Homemade Cards Capture Christmas By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special To AllOTSEGO.com There’s something special, James Mullen believes, about a Christmas card. “Because there’s an exchange at the same time of the year, they’re a lot of fun to receive as well as to give,” he said. And Mullen would know – the former dean of SUNY Oneonta’s Fine Arts Department, he has been making cards for 64 years. “I made 200 this year,” he said. “It’s the most I’ve ever…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 Enjoy CCS’ Winter Concert WINTER CONCERT – 7 p.m. CCS Jr./Sr. students perform voice, instrumental pieces. Auditorium, Cooperstown High School. 607-547-8181 or visit www.cooperstowncs.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 Fun Ugly Sweater Holiday Run HOLIDAY RUN – 10 a.m. Race through Cooperstown in your ugliest holiday sweater. Runners receive free coffee/hot chocolate upon completion. Registration 8:30 – 9:30. Cost, $25/individual. Start at Santa’s house, Pioneer Park, Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-2800 or visit www.clarksportscenter.com/events/2019-rockin-around-cooperstown-ugly-sweater-runwalk/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8 Festive Gingerbread House Contest GINGERBREAD JUBILEE – 1 – 4 p.m. View gingerbread houses by area individuals, businesses. This years theme is your favorite movie. May the best house win. Atrium, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7 Oneonta Christmas Parade, Tree Lighting, More HOLIDAY PARADE – 3 p.m. Celebrate the holidays on Main St. Line up at 3, parade at 4. Main St., Oneonta. Visit www.foothillspac.org TREE FESTIVAL – 3 – 7 p.m. View Christmas Trees beautifully decorated by area individuals, businesses. Production Center, Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit www.foothillspac.org TREE LIGHTING – 5:30 – 8 p.m. Celebrate the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Muller Plaza, Oneonta.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 Fun Group Dance For The Holidays ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – From The Salvation Army and The Freeman’s Journal thank you to all the sponsors who have made this Christmas a little brighter this year for our families in need! CONTRADANCE – 7:30 p.m. Fun group dance to music by Tailwind with caller Robby Poulette. 1st Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. 607-547-8164 or visit otsegodancesociety.weebly.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 Holiday Market At Bassett ANGEL TREE PROGRAM – Give the Gift of Christmas this holiday season. Adopt a family in need. Family sponsors should drop gifts at The Freeman’s Journal Office in Cooperstown or at The Salvation Army in Oneonta. Visit www.allotsego.com/angel-tree-program/ to learn how. HOLIDAY MARKET – 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Find unique gifts at pop-up holiday market. Lobby, Bassett Healthcare Clinic. 1 Atwell Dr., Cooperstown.…
MATHISEN: Memoir Takes Us To 911 Bombing Editor’s Note: Don Mathisen, retired to Oneonta after a career as a reporter for WNYC, New York City’s NPR station and other outlets, published “A Broadcaster’s Life” last month, primarily for his children and grandchildren, but a few copies are available at The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St. I ran for my life as the South Tower fell. I was just a few hundred feet away, standing in a crowd of people,…
Front Porch Perspective On Thanksgiving, Remembering Blue Four years ago on a snowy winter day, Dr. Fran Fassett came to our house and released our good old Blue from his failed body. It was amazingly peaceful, even blessed time. Anne and I had had Blue for about 10 years. He was a rescue dog who’d been picked up along Route 88 near Oneonta. Thank God, he was brought to our own animal shelter. A friend on staff there contacted Anne;…
IN MEMORIAM: Bertha I. Smith, 97; Opened Home to Many Children MORRIS – Bertha Irene Smith, 97, who opened a home daycare and served as a foster mother, passed away at her home in Morris on November 26, 2019. During her last days she had the comfort and support of her loving family at her side. Bertha was the daughter of Herman and Genieve Comino, of Town of Maryland. She married Leroy Smith, also of Maryland, on March 29, 1942.…
