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Two Otsego County residents served as interns at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May. Reed Porter, a Middlefield resident and rising junior at Miami University, worked for production company Epic Pictures. Morgan Hill-Edgar, a Cooperstown resident and Glimmerglass Festival actor who graduated from the University of Southern California in May, worked for the independent film media consulting service SAGindie.…
Karen Rowe is the winner of the Iron String Press Memorial Day Photo Contest. Her photo of granddaughters Paityn (2) and Piper (5)—“the two Ps”—performing an impromptu song and dance for the family tugged at our heart strings and made us smile. Karen wins a $50.00 gift certificate to the Blue Mingo Grill in Cooperstown, generously donated by the restaurant’s owners. Congratulations, Karen!…
A master of meditation will be teaching from July 3-9 at Samye Hermitage, the Buddhist center formerly known as Rangjung Yeshe Gomde, and familiarly known as “the place with all the flags” at 412 Glimmerglen Road. The teacher, Tulku Migmar Tsering, belongs to the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and will be coming from Nepal to teach the path of meditation to all, from curious beginners to those more advanced. From how to sit on the cushion to watching thoughts arise…
Pathfinder Village Program Specialist Michelle Banks (standing, far left) congratulates the newest graduates of the village’s Direct Support Professional 2.0 program, an incentivized nine-month multi-tiered training program that builds skills, includes mentoring and offers classroom training. The spring 2023 graduates include: (seated) Katie Kujawski, Danielle Sheldon, Gregory Winton; (standing, second left to right) Brittany Harty, Angela Lund, Chelsea Keach, and Mackenzie Bigford. Koral Hoag, not pictured, is also a member of the graduating class.…
On June 24 at 6:15 p.m., Marcus Villagran—owner of the Dunderberg Gallery at 118 Marion Avenue in Gilbertsville—will host an art opening for the works of abstract artist David Mackenzie, who died in June of 2020. At the reception, which is free and open to the public, attendees will have an opportunity to share their thoughts on Mackenzie and his work.…
The Fenimore Chamber Orchestra delighted audience members with selections from Wirén, Respighi and Tchaikovsky in its final concert of the 2022-2023 season, titled “Souvenir De Florence.” Christ Church was the venue for the performance, described as “a summer journey to Europe in vivid musical pictures.” FCO Artistic Director and Conductor Maciej Żółtowski is headed to Hungary for his next assignment, but will return for the 2023-2024 season in August with a program titled “Classical Treasures,” featuring musical masterpieces by Haydn,…
Amtrak’s A. Philip Randolph Employee Resource Group hosted six Juneteenth celebrations at train stations in different American cities at noon on Thursday, June 15. The guest speaker at the event in the Washington, D.C. Union Station was historian and genealogist Harry Bradshaw Matthews, retired associate dean and director of Intercultural Affairs at Hartwick College. He is the founding president of the United Stated Colored Troops Institute and a member of the SUNY Oneonta Foundation board of directors.…
Mark Braff, author of the newly-published “Sons of Baseball: Growing Up With a Major League Dad,” will visit the Baseball Hall of Fame for a Q&A and book signing at 1 p.m. on Father’s Day, June 18. The book features a foreword by Cal Ripken Jr. and interviews with the sons of 18 former major-league players, including Yogi Berra, Mariano Rivera, Roger Maris and Larry Doby. It explores the unique parenting experience of professional athletes through the eyes of their…
HOLZMAN HONORED: Seventeen years ago, master carver Gerry Holzman donated the Empire State Carousel to The Farmers’ Museum and on June 3, he returned to celebrate his 90th birthday—surrounded by family, friends, as well as his masterpiece. In 1984, Holzman became the head carver and executive director of the Empire State Carousel Project. Created over two decades by more than 1,000 volunteer carvers, quilters, painters, and woodworkers from across New York State, the Empire State Carousel features a variety of…
Walsh Begins Another Charity Through-Hike OTSEGO COUNTY Tom Walsh of Worcester, a 65-year-old hiker and cancer survivor, set out on a 200-mile charity fundraiser through-hike of Otsego County on June 1. He plans to visit all 20 state forests, five Otsego Land Trust conservation areas, and all 24 towns in the county. Walsh is using the hike to raise funds and awareness for Otsego Outdoors and the Hannah-Lee House, a residential home for Bassett Medical Center patients and family members.…