HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Author discusses ‘School Lunch: Unpacking Our Shared Stories’ SUNDAY SPEAKER – 3 – 4 p.m. Lucy Schaeffer, CCS alumna and author, will speak about her new book, ‘School Lunch: Unpacking Our Shared Stories.’ Registration required. Presented by The Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown. Visit fovl.eventbrite.com…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Sock Hop dance featuring live music VALENTINES SOCK HOP – 5 – 8 p.m. Come out for fun dance with friends & significant others. Cover charge, $5/person. Benefit for the Family Service Association. American Legion, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. 607-432-0494 or visit www.facebook.com/alpost259/…
State Police launch Super Bowl DWI patrols The New York State Police will crack down on impaired and reckless driving during Super Bowl weekend, Friday, February 11 through Monday, February 14. The agency’s STOP-DWI campaign includes patrols and sobriety checkpoints to deter, identify, and arrest impaired drivers, as well as underage drinker enforcement. An impaired driving conviction carries a maximum fine of $10,000, possible license revocation, and up to seven years in prison. Troopers will use both marked State Police…
In Memoriam Leslie E. D. B. Jordan, 71 October 11, 1950 – February 5, 2022 Leslie Elaine Dolezel Blum Jordan passed away on February 5, 2022 in Lennox, South Dakota with her devoted granddaughter Skyler Grace at her side and other family there in spirit. Leslie was born October 11, 1950 in Oneonta, New York. She was the daughter of Douglas M. McLaud and Joan Crandall McLaud. Leslie began her life on State Street in Oneonta and attended Bugbee School.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Take-Out Chili Dinner WINTER CHILI – 4 – 6 p.m. We may not have a winter carnival, but the chili is still here. Purchase a bowl of delicious chili, soup or chowder to enjoy at home. Take-out only. Presented by the First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 21 Elm St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9371 or visit www.facebook.com/ctownfirstbaptist/ BLOOD DRIVE – 12:30 – 5:30 p.m. Franklin Fire Department, 351 Main St., Franklin. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org…
Not a day over 27 Say hello to Zeb, a Percheron working at The Farmers’ Museum in Cooperstown. He’s 28 in horse years — that’s 80 for us humans — and has been with the Museum since he was three (horse years). he’s more than 16 hands high, each hand equal to four inches, and weighs in at a svelte 1500 pounds. Bob Thompson, Associate Director of Agriculture and Facilities Support Services at the Farmers’ Museum, said Zeb is “pretty…
Cooperstown costume pro voting on top film awards “I had 27 movies to watch,” Van Ramsey, an Emmy-winning costume designer with 45 years of stage and screen credits, said from his Cooperstown home a few weeks ago. “I’m part of the Costume Designers Guild, and I have to watch each movie with attention to costume design.” He and some 700 colleagues from around the world are voting for the annual Costume Designers Guild Award, a prestigious honor announced one week…
Rust never sleeps My patient and considerate son-in-law, Alex, had had just about enough of helping me carry seemingly countless and too-heavy crates of records from the U-Haul into the long-term storage facility, their home for the next 10 months or so. “Have you not heard of Spotify?” he half-joked as he lugged another crate. Sure I’ve heard of Spotify. I even signed up for a subscription so I could trade playlists with our daughter who lives out in Tucson.…
Fate of James Fenimore Cooper murals rests with Westchester school board Officials in a Westchester County high school say time is running out in a debate over the fate of eight murals depicting scenes from James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking novels that could be covered to make way for new learning space in the building. Fenimore Art Museum President Paul D’Ambrosio told The Freeman’s Journal / Hometown Oneonta the gallery is a potential home for the paintings on the walls of…
Doubleday renovations on track for June finish Doubleday Field might be blocks away from the Baseball Hall of Fame but the two stand side-by-side as Cooperstown’s marquis attractions. The iconic field has seen its better days, and Village Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh continues to move forward with renovations she says will return the site to all its former glory. “Doubleday Field will have a lot more plusses for Village residents, tourists, and teams that rent the field,” she said in a…
