The Mountain Athletic Club Grounds at Fleischmanns Park received $1,238 from the Historical Society of the Town of Middletown to pay for a roadside historical marker.
The Oneonta Family Young Men’s Christian Association swim team competed in the Stop Watch Invitational hosted by the Canandaigua YMCA on Sunday, Jan. 31.
The day I hiked Bramley Mountain a bald eagle was sitting in a tree along the West Branch of the Delaware River, just upstream from Delhi. Today, as I drove across the Susquehanna bridge near Exit 13, an eagle flew down the river in front of me.
Cooperstown alumnus Reilly Hall is set to begin his senior season at Division II Coker University, on Saturday, Feb. 13.
Schohanna to host umpires meeting
Stamford’s Melanie Hoyt has overcome COVID-related recruiting challenges to commit to Saint Anselm College.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced Jan. 29 that it will celebrate the Dodgers’ 2020 World Series title with a special exhibit.
Three or four weeks ago, a friend of my son asked Randy to join him on a winter hike. He planned on doing the Great Range in the Adirondack High Peaks. That hike would be about 17 miles, and he was going to do it in just one day. Randy declined, because he didn’t feel he had the equipment fo…
The results of the 77th Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame election will be revealed at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26.
I got an e-mail from an old friend last weekend, inviting me to go for a hike up Bramley Mountain. Now as you know, I normally hike in good weather and ski in the winter, but what the heck. I thought it would be something different.
Now, you all know that I like to tell stories about our skiing episodes, especially when one of my friends crashes. It’s always fun to watch, and tell those tales when they aren’t hurt. Well, the other day we were skiing, and it happened to me. Both Bill and Wayne insisted that I tell you my…
An Oneonta family’s trading card collection has been valued upwards of $125,000 by a Chicago-based sports memorabilia appraiser.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown announced Wednesday it will offer Virtual Event Experiences as a way of engaging baseball fans at a time when in-person events are limited because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ALBANY — Following the lead of 19 other states, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is now convinced New York will benefit financially by allowing mobile sports betting.
The COVID-19 pandemic has helped a Delhi cross country star focus on her future.
A week or so ago, my buddy Rich and I went cross country skiing at Gilbert Lake. We had originally planned on parking up at the other end of the lake and ski to the Lake of the Twin Fawns, and on around the loop. Well, so much for that idea. The road was only plowed to the parking lot at the…
Oneonta native Matthew Marcewicz, an assistant baseball coach for Niagara Community College, was recently hired as an assistant for the Utica Blue Sox.
And finally, that's a wrap.
With family by her side, Sidney’s Olivia DeMott has overcome injury to pursue college softball.
A local Amateur Athletic Union program, Twin Tier Elite in Binghamton, is offering high school basketball athletes an opportunity for college exposure that they might have lost in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Walton alumnus Justin Wood is ready to run with his new Dartmouth coaching position.
Recently, the Department of Environmental Conservation released its Deer Management Plan for the next 10 years. Before discussing some of the points included in the proposal, I should make a few points that I feel are important. Sure, there are areas with more does than are good for the habi…
Let me bring you up to date. On July 27th I came off my hill with my tractor and brush hog from mowing. As I drove down to the next level, a huge buck in velvet stood up from some blackberry briars and ran across in front of me. It was the biggest whitetail buck I had ever seen on our proper…
A local petition calling for “high risk” winter sports to be played is gaining support, despite increases in statewide COVID-19 cases.
The Oneonta Soccer Club U19 boys team wrapped up its season with a 3-0 win in the Binghamton Champions League mini Thanksgiving Tournament against the Syracuse Crush.
The Staten Island Yankees have ceased operations and now are seeing legal remedy against the New York Yankees.
Watkins Glen International announced its schedule for the 2021 racing season.
ONEONTA — The Oneonta Family YMCA Frostbite will be held throughout December this year.
Sidney Central School senior Zach Harrington signed his letter of intent to play for Division II Newberry College in South Carolina, where he plans to study sports medicine.
Can you go outside on a clear night and find the North Star? It’s part of the Little Dipper. Have you seen Orion or Taurus the Bull? How many of you have seen a shooting star? Could you tell the difference between a Monarch butterfly and an Eastern tiger swallowtail? Do you know an ash tree …
Former Cooperstown standout Lucy Ford has been added as an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country teams at Brandeis University. Ford’s primary responsibility will be coaching Brandeis’ sprinters and jumpers.
SUNY Cobleskill will be offering its Therapeutic Horsemanship Veterans Program during winter session from December through January.
A couple of years ago I went up the hill to our pond. The day before we had caught a bunch of fish which I fileted and cooked for dinner. I dumped the skins and scrap over in the tall grass, knowing that something would come along and eat it. As I approached the water that morning two huge b…
The SUNY Cobleskill esports team ended their 2020 inaugural campaign Wednesday evening by winning the Fortnite fall season Championship Tournament.
With the start of New York state’s most popular hunting seasons on the horizon, supply-chain problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have led to shortages of ammunition and other goods at sporting goods stores.
Last week, the Mountain Athletic Club Grounds at Fleischmanns Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Oneonta Soccer Club defeated the Greater Binghamton Football Club, 3-1, on Saturday to win the Binghamton Alternative HS Soccer League championship.
NEW YORK (AP) — Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds are the leading candidates returning to baseball’s Hall of Fame ballot in a year without any favorites among the new names.
I have been spending a lot of time up in trees lately. Bow season is on, and being 15-feet up gives the hunter a slight advantage. I get up at five o’clock most mornings and head up the hill to one of the stands I have. Some are ladder stands, while others are climbers. I get up in the tree …
The Oneonta Soccer Club is kicking COVID-19.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame is offering special programing honoring veterans of the armed services for the month of November.
You might have noticed as you drive around the countryside, deer are everywhere. They are in the fields, as well as the highways. But, to the bow hunter, this is our time of year.
The Mountain Athletic Club, a vintage “base ball” team established in 1868 and based in Fleischmanns, has released a limited edition collection of vintage trading cards to celebrate their 125th anniversary.
Did you know that this is International Bat Week? It probably was designated that way because of Halloween, but I’m not totally sure.
Helios Care is hosting its annual Turkey Trot in memory of John Hayen.
Bo and Tom DeMarco combined to win the Art-Nate VanSteenburg Memorial Classic Bass Tournament on Oct. 17, held at Otsego Lake.
It’s a known fact. Porcupines cannot throw or shoot their quills. If your dog gets quills in its mouth it wasn’t the fault of the porcupine. He didn’t throw his quills into the dog. The dog bit him. I’ve stood less than a foot from one of those spiny creatures and just had him look up at me …
As the days grow shorter, the geese fly south and the leaves paint our forests with a flood of brilliant, beautiful colors, something stirs within me. I have spent a lifetime wandering the woods in search of deer, grouse and other wild creatures. It is part of my soul. This fall is no differ…
The Oneonta Octane is calling it quits.
Kyle Patrick and Jimmy O’Brien combined to win the Susquehanna Bass Association’s John Stevens Bass Tournament on Sunday, Oct. 4, at Goodyear Lake.
Milford native Max Lang joined The Daily Star’s sports department Monday, Oct. 5.
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DELANCEY - Elizabeth J. "Betty" Little, 86, of Fall Clove, DeLancey, passed away unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Born on Feb. 16, 1935, in Arkville, she was the daughter of the late George and Helen (York) Decker. She was married to John Albert Little on June 24, 1955, i…
WESTVILLE- Drusilla E. Carr, 95, of Westville, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at Cooperstown Center. A full obituary will follow, as will spring graveside services. Arrangements are with Tillapaugh Funeral Service, Cooperstown.
BURLINGTON - Arlene Schulz, 78, of the Town of Burlington, sadly passed away from COVID-19 Saturday night, Feb. 20, 2021, at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown. A native of Long Island, she was born Oct. 25, 1942, in Hicksville, a daughter of Michael Francis Cycon and Margaret Anna Forsyt…
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