This Year’s 15 Steele Interns Arrive Today At Hall of Fame COOPERSTOWN – Fifteen college students, the 2014 Frank and Peggy Steele interns, arrived in Cooperstown today to begin 10 weeks of study at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, through Aug. 8. The 15 include Sarah Harris, a Hartwick College student from the Capitol District. Now in its 14th year, the Steele Internship Program for Youth Leadership Development offers undergrads and graduate students an opportunity to work alongside HoF…
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IN MEMORIAM: John R. Wiedeck, 61, Wells Bridge; Retired Molder WELLS BRIDGE – John Raymond Wiedeck, 61, of Wells Bridge, a retired molder at Corning in Oneonta, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014.…
700 ‘Girls On The Run’ Race Under Sunny Skies COOPERSTOWN – Seven hundred girls from six counties dashed off the starting line at noon today at the Clark Sports Center, the culmination of 10 weeks of – as organizer Sally Trosset put it – “celebrating gratitude.” The goal, she said, is “to teach girls about self-esteem, making good choices in life,” … of learning “it’s nice to be nice.” VIEW PHOTO GALLERY FOR GIRLS ON THE RUN…
IN MEMORIAM: Richard J. Young, 74, Milford; Xerox Retiree MILFORD – Richard J. Young, 74, of Milford, who travelled throughout the East Coast and Puerto Rico as a service manager for Xerox and an avid fisherman in his retirement, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his home after a long illness.…
12 Lively Banners Counterbalance ‘Butterfly’ Tragedy At Glimmerglass By JIM KEVLIN for allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – “Madame Butterfly” ends in tragedy. Not so with Otto Lilienthal, the little-remembered inventor of the glider, as as George Peters told it while he installed his “Flight Patterns” on the lawn of the Glimmerglass Festival this afternoon. Lilienthal was the rage in Berlin in the 1890s. He built the Fliegerberg (“Aviator’s Hill”) at his home outside the city, and Berliners would picnic there and watch him…
Eagle Scout, Churches Collaborate In Welcome Sign At Edge Of Village COOPERSTOWN – Charles Gannon’s Eagle Scout project began reaching fruition this morning, as he and fellow scouts in Cooperstown’s Troop 1254 erected a sign at Route 28’s south entrance into the village welcoming visitors to worship at the six local churches. A similar sign – “The Churches of Cooperstown Welcome You” – will be erected next Saturday at the Route 28 entrance from Fly Creek. Gannon, a CCS ninth…
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