Canajoharie and Montgomery County update new state Sen. Michelle Hinchey on development projects | The Daily Gazette
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Projects designed to boost development in Canajoharie and greater Montgomery County were the focus of a meeting Friday at the Canajoharie Fire House.
Local officials delivered a rundown of plans for the former Beech-Nut factory at Exit 29 as well as an update on an ongoing project with the New York Power Authority to install LED street lights this summer in the village, which will own the lights outright, according to officials.
Mayor Jeff Baker shared information about progress with local officials and state Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-46th state Senate District, the first-term senator in the district.
On Exhibit: Winslow Homer paintings part of Arkell Museum reopening in Canajoharie | The Daily Gazette
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On left, Canajoharie about 1780, by Edward Buyck. On right, On the West Wind, by Charles H. Davis.
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CANAJOHARIE – The Arkell Museum reopened earlier this month with a handful of exhibits, ranging from key works by Winslow Homer to political cartoons dating back to the late 19th century.
In the former exhibit, titled “Arkell’s Inspiration: Art for the People,” seven Homer paintings stretch out across one wall of the museum’s original art gallery. It’s the first time in several years that they’ve been featured at the museum together.
Published Feb. 25, 2021 in Outlook “Forty five minutes due west of the Capital District and just two seconds off the Thruway, that’s where you’ll find us…
Feb 24, 2021 Winter by Gari Melchers courtesy of Gari Melchers Home and Studio
In 1900, Rudolph Mosse purchased the painting, Winter by Gari Melchers at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition. Mosse was a prominent publisher and philanthropist in Germany building an empire that made his family one of the wealthiest in Berlin.
When Rudolph died in 1920, his sole heir was his daughter Felicia Lachmann-Mosse and her husband Hans Lachmann-Mosse became the publisher of the company s flagship newspaper, the
Berliner Tageblatt. The newspaper was an outspoken critic of the Nazi Party and Adolf Hitler, which made the Lachmann-Mosse family a symbol of the Jewish press. In 1933, three months after Hitler s rise to power, Hans-Lachmann Mosse and many of the company s leading Jewish staff members were forced to flee the country. The Nazi regime took control of the family property, including the Rudolph Mosse Company, the
Feb 13, 2021
Manager Terry Prentice accepted the Fulton County Business Partner of the Year from the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce on behalf of Electro-Metrics Corporation. (Photo submitted)
The Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its annual celebration “Cheers to Business” as a virtual event.
The most exciting highlight, the chamber’s business awards, continued virtually as we prioritize to support our members through this unprecedented time.
Another highlight was a virtual raffle on the platform Onecause.com.Â
This raffle played an important piece in the Chamber’s year, as revenue raised will help continue to support the Chamber’s mission, which includes: