HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUG. 26 On Being Positive BE POSITIVE FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-10 p.m. The first annual festival for all ages. Activities include speakers, volunteer opportunities, workshops, art, music, food, and dancing in locations in Downtown Cooperstown. Call (607)638-5538 or visit www.facebook.com/BePositiveFestival/ DANCE – 7-10 p.m. Everyone is invited to the multi-cultural and multi-generational dance capping off the BePositive Festival with music by local bands. The Farmers Market, Cooperstown. Call (607)638-5538 or visit www.facebook.com/BePositiveFestival/…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, MAY 9 Learn Professional Photography PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP – 5:30-7:30 p.m. Learn how to take professional photographs. Must bring your own camera. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, hmloneonta.org/calendar/ FINAL MEETING – 2 p.m. The Women’s Club will hold its final meeting after 95 years. The final program will be “Making memories and Updating Your Costume Jewelry” by Karen Katz. The history of the club will be celebrated with an old-fashioned ice cream social. Members…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26 Railroad History Presentation FCAHS MEETING – 7 p.m. Meeting will be followed by a presentation by Jim Howarth on the “Early days of the Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad.” Fly Creek Area Historical Society, 210 Cemetery Rd, Fly Creek. Info, fcahs.org FILM SERIES – 5:45 p.m. “A Time of Burnt Oranges.” Includes a vegetarian meal and childcare. No charge. RSVP requested. Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info @ uuso@uuso.org, call…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, APRIL 2 Spring Music & Crafts SPRING CRAFT SHOW – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Come find unique items for gifts from the many vendors. Includes drawings for door prizes and a basket raffle. FoxCare Center, 1 FoxCare Drive, Oneonta. VIOLIN RECITAL – 1 p.m. Performance by Imad Rajib Altaha with free will offering to benefit the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees. Mr. Altaha received his Bachelor of Music Arts from Bagdad Univeristy in 1994 and has played the…
IN MEMORIAM Bernard John ‘B.J.’ O’Neill, 95; Business Executive, Engineer FLY CREEK – A memorial service is upcoming Feb. 18, for Bernard John O’Neill (“B.J.”), 95, an engineer, business executive and former Town of Otsego Planning Board chair who died on Jan. 18, 2017, at his home in Fly Creek, while tended to by his daughter Maureen. B.J. was born on May 25, 1921, in Saratoga Springs, the son of Jeremiah O’Neill and the former Lucille Sterk. He graduated from…
IN MEMORIAM Lady Ostapeck, 99 Photographer Beloved In Cooperstown, County EXHIBIT FEATURES PHOTOS BY LADY OSTAPECK, 89 LADY OSTAPECK TOASTED IN HER NATIVE FINLAND PORTRAIT ARCHIVE FROM PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER Lady Ostapeck, Interviewed By Nick Argyros, Gave This Outline Of Early Life, Local Career Editor’s Note: This biographical outline was prepared by Nick Argyros, director of the Photography Center of the Capital District in Troy and a champion of Lady Ostapeck’s work. • Alma “Lady” Ostapeck, born 2/22/18, Brooklyn NY to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, JAN. 25 Hulse Family To Discuss Tiny Home Near Fly Creek TINY HOME – 7 p.m. Rick and Christine Hulse present “Our Great Big Tiny Life – A Brief Testimonial” about creating a tiny home that has been featured on HGTV, at the Fly Creek Historical Society’s monthly meeting at Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 811 Co. Rte. 26, Fly Creek. Info, mboyer@nysw.com or call (607)547-2555 ext. 250 FILM SERIES – 5:45 p.m. “Paying the Price for…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JAN. 24 Washington’s Leaving Office Discussed At Lecture Today HISTORY – 2 p.m. Learn the story of the presidential election of 1800 and how it changed the United States. Village Trustee Richard Sternberg lectures on the topic at Woodside hall, 1 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, call (607)547-0600 CYBERMOBILE – 9:30-9:50 a.m. The Four County Library System brings the mobile, computerized library system. Town Hall Assembly room, 3966 St. Hwy. 23 West Oneonta. Info, 4cls.org/cyberinfo.html…