President Obama addresses a packed Hall of Plaques at 3:55 this afternoon, where he mentioned Cooperstown a half-dozen times during a nationally televised speech launching an initiatives to attract a million tourists from overseas annually by 1920. “You can’t buy that kind of publicity,” a local tourism advocate observed while leaving. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)Governor Cuomo answers reporters’ questions after arriving at the Hall of Plaque from his downstate nomination for a second term, just missing President Obama. At right is Sandra Lee, his companion Food Network TV host. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
OPEN HOUSE—3:30-4:30 p.m. Community is invited to visit the Cooperstown Head Start Classroom. Cooperstown Elementary School, 21 Walnut Street, Cooperstown. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10232555556098024&set=gm.26533655012934025&idorvanity=321873527872198…
FILM—6-8 p.m. “Lessons from 100: Reflections in My Centennial Year.” Presented by the Lions Club of Cooperstown. Tickets required. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main Street, Cooperstown. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=987896420427552&set=gm.26179300175036179&idorvanity=321873527872198…
May 1, 2026
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER
For a limited time, subscribers to AllOtsego.com pay a reduced rate ($25.00 for one year) and can choose to have $5.00 of the subscription fee donated toward refurbishment of Otsego County’s Civil War Memorial.
