HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Food, Fun, & More At Country Living Festival COUNTRY LIVING FEST – 1 p.m. Celebrate country life with vendors, cornhole tournament (1-6:30), pumpkin patch, farmers’ market, more. Includes demonstrations on backyard beekeeping, floral arrangements, fly fishing, cider pressing, metal detecting, more. Kallan Fields, Well’s Ave., Hartwick. 607-293-8123 or visit www.facebook.com/TownofHartwick/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 Cooperstown Artisans Festival ARTISANS FEST – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Find beautiful items hand made by NY artisans, enjoy food, entertainment, more. Lawn, Otsego County Courthouse, 193 Main St., Cooperstown. 607-547-9983 or visit www.cooperstownartisanfestival.info…
EDITORIAL How Often Can We Help Something 1st-Rate Happen? Solicitations, by phone, mail, email or in person, are a pesky part of 21st century life. The advantages the Susquehanna SPCA’s “Shelter Us” campaign for $3 million to build a new animal shelter are: one, the people who are running it are our neighors – we know them. And, two, everything about it is first rate. Anita Vitullo of Clinton, Staffworks’ president and philanthropist to the pet world, underscored the many ways…
WATCH FOR PROGRESS AT SHELTER SITE $2M DOWN, $1M TO GO By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com INDEX – So far, 100 individual contributions have been made to the new Susquehanna Animal Shelter, and more of the kind is needed to reach the new fundraising goal of $3 million, according to SSPCA Executive Director Stacie Hayes. “It’s the individuals we have to count on,” said Haynes in the afterglow of Saturday, Aug. 24’s upbeat groundbreaking ceremony on the site…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Explore Area Farms FAMILY FARM DAY – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Explore local farms throughout Schoharie, Otsego, and Delaware Counties. Tour, try products, learn about farming from fish farming to beekeeping, more. Pick up your farm guide from participating, farms, farmer’s markets, libraries, more in the 3 counties. Call 607-547-2536 or download guide from www.familyfarmday.org …
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 Landscape Art Fest On The Lake ART EXHIBIT – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Art By The Lake 12th annual juried art exhibit celebrating relationship between artists and landscape. Also features artist demonstrations, food by Origins Cafe, music, more. Lake front Lawn, Fenimore Art Museum, Coopersotwn. 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org…
100 Kittens, Adults At Discount Thru 8/17 With Shelter At Capacity, Cat Adoption Fees Halved COOPERSTOWN – With 100 cats and kittens in house, the SQSPCA is offering half-price on feline adoptions through Saturday, Aug. 17. For those that are on the fence about whether or not they should adopt a cat, check out some great information from websites like zooawesome.com. Knowing is half the battle to being a great pet owner. So study up on how much of a…
Otsego Planning Board OKs Animal Shelter Plan DETAILS IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S, HOMETOWN…
SSPCA GROUNDBREAKING AUG. 24 Out With The Old, To Make Way For New Animal Shelter…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 27 Hot Dogs & Hot Air Balloons FUN DAY – Noon. Enjoy Hot Dogs, hamburgers, refreshments. Then ride the Hot Air Balloons starting at 6:30 for $10/person. Laurens Fire Department, 34 Main St., Laurens. 607-433-2906 or visit www.facebook.com/Laurens-Fire-Department-1487028371605581/…