Cooperstown’s celebration connects this national holiday to the area’s local history of emancipation. On July 4, 1827, African Americans from Cooperstown and the surrounding region celebrated the official end of slavery in New York State with an emancipation celebration at the Presbyterian meeting house.…
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Upcoming events include the Otsego County Relay for Life Family Fun Day this Saturday and the Middlefield Fall Festival on Sunday, October 1.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Share & Enjoy CreativityWith Local Writers WRITING GROUP – 6:30 p.m. Bring your notebooks, pens/pencils and be ready to share your writing in a supportive writing group. Springfield Library, 129 Co. Rd. 29A, Springfield. 315-858-5802 or visit libraries.4cls.org/springfield/ BLOOD DRIVE – 1 – 6 p.m. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org BLOOD DRIVE – Noon – 5 p.m. Community Bible Chapel, 577 Greenough Rd., Cooperstown. 1-800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org…
In Memoriam Marolyn K. Kellner, 80 August 4, 1941 – February 18, 2022 COOPERSTOWN – Marolyn Elizabeth Kelly Kellner died peacefully, surrounded by her family, on February 18, 2022 in Greenville, SC. She was born August 4, 1941, the daughter of James Robert (JR) Kelly Jr. and Lura Elizabeth (Betty) Johnson. She grew up in Hamburg, NY and graduated from Hamburg High School. She attended Indiana State College in Indiana, PA and then transferred to and graduated from University of…
STEAGALL ZOOMS IN FROM GEORGIA MLK Observance Features Innocence Project Leader Christian Steagall, operations coordinator at the Georgia Innocence Project, keynoted the Martin Luther King Day commemoration organized Monday by Cooperstown’s First Presbyterian Church.…
OTHER VIEWS Both Love, Justice Required In Dealing With Capitol Mob By Rev. SERENA JONES • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Editor’s Note: Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, Union Theological Seminary president, was stricken with COVID-19 and missed speaking at the installation of the First Presbyterian Church’s new pastor, Faith Gay, on Nov. 29. Instead, she delivered her sermon Sunday, Jan. 10, when the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was fresh in everyone’s minds. This is an excerpt. No one watching the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MARCH 1 Maple Sugar Season Begins! SUGARING OFF – 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Enjoy full pancake breakfast in the morning then contemporary, historic demonstrations of maple sugar production. Admission, $10/adult. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/stec_event/sugaring-off-sundays/0…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Showing Bram Stokers ‘Dracula’ FILM – 6:30 p.m. Visit exhibit ‘Duane Michals: The Portraitist’ then enjoy film, starting at 7, connected to exhibit with introduction. This week “Bram Stokers Dracula” with Francis Ford Coppola & Tom Waits (Rated R). Cost, $7/non-member. Fenimore Museum, Cooperstown. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 Quilt Show Silver Jubilee QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Celebrate 25th year of the annual quilt show at Silver Jubilee. Features 300+ quilts from artists across the country with featured quilter Jim Bryden in Tudor style historic inn. Lunch available. Proceeds benefit roof project. Admission, $5/person. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2780 or visit www.themajorsinn.com…
Anthony, Emancipation Commemorated Historical Signs Enshrine Church’s Role In History…