HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 Holiday Concert with the Catskill Brass Ensemble CONCERT—4 p.m. Enjoy your holiday favorites with the Catskill Brass Ensemble. Concert is presented by the Catskill Conservatory. Free, open to the public. Walk-ins welcome. Millpond Community Center, Route 80, VanHornesville. Contact Carleton Clay at (607) 263-5230 or e-mail claycc@oneonta.edu BE AN ANGEL – The community is invited to adopt a family and then find Christmas gifts for each of the children listed. Gifts are due unwrapped and without…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 Enjoy Holiday Evening at the Historic Village CANDLELIGHT EVENING—1-7 p.m. Bring the kids for the expanded Candlelight Evening, featuring holiday crafts, a visit from St. Nick, and a reading of “The Night Before Christmas.” The museum is decorated for the season with holiday greenery and aglow with luminaries. Take a ride through the grounds on the horse-drawn sleigh with jingle bells and warm up with a cup of complimentary wassail around the bonfire on the…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9 Cabaret at Foothills CABARET—6:30-9 p.m. Enjoy an evening of fun, music, dancing and holiday cheer with the Stan Fox Trio. The FUNdraiser is to support the community activities held at Foothills. Party is in the Production Center of The Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org BE AN ANGEL – The community is invited to adopt a family and then find Christmas gifts for each of the children listed. Gifts are…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8 Oneonta Holiday Festivities HOLIDAY PARADE—5 p.m. Get into your holiday finery and welcome Santa Claus to Oneonta at the holiday parade. Followed by tree lighting and other holiday festivities. Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 376-7599 or visit facebook.com/DestinationOneonta/ ONEONTA TREE LIGHTING—5:30-7:30 p.m. Celebrate the lighting of the Onoenta Christmas Tree (at 6 p.m.). Includes horsedrawn carriage rides, Nutcraker Dancers in the windows of downtown businesses, and much more. Muller Plaza, Oneonta. (607) 376-7599 or visit destinationoneonta.com/holiday-fun SANTA VISIT—5:30-7:30…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Celebrate Relocation & Re-Opening REOPENING—10 a.m.-4 p.m. Join the Helios Care Thirft Shop and Boutique to celebrate their reopening at their new location. At this thrift shop 100% of the proceeds go to support local hospice families in their time of personal need. The shop is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 5626 State Highway 7, Price Chopper Plaza, Oneonta. (607) 432-6773 or visit facebook.com/helioscarehospice/ BE AN ANGEL – The…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, December 5 Book Signing & Discussion At Huntington Library BOOK DISCUSSION—1:30 p.m. Author Joanne Tubbs Kelly, an Oneonta Native, will be sign her book “Walking Him Home: Helping My Husband Die with Dignity” about her and her husband’s experience with receiving medical aid in dying in Colorado. All are invited for the potentially lively discussion. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980 or visit facebook.com/hmloneonta/ BLOOD DRIVE—Noon to 5 p.m. Save up to three lives with…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, December 4 Richfield Springs Holiday Celebration & Tree Lighting HOLIDAY CELEBRATION—3:30 p.m. Bring the kids out for the “Christmas For The Children” open house by the Richfield Springs Garden Club at the library to explore, enjoy the decoration, cookies and punch. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main Street, Richfield Springs. (315) 977-0090 or visit facebook.com/Richfield-Springs-Public-Library-1068210423236404/ TREE LIGHTING—5:30 p.m. Light the village Christmas tree in Spring Park, Richfield Springs. Visit facebook.com/Richfield-Springs-Public-Library-1068210423236404/ BE AN ANGEL – The community is invited to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, December 2 Cherry Valley Marks Beginning Of Holiday Season HOLIDAY WEEKEND—10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Visit the shops of Cherry Valley throughout the day with a tree lighting from 5-8 attended by Santa, The Happy Haggs, a fire juggler, as well as live music and entertainment at various locations throughout the village. Cherry Valley. Visit cherryvalley.com/events/cherry-valley-holiday-weekend HOLIDAY MARKET—5-8 p.m. The holiday season has arrived and the gallery at 25 Main is celebrating the opening of the Holiday…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Make Origami Snowflakes CRAFT—6 p.m. Enjoy cookies, hot cocoa and Christmas music while you learn to make an origami snowflake. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. (607) 432-1980 or visit facebook.com/hmloneonta/ BE AN ANGEL – The community is invited to adopt a family and then find Christmas gifts for each of the children listed. Gifts are due unwrapped and without tags to either the office of The Freeman’s Journal at 21 Railroad Ave. in Cooperstown,…
Editorial Our Appreciation and Our Thanks As we mark the traditional beginning of the holiday season with Thanksgiving celebrations this week, we at “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” are thankful to be part of the life of Otsego County. But, as thankful as we are for the many bountiful aspects of life here, like many others, we are always mindful that suffering and need are still more plentiful in our region than in many other places. As Otsego County…