Photos: Cooperstown Christmas Committee volunteers make the season bright…
Photos: Cooperstown Christmas Committee volunteers make the season bright…
Free turkey, ham still on the menu for Rev. Mel Reverend Mel may be retired, but he’s still hard at work. Mel Farmer, 89, a pastor at the River Street Baptist Church in Oneonta, still hosts his radio show and, this time of year, still donates turkeys and hams to those in need through his “Angel of Love” program. “That was a calling from the Lord to become a minister,” he said, reflecting on his 43 years as a pastor.…
Friends Of Christmas Deliver 400 Meals of Holiday Cheer…
LETTER from TERRY BERKSON New Home For The Holidays A Christmas Story One Brooklyn morning many Decembers past, I heard a scratching behind the wall of my work place in the attic. I glanced out the window and spotted a squirrel emerging from a hole between the rain gutter and the shingles on the roof. He looked at me with a smug expression as if to say, “I moved in and I’m stayin’.” The intruder jumped to the leafless maple…
Festival of Lights Opens In Neahwa Park…
6 Gifts Of Christmas Need Some Ideas? Just Look Around By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com While making gifts for family and friends, Sara O’Brien realized that she could not only bring a smile to someone at Christmas, but to her fellow cancer survivors. “Tracy Abrams hasn’t been able to do fundraisers for her Wigs for Wishes charity because of the pandemic,” she said. “I took a few of the ornaments over to her, and she called me back…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 Help Coop EMS Help Food Pantry FOOD DRIVE, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. – Help the Cooperstown Food Pantry by contributing food and personal care items at the annual Cooperstown Emergency Squad food drive in the Price Chopper parking lot, 113 Chestnut St. Canned tuna, peanut butter and jelly, and items like shampoo or body wash, etc., especially needed. The goal is “to fill the back of the ambulance, maybe twice!” OTEGO HOLIDAY TOUR, 4-6 p.m.…
Monkey Business, Much More, Made Christmas Fun Fenimore Museum Dips Into Its Collection For Cards, Toys, Other ‘Holiday Goodies’ When people around here think of Christmas, they think of…monkeys? At least they used to. “In the 19th century, they were still developing Christmas imagery,” said James Matson, Fenimore Art Museum assistant curator. “Images of animals had a more exotic appeal, and animals like monkeys were associated with the circus, with fun.” Two such playful monkeys adorn one of the many…