Join us for ‘Breakfast with the Board’ Commentary by Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, Village of Cooperstown Two years ago, in a May 2020 “Mayor’s Message” in the Village Voices newsletter, I wrote this: “The residents of the Village of Cooperstown should be proud of the way they have responded to this unprecedented health crisis. Recommendations to stay home, to physically distance from others and to wear a mask when not possible to distance, have all been willingly adopted and are successfully…
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Milford freshman earns ‘Scholar’ honors Milford Central School freshman Jack Yorke has earned recognition as a “Borlaug Scholar” at Cornell University’s New York Youth Institute and a chance to serve as a New York Youth delegate at the World Food Prize annual event in Des Moines, Iowa, later this year. The Ivy League experience requires high school students to research issues they care about and submit to a panel of Cornell experts and professors a paper proposing their ideas to…
Mayor looking past pandemic as she starts new term Village of Cooperstown Trustees Dr. Richard Sternberg, left, and Sydney Sheehan, right, flank Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh after the three took their oaths of office for their new terms. Village of Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh this month embarks on her third two-year term leading the village, hopeful COVID’s worst is behind but proud of the work she, the Village Board of Trustees, and Village employees were able to continue throughout the pandemic’s…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Work On Fiber Projects At The Library FIBER ARTS GROUP – 3 – 4 p.m. Bring your knitting, crocheting or other fiber art to work with the group on your current project. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/ BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 6 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. St. James Episcopal, 305 Main St., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org…
Coming up this week … This week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta includes an update on those James Fenimore Cooper murals doomed for destruction in Westchester … Cooperstown’s mayor looks past the pandemic and invites you to breakfast … there’s a new baseball card shop in town … a spring hiking challenge … a look at your New York State Income Tax form … some thoughts on the Bills stadium brou-ha-ha … Merl Reagle’s dynamic crossword puzzle…
Sidney Community Center has weekend entertainment on tap The Sidney Community Cultural Center in downtown Sidney, New York, presents two shows from Half Light Theater this coming weekend. On Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m., the troupe presents “Life is a Cabaret,” featuring songs of stage and screen with light-hearted tales of love, misadventures and everything in between. The evening will include performances by pianist, John Eisenberg, vocalists Missy Harris, John Penird and more. On Sunday, April 10, Half Light…
Cooperstown Trustees salute Jeanne Dewey At its April 4 meeting, Cooperstown’s Village Board of Trustees saluted Jeanne Dewey as her term as a Trustee came to a close. From left to right, trustees Dr. Richard Sternberg and MacGuire Benton, Deputy Mayor Cynthia Falk, Jeanne Dewey, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, trustees Sydney Sheehan, Hanna Bergene, and Joseph Membrino.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Behind The Scenes On Art Museum Exhibits FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 12:30 p.m. Join Director of Exhibitions, Chris Rossi, on a behind the scenes look at putting together an exhibition at the museum. Program includes a walking tour and a box lunch. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 5 Photographer/World Traveler Shares Stories From 6 Decades PHOTOGRAPHY – 6 p.m. Photographer Dmitri Kasterine presents ‘Photographs and Encounters’ featuring pictures he’s taken in his 60 years of photography, from Queen Elizabeth II to Mick Jagger, and more. Village Library of Cooperstown. 607-547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, APRIL 4 Teens Start Their Gardens with the Family Resource Network DRAGON DATES – 5 – 6:30 p.m. Go online for Virtual Seed Starting workshop Presented by the Family Resource Network, Oneonta. 607-432-0001 or visit www.facebook.com/FamilyRN/ BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 6 p.m. Donate today to receive an exclusive Red Cross T-Shirt while supplies last. Worcester Municipal Building, 19 Katie Ln., Worcester. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 6 p.m. Worcester Municipal Building,…
