MOTHER’S DAY—9:30 a.m. Mother’s Day pancake breakfast with eggs, pastries, coffee and more. Connect Church, 4354 State Highway 80, Hartwick. (844) 847-2871 or visit https://www.facebook.com/CooperstownAG…
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Editorial of May 9, 2024 Let’s Reboot Mother’s Day Here comes Sunday, and this one is our annual big day for all the moms in our midst. Showing up at around the same time as the also-annual cherry blossoms, fish runs, Kentucky Derby and the onslaught of black flies, which unhappily leave us itching, scratching, and swollen all the way to Father’s Day, on the horizon on June 16. Although Mother’s Day began, before the Civil War, with a bunch…
MAKERS MARKET—10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “4th Annual Mother’s Day Craft and Vendor Show.” Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. (607) 432-4401 or visit https://www.facebook.com/southsidemall/…
Letter from Gerry Welch Mother’s Day a Time to Honor Gift of Life When I was a young child (14), I heard my mother sobbing in the dining room. This I’d never seen or heard before. I immediately went to her and asked why the tears. She looked up at me and said all of my children (seven) are asking me to do things for them. She then added, “What is in it for me?” I thought for a moment…
Column by Ted Potrikus No, Mom, I won’t give away any shortcuts A belated but no less cheery ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ to all you moms out there; I found myself thinking of my mother, of course, on Sunday — not only was it Mother’s Day, but it also would have been my parents’ 74th wedding anniversary. Some reading this may remember my mother, Jane Potrikus. She was awesome and I remember her daily with great love and admiration. I wonder…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 7 Craft Fair for Mother’s Day MOTHER’S DAY – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Come celebrate spring and choose a special gift from local vendors. Southside Mall, 5006 St. Rt. 23, Oneonta. 607-432-4401 or visit www.facebook.com/southsidemall/ BLOOD DRIVE – 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Donate through May 19 for chance to win a travel trailer camper that sleeps eight. Briggs Hall, Main Street Baptist Church, 333 Main St., Oneonta. 1-800-733-2767 or visit www.redcrossblood.org LOVE YOUR PARK –…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 9 Celebrate Mother’s Day MOTHERS DAY! MOTHERS DAY DINNER – 11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m. Take Mom out for a delicious celebratory dinner at the Hawkeye. Take-out available. Hawkeye Bar & Grill, The Otesaga Hotel, Cooperstown. 607-544-2524 or visit www.otesaga.com/dining/seasonal-dining CLICK HERE FOR THE LIST OF CANCELLED EVENTS…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, MAY 12 Mother’s Day At The Museums FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mothers, grandmothers, and mothers-to-be get free admission to the Fenimore Art Museum and Farmers’ Museum. Free glass of wine to mothers & or grandmothers w/purchase of food item in Fenimore Café from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 NY-80 & Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1472…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 11 Mother’s Day Garden Party GARDEN PARTY – 12-3 p.m. English tea, tours of new furnishings at Hyde Hall. Free, open to the public. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown. Info, 607-547-5098.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, MAY 10 Herb Ritts Exhibit Film ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ FILM – 6:30p.m.“Desperately Seeking Susan” (PG-13) with the Herb Ritts photography exhibit. $5 members, $7 non-members. The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Info, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org.…