Otsego County Board of Representatives Discusses Awards, Airports, America 250
By BILL BELLEN OTSEGO COUNTY
efore the gavel could even be struck to signify the coming to order of the July Otsego County Board of Representatives meeting, there was already business on the floor.
Popular Repair Cafés Returning to Farmers’ Market July
COOPERSTOWN
The Cooperstown Repair Café series continues at the Summer Tuesday Cooperstown Farmers’ Market in Cooperstown on July 22 and July 29. From noon to 2 p.m. both days, members of the public can bring in a broken item for volunteer repair experts to evaluate and make small repairs. They also will offer 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.
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.
On Tuesday, July 22, volunteer coaches will be evaluating and fixing computers, cellphones, small appliances, bicycles, and sewing projects. Free cellphone screen cleaning will
This year’s Ricky J. Parisian Memorial Scholarship Foundation scholarship recipient is Oneonta High School senior Tanner Tubia. The announcement was made on Friday, June 20 by David Brower, chair of the foundation’s Selection Committee and past scholarship recipient, during a presentation held in honor of the late Ricky J. Parisian. Selected through a nomination and review process that remains completely independent from the foundation, Tubia stood out for his character, leadership, and service to others, qualities that exemplify the legacy of Ricky J.
Otsego County Rep. Andrew Marietta (District No. 8, Otsego) and New York State Employee Relations Specialist Tim Moretti came to the front of the room on Wednesday, July 2 to recognize the recipients of the biannual Outstanding Employee Awards for county employees. Moretti’s position allowed him to play a pivotal role in this process, helping to analyze whether department nominations for the award included a commitment to various noble qualities such as outstanding service, high levels of productivity and effective professional relationships. First to be recognized was Christine Corrigan, an assistant public defender with the county since January 2022. Corrigan was recognized for her dedication to her clients, being a respected member of the legal community,
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also be offered. On Tuesday, July 29, coaches will be on hand to fix sewing projects (textile items that need patching or darning), clothing, bicycles, small appliances and small pieces of furniture. The sewing coach will offer advice on repurposing and visible mending techniques to try at home.
The Summer Tuesday Cooperstown Farmers’ Market runs from noon to 4 p.m. and offers local produce, meats, cheeses, maple syrup, native plants, birdhouses, jewelry, gifts, charcuterie, prepared foods, and made-to-order paninis and breakfast sandwiches. The market, located at 101 Main Street in Pioneer Alley, is also open year-round on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“The Cooperstown Repair Café has been well received, and we have fixed dozens of items this year,” said Peg Odell, program and communications manager at Otsego 2000. “The volunteer repair coaches are wonderful to share their time and expertise. It’s a
Tubia Named 2025 Parisian Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Parisian, officials said.
“Tanner is polite, thoughtful and helpful,” said Brower. “He is not only on time and prepared, but always willing to lend a hand, whether in the classroom or beyond. One of his nominators noted that Tanner didn’t just attend study hall, he made himself useful, often volunteering without being asked.”
A leader among his peers, Tubia is known for his strong work ethic, integrity and exemplary academic performance, especially in college-level psychology courses. According to a press release, he is a proud member of the National Honor Society and plans to study forensics in college, an academic
path that aligns closely with the values of justice and public service that defined Ricky Parisian’s life.
“Tanner treats others with kindness and respect,” Brower continued. “He is sincere, reliable and consistently strives to be the best version of himself. In short, he is exactly the kind of young person this scholarship was created to honor.”
The Ricky J. Parisian Memorial Scholarship was established in memory of Ricky J. Parisian, an Oneonta native, athlete and law enforcement officer who lost his life on May 20, 1994 while attempting to stop an armed robbery. Parisian,
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Paul Schecter of Otsego Computer Experts, also known as “Dr. Paul,” assists a customer at
a previous Repair Café at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Schecter will help people with computer and cellphone issues on July 22 and also offer free cellphone screen cleaning.
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Photo provided TANNER TUBIA
Beisbol in Mexico City and the Game’s Pre-historic lineage
By Charlie VasCellaro
MeXiCo CiTY
The biggest difference between Mexican and american baseball is the noise. The sheer volume of noise being generated by the packed house of approximately 20,000 fans was the first thing i noticed as i entered estadio alfredo harp helú, (home of Mexico City’s Diablos rojos).
The loud rattling sound of the wooden matracas (ratchet noisemakers) is one of the defining characteristics among a multitude of sensory elements involved with Mexican major league baseball games. a celebratory atmosphere permeated the proceedings in ways that fans of Major league Baseball in the United states might associate with post-season playoffs and World series games.
i didn’t have a matraca during the first of the two games between the Diablos rojos and Pericos de Puebla that i attended on a Tuesday night. But after watching, and, notably hearing the fans around me using them throughout the game, i knew i had to get one. i purchased one from a vendor outside of the ballpark on my way into the next day’s game. an example of just how different the Mexican baseball and U.s. fan experiences can be was immediately evident when i brought my matraca to a Baltimore orioles game back home at oriole Park. Upon the completion of the pregame “star-spangled Banner,” i gave the noisemaker a good, long whirl in support of the home team. No sooner had i sat down for the first pitch of the game when an usher approached and confiscated my new favorite
toy (i got it back after the game). Before the usher went off to lock up my contraband, i showed her a video clip from the game in Mexico City on my phone and said, “it’s sure more fun to watch a game in Mexico.”
They’ve been playing baseball in Mexico just about as long as the game has been played
in the United states. Baseball may have been introduced to Mexico as early as 1846 or 1847 during the Mexicanamerican War. legend has it that after american military men won a decisive battle, and captured the wooden leg of future Mexican President antonio lópez de santa anna, they used it as a bat in the first baseball game played in Mexico, at a park in Xalapa, Veracruz. Whether the tale is true or not, the game continued to spread across the country by way of U.s. military occupations and was wildly popular by the 1880s. The current liga Mexicana de Beisbol, consisting of 16 teams in two divisions, was founded in 1925 and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this season. Mexican major league
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baseball is classified as a non-affiliated Triple-a level minor league.
The historic origins of baseball have always
Photo by Charlie Vascellaro
A capacity crowd of locals and visitors takes in a recent game between the Diablos Rojos of Mexico City and the Pericos de Puebla from the center field bleachers at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú.
Photo by Charlie Vascellaro
The entrance to Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú incorporates elements of ancient Mesoamerican architecture and Aztec temples with state-of-the-art modern stadium design.
HOMETOWN Views
EDITORIaL
Shame. Shame. Shame.
Fans of the HBO television series “Game of Thrones” will remember Cersei Lannister’s walk of atonement in season five, episode 10, titled “Mother’s Mercy.” Cersei, an evil queen if ever there was one, had her head shaved bald, was stripped naked and then forced to endure a “walk of shame” from the Great Sept of Baelor to the Red Keep. Cersei is accompanied on her roughly twomile-long walk by Septa Unella, who repeatedly calls out “Shame! Shame! Shame!” while ringing a bell to attract people’s attention. The crowd boos and pelts Cersei with rotten fruits and vegetables. This humiliating public punishment was the consequence of her very bad behavior.
Lest you think we are advocating such barbaric treatment, we are not. We do, however, believe that a figurative walk of shame through the court of public opinion might teach Dr. Christina Propst a muchneeded lesson in compassion and empathy.
Propst is the Houston pediatrician who was fired from Blue Fish Pediatrics over the weekend for her Facebook post on July 5 that, according to a news article on KPRC Click2Houston, appeared to mock flood victims in Kerr County, Texas because of the area’s political leanings.
In her post, Propst wrote: “May all visitors, children, non-MAGA voters and pets be safe and dry. Kerr County MAGA voted to gut FEMA. They deny climate change. May they get what they voted for. Bless their hearts.”
This, even as reports following the flash flood in Kerr County were still coming in over the Fourth of July weekend—a natural disaster that has thus far claimed the lives of more than 100 people, including 28 children. At least 41 people are still unaccounted for as we go to press, according to officials.
On Sunday, July 6, Blue Fish Pediatrics announced that Propst was no longer employed at their practice in the following public statement:
“This past weekend, we were made aware of a social media comment from one of our physicians. The individual is no longer employed by Blue Fish Pediatrics. As we previously mentioned in our original statement, we strongly condemn the comments that were made in that post. That post does not reflect the values, standards, or mission of Blue Fish Pediatrics. We do not support or condone any statement that politicizes tragedy, diminishes human dignity, or fails to clearly uphold compassion for every child and family. We continue to extend our full support to the families and the surrounding communities who are grieving, recovering, and searching for hope.”
The First Amendment gives you the right to speak your piece, Dr. Propst, but shame on you for politicizing the devastation and heartbreak of this catastrophe. Shame on anyone, for that matter—left, right or center—who politicizes the personal tragedy of others in such a way as to push their own political agenda, or to criticize the politics of others.
OA Sky View of Dad
ne spring morning I deliberately made myself late for school so that Dad would have to drive me in his taxi. I knew the teacher would be angry and that I would get detention for being late again—but the ride was worth it. I ran down the back steps and over to the garage. In order to get the stick out of the hasp on the door, I had to jump up and grab at it a few times. Bugsy came down the driveway as I was dragging the door open.
“C’mon!” I called. “Gimme a hand!”
He had a tie on and Keds sneakers and his ears were shining. He liked to ride in Dad’s taxi too, even if it meant being late for school.
My father came out of the house and walked up to us. It was late March and the air smelled of thawed earth and decayed dead leaves from the fall.
“Bugsy, old man,” he said to my friend, who threw his head back revealing his turkey neck and smiling so that his red freckled nose spread across his face.
Dad went into his “It’s nice to get up in the marnin” song, his one good eye smiling. He had lost the other in a Brooklyn street lot game of kick-the-wicket, when a stick lodged just below his left brow. Years later he had memorized the vision chart in order to pass the chauffeur’s test. Bugsy, who was always enthralled with Dad’s put-on Barry Fitzgerald brogue when rendering a ditty, buried his face in his hands.
“Let’s go,” I said, pulling on my father’s pants pocket. “It’s late!”
My friend and I jumped in the back of the cab and threw down the folding seats while the car was warming up. There was plenty of legroom. Up front, the seat on the passenger side had been removed so that no one could ride there. Only the trip meter occupied that space. Dad flipped the flag-shaped handle that started the meter ticking and wheeled the red and yellow ‘48 DeSoto taxicab out into the street. Each front fender stuck out separately, almost like a sidecar on a motorcycle.
“Now, don’t ya be touching that crank,” my father warned. “Last time it rained I had a flood.”
He was referring to the handle that operated the Sky View window in the roof. It was somebody in Detroit’s brainstorm—people riding in the city cab would be able to see the tops of skyscrapers. Dad viewed the innovation as a leaky nuisance, a target for pigeons.
Bugsy took his hand off the crank that would make the glass retract into the roof like a turtle’s head into its shell. Some stragglers watched us roll by in the taxi. We stuck our tongues out at them. A bar of sunlight shot between two apartment buildings and through the window in the roof of the taxi. We stopped on the corner by the school where the crossing guard stood. My father turned the flag on the meter, which made our ride official and sat waiting behind the wheel.
“You forgot something,” I said.
Simply put, some things should and must transcend our own political leanings. What people say, what they write: those things have power. And, sadly, Propst is not alone in her vitriol. As a society, we could all benefit from a rapid de-escalation of political rhetoric. We’ve said it before: There needs to be a return to civility and common decency and, if there isn’t, we may very well be condemned to a second civil war. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones of those who perished in Texas. They deserve nothing less. At the end of the day, do we as a society really wish ill upon those who don’t vote the same way, or look the same way, or worship the same way? Do we really wish to see others fail? Suffer? Die? Because, if that’s the way the wind here is blowing, shame, shame, shame. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR … In THEIR OPInIOn
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“Oh.” Dad reached for his leather change sack and pulled out one shiny dime, my allowance.
“I thought we were supposed to pay you,” my friend said, looking bug-eyed at the pouch. “Doesn’t that thing ever run out of dimes?”
“Of course it never runs out of dimes. Right Dad?”
“Maybe, if people stop tipping . . .”
Nominees Sought for Matsuo Award
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Nominations for the 3rd Annual Compassionate Care Award, presented by Helios Care, will officially open on Tuesday, July 15. The award seeks to honor one individual who exemplifies Dr. Yoshiro Matsuo’s traits of compassion, kindness, leadership, benevolence, and selfless service to people across any discipline, and who lives or works in Otsego, Delaware, or Schoharie counties.
Nomination forms can be completed on the Helios Care website. The recipient of this award will receive a cash prize of $500.00, a commemorative award, and their name will be displayed on the award plaque at the Helios Care office. Nominations will close on August 22, and the award winner will be named at Helios Care’s Grand Oneonta Opry Country Concert Fundraiser on October 10 at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center in Oneonta.
The award has named two winners so far: Dr. Ben Friedell of Oneonta was the 2024 Award Winner and Lisa
Schmitz of Otego received the inaugural Compassionate Care Award. Established in 2022, this award recognizes Dr. Matsuo’s unwavering commitment to hospice care in our region, his service to our country, and his medical contributions to countless citizens in our communities for more than 50 years.
Helios Care is the hospice and palliative care organization for Otsego, Delaware and Schoharie counties, formerly known as Catskill Area Hospice and Palliative Care Inc. Dr. Matsuo was one of Helios Care’s original founders and served as its medical director on a volunteer basis for 25 years, while also serving on active duty in the U.S. Army, and remained in the Army Reserves for 20 years, retiring as a colonel. At the same time that he was bringing hospice care to the area and serving his country, Dr. Matsuo practiced as a respected oncologist physician in the Oneonta area for over 50 years.
To learn more about this award and complete the nomination form, please go to the Helios Care website at https://
www.helioscare.org/compassionate-care-award/. If you wish to nominate a person who was nominated last year, please do so using a new nomination form for consideration this year.
Kathryn Dailey Director of Development Helios Care
Who Won’t Vote for ‘Free Stuff’?
So, Mamdani’s making a bid
To be New York’s mayor, God forbid.
For if he wins it all
Every remaining U-Haul Will add to Florida’s vehicular grid.
Waldo Johnston Vero Beach, Florida and Cooperstown
Hats Off to Rhonda, Doug
When the presence of harmful algae blooms was first detected in Lake Otsego, many of the locals, myself included, did their best impersonations of headless chickens in a one-act play, titled “The
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Terry berkson’s dad in his 1948 DeSoto Sky View taxicab.
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July 1955
40 YEARs AGo
Enid Carter closed the door on 32 years of her life with the end of the school year at oneonta high school. she has sold her mobile home in oneonta and returned to Bovina Center to the house once owned by her grandparents. As a home economics teacher Miss Carter has fought for recognition of home economics in schools, including testifying at a Congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. on the importance of the program to the quality of life to modern families. she also served on the committee which consulted to the state Education Department on the content and title of the portion of the Regents Action Plan which mandates 30 weeks of home economics classes for everyone by the end of the eighth grade. “This is the first time home economics has been a mandated program in New York state,” she said. “In the past, home economics classes were stipulated as being available, but not every student needed to take it.” When Miss Carter started teaching in Earlville 32 years ago, boys did not take home economics. Now it is very common and Miss Carter approves.
July 1985
30 YEARs AGo
The number of AIDs cases is on the rise, but so are the numbers of support groups, services and treatments for people diagnosed with HIV or AIDs. According to the New York state Department of Health, 34 AIDs cases have been reported in otsego County since the epidemic broke out in 1981. The state also reports 17 cases in Delaware County, 11 in Chenango County and 21 in schoharie County. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared AIDs the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 25 and 44. According to reports from the CDC, more than 441,000 Americans have contracted AIDs since 1981. Women, especially young girls and adolescents, have been identified as the fastest growing number of HIV cases worldwide.
July 1995
20 YEARs AGo
An 18-year-old was charged with attempted murder sunday after the second stabbing in nine weeks at Messina’s Trailer Park. state police Lt. James Land said Brian Zindle is alleged to have knifed Christopher smith, 40, of oneonta during a 3 p.m. fight in the trailer park on state Route 23 near the Wal-Mart store. Lt. Land described the weapon as “a large kitchen knife.” smith had surgery at A.o. Fox Memorial Hospital on sunday night for wounds to his lower abdomen and left arm. According to reports the two men were feuding over the trailer’s female occupant.
July 2005
New operations Coordinator Preps for Festival
The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce has long served as a bridge between local businesses, residents, and visitors, mostly working behind the scenes to support economic vitality, foster connections, and help the community thrive. Whether it’s through organizing local events, offering resources to business owners, or being a reliable source of collaboration and support, the chamber is deeply committed to enhancing the quality of life in Cooperstown for everyone who lives, works, and visits here.
When I first arrived in Cooperstown as a student at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, I had no idea just how deeply this place would come to feel like home. Now, having recently graduated and stepped into my new role as operations coordinator with the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, I’m excited to officially introduce myself to the community that has already shown me so much warmth and kindness.
As someone who loves people and thrives when connection and creativity intersect, this position feels like the perfect next step. I’ve always been drawn to community-focused work, and what
By MERL REAGLE
better place to dive in than a town like Cooperstown, where history, culture, and small-town charm come together so beautifully. From the conversations I’ve had in passing with residents to the spirit that fills Main street on a summer day, it’s clear that this town is powered by people who care deeply about one another.
In my new role, I’ll be focusing on supporting our members, growing connections, and continuing to make Cooperstown a place that locals and visitors alike are proud to be part of. one of my biggest goals is to be a familiar, friendly face and someone you can turn to with questions, ideas, or even just for a quick hello. The chamber is here to serve, support, and celebrate the businesses and people that make Cooperstown such a special place.
My first big project is right around the corner: planning the Cooperstown Artisan Festival! This two-day event will transform the otsego County Campus on Upper Main street into a vibrant hub of creativity and celebration. Local artisans will showcase and sell their handmade goods, there will be music and delicious food to enjoy, and a
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Sculpture Trail Set To Open
CHERRY VALLEY—Cherry Valley Artworks will hold an opening reception for its biennial Cherry Valley Summer Sculpture Trail on Wednesday, July 16. After exploring the installations around the village, participants are welcome to visit The Star Theater, 44 Main Street, to meet the artists and enjoy refreshments. SIRSY will perform rock/ pop music at the theater on July 18. “A Haven,” a two-part sonic reflection on heartbreak and connection by composer John Glover, will have its world premiere there on July 26. “Ensembles Large and Small,” a classical variety show by musicians from The Glimmerglass Festival, will take place on August 3. The Fenimore String Quartet will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a gala at the theater on August 17. Paul Muldoon and Rogue Oliphant, a rock music/spoken word group, will perform on August 30. Artworks will run a production of the Tony-nominated play “What the Constitution Means to Me” on the weekend of September 27. Local Cajun dance band “The Rubber Band” will perform on October 11, and the season will end with a shadow-cast screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” on October 30. For more information, visit Cvartworks.org.
‘Dairy
at the Mill’ Announced
EAST MEREDITH—Hanford Mills Museum will host its annual Dairy at the Mill Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 19. Visitors can tour the ice house, enjoy fresh-made vanilla ice cream while supplies last, and view sawmill and gristmill demonstrations. Helen’s Little Food Truck will provide lunch and Cooperstown singer-songwriter Will Walker will perform live music. The Delaware County Dairy Ambassadors, Dragon Wagon Book Bus, Hartwick College Baking Innovation Lab,
Brookside Maple and Farm, Union Grove Distillery, Blue Merle Apiaries, and other local exhibitors will have displays on site. For more information, visit hanfordmills.org.
Ecstatic Dance Event Slated
ONEONTA—Ecstatic Dance Oneonta will present a Qi Awakening dance event from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday, July 19 at 12 Ford Avenue. This immersive experience blends the ancient movement meditation practice of Qigong with high-energy ecstatic dance. It will feature local Qigong coach Margo Gladys and DJ Isha. Participants should bring water, suitable clothing and an open mind. Tickets are available via EventBrite.
Juried Exhibit Opens Friday
COOPERSTOWN—Cooperstown Art Association’s 90th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition will kick off with a preview party and awards ceremony from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, July 11. It will be catered by Brimstone Bakery of Sharon Springs and feature live music by Duopoly. Awards will be announced at 6 p.m. The show features 139 works by 106 individual artists from 14 states and will be on display at 22 Main Street through August 15. CAA is open for viewing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, visit cooperstownart.com.
Village Looks To Hire Lifeguards
COOPERSTOWN—The Village Parks of Cooperstown seeks to hire a lifeguard for summer swimming areas. Applicants must be at least 15 years of age, hold valid open water lifeguard and CPR certification, and have a passion for the lake and village. For more information or to apply, visit the Cooperstown Friends of the Parks Facebook page.
Dine Out for a Cause Returns
ONEONTA—Helios Care’s Dine Out for a Cause fundraiser will return to two restaurants in July. Started in 2023, the program partners with local restaurants that donate a percentage of proceeds on their designated day to Helios palliative care services. In the most recent iteration, Sloan’s New York Grill raised and donated $700.00 on April 24. Feel Good Smoothie Bar and Cafe will host the event on Friday, July 18, followed by The Mill Pond Inn and Tavern on Thursday, July 31. For more information, visit HeliosCare.org/events.
Tour Will Explore Fly Creek
FLY CREEK—Dr. Cindy Falk, assistant dean of graduate studies at SUNY Oneonta and professor of material culture at the Cooperstown Graduate Program, will lead an Otsego 2000 walking tour of Fly Creek at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 13. It will highlight the hamlet’s history and community spaces. The tour costs $10.00, with registration available at otsego2000. org or by calling (607) 547-8881. The next historical walking tour will be held in Hartwick on August 10, followed by Roseboom on September 7, Middlefield on October 19 and Cooperstown on November 16.
Cookie Workshop Scheduled
ONEONTA—Hartwick College’s Baking Innovation Lab will hold a Picture Perfect Sablé Cookies workshop from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16. Held at the Lab’s Dietz Street location, the interactive program will demonstrate creative techniques for checkerboard, zebra stripe, and floral designs using whole wheat, spelt and rye flours. It costs $100.00 per person, with pre-registration required at BIL@hartwick.edu.
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Signs of the Times Enliven Protest Rallies with Many Messages
Each national rally organized to protest the Trump administration has greatly increased in participation. The 1,300 protesters at the “No Kings” rally in Oneonta on June 14 counted more than twice as many people as for the May Day rally, both of which featured speakers, music, chants, and food collections to stem the cruel cuts in food programs. They also offered welcomed fellowship among people of like minds.
But, for me, the signs people carry are always the best part of these rallies. They are by turns pithy, soulful, earnest, humorous, and, yes, sometimes vulgar. Most are homemade; some are more meticulously crafted than others; some are apparently purchased online. Signs at the June 14 rally reflected the issues addressed by the speakers: veterans’ issues, rural healthcare, immigration and the abuses of ICE—and more. Reflecting the theme of “No Kings,” many signs featured a crown with a slash or an “X” through it. Others read: “America—rejecting kings since 1776” or “Trump is a Faux-king fascist.”
Many signs spoke out for democracy: “Protect our democracy!”; “Make America a Democracy Again”; “Democracy doesn’t fear protests, dictators do”; “Democracy Trumps Authoritarianism.” Linda Murray, visiting from Bay Point, Long Island, held up a sign Jeffersonesque in tone: “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”
Some signs were mini-history lessons: “Fun Fact: Hitler liked military parades on his birthday, too.” Or, “This is the government our founders warned us about.”
Two young girls, attending separately, bore signs encouraging compassion. One 10-year-old had a sign in each hand—one reading “I am my brother’s keeper,” the other, “Stop the madness.” A 6-yearold girl’s sign read “Help people who need help.”
There were signs aimed at countering the vitriolic, hate-filled rhetoric that Trump has engendered since riding down his golden escalator—and well before then, really. “Be a decent human. It’s not that hard”; “Hate will not make us great.”; “When hate is loud, love must be louder.”
CCE Events
Announced
OTSEGO COUNTY— Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties released its schedule of summer events in the July/ August/September issue of “Connections.” There will be an Otsego County Fair entry workshop at the fairgrounds’ Martin Hall at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 12. Contact tla47@ cornell.edu for more
information. A poultry showmanship workshop for 4-H members will take place at the Show Barn at Schoharie County Sunshine Fairgrounds at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 13. Volunteers are needed to clean up Martin Hall and the animal buildings at the Otsego County Fairgrounds at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, with a potluck lunch to follow. There will be an all-day workshop on corn and soy pest control strategies
Two attendees came in costume. Sam Goodyear, recycling his John Adams outfit from his long-running one-man show “The Man from Massachusetts,” communicated a succinct message with his sign: “Evict the convict.” Judith McCloskey of Decatur wore a Revolutionaryera-looking dress—bright blue bodice with white collar, apron and bonnet. Her sign read “No kings 1776, No kings now.”
All signs appeal to me on one level or another, but one that stood out from Saturday was a sandwich board worn by Bainbridge resident Lisa Allan-Ziemann. Written in red and blue lettering on a white background, one side read: “Deportation without due process is just called kidnapping.” The other, “UNPAID protester. We hate the chump on principles!”
One senior lady, leaning on her husband’s arm, carried a sign fashioned from a half-sheet of flimsy poster board. Its hand-written message: “Save our democracy.” The sight of her and her simple, straight-forward sign touched me deeply.
at SUNY Cobleskill’s Champlin Hall from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22; register at https://cals.cornell. edu/. 4-H will host a woodworking workshop from 5:30-7:30 p.m. the same day at Schoharie County Sunshine Fairgrounds; register by contacting kc2299@ cornell.edu.
CEE will hold its Board of Directors meeting, open to the public, at the Otsego Education
Member Spotlight: National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Located on Main Street in the heart of picturesque Cooperstown, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the country’s most popular destinations and is surely the best-known sports shrine in the world.
Standing as a three-story red brick building on Main Street in the center of Cooperstown, the museum opened its doors for the first time on June 12, 1939. The Hall of Fame has stood as the definitive repository of the game’s treasures and as a symbol of the most profound individual honor bestowed on an athlete. It is every fan’s “Field of Dreams,” with its stories, legends and magic to be passed on from generation to generation. The Baseball Hall of Fame’s mission is to preserve history, honor excellence and connect generations.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an independent, nonprofit educational institution dedicated to fostering an appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its impact on our culture by collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting its collections for a global audience as well as honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to our National Pastime.
Featuring more than 55,000 square feet of exhibit space, the museum has opened several groundbreaking exhibits during this decade, including “The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball,” chronicling the Black baseball experience, in 2024; and “Yakyu | Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game,” exploring the longstanding exchange of teams and players between Japan and the United States, in 2025.
The Hall of Fame Gallery serves as the centerpiece of the historic institution, where the plaques of all 351 Hall of Fame members line the oak walls. Only 278 former major leaguers—one percent of those to have played baseball in the major leagues—have earned a spot in the Hall of Fame. The 2025 inductees—Dick Allen, Dave Parker, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner—will each have a plaque added to the gallery following the July 27 Induction Ceremony.
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Victor Lidz and his wife, Katharine, 84 and 85 respectively, attended the “No Kings” rally, each holding a sign made from brown paper bags. Katharine’s read, “Fund medical research, NOT parades.” Victor’s declared, “My mother was an immigrant.” When asked afterward via e-mail for more information about his mother, Victor sent the following statement:
“My mother came to the U.S. in early 1937 to take an ill-defined position in the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. She had been a medical student at Heidelberg until the spring semester of 1933, soon after Hitler took office. When she tried to register for spring courses, she was rejected for being, by Nazi standards, 37.5 percent Jewish. She soon left Germany, finished her medical education in Switzerland, served as an otolaryngologist in Istanbul for a year, and then, with help from her father, who had been pensioned off at age 60 from his professorship in psychiatry at Heidelberg because he had spoken of Hitler’s hysterics, as a medical diagnosis, to students, she was offered the position at Hopkins. Later she completed a residency in psychiatry at Hopkins, gained training in psychoanalysis, served as an instructor during the war years, then entered private practice. Late in her career she was Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at Yale.
“My mother represents a time when the U.S. welcomed some, but hardly all, immigrants in need. In her case, society benefited greatly from the later career of an immigrant.
“Of course, my brothers and I have long realized that we exist only because of Hitler!”
So much history, from which we all should learn, behind Lidz’s hand-scrawled, brown- paperbag sign!
Paul Simon’s “Sound of Silence” declares “The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.” In today’s world, they are written on our protest signs and our politicians should be paying attention.
Teresa Winchester is a freelance journalist living in the Town of Butternuts.
Center, 123 Lake Street in Cooperstown, from 6:308:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 22. Otsego County Master Gardeners will present new plant varieties and lead a tour of their garden, also at the Otsego Education Center, at the All-American Selections Open House from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23. The Otsego County Fair will run from Tuesday, July 29 to Sunday, August 3, and the Schoharie County Sunshine Fair will run from Tuesday, August 5 to Sunday, August 10.
The Master Gardeners will have a tomato and African root vegetable tasting at the Education Center from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 20. Family Farm Day will return from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, August 23 and 24; visit FamilyFarmDay.org for more information.
Carnival of Sales is Sat.
UNADILLA—The Unadilla Chamber of Commerce’s annual
Carnival of Sales will return to Main Street in the Village of Unadilla from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 12. There will be vendors, food trucks, used books, yard sales, face painting, music and other activities. Bathrooms will be located at the Bishop Lot, House of Consignment (214 Main Street), the Mirabito at 180 Main Street and at Community Field. There will be a car show on the morning of Sunday, July 13, followed by a Soap Box Derby from noon to 2 p.m. on Clifton Street.
A Community Gathering on Caregiving & End of Life Care
Sunday, July 13th
Who is this for? Anyone interested in bringing compassionate care into their daily lives
Where? Origins Cafe, Cooperstown
When? Sunday, July 13 , 4 PM - 6 PM th
Social gathering and tastings of Mediterranean appetizers & beverages by Origins to follow at 6 PM
THE HALL OF FAME GALLERY
(Photo by Milo Stewart Jr./National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
Hosted by Helios Care & the Samye Institute Noble Living, Noble Caring, Noble Dying Compassionately Caring Team
Photo by Teresa Winchester
Katharine and Victor Lidz of Gilbertsville and chesterbrook, Pennsylvania were among the approximately 1,300 participants in the no Kings rally held in Oneonta on June 14. Victor’s mother immigrated to the United States through legal channels in 1937 to escape nazi Germany.
been a subject of popular debate, especially in Cooperstown, the symbolic birthplace of the national pastime. While the Abner Doubleday creation myth has been debunked, the town’s famous ball field still bears its name. It is a source of pleasure and pride for locals to imagine that the game was created within Cooperstown’s pastoral surroundings.
Fourteen years ago, Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies moved their spring training operations to the newly constructed Salt River Fields at Talking Stick ballpark facility. Located adjacent to Scottsdale, Arizona, on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, it is the first Major League Baseball facility built on Native American land.
“Bringing Baseball Back Home” was a tagline attached to the project.
“Ball games have always been played in this region,” said community spokesman Levi Long at the time. “The ancients used ballparks for socializing and commerce.”
While working on a series of stories for various publications about the Diamondbacks and Rockies’ new spring training grounds, I visited historic ball courts created nearly a millennium ago by Arizona’s indigenous people in areas nearby the current site of Salt River Fields at Talking Stick.
These historic native ball courts more closely resemble the fields and courts of rectangular games like basketball, soccer, and hockey. But they can also be seen as the forerunners in the lineage of competitive spectator sports dating
back nearly 3,000 years.
On a recent trip to Mexico City, I was reacquainted with the “Old Ball Game” at the Museum of Anthropology, providing historical context for the games I attended at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú.
Opened in 2019, Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú is named for the prominent Mexican businessman and philanthropist.
Blending the region’s historic architecture with state-of-the art design, the ballpark’s dramatic elevated entrance resembles ancestral Mesoamerican temples and Aztec pyramids.
The seemingly detached floating roof in the shape of a trident spear is a nod to the team’s devilish identity, pointing toward the infield over the seating bowl.
The most successful team in the league since its inception in 1940, the Diablos Rojos are often referred to as the Yankees of the Mexican League, making its debut against another first-year franchise at the time, the Azules de Veracruz, in the port city of Veracruz.
The 1940 Azules finished first in the Mexican League, one game in front of the Diablos Rojos. The Azules were owned by millionaire shipping magnet Jorge Pasquel and boasted five future Hall of Famers that previously played in the Negro Leagues on its roster, including slugging catcher Josh Gibson, infielders Ray Dandridge and Willie Wells, and pitchers Leon Day and Martin Dihigo. The 1940 Diablos Rojos counted 14 former Negro
enjoys a ball game with the Bear family. Leaguers on its squad, including pitcher Theolic “Fireball” Smith, who is depicted as a character in “The Veracruz Blues,” a historical fiction novel that I brought with me on the trip.
The book tells the story of the 1946 Mexican League season, when Azules owner Pasquel attempted to create a rival major league in Mexico by signing disgruntled major leaguers, many of whom served in the U.S. Military during World War II to find their sala-
ries had been cut upon returning home.
The Diablos Rojos reign of terror began with the team’s first Serie del Rey (The King’s Series) Mexican League championship in 1956, and includes a record 17 championships, the most recent in 2024.
As marvelous and architecturally inspiring as it is, Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú feels like the headquarters of an Evil Empire. Fans of the Diablos Rojos identify as members of “La Antesala del Infierno” a pseudonym for the ballpark known as the Antechamber of Hell. Members of the team’s fan club sit in a section of the right-field bleachers under a banner reading “Simpathia por los Rojos,” engaging in any number of call and response chants and thematic songs throughout every inning of the game. They sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in Spanish during the seventh-inning stretch.
Dunderberg Gallery Brings the Sound of Music to Gilbertsville
GILBERTSVILLE
Asecond season of concerts at Dunderberg Gallery, 118 Marion Avenue, has begun.
The 2025 theme is “Intersections,” referring to the exploration of musical crossroads from 1965 to the present. The concerts will explore how classical, jazz, new music, and folk music have influenced one another and how historical events, cultural shifts, and artistic innovations have shaped and transformed these musical forms.
“I’m excited to be presenting concerts this summer that juxtapose classical, jazz, new music, and folk music in the same concerts to find connection and community, and to reflect on the
changes these forms have undergone since 1965.
For example how have jazz and new electronic music influenced each other in form, improvisation, and extended techniques; how has modern flute repertoire changed with the addition of electronics and improvisation; how did the politics of the 1960s influence the music of today?” said Barbara Siesel, curator and organizer of the series.
The first concert, with a theme of “Banned Composers throughout History,” took place on June 26, featuring Siesel (flute), John Colonna (piano), and Rick Mollin (bass) performing works by Marin Marais, Thelonious Monk, and Billy Strayhorn.
The July 11 concert
is titled “American Songbook with a Twist.” It explores the folk revival of the 1960s and the modern folk revival of today. Performance musicians will be Khalil Jade, Liam Herbert and Keith Torgan. Songs performed will range from classic favorites by Joni Mitchell. Bob Dylan, and Paul Simon to some surprises by Tom Lehrer and Boris Fomin. Originals by Herbert, Jade and Torgan will also be featured. All concerts will begin at 7 p.m. The remaining summer playbill includes:
• July 24: New Compositions by John Colonna Trio, with John Colonna (piano), Kenji Tokunaga (bass), Joelle Proctor (drums), Thad Wheeler with Evan Jagels (bass), Francesca Vanescu (cello) and Marshall Coid (violin).
• August 21: Electronic Music/New Media, with Patrick Rost (keyboard and electronics), Siesel (flute and video) and Colonna (piano).
• August 24: “All Flutes—Plugged and Unplugged!” with flutists Carol Wincenc, Yidi Wang, Ana Laura Gonzalez, and Siesel.
The Dunderberg Gallery is a renovated hardware store showcasing works by local, national and international artists. Gallery hours are Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Photo by Charlie Vascellaro
Pre-gaming on the replica ancient ball court at the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City.
Photo by Charlie Vascellaro
Fans celebrate another win at “La Antesala del Infierno”
a.k.a. “The Antechamber of Hell,” at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City.
Photo by Charlie Vascellaro
Reporter Charlie Vascellaro (right)
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and as a role model for those around her. Also honored was Cheryl Strong, who has worked for the county since 1992, and has been in her current position of business office manager for the Otsego County Department of Health since 2012. Strong’s role as “the heart of the department” was acknowledged, alongside her ability to keep everything running smoothly, and doing so with a positive attitude.
During the proceedings, Marietta commented, “The other thing that’s been great about the nominations, especially more recently, is we’ve had a mix of newer employees and longstanding employees. So it’s been great to be able to recognize today technically a newer employee, as well as a longstanding employee.”
Corrigan and Strong will each receive six months of parking in designated parking spots on county-owned property, certificates signed by the board chair and their respective department heads, and the addition of their names to a plaque recognizing other Outstanding Employee Award winners.
With this celebratory preliminary business completed, Board Chair Edwin Frazier Jr. called the meeting to order. In front of a full house, the meeting moved to the public comment period, during which Edward Dawyot was the only community member to address the board. Dawyot discussed failures of solar fields in California due to low energy output and connected it back to his discontent with Governor
Dottie Gebbia 1937-2025
COOPERSTOWN—
Dottie Gebbia, a woman of extraordinary determination, unwavering loyalty and boundless love, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2025 in Cooperstown, New York, the town where her remarkable journey began on July 12, 1937.
Dottie was the beloved mother of Sherry Spielberg, Diane Richards and Eddie Leslie. Her legacy extends to her cherished 10 grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren, all of whom were the recipients of her endless generosity and adoration.
From a young age, Dottie was driven by a powerful desire for selfimprovement and profes-
Kathy Hochul’s plans to build a new nuclear power plant in New York.
He stated that, due to the “tremendous amount of losses” incurred from energy transit, it would be much more beneficial to bring the Indian Point nuclear facility back online to transport power to New York City rather than building an entirely new facility further upstate.
Following these comments to the board, Justin Osterhoudt began the first of two special presentations. Osterhoudt addressed the board from the rear podium as a representative of the Oneonta Airport Commission, the body responsible for overseeing the Albert S. Nader Regional Airport. He spoke of his experience with flying and aircraft, both locally and worldwide, as a credit to his understanding of the specifications needed for aircraft of all shapes and sizes. Osterhoudt was invited onto the airport commission two years ago to begin conversations about how to revitalize the facility. There was discussion about the “feelings of apathy” put forth by the Oneonta government toward the airport, and how the commission felt the site’s true potential was not being realized.
“It’s a county asset,” Osterhoudt said. “An airport is an asset for any community. It’s really a big economic driver, and it stands to reason that the county should be involved in the conversation of what we’re doing at the airport, how we’re improving the airport, and how we’re kind of generating revenue into the entire community.”
With these sentiments in mind, Osterhoudt explained that changes had been made to the
residency requirements of the commission in order to allow for two county representatives to be added to their discussions. In addition, a fixed base operator has been brought in to manage dayto-day affairs at the airport in order to maximize efficiency for both airport functions and visitor accessibility to the wider Otsego County area.
Numerous studies in a provided pamphlet were cited in support of the ongoing capital improvement items on the docket and currently underway at the airport to clear onsite runway obstructions and the arrangement of easements to clear those off-site. The airport is also receiving a new fuel farm upgrade—which will modernize existing infrastructure to improve capacity, efficiency, safety, and environmental compliance—and the current weather station is being moved to a more optimal location, Osterhoudt said.
Speaking next, Matt Kent, owner of Leatherstocking Timber and Stone, said he feels Oneonta wants to hand off responsibility of the airport.
“This isn’t a liability. This isn’t a problem that is dumped on us. This is [something] right in front of us that’s there, that we’re not taking advantage of.”
Kent compared the unexpected successes of the baseball parks in the county to possible future success of the airport. He detailed statistics showing that the Federal Aviation Agency typically pays upward of 90 percent of projects needed on airport grounds, while the state matches 5 percent of remaining expenses. Kent is personally taking the reins of the FBO at
the airport in order to help people find cars and get fuel in planes, to keep visitors and tourists flowing into the local community and local economy.
Rep. Margaret Kennedy (District No. 5, Hartwick, Milford, New Lisbon) complimented the improvements thus far and asked about what comes next. Kent responded, stating that $10-11 million of improvements were already approved for the airport. A major project recognized as a necessity is the construction of a parallel taxiway, which was approved years ago but never received the properly allocated funds, Kent said. Various other concernsregardingrunway length and safety in harsh weather conditions will also be addressed.
The board will choose representatives for the airport commission at its August meeting.
Next up, Tamie Reed, director of the Otsego County Office for the Aging, showed off the ClearPlan software that she and her staff have been using in order to identify clear goals and keep track of progress made on department initiatives. She showed an example of an in-progress item and the action items listed for moving progress along. Reed also shared that the program will eventually become public, in order to show transparency to the community and better allow for the resolution of any issues encountered that may be affecting departmental progress.
Following these special presentations, the board moved to reports from standing committee chairs. Of particular note were the following:
Rep. Keith McCarty (District No. 9, Richfield, Springfield) spoke for the Public Works
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Committee, noting that the tiny homes project is almost complete. He also provided information about various smaller county purchases.
Rep. Michelle Catan (District No. 4, Town of Oneonta) spoke on behalf of the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. She stated that numerous grants were extended in support of the county Board of Elections. A resolution also passed the committee to establish the Otsego County America 250 Commission, to begin preparations for the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.
Rep. Adrienne Martini (District No. 12, City of Oneonta Wards Three and Four) spoke for the Health and Human Services Committee. She acknowledged the committee’s support for hiring more county social workers and put forth a resolution to permit further hiring. Martini also delivered a grim report regarding future county financing, following the federal spending cuts recently passed into law:
“According to NYSAC [New York State Association of Counties], if the SNAP—which is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—if those cuts go through, which it looks like so far they are, the additional cost to the county will be $1.4 million.”
Rep. David Bliss (District No. 7, Cherry Valley, Middlefield, Roseboom) spoke for the Solid Waste and Environmental Concerns Committee and said there was an ongoing inquiry into the money FEMA was supposed to supply to Pittsfield for flood recovery. There are still no certain answers on where
the funds are, Bliss said. The board then moved to enter into executive session, which lasted nearly three hours before returning to open session. Brief reports were given from special committees, and County Administrator Steve Wilson detailed that 44.5 percent of the total annual budget has been consumed so far this fiscal year, leaving $91 million for the county to spend.
A slew of resolutions was brought to the board, with Resolutions 264 and 266 being pulled for closer review, respectively. Board Chair Frazier pulled 264 to acknowledge its importance as a measure to set expectations for the development of Otsego County’s 2026 budget:
“This is an attempt to fix some of the loopholes and problems from the past … I think a lot of times we go through a consent agenda, there’s a lot of stuff we just kind of breeze through. I just didn’t feel that breezing through this was appropriate. I think budget is our biggest responsibility as representatives.” The meeting rounded out with a brief acknowledgement of Resolution 266, which officially establishes a film policy for Otsego County, an endeavor that has been in progress for quite some time, officials said. The next Otsego County Board of Representatives meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 6. Otsego County Board of Representative schedules, agendas, minutes and local laws can be found online at https:// www.otsegocountyny. gov/legislature/board_ of_representatives_/ documents.php. Board and committee meetings can be viewed at https:// www.facebook.com/ otsegocountynewyork.
sional advancement.
In the 1960s, she diligently studied shorthand and typing, which was the beginning of her hardworking career as a valued secretary. It didn’t take her long to transition from a secretary to an assistant in the graduate program at the Fenimore House in Cooperstown. Her thirst for knowledge continued, leading her to become a certified financial planner and a successful real estate agent—a testament to her keen intellect and unwavering resolve.
Beyond her impressive professional achievements, Dottie was known for her vibrant spirit and warm heart. She was truly one of the most loyal and funloving friends anyone could wish for. As a devoted mother, she tirelessly strived to provide the best for her children, always encouraging and supporting them.
Even with her demanding career, Dottie never stopped adding to her extensive list of hobbies and adventures. She embraced horseback riding, golf, tennis and bridge with enthusiasm. Her annual trips with her beloved girlfriends were legendary, leading to
thrilling escapades that ranged from zip-lining in the jungle to parasailing in tropical paradises. Her exquisite beauty and meticulous attention to always looking perfectly “put together” were qualities that never went unnoticed.
Dottie Gebbia lived a life truly to its fullest, filled with purpose, joy and a deep commitment to those she loved. Her indomitable spirit, infectious laughter and enduring kindness will be profoundly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing her.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made
in Dottie’s memory to a Parkinson’s research charity of your choice, such as The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research or the American Parkinson Disease Association, to support vital research in the fight against Parkinson’s disease.
William Ralston
1949-2025
COOPERSTOWN –
William “Bill” Ralston, 76, of Cooperstown, passed away suddenly on July 4, 2025.
Please join family and friends for a celebration of life on Sunday, July 13, 2025 from 1-
4 p.m. at Templeton Hall, 63 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown. All are welcome.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Habitat for Humanity of Otsego County, 403-B Chestnut Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 or Friends of the Parks, PO Box 1008, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Digital photos of Bill may be e-mailed to rzwalker2@clarityconnect.com for a slide show during the celebration. A complete obituary will follow.
Arrangements are with the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home in Cooperstown.
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DOTTIE GEBBIA
Photo provided WILLIAM RALSTON
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meaningful together. The Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce is here not only to support our business community but to help connect people. We want to ensure that everyone—from baseball families visiting for the weekend to longtime
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Notice of formatioN of White Pine Acres LLC
Art. of org filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) 05/22/2025.
Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail a copy of process to 37 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown NY 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Name:
Clover Field Landscapes, LLC
Articles of organization of Clover Field Landscapes, LLC were filed with the New York Secretary of State (SSNY) on May 14, 2025. The office location is Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to 809 Co. Hwy. 22, Burlington Flatts, N.Y. 13318. The LLC purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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Notice of formatioN of FST PROPERTIES LLC. Filed with SSNY on 06/11/2025. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 42 MEDALLION DR, OTEGO, NY 13825. Purpose: Any Lawful.
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Notice of formatioN of HOLLY HOPS FLOWER FARM LLC
Arts. of org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/25. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 8200 W. Lake Dr., W. Palm Beach, FL 33406. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY)
residents who’ve seen the town grow—feels a sense of belonging and pride.
As I find my footing in this new role, please know how excited I am for the road ahead. I look forward to supporting the initiatives that matter most, and helping make Cooperstown an even stronger, more connected community. Here’s to a great summer ahead! Deanna Smith is the operations coordinator for the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce.
on March 14th, 2025.
Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Caleb Ley Backus, 190 Butternut Rd Unadilla, NY 13849.
Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cooperstown will hold the following public hearings in the Village Office Building, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York on Monday, July 28th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as can be heard, to discuss the following:
proposed Local Law No. 7 of 2025 - amend Section 178-1 outdoor eating areas – permit lawfully existing restaurants in the commercial district to have outdoor eating areas in accordance with the regulations in this chapter
proposed Local Law No. 8 of 2025 - amend Section 270-13 (a) designate 2hours parking in doubleday field parking Loteast- six spaces on the eastern side of the parking lot beginning seven parking spaces south of the main Street entrance and deleting (G) designating 1-hour parking
Dated: July 8th, 2025
By order of the Village Board Village of Cooperstown
Jenna L. Utter, RMC Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown 22 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 (607) 547-2411 (phone) jutter@cooperstownny.org
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Hat Trick Homes, LLC, a Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on June 30, 2025. NY office Location: OTSEGO County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served upon him/her to: C/O Hat Trick Homes, LLC, 31 Pioneer Street, Suite 3, Cooperstown, NY 13326. General Purposes. 6LegalAug.14
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proposed Local Law No. 9 of 2025 - amend Section 27014(a) amend accessible spaces to include the two parking spaces on the east side of fair Street immediately south of Stagecoach Lane with a two-hour time limit and be restricted to Village Hall use Any resident of the Village of Cooperstown is entitled to be heard upon said local at such public hearings. Disabled citizens, who require assistance in attending said public hearing, or in furnishing comments or suggestions, should contact the Village Clerk to request assistance. Copies of the proposed local law is available for inspection at the Village Clerk’s office, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Articles of org. filed with NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on
6/30/25. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. as agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 5445 Rt. 67, East Durham, NY 12423. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business loc: 9 Elm St., Worcester, NY 12197.
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Name:
TIM ELLIS & SON GENERAL CONTRACTING LLC.
Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 July 2025. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 341 Morton Road, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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Name:
TITCHENERS LLC.
Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 July 2025. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 15 South Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.
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Sky Is Falling.” No one seemed to know how to respond. Not so Rhonda and Doug Willies. They contacted one of the leading experts on lake science, Kiyoko Yokota, who happens to be a biology professor at SUNY Oneonta, and they, at their own expense and initiative, began collecting samples of suspected “blooms” to send to a certified lab to be tested. When the results came back positive, the Willies came up with a plan of action: to gather the various lake groups and organizations together to devise a state approved and funded plan to address the increasing threat of HABs to the lake’s ecosystem, to wildlife, pets and humans. Including humans that swim in the lake or occasionally fall out of rowing shells.
The conventional wisdom is that, when faced with a crisis, people will rise up to address it. The unconventional truth is that never happens— it’s always someone or some-ones that are wise enough, far-sighted enough, and courageous enough to actually do something. In this case, when Otsego got HABs, we were all fortunate enough to get the Willies to do something about it.
To fund and organize this effort, the Willies recruited Jeff Katz, Harry Levine and the Community Foundation of Otsego County, along with donors Lou Allstadt, Melinda Hardin, Lou Hager, Michael and Cory Moffat, the Howarths, Waldo and Candy Johnston, Nancy Northrup and other folks (including some random dude that occasionally falls out of a rowing shell) that don’t want to
see Otsego Lake turn into pea soup. If you prefer your pea soup in a bowl, please donate to the lake fund at the Community Foundation and keep Otsego clear. www.cfotsego.org.
Chip Northrup
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great community event, and combining the Repair Café with the farmers’ market is a good fit.”
The Repair Café concept was developed by Martine Postma in the Netherlands in 2009, and now there are more than 4,300 communityrun Repair Cafés around the world. Repair Cafés build community and promote repairing items instead of throwing them out, thereby decreasing the materials added to landfills every year. For more information on the Cooperstown Repair Café, or to volunteer to be a repair coach, visit https:// www.otsego2000.org/ repaircafe or call (607) 547-8881.
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We got out of the taxi with our heads cocked and strutted across the street like millionaires. The crossing guard with her white belt, pea coat and cap—and a mouth full of chewing gum— yelled, “Wow! A taxi to school!” It made me feel like a celebrity. “Now, don’t ya be taken any wooden nickels!” my father called to Bugsy’s delight.
Then he ground the transmission into first gear. The DeSoto, with a bow of letters spelling out Sky View on the door, pulled away and headed for Manhattan,
where it would ferry people around town until about eight in the evening when Dad would head home—with tomorrow’s dime safely secured in the leather change sack.
The above story is an excerpt from Terry Berkson’s 200-page book, “Corvette Odyssey,” which describes his yearlong obsessive search for a stolen Corvette. The book has received great reviews: “Engaging intrigue on dangerous turf,” says Car and Driver. “Highly recommended,” by Library Journal.
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a former member of the Special Investigation Unit in White Plains, New York, was deeply committed to public service and to making his community a safer place. According to officials, his legacy lives on through this scholarship, awarded annually to a graduating OHS senior who exemplifies Parisian’s values, integrity, kindness, courage and compassion.
Unlike traditional scholarships, students cannot apply for this award. Instead, faculty and staff at Oneonta High School nominate students who meet a set of criteria reflecting Parisian’s character, including respect for others, honesty, responsibility, loyalty, pursuit of excellence, and good citizenship.
The scholarship provides $2,000.00 per semester, up to $4,000.00 per academic year, toward undergraduate study. Recipients who continue their education full time in a graduate program may also request additional financial support from the foundation, officials said.
Tubia joins a distinguished group of past
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Association To Unveil Restored Cemetery Gate This Sunday
By CASPAR EWIG FLY CREEK
On Sunday, July 13, the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery Association will hold a celebration commemorating the 150th anniversary of the cemetery and the reinstallation of the ornate wrought-iron archway that had been removed last November for refurbishing. The celebration will take place on the cemetery grounds, which will ultimately be transformed into a park with the refurbished archway as its focus.
“The event will go forward, rain or shine, and we’ve got pop-up tents to shield all participants either from the sun or rain,” said Christine Olsen, president of the cemetery association.
One of the features of the celebration will be a self-guided tour of the gravesites and mausoleums of famous and notable persons buried in the cemetery. The idea of a self-guided tour was the brainchild of Olsen and Irene Dusenbery.
“There are a number of interesting persons buried in Fly Creek,” Olsen noted, “and
recipients who have gone on to lead lives of impact, purpose, and service, according to Brower. The scholarship was formally presented during the OHS graduation ceremony last month.
“The Ricky J. Parisian Memorial Scholarship Foundation extends its heartfelt congratulations to Tanner and his family on this well-deserved honor,” the press release reads.
their gravesites will be marked by a red balloon. The visitor will be given a handout in which Irene has provided a short biography of [the grave’s] occupant.”
The cemetery archway will no longer act as a functioning entryway, but rather will be relocated in the grassy park area and stand as a memorial.
As Olsen pointed out, “The gate is really too narrow for today’s automobile and would only have been exposed to extra damage if it had been replaced at the original entrance.”
Readers of “The Freeman’s Journal” will recollect that the paper covered the removal of the archway in November of last year (https://www. allotsego.com/cemeterygate-restoration-getsunderway-this-week/).
At that time, Jeffrey McCormack, a local contractor, took possession of the gate for the purpose of restoring it to its former glory.
“That was quite an undertaking,” recalled
McCormack.
“First,” he said, “we sandblasted what must have been close to 20 different layers of paint.”
In addition, it became apparent during the restoration that two broken castings had to be repaired.
“We were lucky in that we were able to reverse two of the same unbroken castings from the other side of the gate and [located] a foundry able to recreate the broken ones,” McCormack said.
The archway project has cost the cemetery association $13,500.00, according to officials. The project was jumpstarted with a bequest of $5,000.00 and, with interim donations, $6,000.00 of the renewal cost remains outstanding. For those interested, a tax-deductible contribution can be made payable to the Archway Restoration Fund and forwarded to FCVCA, PO Box 93, Fly Creek, New York 13337.
CONCERT DATES
July 7: The Pelotones (Swing Jazz Duo)
July 14: Drew Frech Duo (Early Jazz on Vintage Banjos)
July 21: Ruzich-Scranton Duo (Jazz Guitar Vocals and Bass)
July 28: Island Hoppers (Caribbean Steel Drum Quartet)
August 4: Trio 315 (Classic and Contemporary Jazz Trio)
August 11: Romantic Summer Strings (Popular Melodies and Classics)
August 18: Dennis Turechek, Classical Guitar (Great American Song Book)
August 25: Contrasonics (Old-Time Folk Music: Fiddles, Vocals, Keyboard)
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Milford Men in the 121st NY Regiment
Greater Milford Historical Association 77 North Main Street, Milford Sunday, July 13, 2025 at Noon Frank R. Antonucci
The 121st New York Volunteer Regiment, drawn from Otsego and Herkimer counties, entered United States service on August 23, 1862. Forty-two men from Milford served in this regiment and Company I was led by carriage-makers John S. Kidder (32) of Laurens and James W. Cronkite (21) of Portlandville. Over the course of the war, the regiment fought with distinction in 25 battles, from Antietam and Gettysburg to the final engagement at Appomattox. Their disastrous “baptism of fire” came at Salem Church, Virginia on May 3, 1863, where 62% of the regiment were killed, wounded or missing. The 121st NY’s wartime experience and the memorialization of their record at Gettysburg, will be discussed.
Mustered in Aug. 23, 1862. Officers 30, men 910. Joined by transfer, recruits etc. officers 21, men 425. Casualties Killed and mortally wounded, officers 14, men 212. Wounded, officers 27, men 596. Died of disease officers 4, men 117. Discharged
Meadow Links Golf Pavilion
►Friday, July
7:45-8:45 a.m.
breakfast for children aged 18 and under.
available for purchase. Available Monday to Friday through August 15. Unatego Elementary School, 265 Main Street, Unadilla.
BLOOD DRIVE
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pathfinder Village, 3 Chenango Road, Edmeston. (800) 733-2767 or RedCrossBlood.org
CRAFT 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Knitting/Crochet. Held Fridays at 11 a.m. and Tuesdays at 5 p.m. in July. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main Street, Richfield Springs. (315) 858-0230. STORY TIME Noon. Stories come alive. Held Fridays in July. Richfield Springs Public Library, 102 Main Street, Richfield Springs. (315) 858-0230. BBQ 4:30-6 p.m. Brooks’ BBQ Chicken Dinner. Fees apply; pre-order requested. First Baptist Church of Cooperstown, 21 Elm Street, Cooperstown. baptistcooperstown@gmail.com.
OPENING RECEP-
TION 5-7 p.m. “Preview Party: 90th Annual National Exhibition.” Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 547-9777.
LIVE MUSIC
5:30-7 p.m. Rich Mollin Group. Free. Al Gallodoro Memorial Stage, Muller Plaza, Main Street, Oneonta.
FIRE PIT FRIDAYS
6-10 p.m. Live music, food and more. Featuring music by FNTR. The Tap House, Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown. (607) 5441800.
CONCERT 7 p.m.
“American Songbook with a Twist: Exploring the Folk Revival of the 1960s and 2020s.” Dunderberg Gallery, 136 Marion Avenue, Gilbertsville. (607) 7832010.
CONTRADANCE
7 p.m. Community dance featuring live music by the Men in Black with caller Ted Crane. Presented by the Otsego Dance Society. Beaver Valley Campsites Event Hall, 138 Towers Road, Hartwick. (607) 433-6613.
OPERA 7:30 p.m.
“Tosca.” Music by Giacomo Puccini; libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. Follows the heroine as she saves her lover from a corrupt chief of police, but at what price? Presented by the Glimmerglass Festival. Alice Busch Opera Theater, 7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 3543079.
THEATER 7:30 p.m.
“Kimberly Akimbo” by David Lindsay-Abaire. Presented by the Franklin Stage Company. The story of a teenager navigating adolescence, despite a rare condition that causes her to age rapidly. Free. Continues at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on 7/12 and at 5 p.m. on 7/13. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute Street, Franklin. (607) 829-3700.
►Saturday, July 12
DEADLINE Last day to register a child for the Kids Art Camp with Lexi LeRoux. Held 7/14 through 7/18. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5479777.
CLEAN-UP 8 a.m. to noon. 8th Annual Susquehanna River Clean-Up. Compton Bridge, 184 County Highway 11C, Cooperstown. (607) 547-4488.
CARNIVAL 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Annual Unadilla Carnival of Sales.” Vendors, food trucks, book sale, yard sales, music and more. Held rain or shine. Main Street, Unadilla.
FAIR 10 a.m. “Otsego County Fair Entry Workshop.” Martin Hall, Otsego County Fairgrounds, 48 Lake Street, Morris. Tla47@cornell. edu.
LIVE MUSIC 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Music at the Market: Dan Martin and Tim Iverson. Huntington Park, Wall Street, Oneonta.
POTTERY 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Underglaze Workshop.” Two-day class covering a glazing technique for detailed pottery decoration. Fees apply; registration required. Continues 7/19. The Smithy Clay Studio, 1 Otsego Court, Cooperstown. Gallery@SmithyArts.org.
WORKSHOP 10 a.m. to noon. “Gel Printing Workshop.” Fees apply; registration required. Huntington Memorial Library, 62 Chestnut Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-1980.
MAKERS MARKET
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Summer Market.” Markets held 2nd Saturday of each month. Southside Mall, 5006 State Highway 23, Oneonta. (607) 4324401.
WORKSHOP 10 a.m. to noon. “Native Lifeways Workshop: Processing Clay and Sculpting Animal Figures.” Registration required. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-1400.
BUDDHIST
10:30 a.m. to noon and 2:30-4 p.m. “Buddhist Arts and Sciences Summer Immersion: Trinley Nyingpo—Empowerment and Teachings.” Fees apply; registration required. Lunch included. Samye New York, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. (607) 547-5051.
PLANETARIUM Family-friendly shows, open to the public. Fees apply. SUNY Oneonta Planetarium, Perna Science Building, Room 018A, Oneonta. (607) 4362011.
• 10:30 a.m. “Worlds of Curiosity.”
• 11:30 a.m. “The Sky Tonight.”
CHICKEN BBQ
11 a.m. Unadilla Fire Department Chicken BBQ. Food, raffles and more. Fees apply. Community Field, Unadilla. (607) 3699150.
BASEBALL 1 p.m.
“Don Drysdale: Up and In” by Mark Whicker. Author discusses his work and answers questions. Bullpen Theater, Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main Street, Cooperstown. (607) 5477200.
ART LECTURE
2-3:30 p.m. “The Power of Photography: A Talk and Book Signing by Peter Fetterman.” Registration required. Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Highway 80, Cooperstown, (607) 5471400.
LIVE MUSIC
4-5:30 p.m. Mad Heed. Free. Al Gallodoro Memorial Stage, Muller Plaza, Main Street, Oneonta.
BENEFIT 4 p.m. “Barn Dance & BBQ.” Fees apply; dinner included. Proceeds benefit Athelas Therapeutic Riding Inc. Northfield Farm, 1179 County Highway 5, Otego. (607) 783-2321.
CONCERT 4 p.m.
Honest Brook Music Festival. Featuring cellist Anita Graef and pianist Nathan Canfield. Fees apply; registration required. The Barn, 1885 Honest Brook Road, Delhi. (607) 746-3770.
OPENING RECEP-
TION 5 p.m. “Schools of Rock: Music at Oneonta’s Colleges in the Age of Woodstock.” Explore the many musicians that came from and to Oneonta in the 1960s and 1970s and beyond to perform at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Reception includes light hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine (21+). Free; open to the public. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960.
OPERA 7:30 p.m. “Sunday in the Park with George.” Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine. A dazzling exploration of life, love and the relentless drive to create. Tickets required. Presented by The Glimmerglass Festival. Alice Busch Opera Theater, 7300 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 547-2255.
►Sunday, July 13
ANNIVERSARY
10 a.m. to 10 p.m. “150th Anniversary Celebration.” Presented by the Town of Middlefield Historical Association. Presentations, vendors, live entertainment, ice cream social and more. Includes fireworks at 9:30 p.m. District 1 Old Middlefield Schoolhouse, 3698 County Highway 35, Cooperstown. (607) 547-9515.
MEDITATION
11 a.m. “Sundays at Samye: The Practical Bodhisattva—How to Be a Spiritual Hero in Everyday Life.” Meditation, study and discussion. Held Sundays through 12/21. Samye New York, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. (607) 5475051.
DERBY Noon to 3 p.m. “Cullman Derby Days 2025.” Participants design, build and race gravity-powered cars down the track. Denton Reed Recreation Park, 47 Clifton Street, Unadilla.
PRESENTATION
1-3 p.m. “Local Offerings.” Featuring Bright Hill poets. Part of the Swart-Wilcox House Museum Summer Sunday Series. Free and open to the public; accessible facilities. Bring own folding lawn chair. Front lawn of the Swart-Wilcox House
Museum, Wilcox Avenue, Oneonta.
COMMUNITY 1-5 p.m.
Free concerts, workshops and art on the second Sunday of each month. This month featuring Tami Hart performing at 2 p.m. West Kortright Center, 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith. (607) 278-5454.
CELEBRATION 2 p.m.
“150th Anniversary Celebration and Refurbished Archway Installation.” Fly Creek Valley Cemetery, 140 Cemetery Road, Fly Creek. (607) 434-9499.
CONSERVATION
2 p.m. “Turning Stone: A Presentation on Macroinvertebrates with Aquatic Ecologist Declan McCabe.” View a slide show and live aquatic macroinvertebrates. Free; registration required. Presented by the Otsego County Conservation Association in collaboration with the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station. Held at the BFS campus, 5838 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 5474488.
TOUR 3 p.m. Fly Creek Walking Tour. Led by Dr. Cindy Falk, assistant dean of graduate studies at SUNY Oneonta. Tour will highlight the community spaces that enlivened the hamlet over the years. Fees apply; registration required. Fly Creek. (607) 547-8881.
GATHERING 4 p.m. “A Community Gathering on Caregiving and End of Life Care.” Presented by Helios Care and Samye New York. Refreshments to follow at 6 p.m. Free; registration required. Origins Café, 558 Beaver Meadow Road, Cooperstown.
►Monday, July 14
DEADLINE Last day to register for “Summer Camp Forget-Me-Not.” A safe place for children who have experienced the death of a loved one to make new friends, share big feelings and learn how to cope with grief. Held 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 7/24. Free. Presented by Helios Care at the Townsend Elementary School, 42-66 North Street, Walton. (607) 4325525.
WALKING CLUB
8 a.m. Held each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through 9/3. All fitness levels welcome. Harris Memorial Library, 334 Main Street, Otego. (607) 988-6661.
STEAM 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “STEAM 3.0: Revenge of the Arts Summer Experience.” Immersive week-long experience open to students in grades 4-7. Fees apply; registration required. Fenimore Farm and Country Village,
5775 State Highway 80, Cooperstown. (607) 5471450.
BUDDHIST
10:30 a.m. to noon and 2:30-4 p.m. “Buddhist Arts and Sciences Summer Immersion: Entry into the Mahayana Path.” Continues through 7/25. Fees apply; registration required. Lunch included. Samye New York, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooperstown. (607) 5475051.
CONNECTIONS
11 a.m. “Alzheimer’s Support Group.” Connections at Clark Sports Center, 124 County Route 52, Cooperstown. FOOD 11 a.m. “Free Summer Food Program.” All kids and teens under 18 eat lunch at no cost. Held Monday-Friday through 8/22. Greater Plains School, 60 West End Avenue #1, Oneonta; and at Wilber Park Pool, 1 Wilber Park Drive, Oneonta. (607) 4320061.
SENIOR MEALS Seniors are invited to enjoy a delicious meal MondayFriday. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors, $11 for guests accompanying a senior. Today, enjoy a lunch of chicken burrito bowl over rice, pinto beans and peaches. (607) 547-6454. • 11:30 a.m. Each Monday-Friday. Nader Towers Housing, 2 Mitchell Street, Oneonta. • Noon. Each Monday and Wednesday. Cherry Valley Facilities Corporation Café, 2 Genesee Street, Cherry Valley. CONCERT 5:30 p.m. Pathfinder Arts in the Community Concert. Live performance by K.O. Grainger. Free and open to the public. Pathfinder Village Pavilion, 3 Chenango Road, Edmeston. (607) 965-8377. MUSIC 6-8 p.m. “Collective Music Workshop.” Presented by Wyatt Ambrose. Fees apply; registration required. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080.
BASEBALL 7 p.m. Oneonta Outlaws vs. Boonville Lumberjacks. Damaschke Field, Neahwa Park, 15 James Georgeson Avenue, Oneonta. (607) 4330545.
CONCERT 7 p.m. Music at Meadow Links: Drew French Duo. Early jazz on vintage banjos. Free; held rain or shine. Dogs on leashes welcome. Meadow Links Golf Pavilion, 476 County Road 27, Richfield Springs.
