It has been a really nice summer, but before we know it, chillier weather will be here.
Before it gets too cold, and there is less to do in the area, we recommend getting out and about. There are a lot of community events planned this weekend, so get out and enjoy at least one of them.
This weekend, The Farmers’ Museum will host its 34th annual Harvest Festival. The event will feature a wide range of performers, artisans and exhibitors. Festivities will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the museum.
Throughout the weekend, visitors can enjoy free carousel rides, experience spinning and fiber art demonstrations, see alpaca and canine agility demonstrations, take horse-drawn wagon rides, participate in craft activities for the entire family and much more. New this year will be a magic demonstration and the creation of handmade, traditional silhouette portraits of visitors.
This year, free admission to the Fenimore Art Museum is offered to anyone with a Harvest Festival wristband
To view a full listing of activities, visit FarmersMuseum.org/harvest. Admission is $12 for adults, $10.50 for senior citizens and $6 for children ages 7 to 12. Children younger than 7 will be admitted free.
The 16th annual Cooperstown Rotary Club AppleFest will be held at the Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard this weekend. Festivities will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Saturday and noon until 5 p.m. on Sunday.
A Rotary tent will feature face and pumpkin painting for children, a coloring contest for grades pre-K through 4, and a chance for visitors to build their own scarecrow. As part of Cooperstown Rotary Club’s literacy drive, all children visiting the Storytelling Tent will receive a free book.
There will be a kid’s corner that will include a bouncy house, and new this year, a dime toss.
The Rotary’s apple baking contest will be held from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The annual Susquehanna Valley Garlic Festival will be held Saturday. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Woodbull Antiques on Route 28 just north of Milford. It will feature garlic varieties from around the world all grown locally. There will also be local musicians, face paintings and children’s activities all day. For more information, visit svgarlicfestival.com.
Our Opinion
September 13, 2012
Enjoy the weekend events
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- Hopefully HOF Classic date change is a hit The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual seven-inning exhibition game has seen a drop in attendance in the last couple of year. The Hall of Fame Classic began as a Father’s Day event, was then moved to the Saturday before the holiday, and is now being held on Memorial Day Weekend.
- Congratulations Cooperstown softball It is hard to believe that Cooperstown's softball team had never won a division or playoff title until this week.
- Happy CYB has found a home Cooperstown Youth Baseball has finally found a home. However, it is a bit sad it could not be in the village that is often referred to as the "home of baseball."
- Change is never taken lightly We are glad the Cooperstown Central School Board finally chose a nickname, but were surprised by the plummeting attendance rate at meetings pertaining to the matter. What seemed to be a hot-button issue attracting nearly 100 people for and against a name change at initial meetings seemed to simmer to complete no shows toward the end.
- Tax cap is deceiving As if figuring out one's tax bill isn't mind boggling enough. In its second year of implantation, the 2 percent limit on property tax increases makes things all that more complicated. One cannot just assume his or her individual taxes will not increase more than the cap threshold.
- Earth Festival is a good start to spring We hope Mother Nature brings us some sunshine and spring weather this weekend. But if not, there is a predominantly inside event coming up that should help get visitors thinking about spring.
- Education heading in wrong direction It is good to see that with teachers changing their curriculums to teach for the Common Core State Standards that there is still some hands-on learning going on locally.
- Good luck, Tommy Perhaps the third time will be the "charm" for Cooperstown Central School seventh-grader Tommy Knight.
- Eliminate the gap elimination adjustment Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's promise in his budget address to increase funding for education, local school officials are saying they are not receiving enough state aid to fund even basic services.
- Groff is off to good start Former Cooperstown Central School student and athlete Sarah Groff visited Cooperstown in November to share her dream of making it to the Olympics. She had just missed the podium at the London Games.
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