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Anticipation Builds Along Main Street

INDUCTION WEEKEND 2017 Anticipation Builds Along Main Street Art Boden and son Dan were renting parking spaces this morning at The Bank of Cooperstown, which provided the space to raise funds for Friends Helping Friends, an group that grew out of a community effort to raise funds for Art at the height of his fight against cancer two years ago.  Art expected to rent out 30 spaces at $20 apiece each of Induction Weekend’s two days, netting more than $1,000…

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Boutique Hotel Opens Friday In Cooperstown

HISTORIC BUILDING RENOVATED Boutique Hotel Opens Friday In Cooperstown All hands are on deck, including proprietor Perry Ferrara’s wife Cathy, foreground, as the Railroad Inn, the new boutique hotel at Railroad and Glen avenues, Cooperstown, prepares to welcome its first guests tomorrow evening.  Ferrara, in right photo with Cathy, said the first-floor rooms will be occupied Friday evening, and by next weekend – Hall of Fame Induction Weekend – all 22 rooms will be completed and filled.  Crews have been…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 27

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 27 Hall Of Fame Classic HOF CLASSIC GAME – 1:05 p.m. The seven inning Hall of Fame Classic game begins. Preceded by the Home Run Batting Contest by Big League Players at Noon. Tickets, $12.50 First and Third base seats, $11 general admission outfield seats. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Info, (877) 726-9028, baseballhall.org/visit/hall-of-fame-classic. WWAST SOFTBALL GAME – Noon. Wounded Warrior Amputees play softball against the Oneonta Police and Fire Departments. Support your heroes. Admission by donation. Concessions…

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Daniel E. Coons, 86; CCS Coach, Taught At SUNY Oneonta, Del State

IN MEMORIAM Daniel E. Coons, 86; CCS Coach, Taught At SUNY Oneonta, Del State KINGSTON – Daniel E. Coons, who coached football at Cooperstown Central and taught at SUNY Oneonta before going on to a career at Delaware State University, passed away at his home on May 3, 2017, surrounded by family. A flying enthusiast, he was a founder of and an inductee in the Delaware Aviation Hall of Fame. He was born Oct. 6, 1932, in Kingston, to Russell…