The holiday shopping season is officially underway, with the Black Friday and Small Business Saturday sales events both happening this week. On downtown Oneonta’s Main Street, the business district’s many independently-owned shops...…
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Jim Havener
Letter from Jim Havener An Open Letter to the Community I am Jim Havener, the proud owner of the Green Toad Bookstore. Recently, we have faced some unfortunate bias regarding the selection of books we offer. I want to take this opportunity to directly address these concerns and reaffirm our commitment to inclusivity, diversity, and understanding. At the Green Toad, we celebrate the richness of human identity through the diverse range of books we carry. Our mission is to provide…
Oneonta: the City of the Hills, and the city with a bustling main street. Much like our article on Cooperstown’s business district a few weeks ago, we once again ventured out of the newsroom to check in with some local business owners.…
SENATOR’S PROGRAM TRIED HERE ‘Hop On Books’ Brings 675 To Kids At Home By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – With schools and libraries closed, Laurie Zimniewicz was worried that kids stuck at home wouldn’t have access to other worlds. “Books help you go on an adventure in your mind,” she said. “It opens us to places we can’t be, and that’s so important when you’re sheltering-in-place.” Inspired by U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who put together a…
Sorin Debuts Book At Roots Brewing Co. …
‘Partners In History’ Event Highlights Otsego History Hops expert Al Bullard, Milford, top photo, who published “The Hops Farmer’s Year” in 2015, discusses the once-ubiquitous Otsego County crop, now being revived, with attendees – from left, Dorothy LaGasse, Sandy Chase and Donna Robinson, all of Cooperstown. The event was this morning’s “Partners In History” at Milford’s Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, where historic displays were put on by local historians from across Otsego County. At left is Judy Kessler, president of…
Unalam’s Van Cott Wins Guest Conductor Contest Catskill Symphony Raises $43,000 By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – In a night of wonderful music and plenty of laughter, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra welcomed three guest conductors to the stage as part of their annual fund-raising event at SUNY Oneonta’s Alumni Field House. Jim Havener, Sarah Manchester, and Craig Van Cott all took to the conductor’s stand to try their hand at conducting an orchestra.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPT. 22 Open Mic At The Library OPEN MIC NIGHT – 6-8 p.m. Present your music, stories, poetry. Bring your own original work or the work of an artist you admire. Or enjoy the show. Cooperstown Village Library. Call (607) 547-8344 or visit www.facebook.com/VillageLibraryOfCooperstown/ RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. Meet & Greet with the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Jim Havener will discuss books, his bookstore, how the program shaped his career. The Green Toad Bookstore, 198 Main St., Oneonta. Call…
Turning A Page At Green Toad By LIBBY CUDMORE • All OTSEGO.com Edition of Friday, Nov. 14 2014 ONEONTA Whenever Jim Havener went out of town, he always brought something back for Michele Barry at the Green Toad Bookstore. “He’d come in and say, ‘I stopped in the cutest little bookstore and they did this…’,” she said. “It showed me he was interested and in touch with what works in a business.” It was that interest that inspired her to…
