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There will be an abundance of activities for families and kids at Harvest Fest. At the crafts table, kids can make corn husk dolls, paper strip pumpkins, and autumn greeting cards. There will also be face painting, scavenger hunts and a children’s hay bale maze. Outdoor games include cornhole, nine pins and some traditional 19th-century games. Visitors can ride the Empire State Carousel and the Girl Scouts will be onsite, as well as the Cornell Cooperative Extension and 4-H.…
Rain Plays Tricks, But Doesn’t Deter Treaters Erratic rain throughout the evening led to the cancellation of Oneonta’s annual Halloween parade, but all manner of ghouls and ghosts made their treat-seeking rounds at local homes and businesses this afternoon and evening. Above, Devin El, Leilani El and Ziyen Giles passed City Hall on their treat-hunting mission, with Lizzette Hopkins and Edward Giles, Maryland, in tow. Inset at right, Oneonta’s Jessica and Paul Benzaleski arrive downtown with their children Adalia and…
Newest Store Joins Mall, Mall-O-Ween Festivities…
OCCA LEADS ON-EARTH TOUR Small Solar System Shows Big Realities By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – They might not look like space explorers, but the seven who met Saturday morning at the railroad tracks were just that. Bill Ralston led a tour of the Earth’s solar system, from the sun to Pluto, by using common objects to represent the planets and walking specific numbers of paces between them to represent actual distances between them.…
Kids Spend Day Off At Upbeat Club With county schools closed for superintendent conference days, Cooperstown area children in grades 1-8 spent a day of activity at Upbeat Club at the Christ Church. Above, Diane Koffer, Cooperstown, oversees Molly Murphy, Allie Nagleschmidt and Zola Palmer in the kitchen baking cookies. At right, Elias Vazquez, Hartwick, and Elainie Nelan and Alana Feury, both of Cooperstown, make inspiration blocks. The program operates on days children are off from school, and focuses on faith-based…
Young Artists Take Flight At OWL’s Paint Fest…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 Learn To Fish On Ice Last Day to reserve for Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Theater, First United Methodist Church of Oneonta. 432-4102. ICE FISHING WORKSHOP – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Learn to ice-fish with instructors from NYS Parks and the NYS DEC “I Fish NY” Program. Includes Gear and bait, a chance to win your own tackly, fish filleting demonstration, and a chance to learn about winter lake ecology. Glimmerglass State park, Cooperstown. Info, www.thisiscooperstown.com/events/get-hooked-ice-fishing LIFEGUARDING – 1-3:30…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, FEB. 21 Holiday Fun For Kids OPEN BOWLING – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com/events/no-school/ KIDS YOGA – 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, www.clarksportscenter.com/events/no-school/…