Events Calendar
2026 Annual Spring Hawk Watch & Hawk Identification Workshop at Landis Arboretum
Location: The Nicholas J. Juried Meeting House at Landis Registration: Members: $5/person, $15/family; non-members: $15/person, $25/family. Join us for this annual nature event at the Arboretum, a day observing hawks in migration over the Schoharie Valley. We will gather at the Meeting House and hope to see bald eagles, sharp-shinned hawks, osprey, and the longest travelers, broad-winged hawks - among other raptors on the move. The Watch begins at 10:00 AM and continues all day until 4:00 PM - drop in when you can and stay as long as you like. A Hawk Identification Workshop will be held at 2:00 PM. Come for a short while or the whole day. Partial funding for this class provided through a grant from Stewart?s Shops Holiday Match Program. Instructor: George Steele, nature educator
2026 Morning Bird Walk at Landis Arboretum
Location: Meet at the lower Parking Lot Registration: Members: $5/person, $15/family; non-members: $15/person, $25/family Join us from 6:00 - 9:00 am for this always popular Arboretum program. We hope to see or hear over 40 species of birds in the forest, fields, and water areas of Landis. Wear footwear appropriate for muddy conditions. Binoculars will be available. Beginners and experienced birders are welcome. Partial funding for this class provided through a grant from Stewart?s Shops Holiday Match Program. Instructor: George Steele, nature educator
2026 Winter Carnival with the City of Johnstown
Join us Saturday, March 7th at the Recreation Park on the corner of Briggs Street & Jansen Avenue for some LOCAL, FREE, WINTER FUN, right here in the City of Johnstown, New York! 🔥 Welcome Bonfire ? Kick off the ❄️ 2026 Winter Carnival 🎪 at noon and warm up anytime during the event. ⛸️ Ice Skating ? Our new rink is waiting for it's time to shine! Note: Please plan to bring your own equipment for ice skating. 🛷 Sledding Hill ? Who doesn't like sledding down a big pile of snow!?! We will have a handful of donated sleds but feel free to bring your own if you have them. 🎯 Outdoor Games ? Show us your aim with Snowball-Can-Smash and Garbage-Pail-Pong ? just to name a few! ⛄️ Snow Sculpture Gardens ? Come down early and build a snow sculpture ? this tradition started over 50 years ago and we?re bringing it back! We?re hoping for a nice upstate NY winter day with fresh snow ❄️, bluebird skies and lots of sunshine ☀️ ? Bring the family down or have the kids meet up with their friends and enjoy fresh air and good old? fashion FREE outdoor fun ? right here in the City of Johnstown, New York!
2026 Woodcock Search and Sneak-up
Location: Meet at the Farmhouse Registration: Members: $5/person, $15/family; non-members: $15/person, $25/family The American Woodcock is a shorebird that has adapted to upland habitats. In the spring males return to open fields to sing and do an aerial flight display to attract females. Join us from 8:00 - 9:30 PM when we will search for and try to sneak up on singing males and learn about this once in the year behavior. Partial funding for this class provided through a grant from Stewart?s Shops Holiday Match Program. Instructor: George Steele, nature educator
28th Annual Fuel-n-Food 2026 Weekend Long Fishing Contest - 1/3
2026 Contest Starts Friday March 6th at 4pm through to Sunday March 8th until 4pm $40 Entry Fee Fishing judged by length. All Fish measured at ?Wally?s Driftwood Park, Vandenberg Point Road, Mayfield. Measuring station will be open from 7AM -4PM Sat & Sun. Prizes will be given at ?FUEL & FOOD? after 4PM on Sunday. Power Auger and other Prizes will be drawn after cash payouts. No Need to be present to win Power Auger. In case of a tie, first and second place will be added together and divided between the winners! Drawing for 2 Can-am ATV's Prizes: Walleye - 1st, $700 2nd, 500 3rd, $300 5th, $200 6th, $100 Trout - 1st, $300 2nd, $200 3rd, $150 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Northern - 1st, $600 2nd, $400 3rd, $300 4th, $200 5th, $100 6th, $50 Perch - 1st, $400 2nd, $300 3rd, $200 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Plus $50 to the longest non-game fish! To register please drop off or mail in the registration form to Fuel & Food, 3006 St Hwy 30, Gloversville, NY 12078
28th Annual Fuel-n-Food 2026 Weekend Long Fishing Contest - 2/3
2026 Contest Starts Friday March 6th at 4pm through to Sunday March 8th until 4pm $40 Entry Fee Fishing judged by length. All Fish measured at ?Wally?s Driftwood Park, Vandenberg Point Road, Mayfield. Measuring station will be open from 7AM -4PM Sat & Sun. Prizes will be given at ?FUEL & FOOD? after 4PM on Sunday. Power Auger and other Prizes will be drawn after cash payouts. No Need to be present to win Power Auger. In case of a tie, first and second place will be added together and divided between the winners! Drawing for 2 Can-am ATV's Prizes: Walleye - 1st, $700 2nd, 500 3rd, $300 5th, $200 6th, $100 Trout - 1st, $300 2nd, $200 3rd, $150 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Northern - 1st, $600 2nd, $400 3rd, $300 4th, $200 5th, $100 6th, $50 Perch - 1st, $400 2nd, $300 3rd, $200 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Plus $50 to the longest non-game fish! To register please drop off or mail in the registration form to Fuel & Food, 3006 St Hwy 30, Gloversville, NY 12078
28th Annual Fuel-n-Food 2026 Weekend Long Fishing Contest - 3/3
2026 Contest Starts Friday March 6th at 4pm through to Sunday March 8th until 4pm $40 Entry Fee Fishing judged by length. All Fish measured at ?Wally?s Driftwood Park, Vandenberg Point Road, Mayfield. Measuring station will be open from 7AM -4PM Sat & Sun. Prizes will be given at ?FUEL & FOOD? after 4PM on Sunday. Power Auger and other Prizes will be drawn after cash payouts. No Need to be present to win Power Auger. In case of a tie, first and second place will be added together and divided between the winners! Drawing for 2 Can-am ATV's Prizes: Walleye - 1st, $700 2nd, 500 3rd, $300 5th, $200 6th, $100 Trout - 1st, $300 2nd, $200 3rd, $150 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Northern - 1st, $600 2nd, $400 3rd, $300 4th, $200 5th, $100 6th, $50 Perch - 1st, $400 2nd, $300 3rd, $200 4th, $100 5th, $75 6th, $50 Plus $50 to the longest non-game fish! To register please drop off or mail in the registration form to Fuel & Food, 3006 St Hwy 30, Gloversville, NY 12078
4th Annual Golf Tournament Fundraiser for Veteran's Time to Thrive at Amsterdam Municipal Golf Course
Veteran's Time To Thrive annual golf tournament
A Massacre at Fort Bull Revisited with The Fort Plain Museum
On March 27, 1756, the quiet snow-covered peace on the Oneida Carry in Rome New York was shattered. The French and Indian War had begun to invade the Mohawk Valley, and act as a harbinger of thing to come in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. On the westerly side of the Oneida Carry (Rome NY) a small fort, garrisoned by 35 men of the British 51st Regiment of Foot (One of the Two American Regiments raised in 1755) was over run and destroyed by a 346 man French-Canadian-Indian Force from Fort La Presentation (Modern Day Ogdensburg New York). The fort died in a violent explosion. These events should have been a minor footnote in history. However, the French struck the fort at a key moment- the Ordinance supplies for the British Army and Naval Forces at Oswego were in transit at this post. The loss of these critical supplies changed the British war plan from offence to defense, and the raid lead directly to the loss of the Forts at Oswego in August of 1756. That loss (of Oswego) and the evacuation of the Oneida Carry by General Webb and the British Army, caused the Six Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy?s adore for the British Cause to faulter. It took almost two years of intense diplomacy by Sir William Johnson to repair the British status with the Six Nations. This lengthened the French and Indian War by two years. These events changed the course of history and directly lead to a longer and more costly French and Indian War, which in turn lead to both the American Revolution and the French Revolution due to the crushing war debts of these wars. For over 200 years the location of this lost fort has been debated. Using original maps, aerial photographs, Geographic Information Systems and careful reading of French and British Military Reports, Mr. Joseph Robertaccio show you how he rediscovers this lost fort, and what the remains of the fort looks like today.
