The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, a program of Otsego 2000, has FreshConnect Emergency Response checks available to anyone who identifies as food insecure, or who meets certain income levels, officials announced on Monday, December 9.…
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Monday, November 17, the final day of the festival, will feature "Keeper" at noon, "Rule of Stone" at 1:15 p.m. and a shorts program at 3:15 p.m., all at Fenimore Farm and Country Village. "Cover-Up," a political thriller tracing the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter SEymour Hersh will be shown at 5:30 p.m. at the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Grandstand Theater, and the "That's a Wrap! Party" will be held from 7:30-9 p.m. at The Smithy.…
Members of the community are invited to bring in broken items for volunteer repair experts to make small repairs and give advice on how to fix a variety of items. The repairs will be done free of charge; materials needed to fix items will be available to purchase.…
“This grant will enable us to invest in the continued success of the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market,” said Ellen Pope, executive director of Otsego 2000, which founded the farmers’ market in 1991. “We will be able to raise both overall visitation and the use of SNAP and other food access initiatives at the market.”…
The Lions are planning a fundraiser, with all proceeds benefiting the club’s SNAP Match Program. Willy’s Good Chicken Dinner will be held on Saturday, August 23 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hulse Hill Farm, 5928 State Highway 28 in Fly Creek, in conjunction with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Family Farm Day.…
The Repair Café series is a collaborative program of Otsego 2000, which runs the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, the Otsego County Conservation Association, and the Otsego Land Trust. Each Cooperstown Repair Café will have a different focus.…
The current administration abruptly canceled USDA programs that offered U.S.-grown food to food banks at low or no cost, as well as programs that enabled pantries and schools to purchase food from local farmers.…
Massachusetts and New York State are both part of a coalition of 23 attorneys general and two governors challenging this administration’s termination of AmeriCorps grants and dismantling of the agency through an 85 percent reduction of its workforce.…
On March 15, from 10:30 to 1 p.m., a steady stream of hopeful participants brought their lamps and small appliances for repair by Neal Newman of Middlefield, Joel Morain of Cherry Valley, and Patrick Sherry of Laurens.…
“The Winter Octet Challenges are our most popular,” said Peg Odell, program and communications manager of Otsego 2000. “Some people love the snow and year-round recreation. And for others, when cabin fever hits, they are looking for something to do and get some exercise and fresh air. People tell us the Otsego Octet Challenges are a great motivator.”…
