A few years back, a chance encounter between Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh and Dr. Anush Patel at the Friends of the Village Library Winter Carnival Book Sale launched an idea that has since become a beloved community event. For three years now, the monthly Welcome Home Cooperstown meet and greet has been welcoming newcomers...…
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Dr. Paul S. D’Ambrosio, president and chief executive officer of Fenimore Art Museum and Fenimore Farm, has announced his retirement in 2026, after more than four decades of transformative leadership, scholarship, and institutional advancement, officials announced on Thursday, October 30.…
Also under the white tent were the six notable covered bridge societies, hailing from Indiana, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont and, of course, New York. Andy Rebman, president of the Indiana Covered Bridge Society, shared that this occasion marked the first time in 20 years that all six presidents of each covered bridge society were present at the same place.…
Twenty-four new students began their first semester at the program at the end of August with a tour of Cooperstown, learning about the history of the village and becoming acquainted with the local area and SUNY Oneonta.…
“I took an interest in development work and saw the chamber as a great way to put my skills to the test,” Nicolari said. “Nonprofit work is the core of what CGP teaches, for those who think that museum work has nothing to do with the chamber.”…
Long-time Cooperstown resident Ann Davis Wager died on March 18, 2025 in a care facility in Pasadena, California from complications of dementia. Ann Davis was born on February 5, 1935 in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania to Frederick Donald Davis and Gertrude (Flowers) Davis. Her father’s work in poultry management and research took the family around the country. Ann graduated high school in Birmingham, Alabama in 1953, and attended Alabama Junior College for Women for one year. When her family moved to San…
Cooperstown sports results, an exhibition by photographer Dmitri Kasterine at Hyde Hall, CANO's "Art in Bloom" and the General Clinton Canoe Regatta are among the many topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
Eff’s study of painted screens began in 1975. She and the late screen artist Dee Herget founded the Painted Screen Society of Baltimore and, in 1988, a documentary film was produced about Baltimore’s screens, documenting the screens, the artists and bringing to national attention this little-known art form, unique to working class Baltimore neighborhoods.…
MEET & GREET—5:30-7 p.m. “Welcome Home Cooperstown.” Gathering to welcome new residents to the Village of Cooperstown. This month, in celebration of Historic Preservation Month, students of the Cooperstown Graduate Program address why preservation matters, what it means to be in a historic district, how to learn about a property and what incentives exist for owners. Includes music and refreshments. Village Library of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-8344 or visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/321873527872198/user/61554193259469/…
At issue was a $238,475.00 federal grant IMLS had awarded HMM for two separate multi-year projects. One was to improve the management and care of the museum’s historic objects so as to ensure their long-term duration. The other was to create an interpretive master plan, with input from the community, to guide the museum’s activities through 2026.…
