Do you remember the sharing game we played as youngsters? We shared by dividing; one for me…one for you. Now is a great time to play that game again! When you are doing your grocery shopping...…
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The Cooperstown Food Pantry has reported its visitors have doubled over the last month. The Oneonta Salvation Army saw increases of use as much as a third. Already burdened by a cost of living crisis, the stoppage of SNAP benefits on November 1 as a result of the government shutdown has driven even further need for affordable groceries.…
Coming up this weekend: the Empty Bowls fundraiser; a special launch by Cooperstown Brewing Company to benefit Milford Strong; a pop-up warehouse sale at Muddy Rivers Brewery; the "Fill the Gap" food drive; and more.…
On Thursday evening, November 6 at 5:30 p.m., the League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area welcomes Lindsey Cormack, PhD, author of “How to Raise a Citizen (And why it’s up to you to do it)”.…
An upcoming talk on graveyards by Dr. Chris Kjolhede, the next Otsego Dance Society contradance, Cherry Valley's Veterans' Weekend 5K run/walk and this Saturday's All Souls Spirit Fest are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
With the draconian cuts to government food programs recently implemented by the federal administration, the Cooperstown Food Pantry is all the more dependent upon monetary donations to fund its food purchases.…
The Lions are planning a fundraiser, with all proceeds benefiting the club’s SNAP Match Program. Willy’s Good Chicken Dinner will be held on Saturday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hulse Hill Farm, 5928 State Highway 28 in Fly Creek, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Family Farm Day.…
For whatever motive suits—altruism, philanthropy, religion, morality, or just plain decency—we privileged ones should take a bit of the largesse bestowed upon us and make it available for the benefit of the unprivileged.…
The current administration abruptly canceled USDA programs that offered U.S.-grown food to food banks at low or no cost, as well as programs that enabled pantries and schools to purchase food from local farmers.…
The kick-off event for the fundraiser will be on Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29, from 5-8 p.m. Patrons of Mel’s at 22 will be able to view the art and have pictures taken with a 1 to 10 scale image of Kingfisher Tower, a well-known structure on Otsego Lake.…
