Cooperstown Junior High School student Kallen Hotaling, pictured above, portrays baseball great Babe Ruth at the annual “Night of the Notables” event held on June 9.…
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Briefs include the Swart-Wilcox Summer Sunday Series schedule, a screening of "A Roadhouse Coup" at the Wieting Theatre, and a new bat at the NBHoF, among others.…
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In Memoriam Lloyd H. Johnson, 83 April 24, 1938 - January 30, 2022 Lloyd H. Johnson ONEONTA – Lloyd H. Johnson, 83, passed away January 30, 2022 at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown from complications of Covid and underlying health conditions. He was born April 24, 1938 in Halcott Center, the son of Milbert and Edna (Simmons) Johnson. He married Rosanne Brickwedde on November 17, 1956 at St. Mary’s Church in Oneonta. Together they owned and operated the family dairy…
Letter: The Babe’s grandson weighs in on Hall vote Today, January 25, the National Baseball Hall of Fame makes its annual announcement of who has made the cut and has answered the call. This should be a number one priority on the daily news shows if baseball is America’s Pastime, but the truth is baseball is the game that time has passed. Tom Brady’s speculated retirement has commanded a seven-minute segment on “The Today Show” promoting football’s greatest player before…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 20 Reading: 'The Big Fella: Ruth And The World He Created' BASEBALL AUTHOR – 1 p.m. Reading by Jane Leavy, author “The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created.” Discuss baseball history, ask questions, get your copy signed. Included with Museum admission. Grandstand Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown. 607-547-7200 or visit baseballhall.org/events You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our hard-copy and online publications cover the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 4 Celebrate The Springtime SPRING FESTIVAL – 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Copes Corners Park Spring Fest offers family-fun events, fishing derby, zoomobile, ice cream social & more. FREE. RV & tent camping available Fri & Sat nights, $10 RV $5 tent. 620 NY-51, Gilbertsville. Info, 607-783-2203, copescornerspark.org You have reached your limit of 3 free articles To Continue Reading SubscribeLogin Our hard-copy and online publications cover the news of Otsego County by putting the community back…
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PASTIME Collection Ramps Up HoF Launches Digital Archive With 25 Babe Ruth Scrapbooks By CRAIG MUDER • Baseball Hall of Fame Twenty-five Babe Ruth scrapbooks are now online, as the Hall of Fame begins makes its archives digitally available. COOPERSTOWN – They are scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings, detailing the larger-than-life figure that was George Herman Ruth. Photo after photo, story after story… first-hand accounts of one of the first media stars of the 20th century. And then, a headline…
