Help wanted Businesses struggle to find workers By MICHAEL FORSTER ROTHBART • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — A blue and white sign stands in the grass at the entrance to Southside Mall in the town of Oneonta: “JOBS! Cooperstown All-Star Village APPLY NOW.” In either direction, along the mile-long commercial strip from Wal-Mart to Home Depot, at least eight stores advertise available positions. Outside Home Depot, in the afternoon Monday, May 17, two employees in masks help an older customer…
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For Mead, family separation became too tough By CHARLIE VASCELLARO • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It came as a surprise to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and the baseball community at large when Tim Mead stepped down from his position as President of the Hall of Fame after less than two years on the job. What would seem to be the dream job for almost anyone who works in the baseball industry was never fully realized for Mead…
Coop baseball stays undefeated with big conference wins By GREG KLEIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown won two blowouts and a tight conference game with a controversial ending in a four-day stretch to stay undefeated in baseball. The Hawkeyes started the weekend by honoring their seniors at Doubleday Field on Friday, May 14, before a 14-1 win over Frankfort-Schuyler in a Center State Conference game. Chris Ubner hit a grand slam home run and pitched four scoreless innings for the…
Pitching powers Milford past Morris in baseball STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Junior pitcher Martin Thorsland carried the pitching load for the Wildcats going six innings in Milford’s 8-4 win over visiting Morris on Wednesday, May 19, in a Tri-Valley League baseball game. Jacob Burkhart relieved Thorsland and struck out the side in the top of the seventh to preserve the win for Milford. Thorsland tripled and Wildcat teammate Michael Virtell doubled to lead the Milford offense. The Wildcats…
WCV deals Hawkeyes first baseball loss STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com West Canada Valley scored four runs in the sixth inning to deal Cooperstown its first loss of the baseball season, 6-3, Wednesday, May 19, in Newport. Cooperstown trailed 2-1 going into the sixth inning, with WCV’s Aiden Maxwell keeping the Hawkeye batters off guard. He struck out 12 batters in seven innings and pitched out of trouble twice early, with Cooperstown leaving a runner at third base in…
Elmira tops Oneonta on tenth-inning run STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Jack Carozzoni got the game-winning hit in extra innings to help host Elmira beat Oneonta in baseball, 3-2, Wednesday, May 19. An Oneonta error made the two-out run unearned. Elmira, a Class AA school, had tied the game twice in earlier innings, with solo runs in the bottom of the fourth and sixth tying the game at 1-1 and 2-2. Sophomore Aidan Gelbsman and Junior Seamus Catella had…
Miller’s triple boosts Coop over WCV STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Cooperstown senior center fielder Abby Miller’s bases-loaded triple in the bottom of the sixth inning broke open a tie game and kept Cooperstown undefeated in softball with an 8-4 win over visiting West Canada Valley on Wednesday, May 19. Cooperstown pitchers Dani Seamon and Marley Lippitt combined for 15 strikeouts. Seamon started the game and retired nine of the first 11 batters she faced, before WCV’s batters began…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MAY 20 Afghanistan In Photographs from Military Experience of Joshua Ives NOBLE EAGLE – 2 p.m. Cooperstown Senior Community Center presents Joshua Ives sharing his story of his military experience in Afghanistan through photography. Brick building behind St. Mary’s Church, 31 Elm St., Cooperstown. coopseniorcenter@gmail.com…
Springbrook details plans to develop Oneonta’s Ford Block building By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Springbrook, an organization that provides support for the developmentally disabled, is purchasing the Ford Block building on 212 Main St. in Oneonta for the purpose of providing housing for young professionals. The project will include renovations of the upper two stories of the building, with 22 to 24 market rate residential one and two bedroom apartments. The project is estimated to cost about $4.8…
Seton outduels Oneonta in baseball, 3-0 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Seton Catholic’s Dan Crowley outdueled Oneonta’s Jordan Goble, in a strong pitching matchup on both sides, for a 4-0 win in a Southern Tier Athletic Conference baseball game Tuesday, May 18. Goble allowed five hits while striking out five as the Yellowjackets kept the Saints scoreless until the sixth inning.…
