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Attending Since Beginning, Bill, Carol Waller Remember Cooperstown Carnival Heyday

FROM THE PRINTED PAGES OF HOMETOWN, FREEMAN’S Attending Since Beginning, Bill, Carol Waller Remember Cooperstown Carnival Heyday Editor’s Note: This feature story first appeared in the AllOTSEGO.life section of Hometown Oneonta and The Freeman’s Journal published last Thursday and Friday.  This year’s 52nd annual carnival ends this evening. By LIBBY CUDMORE • For AllOTSEGO.life COOPERSTOWN – If you looked out and saw cars out on Otsego Lake today, you would probably call a tow truck. But in 1974, when Bill…

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Soup R’ Chili Served ’til 2 As Festive Weekend Starts

2019 COOPERSTOWN WINTER CARNIVAL Soup R’ Chili Served ’til 2 As Festive Weekend Starts As it has for more than a quarter-century, the Cooperstown Winter Carnival begins when Dick Sliter declares, “Soup’s on!”  The carnival’s traditional first event, the Soup R’ Chili luncheon at the First Baptist Church, 21 Elm St., is underway until 2 p.m.  (and again 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday).  Sliter, a retired pastor who came out of retirement in the past year to fill in at the…

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Cold Cash, Grilled Cheese Close Out Winter Carnival

2018 COOPERSTOWN WINTER CARNIVAL $500 Check, Grilled Cheese Close Out Winter Carnival The Doubleday Cafe’s Tim Searles, above,  prepares specialty grilled-cheese sandwiches made with goat cheese and elderberry jam at Grilled Cheese For A Good Cause at the Cooperstown Farmer’s Market Sunday evening; the Otsego 2000 fundraiser wrapped up the 51st annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival.  Behind him Jim Hoffmann, Cooperstown, gets a bowl of soup from volunteer Susanna Membrino . The event  featured live music, ice cream and of course, grilled…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEB.11

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, FEB.11 Grilled Cheese For A Good Cause GRILLED CHEESE NIGHT – 5 – 7 p.m. Enjoy comfort food from local chefs as well as local beer, wine, cider, live music, more. Proceeds benefit Otsego2000 & Otsego Outdoors. Cost, $25/adult, $15/child. Cooperstown Farmers Market, 101 Main St., Cooperstown. Call 607-547-8881 or visit www.otsego2000.org SNOWSHOE WALK – 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Look for signs of life past, present and future with a guide from OCCA. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-4488 or…

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Action Now At Lakefront: Sledding, Horses, More

2018 COOPERSTOWN WINTER CARNIVAL Action Now At Lakefront:  Sledding, Horses, More The sledding hill at Lakefront Park is packed as Cooperstown Winter Carnival fun shifts there this afternoon. Matthew Perrino, Max Koffer and Brenin Dempsey, top photo, join the fun; also available for sledding are large, inflatable sleds, with a giant Duck able to carry five kids at a time. At right, Owen Nolan, 9, tries out sugar on ice as Farmers’ Museum docent Pat MacGregor advises. Owen’s mom Stephanie…

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