Schedule of Obama’s Cooperstown Tour President Obama will arrive in Cooperstown for a private tour of the Baseball Hall of Fame at 3:25 p.m. this afternoon, according to the official schedule released this morning by the White House. At 3:55, the president will deliver a speech promoting tourism from the Hall’s plaque gallery. The speech will be streamed live and can be viewed here.…
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Hall of Fame President Surprised To Learn of White House’s Visit By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Jeff Idelson, National Baseball Hall of Fame president, isn’t taking any credit for the First Fan’s planned Thursday, May 22, visit to 25 Main. “As far as I understand it, with White House events, you get a little bit of notice and you go from there,” said Idelson. The phone rang the Thursday before. It was Ken Meifert, the Hall’s VP for…
As Village Awaits President, New, Old Tributes Surface By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN In all the “craziness” of the 2008 election, James Dean, saw opportunity. “Barack Obama was the only sane voice we could find,” he said. “And he’s still the only sane voice.” Dean, now also a Cooperstown village trustee, printed up a bumper sticker that read “I’m Sticking With the Sane, Intelligent Guy!” and launched them on his website, The Sane Guy, “I said what I thought, and I thought…
Both Sides of Fracking Debate May Protest When Obama Visits By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN Along with the gawkers and the hand-shake hopefuls, it seems protesters on both sides of the fracking issue may be lining village streets when President Obama comes to town on Thursday, May 22 to speak on the importance of tourism in the nation’s economy. Otsego 2000 has organized a rally outside the Baseball Hall of Fame starting at 11:30 a.m. and will include members of Sustainable Otsego,…
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