Exploring the arts, entertainment
and heritage of our region.
Thanks for traveling with us, Sharry & Lance
2007 Mazda
one of the many pre-owned vehicles at Herkimer Skinner
Or write:
MV Living
30 Kellogg Street
Clinton, NY 13323
or call 315-853-7133
Episode #245 December 6, 2009
Winter has finally descended on the Mohawk Valley. It looks like a picture postcard out the windows this morning. We're looking forward to some new winter adventures this year and hope you are, too. A guess it's time to dig out and dust off the skis!
Deansboro Superette
Daily Lunch specials
841-4377
Malio Cooks Up a Christmas Eve Entree Linguini with
Anchovy Sauce
2005 Sierra 1500
Very clean -one owner!
Ready for winter
Now only! $17995
A New Hike, Bike, and Ski Trail
in Old Forge
There's a new trail that takes you from the village of Old Forge (trail head just behind the school) to the McCauley Mountain Ski Area. This trail is for hiking, biking and cross country skiing. It takes you along an old tow path used by downhill skiers in the 1930s & 40s, before the McCauley Mountain was established. You can see some old downhill ski equipment along your hike, like an old truck that was retrofitting with a shive to tow skier up the hill so they could ski back into town. Die-hard skier would hike beyond the tow hill to McCauley, carrying their skis on their backs.
Polar Bear Ski Club Annual Consignment Ski and Pre-season Pass Sale
Saturday, Nov. 7th 9am-noon
McCauley Mountain Ski Area, Old Forge
Shop the Village
of
Clinton
Fenimore Art Museum's
Thaw Collection of American Art
The American Indian Wing of the Fenimore Art Museum was designed to house the extraordinary gift from Eugene and Clare Thaw of their collection of American Indian Art. It is widely recognized as one of the most important collection of this type in the world.
Fenimore Art Museum
October 13 - December 31
Open Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Closed Mondays
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas
The Goodyear family donated some of their land on the shore of Otsego Lake to Glimmerglass Opera and also to SUNY Oneonta as a field station. The GoodYear Swamp Sanctuary is open to the public dawn to dusk. There are five acres of wetlands with developed trails and boardwalks and a guide book available at the trail head sign in.
Festival of TreesSunday Dec. 6th
& Dec. 11,12,13
at the Dolgeville Mill
The Town of Middlefield is located in the heart of the Leatherstocking Region of New York State. It runs along the east side of Otsego Lake, a gently hilly area divided by the meandering Cherry Valley Creek and Red Creek as they wind their way to the Susquehanna River.
The early nineteenth century saw some significant business activity in the town. In 1815 the Phoenix cotton mill was established and its original building was replaced in 1835 by a stone building. It became a woolen mill about 1866. Middlefield Center became home to a shoe last factory which was one of the largest in New York State.
Despite all this business activity, though, argriculture remained the backbone of the economy. The early settlers grew a variety of grains, particularly wheat, for sale. However, as the 1820s dawned, farming began to steadily convert to dairying and its ancillary products such as cheese making. This diversity in agriculture almost completely vanished as hop growing mania swept Otsego County.
Old District No. 1 Schoolhouse
Christmas
at the Schoolhouse
Open House
Sunday, Dec 6th 1-4pm
Free admission with donation of hat, mittens, or a canned food item
The home of Jan and Barb Bartow is transformed every fall into A Dickens of a Christmas. The c.1810 Jedediah North house is filled to the brim with holiday merchandise.
Open Wed -Sun 10-5pm 3643 Hwy. 35, Middlefield
Growing up in East Utica, Malio always looked forward to Christmas Eve dinner, when his family would prepare special seafood dishes. (7 or 13 of them) His favorite to this day is Linguini with Anchovy Sauce
Malio Book Signings
Sunday, Dec. 6th 1-3pm
Sons of Italy, Bleecker, Utica
Sat., Dec 12 11-1,
Shoppes at Finish Line,
Court, Utica
Oneida Area Civic Chorale
Christmas Concert
Sunday, Dec. 6th at 4:00
VVS High School, Verona
www.oneidachorale.com
B Sharp Musical Club
presents
a Free Concert
Wed., Dec 9th at 11:30am
Presbyterian Church, New Hartford
Road Trip to North Brookfield
The Town of Brookfield Historical Society has many hop-picking artifacts. It also has a one room school house next door, typical of the schools at the turn of the last century. You can also find information about the Loomis Gang who used to smuggle horses through 9-Mile Swamp that runs right through North Brookfield.
North Brookfield "Mall" -Kling's MillsWhether its groceries, tools, feed, repairs, or a bite to eat -Kling's Mills has it all. Operated by the Beach family, this old feed mill is situated near the once bustling DL&W Railroad
Most general store -Kling's Mills has it all, including Richard's weaknesses, gravy & biscuits and homemade pie
Szewczyk Dairy Farm
Just beating the coming snow, Hank Szewczyk harvests the last of his soy bean crop in preparation for the upcoming winter. He works with his father on their dairy farm, formerly a hop farm. Rising property costs are making it harder for local farmers to make ends meet.
