THEATRE—7:30 p.m. Roald Dahl’s “Matilda The Musical Jr.” Presented by Orpheus Theatre. Tickets required. Also showing on 1/18 and at 3 p.m. on 1/19. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or https://www.orpheustheatre.org/…
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50 YEARS AGO: Almost one-third of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad’s New York derailments last year occurred in Otsego and Schoharie counties. According to State Department of Transportation (DOT) files, the D. & H. had 37 derailments in 1974, 10 of them in Otsego County and one in Schoharie County. Included was the derailment of a train pulling propane cars that subsequently exploded injuring 55 firemen and onlookers on February 12, 1974. In 1973, the D. & H. also had…
185 YEARS AGO: Federalism—This once honored and honorable term seems to have become a word of reproach, its friends as well as its enemies repudiating the name. How fallen—none so poor as to do it reverence; none so poor as to own it as their cognomen. The self-styled Whig Party seems anxious to rid themselves of this, to them, appropriate name; and they strive to hide the obnoxious features of their creed with the cloak of Equal Rights; endeavoring, by…
CONNECTIONS—1 p.m. Ann Thayer speaks on “Healthy Living.” Connections at Clark Sports Center, 124 County Highway 52, Cooperstown. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1197122360496714/…
DINNER AND PROGRAM—6 p.m. Susquehanna Chapter Adirondack Mountain Club monthly meeting. Includes a program by an ADK Summer Camp participant, annual business meeting, election of officers and vote to approve updated by-laws. Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. https://susqadk.org/ …
Marianna Shepard Garrett passed away peacefully on December 22, 24. Marianna was born in Cooperstown, New York on March 7, 1936 to Richard and Mollie Shepard. She grew up in Cooperstown and graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1954.…
BASKETBALL—7 p.m. “Harlem Triksterz vs. Cooperstown Dream Team.” Tickets required. Wear comfortable shoes. Cooperstown High School, 39 Linden Avenue, Cooperstown. (607) 547-9976 or https://www.facebook.com/cooperstowncsd…
LIBRARY—11 a.m. “Paper Star Lamp Workshop.” Registration required. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 988-6661 or https://www.facebook.com/harrislibrary…
LECTURE—2-4 p.m. “Be Informed: Herps of Otsego County.” Presented by the Otsego County Conservation Association. The Clark Sports Center, 124 County Road 52, Cooperstown. (607) 547-4488 or https://www.occainfo.org/calendar/be-informed-herps-of-otsego-county…