World T.E.A.M Sports Brings Can-Am Vets To Cooperstown HARTWICK SEMINARY – The World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Can-Am Veterans Challenge pedaled into Hartwick Seminary this afternoon on the fifth day of a 14-day charity ride that will end with a ceremony on the steps of the Capitol on the Fourth of July. The group will then ride in Washington D.C.’s Independence Day parade. The bike ride is affiliated with Wounded Warriors, a U.S.-Canadian organization the helps injured veterans on both sides of the border,…
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IN MEMORIAM: Louise W. Weisser, 87; Retired Teacher COOPERSTOWN – Louise W. Weisser, 87, who retired to Cooperstown after a 35-year teaching career, died Saturday, June 21, 2014.…
Hager Hops Installs Harvester At Cooperstown Brewery Site…
Village Applies For $½ Million To ‘Jumpstart’ 22 Main Upgrade By JIM KEVLIN The Village Board has applied for a $500,000 CFA grant that, if approved, would “hugely jumpstart” a $2 million planned renovation of 22 Main, the historic Village Hall, according to Mayor Jeff Katz. The grant, plus the village’s $166,000 match, would pay for one-third of the work. CFAs (for consolidated funding applications), administered through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission (one of 13 statewide), are the Cuomo…
For Babe Ruth’s Descendant, a Surprise By TERESA WINCHESTER Visits to Cooperstown have always been part of Amanda Stevens’ life. For the annual Baseball Hall of Fame Induction, her family would rent a house here and stay for several days. (Her father and brother still make the yearly pilgrimage.) And she often had a chance to meet Major League ballplayers. (Cal Ripken Jr. is her favorite.) For Stevens, now living in Cambridge, Mass., is Babe Ruth’s great-granddaughter. “There are many…
Chamber Names Executive Director By JIM KEVLIN The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Tuesday, June 17, announced the appointment of Matt Hazzard as interim executive director, and Chamber President Ken Meifert said he and the board expect that he will fill the position long term. “Matt has a great combination: Long affinity with the community, having grown up here, and the real-world experience to lead the chamber to bigger and greater things,” said Meifert, who is also vice president/development at the Baseball…
Hall, Cooperstown Have Changed, Veterans Reflect By JIM KEVLIN Yesterday was today’s topic, and things have changed. “I shouldn’t say this,” said Ted Spencer, the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s retired curator, “but my first year here” – 1982 – “I tried everything on.” How things have become more formal and security-conscious over the years was one theme that emerged from a panel Spencer rounded out Thursday, June 12, the 75th anniversary of the first Induction, with three who attended the…
Library Banner Thanks Voters For OK’ing Dependable Funding…
State Hospital Association Honors Streck With 2014 ‘Distinguished Service Award The Healthcare Association of New York State today presented Bassett Healthcare President/CEO William F. Streck with HANYS’ 2014 Distinguished Service Award at the annual conference at The Sagamore on Lake George. HASNY President Dennis Whalen said Streck “has redefined the role of a rural hospital by embracing new models for effective, efficient, and sustainable patient-centered care, while also significantly expanding access. From the board to the bedside, and from Albany…
Alleged Renert Accomplice Arrested In Pre-Christmas Shooting In Coop COOPERSTOWN – A Florida man police suspect assisted Barry Renert in an alleged armed-robbery attempt at Seventh Inning Stretch two days before Christmas was arrested yesterday at a prison in Orlando, Fla., by Otsego County Sheriff’s deputies after a five-month investigation. It is alleged that Stephen John Janiszeski, 30, of 3200 Old Winter Garden Road, Ocoee, Fla., drove up from Sanford, Fla., with Renert and waited in the car while his…
