BLOCK PARTY—11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Cooperstown Pride Block Party.” Face-painting, DJ Raphael, visits from adorable baby goats, and more. Pioneer Park, Main Street, Cooperstown. Visit https://www.cooperstownpride.com/…
BLOCK PARTY—11 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Cooperstown Pride Block Party.” Face-painting, DJ Raphael, visits from adorable baby goats, and more. Pioneer Park, Main Street, Cooperstown. Visit https://www.cooperstownpride.com/…
Pioneer Park was the site of the Cooperstown Fire Department’s Children’s Holiday Party last Saturday, December 16.…
Many fire department personnel and their families and friends attended to help out with the event. Children enjoyed face painting, cornhole and interactions with popular TV characters as they waited to enter Santa’s cottage.…
Editorial It’s Not Johnny’s Bench,But He Can Sit On It Early in the freezing morning of Saturday, November 11, 1961, a terrible fire began in a building on the northwest corner of Main and Pioneer streets in Cooperstown. Fires had long been a part of the history of the village, with some big enough to threaten its very existence, and others ending the existence of a plethora of shops, restaurants, and houses. One killed a resident; John Lippitt lost his…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22 Share Christmas Wishes With Santa At Pioneer Park VISIT WITH SANTA—3-5 p.m. Visit with Santa in Cooperstown to tell him all about your Christmas wishlist. Santa’s Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.…
Music on Main with Tim & Friends If you take a stroll down Main Street in Cooperstown, and you happen to hear what sounds like live music coming from somewhere, be sure to make your way to Pioneer Park at the intersection of Main and Pioneer streets. Local musicians have been known to set up and play just for the fun of it. On Monday, August 1, we caught Tim and Friends playing a few of your favorite tunes, including…
Fenimore Art Museum ‘draws from life’ with Wyeth exhibition There’s a striking mural on display in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park at the intersection of Main and Pioneer streets – the triptych tips its hat to Fenimore Art Museum’s summer exhibition Drawn from Life: Three Generations of Wyeth Figure Studies. Muralist Josh Sarantitis turned to young local artists to help with the underpainting, a fitting nod to a stirring installation that, as Fenimore says, provides a snapshot of N.C., Andrew, and Jamie…
Santa’s one-of-a-kind Cottage marks 40 cozy years This week’s edition goes to press as Santa Claus makes his final preparations for his Christmas Eve trip around the globe, but for the last four decades, he’s had a wonderful place to call home in his visits to Cooperstown. The 2021 Christmas season marks the fortieth anniversary of the village’s one-of-a-kind Christmas Cottage, located each year in Pioneer Park. That the Cottage still looks brand-new is testimony to its design and construction…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 Enjoy a Gift of Holiday Stories HOLIDAY STORIES – 7 p.m. Get online for some holiday stories, songs, poems and much more performed by the board of directors of Bigger Dreams Productions. Premiering on YouTube. Just search for the Bigger Dreams Productions YouTube page to enjoy this holiday gift to the community. Visit www.biggerdreamsproductions.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 Last Minute Christmas Wishes SANTA – 4 – 6 p.m. Bring the kids and furry friends to visit with Santa and get some adorable holiday pictures with the pets. Santa’s Cottage, Pioneer Park, Cooperstown. WINTER SOLSTICE – The shortest day of the year.…