Oberacker bills to help Oneonta schools, dedicate part of Route 51 to a fallen solider, pass state Senate STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com State Sen. Peter Oberacker, R/C-Schenevus, announced Tuesday, June 8, that the state Senate has approval of a pair of bills he sponsors to assist the Oneonta City School District and honor an Army medic from the town of Butternuts, who lost his life in the Vietnam War. Senate bill 396 corrects a clerical error and will…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 Tour Ansel Adams WWII Photography Exhibit VIRTUAL TOUR – 2 – 3 p.m. Join live tour of exhibit ‘Manzanar: The Wartime Photographs of Ansel Adams’ which features photographs documenting the Japanese internment camp in California in 1943. Free, suggested donation $10. Presented by The Fenimore Art Museum. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
Outlaws win home opener in extra innings STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Gunner Johnson’s walkoff RBI walk scored A.J. Gaich in the bottom of the 10th inning as Oneonta won its first game of the 2021 season, beating Albany, 2-1, in the Outlaws’s home opener Monday, June 7. Both starting pitchers had good nights. Albany’s Jake Manderson gave up one unearned run in the second inning, but otherwise pitched three clean innings. Gaich scored the Outlaws first run, too,…
Cooperstown blanks Weedsport, 5-0, in playoff opener By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Marley Lippitt struck out 14 batters, walking none and giving up three hits, as top seeded Cooperstown advanced to the Section III Class C quarterfinals with a 5-0 opening-round win over No. 16 Weedsport on Monday, June 7, at Cooperstown Central School. Cooperstown had trouble with Weedsport pitcher Christine Jackson early, but began to figure out her motion in the middle innings. “It wasn’t so much…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JUNE 8 Curators on Fantasy Baseball CURATOR SPOTLIGHT – 2 p.m. Explore display ‘A Whole New Ballgame’ about fantasy baseball with a hall of fame curator. Begins with the 19th century game of Parlor Base Ball, and up to today’s online leagues. Free, registration for Zoom meeting required. Presented by The Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/virtual-curator-spotlight-fantasy-baseball?date=0…
In Memoriam William L. Ross, Sr., 80 Veteran, Tinkerer, Owned B&S Inn FLY CREEK – William L. Ross, Sr., (80) of Willow Avenue in Fly Creek died Saturday June 5, 2021 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. Born March 30, 1941 in Ilion, NY Bill was the only child of William E. and Elizabeth (Houck) Ross. He graduated from Cooperstown High School in the Class of 1959 and following graduation enlisted in the US Air Force serving his country until…
Coop girls win CSC D3 track title STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown’s girls finished first and boys finished third in the seven-team Center State Conference Division 3 track and field championships Saturday, June 5, in Sauquoit Valley. The Hawkeye girls took first with 128 points, narrowly beating second-place Sauquoit with 115 points and third-place Mount Markham with 102.…
Man arrested for allegedly discharging weapon during altercation at Oneonta Speedway By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Randy Lamont Butler, 28, was arrested for allegedly discharging a gun at the Speedway in Oneonta in the early hours of Sunday, June 6, Oneonta police say. The incident started when Butler got into a verbal altercation with a woman at the Speedway at 325 Main St., which spilled out into the parking lot, where another woman also got involved, according to…
Primary vote location changed for Oneonta district two STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Because of COVID restrictions, the poll locations for primary day, Tuesday, June 22, was changed in district two to Oneonta Town Hall. Early voting will be available at the Foothills Performing Arts Center and the Board of Elections. All other voting locations will stay the same. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. For additional information, contact the Board of Elections at 607-547-4247/4325…
Public forum for potential school merger between Schenevus and Worcester set for Monday, June 14 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com An ongoing series of discussions surrounding the potential of a merger between Schenevus and Worcester central schools is culminating in a public forum that is to be held at 6 p.m., Monday, June 14, at Schenevus’s Draper School, according to a media release. Discussions of a merger have been long underway in what is called “Merger Mondays,” a monthly…
