Around the Towns: May 2, 2024

Water Works

ONEONTA—The Yager Museum of Arts and Culture at Hartwick College partnered with Hanford Mills Museum in February to host “World of Water,” a room full of activities for families and children to learn about water and how to treat it respectfully. Soleil Aster, lead educator at Hanford Mills, stated that the museum wants to maintain relationships with other local institutions and that the Yager’s exhibit on water was a perfect way to partner with them. Hanford Mills brought a plethora of historic games and science experiments to let the children experiment and be curious about how water works. Above, Jiya Managalmurti (left) draws on a coffee filter to learn about capillary action, while Dominic Lewis tests the tension of water with a paper clip.

A Warm Welcome

COOPERSTOWN—Iron String Press General Manager and Senior Editor Darla M. Youngs was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Cooperstown’s February 27 meeting. Youngs gave a brief overview of the history of ISP’s flagship publication, “The Freeman’s Journal,” addressed the struggles faced by small, independent weekly newspapers and was reunited with former TFJ editor Tom Heitz/Sharon Stuart. Rotarians welcomed Youngs with a display, shown above, and received her talk with a round of warm applause.

Many Hands, Lighter Work

COOPERSTOWN—Village residents heeded the call of Friends of the Parks on Sunday, April 21, assisting with the Badger Park ice rink roll-up. Pictured above are volunteers Paul Crowell, Boyd Richards, Collette Tangel, Dee Crowell, Gerald Landry, Mark “Turf” Regester, Owen Marling, Ben Lewis and Luke Wyckoff. Next up for Friends of the Parks is the Three Mile Point Park Spring Clean-up on Thursday, May 9 at 4 p.m. Those interested in helping out can reach out via the Cooperstown Friends of the Parks Facebook page.