With his passion for informative museums and his dream of a U.S. education, Ampong has said his goal is to help establish one of the best museums in his home country. From a young age, he has dreamed of finding a new life in the U.S. and of returning home to enrich Ghana.…
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Originally from Long Island, Hilbert spent four years in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in historic preservation with a minor in museum studies from the University of Mary Washington, graduating in 2021.…
From February 8-29, SUNY Oneonta’s Center for Racial Justice and Inclusive Excellence will host “Our Votes, Our Stories,” an art exhibition that reflects on historical barriers and voter suppression.…
The voting rights-inspired art exhibition “Our Votes, Our Stories,” a collaboration between the Cooperstown Graduate Program and Golden Artist Colors, is open through Saturday, November 18.…
Dr. Will Walker, Village of Cooperstown historian and professor at SUNY Oneonta’s Cooperstown Graduate Program, will speak on local indigenous history in the Village Hall Ballroom at 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 19.…
An open meeting of the Home Energy Assistance Program Block Grant Advisory Council, cancer screenings at the Southside Mall and more.…
In a moving exhibit at the Sam and Adele Golden Gallery, New Berlin, artists reflect on the struggle for the right to vote in this country. In the exhibition catalogue, Gretchen Sorin writes, “The right to vote was so meaningful that these activists petitioned, demonstrated, were arrested and jailed...…
Otsego County government recently began its strategic planning process to develop an overall approach for serving the needs of county residents and businesses in the coming years.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 Otsego 2000 Presents Series On Local Historic Preservation HISTORIC PRESERVATION—5:30 p.m. Otsego 2000’s series on preserving local history presents Cooperstown Graduate Program Professor of Material Culture Cindy Falk for “All the Colors of the Rainbow: Deciphering Historic Paint Colors,” an overview of historic paint colors, how their popularity changed over time, and what colors were likely used architecturally and why. Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, North Main Street, Milford. (607) 547-8881 or visit facebook.com/otsego2000/ BLOOD DRIVE—1-6 p.m.…
CGP, Golden Artist Planning Art Exhibit Exploring Voting Rights By SOPHIA HALL COOPERTOWN – As this election cycle ends, it has become clearer that the fight for the right to vote did not end with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Claims of fraud, polling place closures and gerrymandering are rampant. Access to voting continues to depend on who we are, how we look and where we live. In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in Shelby County v Holder that…
