CLICK HERE FOR UNATEGO GRADUATES Tearful Soccer Coach Scores ‘Inspire Award’ Fighting back tears, Unatego Soccer Coach Sue Herodes, inset at right, accepts the 2020 “Inspire Award,” presented this evening as 56 graduates received their diplomas at the Unatego Central School graduation. Herodes was selected by seniors as the teacher who had the most influence on their growth and success during their high school years. Behind her is school board President Jim Salisbury, Otego. In top photo, Valedictorian Paige McCoy…
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CLICK HERE FOR LAURENS GRADUATES 23-Year Superintendent Presides At Last Graduation A solemn and longest-serving superintendent of schools, Romona Wenck, the top administrator at Laurens Central School for 23 years, announces awards and scholarships at this evening’s graduation. She shared the duty with Bill Dorritie, left, the high school principal and her successor in the top job. Inset left, graduate Elvia Allen prepares to lead the processional of 21 seniors into the open-air commencement in front of the school. Main…
CLICK HERE FOR MCS GRADUATES With Social Distancing, Milford Bids Adieu To 23 Graduate Robert Wooley and his family, top photo, share a table at this evening’s Milford Central School commencement, a measure organizers took to maintain social distancing and stay in line with Governor Cuomo’s 150-person limit on such gatherings. Best of all, grads and their loved ones could be together. “It’s really about the students and their families,” said Michelle Dibble, co-organizer of of the event. Inset, right,…
FAMILY FROM PHOENIX 1ST IN LINE After 126-Day Gap, Hall Opens Sedately “We’re open!” Oneonta’s Steve Pindar, Baseball Hall of Fame visitor services coordinator, called out at 9 a.m. sharp, and the Mecca at 25 Main St., with no fanfare, reopened after a 126-day closure caused by the coronavirus threat. Tadhg O’Brien, 6, in top photo, entered first, followed by brother Kian, 8, and dad Eugene, who were visiting grandmom Marjorie O’Brien of Syracuse, who is leaning against the rail. …
HALL OF FAME REOPENING On Main Street, Merchants Greet News From Hall Even This Late In Season, More Tourists Can’t Hurt By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Mickey’s Place, Vin Russo, dean of the baseball merchants, pointed out that, before Dreams Park began hosted baseball tournaments early in the month, “this week is when the season began.” In other words, the Hall of Fame’s announcement it will reopen this Friday from the coronavirus pause won’t be…
OPEN TODAY UNTIL 2 P.M. Milford Farmers’ Market Open For Third Season This summer, don’t forget the OTHER farmers’ market – Milford’s, from 10 to 2 each Sunday off Route 28 at the north end of the village. Today, Kelly Morrissey, Goodyear Lake, at right in top photo, expresses satisfaction at the gluten-free cookies offered by Becca Hopkins, left, and her husband Vince, of Worcester. (Friend Oscar Carpenter, right, is visiting from the Albany area.) Morrissey recommends the Whoopie Pies…
CCS GRADS CELEBRATED 79 Banners Rising Along Main Street At this hour, volunteers Rose Crane, right, and Nancy Potter, in top photo, hoist banners along Main Street, one for each of the 79 members of the Cooperstown Central School Class of 2020, who are graduating on June 28 in three separate ceremonies on the high school’s sports fields. Mike Donnelly, inset, one of the organizers along with wife Colleen and CCS school board member Wendy Kiuber, said there are enough…
DOZEN WAVES PLACARDS, CHANT Richfield Springs Protest Wants ‘Black Voices Heard’…
JUNETEENTH MARKS SLAVERY’S END Bell Rung 155 Times, Hailing Emancipation Tom Heitz, former Sessions member at First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, rings the bell 155 times, beginning at noon today, to mark the end of slavery in 1865. Rev. LaDana Clark and Jim Leslie stand sentinel. Heitz and Leslie each rang the bell 50 times, with Clark ringing the final 55. Inset, A “Freedom” display stands in front of the Historic Marker noting that the church, in 1827, was the site…
Touched By Disabled Cat, Intern Returns, Brings ‘Ocean’ Home He Takes Little Wheelchair With Him By DARLA YOUNGS • Susquehanna Animal Shelter HARTWICK SEMINARY – On Sunday, May 24, Lucia Lopez made the 384-mile round trip from Maspeth, Queens, to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter here to adopt Ocean, a two-year-old male cat unable to stand or walk since birth due to a neurological disorder. Ocean had been at the animal shelter, located at 4841 State Route 28, since February. His…
