News Briefs: September 26, 2024

Rummage Sale To Return

COOPERSTOWN—The First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown will hold its 137th annual rummage sale from Thursday, September 26 to Saturday, September 28. It is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday. Several other churches and community groups contributed to the sale. All sales are by donation and will support the church.

CCESO Annual Meeting Slated

ONEONTA—Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties will hold its annual meeting from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, October 16 at the Craven Lounge in SUNY Oneonta’s Morris Conference Center. There will be a brief business meeting and hors d’oeuvres, as well as opportunities to meet staff members and win door prizes. A live Zoom broadcast of the meeting will be available. To RSVP for the free event or receive the virtual meeting link, e-mail neh57@cornell.edu or call (607) 234-4304, ext. 111.

Genre Painting To Be Featured

COOPERSTOWN—Fenimore Art Museum will open a new exhibition, “The Art of the Everyday: American Genre Painting,” for the fall season on Saturday, September 28. It highlights more than 30 works from the museum’s extensive collection, offering depictions of everyday life by a variety of artists. Painters such as William Sydney Mount, E. L. Henry, Eastman Johnson and Thomas Waterman Wood used genre painting to address complex issues of American society in the early 19th century. “The Art of the Everyday” is on display through Sunday, December 29.

Faculty Named News Champs

ONEONTA—The University of Vermont’s Center for Community News recently announced its third annual Faculty Champions awards to honor the best journalism professors across the country. Among the 52 awardees are 14 faculty members from SUNY schools involved with SUNY’s Institute for Local News.

According to a release, news-academic partnerships can play a key role in preserving local journalism and news environments. University-led student reporting programs provided more than 10,000 local news stories to struggling media enterprises across the country last year. SUNY ILN works with individual campuses and media organizations to develop new programs, make strategic investments in news deserts, and coordinate system-wide learning opportunities.

Local Faculty Champions include Andrew Bottomley and Gayane Torosyan at SUNY Oneonta and Peter Brusoe at SUNY Delhi. For more information, visit https://legacy.drup2.uvm.edu/ccn/faculty-champions-and-fellows.