Around the Neighborhood - Summit - 13 March 2026

Wow what an incredible turn of events with the weather; 60 degrees in March. Did everybody get out and take a little walk? The geese must have got a memo as I heard them flying in on Sunday.

The rise and fall of temperatures caused our drain pipe out of the garage to freeze which is a pain in the neck to deal with but we did get it open like we normally do; happens pretty much every year. It’s amazing, all the snow/ice is all melted off the roof too.

Did the time change affect you much? Takes a day or two to acclimate to the change and get in the groove again.

It was really tough to find an affordable corn beef for St. Patrick's Day this year.

As spring comes along there are lots more activities going on.

Drone photo of Summit from Dave Ullman.

Team and High Individual Match Scores 03/06/26 Match XIX. Stamford/Richmondville defeated Rockdale:  1091-19X to 1057-13X. High Scores for Stamford/Richmondville were: Gus Mueller 283-6X; Jim Hitt 279-4X; Steve Baker 267-5X; and Larry VanDeusen 262-4X. Other Stamford/Richmondville Shooters were: Pat Mattice, Javin Traver, Stephen Hansen, and Mark Gifford. High Shooters for Rockdale were: Rob Gould 276-6X; Jason Fleming 265-3X; Dave Dewey 261-1X; and Steve Ingalls 255-3X. Others Shooting for Rockdale were: Rick Braun, Gerry Palmer, Pat Hawkins, Jennine Noxon, Tom Rees, Gloria Galley, Cole Fleming, Ericka Fleming, Dave VanValkenburg, Brent Wessels, David Smith, and Joe Ocasio.

March 13 – Richmondville FD annual corn beef and cabbage dinner.

March 13 @ 7pm, March 14 @ 7pm and March 15 @ 2pm – Frozen Broadway musical at CRCS High School.

March 14 – Little Deb’s ice cream shop in Warnerville has a special one-day St. Patrick’s Day menu 1-5pm.

March 14 – Owl Prowl 7-8pm at Mine Kill State Park

March 14 - CPI’s 3rd annual Soup Stroll from 12 noon to 3pm in downtown Cobleskill. Order your tickets today at https://www.cobleskillpartnership.com/

March 15 - Charlotteville FD Breakfast Buffet 8-11am at the firehouse. Includes pancakes, french toast, sausage, ham, home fries, eggs, biscuits, sausage gravy, juice hot chocolate & coffee; adults $12 and children $5, plus a 50/50 drawing. Buckshole Sugarshack real maple syrup.

March 16 to May 14 – NYS Burn Ban (with a foot or so of snow on the ground I don’t think this will be a problem)

March 17 – Saint Patrick's Day

March 17 – Summit Seniors meeting at noon; covered dish, at Summit Firehouse.

March 19 – NYS Office of Fire Prevention and Control and Richmondville FD holding a special informational program focused on Lithium-ion battery safety 6pm at Richmondville FH.

March 21 & 22 and 28 & 29 – Maple Weekends in the Catskills – Thompson’s Sugar Shack and Buck Hill Farm of Jefferson are two of the local sites participating.

March 22 – Fenimore Chamber Orchestra 3-5pm at Panther Creek Arts West Fulton; for info. and tickets https://www.panthercreekarts.com/

March 28 – Family Dinner 5-7pm or until sold out by Summit FD Support Services at the Firehouse. All you can eat Spaghetti, meatballs, sauce, salad, bread, dessert and beverage. Adults $12, children $8 and under age 5 free. (This was originally planned for February 7th, but cancelled because of the frigged temps)

March 28 – Crock-pot Cook Off at Middleburgh Library 11am-2pm

March 29 – Easter Dinner at Summit Methodist Church at Noon following the 10:30am Church service; cornish hen, spare ribs and stuffed peppers. Free will offering. All are welcome.

March 29- Palm Sunday

April 1 – April Fools Day

April 3- Richmondville Antiques and Flea Market opens for the season 10am-4pm. Spring is coming.

April 5 – Easter

April 6-10 – CRCS Spring recess, no school

April 10 & 11 Jewelry and Bake Sale fundraiser for Animal Shelter of Schoharie Valley at St. Vincent De Paul Parish Cobleskill, Friday 12-7pm and Saturday 9am-3pm.

April 18 – Leatherstocking Honor Flight. If you are an interested veteran go to their website leatherstockinghonorflightny.org for information or email VeteransCoordinator@LeatherstockingHonorFlightNY.org

April 25 – Maple Festival 9am-4pm at Cobleskill Sunshine Fair Grounds

History

December 10, 1908 Jefferson Courier - Eminence News - Last Sunday Mr. Geo. Harris and wife and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitbeck spent the day with friends at Charlottesville.  Monday evening we enjoyed a very interesting and instructive lecture, “A Trip to Scotland,” by Rev. A. J. Higgens of Cobleskill. Mr. Higgens is a man of deep thought and an exceedingly interesting lecturer. - Next Sunday evening at the M. E. church a special contribution will be taken for the support of the Freedman’s Aid and So. Education. We hope that a hearty response will be given to this cause.

Let me know if you have any celebrations or events to share karenc@midtel.net or 518-287-1945.