Growing Community has announced its plans for the 9th Annual Community Harvest Supper, featuring a potluck, music and camaraderie at a dining table to be set up on Main Street, Cooperstown.…
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The Savannah Bananas have made history with their unforgettable brand of baseball. The National Baseball Hall of Fame will document that history with a new exhibit and welcome the Bananas to Cooperstown in a Friday, September 15 event at the museum the night before the Bananas’ final game of their 2023 World Tour at Doubleday Field.…
The Village of Cooperstown Local Planning Committee met on Tuesday, August 22 to review projects submitted following an open request for proposals associated with the village’s New York Forward grant. On March 2, the Village of Cooperstown was awarded a $4.5 million NY Forward grant, one of three Mohawk Valley winners of the first round of the new state grant program created to invigorate and enliven downtowns in New York’s smaller and rural communities.…
Many years ago, I wrote about an encounter I had with a butterfly. While weeding, I looked up and locked eyes with the butterfly. We were caught in one another’s gaze for what seemed then like an eternity. I had been reliving a Bach concert presented by the Cooperstown Summer Music Festival, which highlighted his Brandenburg concertos, for me one of the most profoundly moving compositions every written.…
Bassett Healthcare Network announced on Thursday, August 24 that Bassett Research Institute has hosted a week-long symposium to build upon the successes of its partnership with Umeå University’s Department of Epidemiology and Global Health. Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher education, with more than 34,000 students and 4,000 faculty and staff.…
Mae Loewenguth of Cooperstown graduated from the Institut Européen de Journalisme with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in April. In spite of a distinct lack of support from xenophobic professors, Loewenguth got through the prestigious institute with flying colors while immersing herself in one of Europe’s most culturally significant cities.…
On August 11, the results of the Village of Cooperstown New York Forward Community Survey were released. The report, which can be found in its entirety on the village website, was prepared by Highland Planning. The online survey—intended to gauge community members’ perceptions of opportunities within the Village of Cooperstown in order to inform the $4.5 million funding investment by the NY Forward program—was hosted on Survey Monkey from June 19 to August 7 and received 162 responses.…
Mary Nolan, local Cooperstown artist, has been selected to exhibit a solo show at The Arkell Museum. Her exhibit, “Moods of Oneida,” features the landscapes, water, and weather of Oneida Lake painted with movement and atmosphere. The show is on view through October 8. Nolan has a long career as an exhibiting and teaching artist, focusing on Cooperstown, Maine, and Cape Cod regional landscapes. Many of her small onsite oil paintings are used as studies for larger studio paintings. She…
The Cardiff Giant is on the road on a temporary loan to The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. From August 26, 2023 to February 11, 2024, it will be a centerpiece of The Bruce Museum's new exhibition, "Unraveled: Natural History’s Greatest Hoaxes."…
Many thanks to Bill Miller for this bucolic view of the fields on Route 28 just south of the Village of Cooperstown. It’s vistas like this that remind us why we live in Otsego County.…