperstown Distillery celebrates expansion with ribbon cutting, while touting local businesses By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The mood was jovial Saturday, June 12, as about 60 people, including elected officials state Sen. Peter Oberacker, R-Schenevus, Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, gathered outside the Cooperstown Distillery on Railroad Avenue for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the expansion to celebrate what is considered a big success for local businesses in particular…
Schenevus wins Section IV Class D softball title By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com SCHENEVUS – The Dragons broke open a close game with a four-run sixth inning and senior pitcher Cassie Snyder gave up one run on four hits as top seeded Schenevus won its first section title in softball in a generation with a 7-1 win over Marathon in the Section IV Class D championship game Friday, June 11. Snyder and her teammates, including fellow seniors Autumn…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 12 Explore Local Art in Natures Gallery ART TRAIL – 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Explore the trails where professional and student artists of the Butternut Valley are showing their works. Reservations, masks required. Schoolhouse State Forest, New Lisbon. 917-364-0478 or visit www.butternutvalleyalliance.org…
In Memoriam Kathleen W. Sheldon, 75 April 24, 1946 – June 10, 2021 Kathleen W. Sheldon, 75, of Edmeston passed away unexpectedly Thursday June 10, 2021 at her home. Kathleen was born on April 24, 1946 in Cortland, NY. She was pre deceased by her parents Douglas J. and Catherine Nancy Aloi Card. She is survived by her husband Alan B. Sheldon who she married July 22, 1967, daughters Caprice (Paul) Eckert of Edmeston, Monica (Brandon) Clark of Edmeston, sisters…
Neglected horses rescued from farm STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The Susquehanna SPCA, with help from the Otsego County Sheriff, rescued some 30 horses from a farm that was apparently hoarding them. Stacie Haynes said on Facebook that they worked more than 30 hours to relieve the farmer from those horses, who was unable to manage the amount that he had. “Seriously cannot thank the many amazing people who have stepped up to help,” Haynes said in a Facebook…
Place resigns as Milford superintendent STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Milford Central School will be looking for a new superintendent after the school’s Board of Education and Superintendent Mark Place came to a “mutual agreement” to part ways, according to statements from Place and Milford BOE President Marion Mossman that were posted Thursday, June 10, on the school’s website. “This evening, the Milford Central School Board of Education and I reached an amicable separation agreement which will be effective…
Edmeston advances to Section IV Class D baseball finals STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Second seeded Edmeston won the rematch of the Tri-Valley League baseball finals, 18-1, over visiting Sharon Springs/Cherry Valley-Springfield, the six seed, Thursday, June 10, in the Section IV Class D baseball semifinals. Ronnie Hickling had two doubles among his four hits, with six RBI and four runs scored for Edmeston. Josh Martin had three hits and four runs scored. Hickling also got the win for…
