COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

3-05-10

MAPLING TIME:  With the thaw comes Sugaring Off Sundays, held 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sunday in March, plus Easter, April 4, at The Farmers Museum.  It features pancakes, syrup, plus The Empire State Carousel and historical exhibits.

CAFE CLOSED:  That Main Street mainstay, The Doubleday Cafe, is closed through March for spring cleaning and repairs.  It will reopen at 7 a.m. Thursday, April 1.

STUDENT ART: “An Artistic Discovery,” the Congressional Art Competition for Otsego County High School students, opens with a reception 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 6, at the Cooperstown Art Association.

WIN A BASKET:  Decorative baskets, on display now at NBT’s northern Otsego branches, are being raffled March 31 to benefit the Susquehanna SPCA.  Tickets $1, or $6 for five.  Check ‘em out.

FIND MONEY: A two-session grant-writing workshop is 3-5:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 11 and 18, at Cooperative Extension of Otsego County, Cooperstown.  To register, call 434-8254 or e-mail hodnekevin@yahoo.com.

SPONSORS SOUGHT:  The PTO’s Crayon Carnival & Stroll of Nations is coming up Saturday, March 27, at CCS.  To be a sponsor, call Peg Odell, 544-1123.

The Freeman’s Journal
CCS junior Georgia Hren-Saphier picks her bowl, soon to be soup-filled, at the Empty Bowls Luncheon Saturday, Feb. 27, at Hoffman Lane Bistro.  Almost 300 bowls were sold at $15 apiece, to benefit the Cooperstown Food Bank.