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Best Bets: July 1, 2021

Best Bets Celebrate Independence Day with concert, fireworks, parade! Start your Independence Day celebrations with the Hometown Heroes kick-off concert dedicated to the essential workers who have given so much during the pandemic. The concert will feature the Michael Christopher country band performing their greatest hits. Free admission. Presented by Hometown 4th at 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 2, at Neahwa Park in Oneonta. Visit facebook.com/FNOneonta/ for information.…

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Main Street in Oneonta will be closed for festivities Saturday, July 3

Main Street in Oneonta will be closed for festivities Saturday, July 3 STAFF REPORT • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Main Street in Oneonta will be closed for the “Meet me on Main” event this weekend, starting at 10 a.m., Saturday, July 3. The event will include music from three different stages as well as artists, vendors, ice cream, barbecue and outdoor dining. There will also be face painting, juggling and a picnic game challenge. Go to 8thwardoneonta.com/meet-me-on-main for more information.…

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Hometown 4th: Oneonta to revive holiday celebration

Hometown 4th: Oneonta to revive holiday celebration By PATRICK DEWEY • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — The Hometown 4th Festival will return to Oneonta’s Neahwa Park to celebrate the July Fourth holiday next weekend, with a theme of honoring essential workers. The goal is to honor the workers, including grocery store staff, teachers, police officers, firefighters and healthcare workers, who took risks for the community good during the coronavirus pandemic, according to festival officials. “We wanted to do everything we…

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Cooperstown & Around: June 24, 2021

Cooperstown & Around FOVL to hold book sale starting Saturday Cooperstown’s Friends of the Village Library will hold its annual book sale at 22 Main St. in Cooperstown, beginning Saturday, June 26. The sale will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily, through Sunday, July 4. Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, July 4, all books are $5 per bag for people who bring their own bags. OLA to hold annual holiday boat parade The annual holiday boat parade, sponsored…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO: Farmers’, Fenimore Art Museum Open For Independence Day Holiday 07-03-20

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, JULY 3 Farmers’, Fenimore Museums Open For Holiday Weekend MUSEUMS OPEN – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Farmers’ Museum & Fenimore Art Museum plan opening for holiday weekend featuring safety precautions, limited admission. Farmers’ Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, St. Rt. 80, Cooperstown. 607-547-1450 or visit www.farmersmuseum.org/reopen2020/…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2019

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, JULY 4 Independence Day Otsego County Celebrates OLDEST PARADE – 11 a.m. The second oldest parade in the country kicks off again, with a full day of festivities to follow, including a concert and fireworks at dusk. Springfield Center Community Center, 129 Co Rd 29A, Springfield Center.…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 3

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 3 Small Town, Big Band In Lakefront Park CONCERT – 7 p.m. Small Town Big Band features 14 piece band performing music from the ‘30s to present in the style of the Big Band Era. Lakefront Park, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-5256 or visit richcooperstown.org/lakefront-concert-series/ INDEPENDENCE DAY PARTY – 3:30 p.m. Bring the kids to learn about the 4th of July, hear stories, make independence day crafts. Arkell Museum, 2 Eries Blvd., Canajoharie. Call 518-673-2314 or visit www.arkellmuseum.org/events-calendar…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 30

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JUNE 30 Independence Day Fireworks FIREWORKS – Dusk. Celebrate the declaration of Independence. Lake Front Park, Cooperstown. Visit cooperstownchamber.org/calendar-of-events/#!event/2018/6/30/fireworks-in-cooperstown BOOK FAIR – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Find rare, interesting books and ephemera the Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Call 607-547-2800 or visit www.cooperstownantiquarianbookfair.com/…

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 4

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, JULY 4 Happy Independence Day! PARADE – 11 a.m. Celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence at the 103rd Springfield 4th of July parade. Followed by a party with live music, Brooks chicken bbq, 4th of July Quilt Show, a Revolutionary War display by the Fort Plain Museum, the Utica Zoomobile, a bounce house, games, raffles, and more. Free parking. Springfield Community Center, 137 Co. Rt. 29A, Springfield Center. wskg.org/event/springfield-4th-of-july-parade-and-celebration-2/ FREEDOM – Noon. Listen to…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Now through March 30, new annual subscribers to “The Freeman’s Journal” and AllOtsego.com (or subscribers who have lapsed for two or more years) have an opportunity to help their choice of one of four Otsego County charitable organizations.

$5.00 of your subscription will be donated to the nonprofit of your choice:

Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Cooperstown Food Pantry, Greater Oneonta Historical Society or Super Heroes Humane Society.