HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MAY 3 Create Beautiful Origami Flowers with Huntington Memorial Library ART WORKSHOP—6-7 p.m. Spring has sprung. Learn to make beautiful origami book flowers from recycled books and colored paper. Registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980 or visit hmloneonta.org/adult-programs/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAY 2 Hike through Betty & Wilber Davis State Park with Susquehanna Adirondack Mountain Club COMMUNITY HIKE—9:45 a.m. All are invited for a group hike with the Susquehanna Chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club. Please bring appropriate clothing, gear and enough water to stay hydrated, and be aware of your level of fitness. Contact hike leader for more information. This week’s hike will be at Betty & Wilber Davis State Park, 133 Davis Road, Schenevus, with hike…
Coop Mayor Launching Welcome Initiative Tomorrow COOPERSTOWN—“Welcome Home Cooperstown,” a new initiative from Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh, will kick off a series of monthly meet and greets on Tuesday, May 2 from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Village Hall at 22 Main Street. The goal is to welcome area newcomers, assist them in building connections to established residents and institutions, and encourage them to make Cooperstown their permanent home. Information about community events will be available and refreshments will be served. All members of…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, APRIL 30 Bike Rodeo & Open House at Clark Sports Center BIKE RODEO—9 a.m. to noon. Safe Kids of Otsego County presents an education event on bike safety. Get the kids’ helmets checked, sit them down to learn the rules of the road, challenge them with the obstacle course and much more. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2800 or visit facebook.com/clarksportscenter PARK CLEAN-UP—1 p.m. Help clean up a local park ahead of the summer season. Bring your rakes,…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 29 Pink Floyd Tribute Concert at Foothills Performing Arts Center TRIBUTE CONCERT—6:30 p.m. Enjoy a performance by Dark Sarcasm, a tribute band to Pink Floyd, performing songs from “The Dark Side of the Moon” to “Wish You Were Here” and more. Admission, $30. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org PARK CLEAN-UP—10 a.m. Break out your rakes and gloves, prepare to meet some neighbors, and come help the Friends of the Village…
THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta April 27, 2023 FRONT PAGE A Rags to Riches Story Village Awaits DOS Finalization of LPC ‘ReImagine the Local Arts’ Benefit for CANO is Saturday Milford Grad Off to Strong Start with Red Dragons Baseball Inside The Paper Schenevus Students Enjoy Surprise Visit Railway Drawing Riders ‘Hullabaloo’ Happening in Gilbertsville Town of Hartwick Approves Restaurant Application Ship Honors HoFers Who Served Plantings Spruce Up Main Street in Time for Parade News…
Hometown History April 27, 2023 110 Years AgoThe lives of more than 100 miners were snuffed out shortly after noon today (April 23, 1913) when a disastrous explosion occurred in the Cincinnati Mine at the Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Company at Finleyville, about 27 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. More than three score of workmen in the mine made thrilling escapes to the surface, crawling most of the time on their hands and knees through deadly gas fumes and over…
SQSPCA Leads Dog Rescue Multiple Animal Welfare Organizations Assist Law Enforcementin Rescue of More Than 35 Dogs NEW BERLIN—The Susquehanna Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has put out a call for donations of blankets, towels and dog crates as staff works with law enforcement on the scene in New Berlin, where more than 35 dogs have been found living in deplorable conditions. SQSPCA Executive Director Stacie Haynes said a law enforcement official from New Berlin reached out…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, APRIL 28 The Oneonta Concert Association presents the Catalyst Quartet CONCERT—7:30 p.m. Enjoy a performance by the award-winning “Catalyst Quartet,” hailed as “invariably energetic and finely burnished… playing with earthy vigor,” by the “New York Times” for their Carnegie Hall debut. Presented by the Oneonta Concert Association at the First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1589 or visit oneontaconcertassociation.org CHICKEN DINNER—4-7 p.m. Support this local fire department and enjoy a meal of Brooks’ BBQ. Half…
A Rags to Riches Story HARTWICK—Scotch on the Rocks, shown here with proud owner Paula Kolka-Wart, was an unhandled stud colt purchased at auction for just $40.00 in 2013. Scotch recently competed at Oriskany Creek Farm in Clinton, bringing home the championship in the Green division. This is Scotch’s first show of the year and his third show ever. “I’m looking forward to what this auction pony can accomplish,” Kolka-Wart said.…
