Music on Main with Tim & Friends If you take a stroll down Main Street in Cooperstown, and you happen to hear what sounds like live music coming from somewhere, be sure to make your way to Pioneer Park at the intersection of Main and Pioneer streets. Local musicians have been known to set up and play just for the fun of it. On Monday, August 1, we caught Tim and Friends playing a few of your favorite tunes, including…
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Cooperstown Chamber seeks support for mural Through its 501(c)(3) arm — The Cooperstown Foundation – The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce is looking for business sponsors to support the creation of a mural by local artist Kelcy Kimmerer for the back of the Chamber’s 31 Chestnut Street cottage. A letter from Chamber Executive Director Tara Burke tells donors the mural’s theme, “Why Cooperstown,” challenged artists to visually encapsulate why they think locals love to live in Cooperstown and why visitors return…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 4 Cooperstown Yard Sale Day YARD SALE DAY – All Day. The residents and businesses of Cooperstown will be out on the lawns with de-cluttered items for sale. Check the map for registered sales or drive around town looking for the next great find. Village of Cooperstown. Visit www.facebook.com/cooperstownchamber to check the map.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, APRIL 26 Noon Networking with the Landmark Inn NETWORKING AT NOON – Noon – 2 p.m. Come out to meet business community members. Free to chamber members. Non-business or organization representatives, admission is $15/person. Bring a business card to be entered to win a Landmark Inn Gift Bag. Registration required. Landmark Inn, 64 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Visit www.wearecooperstown.com/chamber-events/#!event/2022/4/19/networking-at-noon…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Hanzolo on the Lakefront BACK TO SCHOOL – All Day. Students return to school. LAKEFRONT CONCERT – 7 – 8:30 p.m. 3 local organizations collaborate to present this years Lakefront Concert Series. This week enjoy a performance of local favorite, Hanzolo. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Visit www.wearecooperstown.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, AUGUST 17 Concert on the Lakefront LAKEFRONT CONCERT – 7 p.m. 3 local organizations collaborate to present concerts at Lake Front Park. This week enjoy a performance of Barn Paint Blue. Lake Front Park, Cooperstown. Visit www.wearecooperstown.com…
Chamber Seeks HOF Nominations For 2021 Induction The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce has announced that it is taking nominations for its 2021 Chamber Hall of Fame Award. The award recognizes a business or organization that has been in operation for more than 10 years and is a pillar in the community, demonstrating excellence and impact beyond their own walls. The Freeman’s Journal, which was founded in 1808, was an inaugural Hall of Fame member, inducted in 2017. Other businesses who…
EDITORIAL Here’s Evidence That The Arts Can Be Entrepreneurial, Too When the going gets tough, the entrepreneurs get going. A corollary: The entrepreneurial spirit isn’t limited to entrepreneurs. (Per Merriam-Webster: “A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater-than-normal financial risks in order to do so.”) So it was telling to watch the Cooperstown Chamber’s first “Coffee With Coop” panel discussion via Zoom last Friday, March 19. Kudos to the Chamber, and Executive Director Tara Burke,…
Youth Has Its Day At Village Hall Benton, Now Bergene, Trustees Under Age 30 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Newly elected Village Trustee Hannah Bergene was already sold on Cooperstown. But her first Induction Weekend working for the Chamber of Commerce – in 2015, the Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez year – she got sold all over again. Baseball fans were jammed onto the front steps of Chamber headquarters in that yellow-and-white cottage at 31 Chestnut St., trying…
LETTER from MATT HAZZARD Bergene Supported Businesses To the Editor: It is a true honor to write to you today and encourage residents to get out and support Hanna Bergene as trustee for the Village of Cooperstown. I had the distinct privilege to work alongside Hanna during her tenure at the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce. For more than three years, Hanna worked diligently on behalf of both the businesses and residents of our community. On a daily basis her tireless…