News Briefs: June 13, 2024

Ecstatic Dance Returns To Oneonta Saturday

ONEONTA—Just More Theatre Inc. will present “Ecstatic Dance Oneonta” on Saturday, June 15 from 5-8 p.m. The event will take place at Yoga People Oneonta, 50 Dietz Street, and will be hosted by DJ Isha. The alcohol-free event will include active meditation, free form movement, live drumming and sound healing. All ages are welcome and kids age 12 and under may dance for free. Early bird tickets will be $15.00 for students and $20.00 for adults. Tickets sold at the door will be $20.00 for students and $30.00 for adults. Part of the profits will be donated to American Wild Horse Foundation.

Outdoor Games To Be Held This Weekend

CHERRY VALLEY—The Cherry Valley Outdoor Games will be held in the Village Park, 2 Genesee Street, Friday through Sunday, June 14-16. There will be lumberjack competitions, live music, a car show, cornhole tournaments, exhibit displays, children’s activities and a wide variety of vendors. Admission is free. Events run from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday.

FoVL Collecting Books for Annual Sale

COOPERSTOWN—Friends of the Village Library of Cooperstown will hold a final collection day for the annual Summer Book Sale from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 15. Books, CDs and DVDs in good condition may be donated at the Fair Street entrance to Village Hall, 22 Main Street. The sale will run from Saturday, June 22 through Sunday, June 30. All proceeds benefit the Village Library.

Zaengle To Speak at Historical Society Meet

FLY CREEK—The Fly Creek Area Historical Society will host Emily Zaengle for a presentation on the “Vanishing Landscape” at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26. There will be light refreshments at 7:30 p.m., followed by the monthly meeting. The event will take place at the Fly Creek Grange, 208 Cemetery Road.

Live Music Planned at Horned Dorset Inn

LEONARDSVILLE—The Horned Dorset Inn, 2000 State Route 8 in Leonardsville, will begin its 2024 live music dining season on Thursday, June 13. The Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo will perform from 6-9 p.m. and will return on alternating Thursdays throughout the summer and fall. The Musicians of Ma’alwyck will present a Father’s Day concert on Sunday, June 16. Each dinner begins with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at 4 p.m., followed by a prix fixe dinner at 6 p.m. The cost is $95.00 per person, with proceeds to benefit the Horned Dorset Colony artist residency program. Reservations are required; visit www.horneddorsetinn.com or call (315) 855-7898.

FAM To Present Workshops for Women

COOPERSTOWN—Fenimore Art Museum will host four Haudenosaunee-based art and mindfulness workshops for women at the museum’s lakeside Mohawk Bark House on Saturday afternoons this summer. Each one is presented in partnership with an indigenous interpreter and includes a gathering, teatime, story-sharing and communal participation in processes typically reserved for women in colonial America. Each event runs from 2-5 p.m. and requires advance registration at FenimoreArt.org. No experience is necessary.

The June 22 workshop will focus on embroidery with glass seed beads and porcupine quills. Raw clay and handbuilding techniques will be taught on July 20. The August 17 event will demonstrate corn, sweet grass and dogbane weaving. Finally, the September 28 workshop will feature weaving and sculpting with cattails.

Bradley, Jensen Finish Strong at States

CICERO—Cooperstown juniors Annelise Jensen and Cooper Bradley finished the track and field season at the state championships at Cicero-North Syracuse on Friday and Saturday, June 7 and 8. Jensen finished 12th in the 800m event with a time of 2:21.76, her second appearance in the state 800m competition. Bradley topped out at six feet, two inches in the high jump, finishing sixth.

Pride Block Party Planning Well Underway

COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown businesses and community members have partnered with Otsego Pride Alliance to present the village’s inaugural Pride Block Party in Pioneer Park on Sunday, June 30. The party, which runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., will feature a wide variety of family-friendly activities. There will be children’s crafts, free face painting and a special appearance by the Hill City Ice Queens, Oneonta’s premier princess party performing companies. Live music will include a set by DJ Raphael and other local artists. In addition, collaborations are being planned with NY Goat Yoga, Susquehanna SPCA, Stagecoach Coffee, The Local Bird, Lamb Realty, Rudy’s Liquor, Glimmerglass Festival, Friends of the Village Library, Landmark Inn and other local businesses and organizations. The party is free and open to all ages.

Ag, Farmland Protection Board to Meet

MIDDLEFIELD—The Otsego County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board will hold a public meeting at The Meadows Office Complex, 140 County Highway 33W, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 18. The board will review a solar farm development proposal by East Springfield Solar, LLC.

Market Set To Offer SNAP Match

COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market has joined Field and Fork Network’s Double Up Food Bucks program, which provides up to $20.00 to SNAP participants for local produce.
This opportunity will work in conjunction with the longstanding local SNAP match program through the Cooperstown Lions Club; starting on Saturday, June 15, $20.00 in SNAP spending will be able to purchase $60.00 worth of local food.

Art Garage To Open Summer Show Friday

MIDDLEFIELD—The Art Garage will open its first summer show, “big. small. fragile. strong.,” with a reception from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, June 14. The exhibition features a wide variety of three-dimensional works in many media by established artists Tina Betz, Kate Dodd, Megan Adams Irving and Christina Hunt Wood. The gallery is open each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or daily by appointment; call (315) 941-9607 or e-mail leartgarage@gmail.com for more information. Guests should park on the lawn rather than the town road.

Choral Society To Host Golf Tournament

WEST LAURENS—The Catskill Choral Society will host a golf tournament fundraiser at Colonial Ridge Golf Club in West Laurens on Friday, June 28. It is a captain-and-crew four-person format with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. The tournament features skins, mulligans, pin shots, a 50/50 raffle, a putting contest and brown bag raffles, as well as cash payouts for the best team scores. Tickets are $70.00, including a food buffet at the turn. To register a team, contact Colonial Ridge at colonialridgegolf@gmail.com or (607) 263-5291. Sponsorships and donations are available by contacting golf@catskillchoralsociety.com or (607) 435-7008.

Quilt Show Set for Strawberry Festival

WORCESTER—The Quarter Inch Quilt Club will hold a quilt show at the Worcester Historical Society during the Strawberry Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 15. There will be many quilts by talented local crafters for display and purchase. The group donated more than 40 handmade quilts to local preschool programs last fall. Admission is free.

Early Primary Voting Begins Saturday

OTSEGO COUNTY—Early voting for the June Democratic and Republican primaries will be held at the Otsego Town Building, 811 County Highway 26 in Fly Creek, from Saturday, June 15 through Sunday, June 23. The polls will be open from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. all other days. Democrats in the Towns of Cherry Valley, Decatur, Maryland, Middlefield, Otsego, Roseboom, Springfield, Westford and Worcester have a primary for the 102nd State Assembly district. Republicans in the Town of Richfield have a primary for an unexpired Council Member seat. There are no other contested primaries. Sample ballots are available at vote.otsegocounty.ny.gov.

School Board Election Results Released

COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown Central School District residents went to the polls for school board elections on Tuesday, May 21. Voters approved the budget resolution 463-86, the bus lease proposition 473-74 and the public library proposition 464 to 80. Mary Beth Murdock, William Streck and Keith Parr were elected to the board from a field of six candidates.