Bound Volumes November 9, 2023 110 YEARS AGOLocal—Some mysterious individual seems to have a mania for traversing the streets at night, disturbing the inhabitants of the village by running up on the doorsteps and leaving handbills and tracts attacking the Roman Catholic Church in general and the pope in particular. If these reformers have anything important to say, we would suggest that they hire a hall, or come around in the daylight.Linn Pope of Toddsville has been feasting on Calarab…
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Bound Volumes, Hometown History November 9, 2023 40 Years AgoHartwick College has received a collection of letters, some written by the Rev. John Christopher Hartwick, a Lutheran minister who bequeathed his estate for the formation of a religious seminary near Cooperstown, which was the forerunner of the college now located on Oyaron Hill in Oneonta. The letters were given to Hartwick College by Yale University. “We’re extremely pleased that Yale officials have given them to us so that they can…
Dr. Will Walker, Village of Cooperstown historian and professor at SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, will speak on local indigenous history in the Village Hall Ballroom at 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 19.…
The eleventh installment of the festival will feature more than two dozen films, talks, and events with filmmakers, an art installment at The Smithy, trivia, books, parties, and guided walking tours.…
Retired professor Dennis Higgins and engineer Keith Schue will present a talk titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change without Destroying Communities?” at Huntington Memorial Library at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15.…
Proposal Number One, an amendment regarding removal of small city school districts from special Constitutional debt limitation, passed (59.7%), as did Proposal Number Two, an amendment extending sewage project debt exclusion from debt limit (64.46%).…
“Nowhere else in this region do we have such an event; two tournaments, two sports, two non-profits—Pathfinder and the National Baseball Hall of Fame—all come together for a day of fun, fellowship and fundraising,” said Village Chief Executive Officer Paul C. Landers.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 ‘Future Memory’ Art Exhibit Opens, Accompanies Glimmerglass Film Days Festival FILM DAYS—Noon to 5 p.m. “Art Exhibition: Future Memory.” Megan Irving, Ava Fedorov and Ashley Cooper present multimedia art works that offer another perspective on the 2023 Glimmerglass Film Days theme, “Messengers.” Open through 11/13. The Smithy Gallery, 55 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown. Visit https://www.glimmerglassfilmdays.org/ BLOOD DRIVE—Noon to 5 p.m. FoxCare Center, 1 Fox Care Drive, Oneonta. RedCrossBlood.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4 Milford Celebrates 100th Birthday of their First Ever Motorized Fire Engine OPEN HOUSE—8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pancake Breakfast & Open House. Pancakes, French toast, sausage, eggs, bacon and more available by donation. Celebrate the 100th birthday of the 1923 Stewart, the department’s 1st motorized apparatus. Milford Fire Department and Emergency Squad, 64 State Highway 28, Milford. (607) 286-9492 or visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064335715537 FUNDRAISER—Noon. “Dine Out For A Cause.” Enjoy a meal and…
An Election Day lasagna dinner at the New Life Fellowship Hall, Sweethearts and Heroes visits G-MU, Dana Cudmore's new book and an illustration/story telling workshop for kids.…
