Red Sox’s Shestakofsky Succeeds Horn At HoF COOPERSTOWN – Jon Shestakofsky, Boston Red Sox manager of media relations & baseball information, has been named vice president/communications & education at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beginning today, he succeeds Brad Horn, who is entering a fellowship program this summer at the University of Florida. A 2005 graduate of Wesleyan University and a native of Belmont, Mass., Shestakofsky joined the Red Sox in 2007. Most recently, he was liaison with media, players and…
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Sun Shines On OH-Fest At Pre-Concert Street Fair…
‘Men of Morris’ Surprise Pioneer Park Passersby The Bouwerie Boys of New York City engage in mock battle a few minutes ago in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park, part of an annual tour of Welsh dancers organized by the Binghamton troupe, The Men of Morris. At right, Madelin Bolton, 3, of Boston, visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame with her parents, tentative puts a $1 bill in a hat passed by Axel Naar, thus gaining herself a year’s good luck. The dancers,…
‘Partners In Preservation’ Attracts 22 History Groups “Partners in Preservation,” the second annual history fair organized by OCHA, the Otsego County Historical Association, attracted 22 historical societies that set up booths in the Springfield Community Center. New this year were Otego, Gilbertsville and Roseboom. In top photo, Caren Kelsey, president of the Hartwick society, holds up a memento of the old depot in Hartwick hamlet that is being sold this year as a fundraiser; upcoming projects include raising money to…
‘True Colors’ Communicated Through Art, Poems At CANO…
Oneonta’s Erik Miller Joins NADO Board ONEONTA – Erik Miller, director of the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board in Binghamton, was elected to a two-year term on the board of directors of the National Association of Development Organizations at NADO’s annual meeting April 13 in Washington D.C. Miller, an Oneonta resident and candidate for city mayor in 2010, was previously OCCA executive director locally.…
Matt Hogan, ’98, Renown Guitarist, To Enter SUNY Oneonta Hall Of Fame ONEONTA – Guitarist Matt Hogan, a 1998 SUNY Oneonta graduate, will return to Oneonta next Tuesday, the 26th, to be inducted into the college’s Music Hall of Fame. Hogan, whose studio work is in demand, has played with Miley Cyrus, Bruce Springsteen and Ashley Tisdale and opened for bands such as the Dave Matthews Band, Snoop Dogg and Buckcherry. The SUNY Oneonta Music Hall of Fame has honored diverse musicians…
Bishop Hubbard Consoles Mourners At Oneonta Rites St. Mary’s Full For Father Benintende’s Funeral…
Herzig On NYCOM Nominating Committee ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig has been appointed to the eight-member Nominating Committee of the New York State Conference of Mayors, charged with selecting the slate of officers to be elected May 2 at NYCOM’s 107th annual meeting in Saratoga Springs. “Mayor Herzig has been an active participant in NYCOM programs and is well-suited to serve on this important committee,” said NYCOM President Rick Milne, Honeoye Falls, in making the appointment. “His commitment to quality…
Darla Youngs Leaving OCCA Helm To Accept New Job In Binghamton SPRINGFIELD – Darla Youngs, veteran executive director of the OCCA, the Otsego County Conservation Association, is resigning in the next month to join Tier Information & Enterprise Resources in Binghamton. Jeff O’Handley, OCCA program director since July 2013, will serve as acting executive director, effective May 16. TIER is the non-profit arm of the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board, which provides services to regional planning and economic-development agencies in…
