HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31 Halloween Parades in Cooperstown & Oneonta COOPERSTOWN PARADE—5 p.m. Meet at the Village Library with ghosts, ghouls and other creatures for a march down Main Street, followed by trick-or-treating. Cooperstown Village Library, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8344 or visit https://www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/ ONEONTA HALLOWEEN—6 p.m. “Downtown Parade and Trick-or-Treating.” Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 376-7599 or visit https://www.facebook.com/DestinationOneonta/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 Happy Halloween! ONEONTA PARADE – 5 p.m. Bring the kids in their scariest, prettiest, or even weirdest costumes for the Oneonta Parade. Parade begins at 6 p.m. Line up is at 5 p.m. on Elm Street, Oneonta. Visit destinationoneonta.com COOPERSTOWN PARADE – 5 p.m. The gremlins, ghouls, fairies, and ghosties and everything in between take over the town for a fun parade down Main Street, Cooperstown.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 Coop Loop Halloween Costume Run COOP LOOP – 1 p.m. Fun 5K/10K race on moderately difficult course through scenic Cooperstown. Will include prizes for children and adults for costumes in categories Scariest, Funniest, Best Group, Most Creative, & Best Overall. Cost, $30/adult for the 5K. Begins & ends at The Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2800, ext. 111 or visit clarksportscenter.com/events/2022-coop-loop-5k-10k-race/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 Tick Or Treat Through Sleepy Hollow! TRICK OR TREAT – 1 – 4 p.m. Bring the kids for a Sleepy Hollow themed trick or treat through the Historic Village. Meet the headless horseman and Ichabod Crane from the classic tale and enjoy readings in the School house at 1:15, 2:15, & 3:15. Admission is free to children and accomanpying adults with donation. The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1450 or visit farmersmuseum.org…
WWII Greek Resistance Celebrated Shipboard with Oxi Day Program On Friday, October 28, millions around the world will commemorate Oxi (pronounced ō-hē) Day, honoring Greece’s courageous resistance during World War II. The day will be remembered by USS Slater and the Capital Region’s Hellenic Community with a brief program beginning at 10 a.m. aboard the ship, which is located in Downtown Albany at the intersection of Broadway and Quay streets. In 1940, Mussolini delivered an ultimatum to Greece’s prime minister…
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Editorial BOO! In 1959 Louis C. Jones, a celebrated folklorist who was at the time director of the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, published “Things That Go Bump in the Night,” a compendium of stories about ghosts who roamed New York State and beyond. “It is a great privilege to live in a town which the dead have not deserted,” he writes. “Walk the streets of Cooperstown…on a moonlight night and [you will see] a village where the…
In Memoraim Carol A. S. Gorsin, 82 April 29, 1939 – March 31, 2022 COOPERSTOWN – Carol Ann Sautin Gorsin, a longtime resident of Cobleskill and Cooperstown, New York, Lansdowne, Ontario and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, a well-loved wife, mother and school teacher, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 31, 2022 at the Regency Elderly Care in Edgewater, Florida. Carol was 82. Born Carol Ann Sautin on April 29, 1939, in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Julius…