LETTER from JEFF KATZ Give Mayor Help She Needs To Complete Work At Hand To the Editor: Under the leadership of Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, the good work of the village government has continued. The enormous wastewater treatment plant rebuild has begun, as has the Doubleday Field renovation. Add to that the fantastic update of Pioneer Park and the TEP Main Street project and the village has never looked as good, or been taken care of so well. This is not…
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$10K For Doubleday Baltimore Buddies Remember Friend Through Donation To Baseball Shrine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Two weeks before his baseball buddy Richard Faust died, Steve Murfin and his pal were at the annual Baltimore Orioles “Dream Week” in Florida. “I was talking to my mother on the phone, and I handed the phone to him,” said Murfin. “He told her jokes and made her laugh for 10 minutes, and when she handed the phone…
Friends Of Doubleday Present Doubleday Has A Friend MANY Friends Aim To Raise $800,000 To Complete Redo By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Where some people saw scraps, Jeff Katz and Quinton Hasak saw a fundraising opportunity. “When the demolition of the third-base bleachers started, the question arose about what we were going to do with them,” said former mayor Jeff Katz, now president of the Friends of Doubleday. “They’re not the original bleachers, but they’re still…
Walk Where Legends Walked Friends Offer Tours Of Doubleday Field By LIBBY CUDMORE• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – If you’ve ever dreamed of setting foot on historic Doubleday Field, Jeff Katz and the Friends of Doubleday can make that happen. “People always want to get on the field,” he said. “There’s lots of signage telling people the story of Doubleday, but it doesn’t get them out there.” The Friends of Doubleday – Katz is president – have begun offering tours…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 5 Urban Renewal Panel COMMUNITY PROGRAM – 5:30 p.m. Panel on “Downtown Renewal: Community Economic Revitalization” featuring panelists Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz, Sociology Chair Dr. Alex Thomas, President/CEO Otsego Co. Chamber of Commerce Barbara Ann Heegan, more. Presentation followed by audience Q&A. Free, open to the public. Otsego Grille, Morris Complex, SUNY Oneonta. Call 607-436-3498. SENIOR PLAY – 7 – 9:30 p.m. CCS produciton of “Almost. Maine.” Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. Call…
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Help Right Wrong, Author Urges SABR At HoF Meeting Speaking to the Cliff Kachline chapter of the Society of American Baseball Research (SABR) at the Hall of Fame today, Doug Gladstone, author of “A Bitter Cup of Coffee: How MLB & The Players Association Threw 874 Retirees a Curve,” detailed how hundred of retirees failed to gain Players Association pensions. Players who retired before 1980 earn only $625 per quarter for every 43 roster days in the Major League, he…
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