News Briefs: February 27, 2025
AllOtsego Debuts Column
COOPERSTOWN—This week, Iron String Press Inc. welcomes a new columnist to be featured on its website, AllOtsego.com.
“Travels with ‘Cesca” is excerpted from “Francesca’s Traveling iPad,” an e-newsletter written by Francesca Zambello since 2011.
Zambello is the artistic and general director, emerita of the Glimmerglass Festival and currently holds the position of artistic director at the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center. She travels the globe as a freelance opera and theater director and makes her home in Richfield Springs with her family.
Titled “Greetings from Mississippi and Yucatán,” Zambello’s first travelogue for Iron String Press will publish on AllOtsego.com on Thursday, February 27. Visit the home page and scroll down to the “Opinion” section, where all columns, letters and editorials can be found.
Workshop Registration Opens
COOPERSTOWN—Fenimore Farm and Country Village announced their annual run of Spring Workshops, to be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays in April and May. All workshops require advance registration at FenimoreFarm.org/events. There will be a beginners’ blacksmithing class on Saturday, April 5, followed by Baking at Lippitt Farmstead on Saturday, April 12. A broom making class will take place on April 19 and an intermediate blacksmithing session on April 26. The season will end with a home and herbal medicine workshop on May 3. Each class includes materials and lunch in the cost of registration.
Dems To Meet March 14th
MILFORD—The Otsego County Democratic Committee and friends will enjoy music, food and fellowship at the Elm Inn, 104 East Main Street in Milford, from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 14. They will discuss the Ides of March and the fall of the emperor. New friends and members are welcome. For more information or to register, RSVP to otsegodemocrats@gmail.com by March 10.
Awareness Events Scheduled
ONEONTA—Bassett Healthcare Network and Cancer Services Program of the Central Region will observe Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month with a series of public educational events. Each will feature take-home screening kits, educational displays and interactive exhibits from other health and cancer organizations. One will be held at Southside Mall from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 13. The other will be at FoxCare Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, March 28.
