THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta March 19-20, 2020 PHOTO OF THE WEEK CORONAVIRUS EDITION 1000+ PLUS CALLS TO BASSETT HOTLINE SCHOOLS: What About SATs, Sports, More? GOVERNMENT: 50% Of Workers Sent Home BUSINESS: Merchants Look For New Niche POLITICS: Governor Cancels Village Elections Baseball Hall Of Fame Closes ‘Indefinitely’ Hall of Fame Classic Weekend Canceled Local Food Banks Bracing For Onslaught Non-Profits Take Hit From Cancellations Distillery To Distribute Free ‘Cooper’s Clean’ EDITORIALS Rah, Team! Beat…
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HOMETOWN History June 21, 2019 150 Years Ago Definitions: Sisters of Charity? Faith and Hope. A Cow Belle? A beautiful milkmaid. Dearer than life? A fashionable funeral. High words? Conversation on Mount Blanc. What is everybody doing at the same time? Growing old. How to cure a “Girl of the Period?” Put a stop to her. What love’s young dream often turns out to be? A nightmare. Men who “take things easily as they come along? Thieves. How does time…
NEW AT THE HALL OF FAME ‘Shoebox Treasures’ Tells You Everything About Baseball Cards By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to SUMMER DREAMS COOPERSTOWN – In looking through the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 200,000 baseball cards, curator John Odell happened upon his childhood favorite. “I had a 1968 card for Cookie Rojas, who played second base for the Phillies,” he said. “He wore glasses and his name was ‘Cookie’ – I thought that was the funniest thing in the world. All…
CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 You Like Baseball Cards? ‘Shoebox’ Show Has ’em All Cooperstown’s Pete Henrici, the retired CCS teacher and proprietor since the 1970s of the Baseball Nostalgia shop in the Doubleday parking, points out one of his business cards from the early days, which is part of Shoebox Treasures, a new exhibit – two years in the making – that opened this morning at the Hall of Fame. Inset is this morning’s ribbon cutting, with Hall President Jeff…
CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 They’re Off! BASE Race Starts Day Of HoF Fun From the starting line in front of Doubleday Field a few minutes ago, Cooperstown’s Frankie Panzarella, top photo, center, and his pal Justin Wolfe, left, led the 8th annual BASE Race 5K “Fun Run” now underway through the streets of the village, the first activity in a day of Hall of Fame offerings. At 10 a.m., ribbon-cutting on the new exhibit on baseball cards, “Shoebox Treasures,” will…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 25 Baseball Legends Game LEGENDS GAME – 1:05 p.m. The 11th annual Hall of Fame Classic 7-inning game w/6 HOF legends & players from all-30 MLB teams will play 7-inning game. Tickets $11-12.50. Pregame Home Run Derby at noon. Doubleday Field. Info, 607-207-9519, www.BaseballHall.org…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 26 9th Annual Hall Of Fame Classic HOF CLASSIC – Noon. Get hyped for the game with the Home Run Contest then enjoy the 9th Hall of Fame Classic Game. First pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. Doubleday Field, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events/classic-18?date=0 LIVE AUCTION – 3 p.m. Find beautifully painted tables, chairs, and paddles for auction. General Clinton Park, 2507 Hinkley Ln., Bainbridge. Call 914-262-3216 or visit www.jerichoarts.com…
HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 2017 Whats’ More Patriotic Than National Pastime? CLICK FOR SLIDE SHOW OF TODAY’S CLASSIC…
HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 2017 BASE Race Kicks Off Day Of Celebration In his unmistakable bright yellow, Oneonta’s Brandon Gardner, who’s been running distance events since he was 8 years old, accelerates from the starting line at this morning’s Hall of Fame BASE Race, which starts and end in Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. This is the sixth BASE race – it stands for “Be A Superior Example.” Fees collected help underwrite a Hall program aimed at encouraging young athletes to embrace…