HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23 Gathering Communities To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR – 10:30-11:30 a.m. Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. For more info CLICK HERE. THANKSGIVING SERVICE – Noon. Evangelical Lutheran Church, 4636 NY-28, Hartwick Seminary. Info, email Pr Paul Messner at PrPaul_TheoInst@hotmail.com DISCUSSION GROUP – 3-5 p.m. People discussing current events. Village Library, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. For more info CLICK HERE. WINERY EVENT – 4-6 p.m. Help Rustic…
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IN MEMORIAM: Linda M. Lieb, 56; Cooperstown Native Dies In Florida COOPERSTOWN – Linda Margret Lieb, raised in Coopertown, passed away suddenly in Largo, Fla. on Nov. 14, 2016. Born on March 2, 1960, she is predeceased by her sister Eva Lieb and her father Heinz Lieb. Linda was a graduate of Cooperstown Central School and University of Michigan, where she received a Ph.D. in pharmaceutics.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, NOV. 22 Giving Thanks For All Faiths To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING SERVICE – 7:30 p.m. Hosted by Rev. Craig Schwalenberg. Rev Randolph Palada will deliver the message. Choir to sing hymns from the Unitarian Universalist Hymnal, “Singing the Living Tradition”. Donation of money and non-perishable food requested, to be distributed to Oneonta food banks. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, Ric Chrislip Frederic.Chrislip@gmail.com…
IN MEMORIAM Rev. John A. Blackman Jr., 84; Edmeston Leader For 52 Years EDMESTON – The Rev. John A. Blackman, Jr., the award-winning and community-minded pastor emeritus of the Second Baptist Church, Edmeston, passed away Nov. 20, 2016. He was born Aug. 31, 1932 in Rockland, Maine, to John A. Blackman and Olive Kalloch Blackman. He graduated from Rockland High School, Gordon College in Boston, and Gordon Divinity School, Wenham, Mass. He married Dorothy Loyte in June 1955. John served…
Hartwick Names Facility In Memory Of Dick Miller…
Police: Man Punches Bouncer, Officer At Bar ONEONTA – A Rochester man was arrested Saturday night for allegedly assaulting a bouncer and the city police officer who attempted to break up a fight. Divonte L. Geiger, 20, was denied entry to the Sip & Sail Tavern, 80 Water St., when he failed to produce proper identification. Police said he became belligerent and punched the bar’s bouncer, then an officer attempting to take him into custody.…
4 Newcomers On HoF Ballot, But 2 Labelled ‘Steroid Stars’ COOPERSTOWN – The Red Sox’ Manny Ramirez is among four new contenders among 19 candidates on the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot that is being mailed this week to more than 400 voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Outfielder Ramirez is joined by catcher Iván Rodríguez, outfielder Vladimir Guerrero and shortstop Edgar Rentería on the newcomers’ list, joining 15 holdovers from the 2016 balloting in which center…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, NOV. 21 SUNY Oneonta Festival Celebrates Global Cultures To Learn How You Can Help Area Families This Holiday Season CLICK HERE. GLOBAL MOVEMENT FESTIVAL – 6:45 p.m. promoting cross-cultural understanding, tolerance, and global connectedness through the education and presentation of music, dance, poetry, art, food, and culture. Suggested $3 donation benefits Ninash Foundation. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine pkwy, Oneonta. Info, www.facebook.com/globalmovementfestival/…
IN MEMORIAM Singer Sharon Jones, Famous For ‘100 Days,’ Dies At Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Sharon Jones, whose “100 Days, 100 Nights” alone established a permanent place for her in America’s performance pantheon, died Friday at Bassett Hospital, reportedly from pancreatic cancer. Staying with friends in Sharon Springs while fighting the disease, she had intended to attend a screening of “Miss Sharon Jones!”, Barbara Kopple’s award-winning documentary that opened this year’s Glimmerglass Film Days Nov. 10 at The Otesaga. However, friends…
Decorating Underway On Coop’s Main Street Chihiro Katafuchi, a Rotary exchange student from Japan, assists in this afternoon’s decorating of all the lamp posts on Main Street, Cooperstown, between the courthouse and Village Hall. The undertaking is an annual program of the village’s 4C’s Committee (for Cooperstown Community Christmas Committee), and featured Santa and Mrs. Claus, in mufti, decorating Santa’s Cottage in Pioneer Park, preparing for St. Nick’s official arrival there at 5 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving. (Jim…