HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 8 Kick Off Junior Livestock Show LIVESTOCK SHOW – 5 p.m. Open the 4-H Junior Livestock show with a chicken BBQ for public & exhibitors followed by an ice cream social at 7:30 p.m. Cost, $10 for the BBQ. Iroquois Farm Showgrounds, 1659 Co. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1452 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/Junior-Livestock-Show PADDLE & PULL – 1 – 4 p.m. Bring your canoe/kayak, or reserve one of OCCA’s, and help pull invasive water chestnuts from the stump…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 7 Art Walk Through Treadwell ART FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Take a self-guided tour of Artists Studios and galleries at the Stagecoach Run Art Festival. Free, open to the public. Maps available. Treadwell. Call 718-781-5487 or visit www.stagecoachrun.com FOOD FOR THOUGHT – 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Learn about “Otsego: A Meeting Place,” with Kevin Gray and Emily Travisano. Includes lecture, meal, discussion. Cost, $30/non-member. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/calendar-a…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 6 Fabulous Mac & Cheese Contest FOOD CONTEST – 5:30 – 8 p.m. Find out which restaurants have the best mac & cheese. See the judges taste them, get samples for yourself. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. Call 607-432 2941 or visit www.facebook.com/oneontafabulousfridays/ ICE CREAM SOCIAL – 5 – 8 p.m. Annual event features hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers, salads, many homemade cakes, and ice cream. Rain or Shine. Proceeds benefit Living Waters Honduras Mission and Women’s Fellowship. Cost,…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 5 ‘Hope Is The Thing’ Exhibit OPENING RECEPTION – 5:30 – 7 p.m. Community Exhibit: Hope is the Thing. Featuring 2017 members showcase winning artist – Shannon Delany. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-1400 or visit www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/calendar-a SCIENCE WORKSHOP – 1 p.m. Kids learn the basics of electricity through hands on demonstrations, how it’s generated, delivered to homes, more. Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 July 4th Celebrations Independence Day! PARADE – 11 a.m. Celebrate Independence day. Begins in Springfield Center. Followed by Patriotic celebration featuring live music, games, great food, the 4th of July Quilt Show, activities, more. Springfield Community Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Call 315-217-1485 or visit www.richfieldspringschamber.org/?tribe_events=springfield-4th-of-july-parade-and-celebration FESTIVAL – 1 p.m. Celebrate Hometown 4th of July, features battle of the bands, live music, free Baseball game with the Oneonta Outlaws, arts & crafts, fireworks at 9:30…
Column by Adrian Kuzminski on June 29, 2018 Can GOP, Democrats Compromise? About a year ago, a deal was suggested between President Trump and establishment Democrats whereby Trump would support a path to citizenship for at least some illegal aliens while Democrats would support something like The Wall on the southern border. The deal came very close, after Democrats met with Trump, but fell apart. It’s now back in the news again. Is such a compromise possible, or even desirable?…
Editorial, June 29, 2018 Focus Indictments Put All Nursing-Home Operators On Notice Now we know, lives indeed may be at stake. Two top executives of Focus Ventures have been arrested on eight counts involving two residents of the county’s former nursing home, Otsego Manor. (The county sold the Manor to Focus in January 2014, for $18.5 million, and Centers Health Care bought it from Focus in January for an undisclosed sum.) Five of the counts are “endangering the welfare of…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 3 Small Town, Big Band In Lakefront Park CONCERT – 7 p.m. Small Town Big Band features 14 piece band performing music from the ‘30s to present in the style of the Big Band Era. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5256 or visit richcooperstown.org/lakefront-concert-series/ INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY – 3:30 p.m. Bring the kids to learn about the 4th of July, hear stories, make independence day crafts. Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar…
