CEREMONY TO BE BROADCAST Hall Plans Indoor Induction On 7/25, TV Audience Only Cooperstown Classic Events Cancelled COOPERSTOWN – The Hall of Fame announced a few minutes ago that it still hopes to hold the annual Induction on July 25, but not the unticketed event in the Clark Sports Center fields that can attract tens of thousands of fans. “We have prepared alternative plans to conduct our annual Awards Presentation and Induction Ceremony as television events taking place indoors and…
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CLICK FOR HALL OF FAME TRIBUTE Hank Aaron Praised For His ‘Legendary Accomplishments’ Jane Clark Also Cites ‘Generosity Of Spirit’ COOPERSTOWN – Hank Aaron’s “generosity of spirit and legendary accomplishments will live in Cooperstown forever,” Hall of Fame Chairman Jane Forbes Clark said in reaction to this morning’s passing of the baseball legend. “Hank Aaron’s incredible talent on the baseball field was only matched by his dignity and character, which shone brightly, not only here in Cooperstown, but with every…
Pioneer Patio, The Henricis, The Havliks Win Top Prizes In ’20 Beautification Contest Clark Foundation Continues 60-Year Tradition COOPERSTOWN – Clark Foundation President Jane Forbes Clark today announced the winners of its 2020 Cooperstown Beautification Contest, including three first-place winners: Most Attractive Floral Display in a Business Setting: Pioneer Patio, Richard and Kathryn Busse, 46 Pioneer St. JUDGES’ COMMENTS: An impressive multi-level floral display utilizing a wide variety of plant material. A lot of work, obviously a labor of love.…
Siracusa Marks 30 Years At Fenimore Art Museum O’Thuse, 5 Others Honored For Longevity…
CLICK TO DONATE TO ‘SHELTER US’ Ground Broken, And $2M Raised, For New Shelter With Success, ‘Shelter Us’ Finds $3M Will Be Needed, And Sets New Target By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – There was plenty of good news, high spirits and benefactors aplenty at today’s groundbreaking on the new Susquehanna SPCA shelter on Route 28. Plus a new goal to strive for. First, it was announced the $250,000 matching grant from Staffworks President Anita Vitullo has…
JANE CLARK NAMED CITIZEN OF YEAR Mayor Details Advance Of Cooperstown’s Parks The feud between James Fenimore Cooper and Cooperstown over citizens’ unauthorized use of what today is the Three Mile Point village park went on four decades after the writer’s death in 1851, until Samuel Shaw, half-century editor/proprietor of The Freeman’s Journal, bought it from a Cooper heir in the 1890s and turn it over to the village. Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch recounted that controversy in discussing the history…
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION 2019 Jeff Idelson Honored, With Spink, Frick Prize Winners Outgoing Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson, left; Jayson Stark, recipient of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, and Idelson’s successor, Tim Mead, wave from the stage at the conclusion of the ninth annual Hall Of Fame Awards presentation at Doubleday Field this afternoon. Between Stark and Mead is Mariano Rivera, the Yankee star pitcher, one of six players being inducted tomorrow. Idelson, who is seen embracing Jane…
CLASSIC GAME WEEKEND 2019 MLB Stars Abound At Doubleday Field Jeff Idelson, Baseball Hall of Fame president, left, and Hall board Chairman Jane Forbes Clark, right, stand with members of 30 Major League Baseball teams who made up the roster for the 2019 Hall Of Fame Classic game at Doubleday Field this afternoon in Cooperstown. Despite some sprinkles, professional ballplayers gave their fans a great game as well as T-shirt give-aways, children’s competitions, as well as signing autographs and memorabilia.…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Teamwork: A Way Of Life Tim Mead’s Now Bringing Here L.A. Angels Communications/VP To Succeed Idelson After Induction By JIM KEVLIN • www.AllOTSEGO.com Exclusive COOPERSTOWN – Tim Mead, who will become the seventh president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame following this year’s Induction on July 21, has been a team player in the front office at the Los Angeles Angels for four decades. But for the Angels’ vice president/communications, team playing didn’t start there. When young…
‘Team Fetterman’ Welcomes Judge Lamberts Become 1st Father-Son Pair In Cooperstown’s Most Honored Ranks By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It was a lesson in the right attitude. County Judge John Lambert, honored as the latest recipient of the Clark Sports Center’s Fetterman Award today at an Otesaga luncheon, was able to relate a first-hand story about Patrick Fetterman, a fabled director of the Clark Gym. It was at a Biddy Basketball Tournament in St. Johnsville more than…
