Cobblestone Museum adds wine to latest art show

Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 4 June 2016 GAINES – Gretchen Schweigert of the Leonard Oakes Estate Winery in Medina serves wine on Friday to Alex Green, back left, Leanne Serrato and Peggy Barringer. The Cobblestone Museum hosted its second First Friday art show at the Cobblestone Church on Ridge

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Old cobblestone schoolhouse has new purpose and historical marker

Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 17 October 2015 GAINES – Al Capurso is pictured with a new historical marker that was unveiled today by the former one-room schoolhouse on Gaines Basin Road, just north of the Erie Canal. The schoolhouse was built in 1832 and is one of the oldest

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Restorative effort underway at historic Print Shop

Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 15 July 2015 GAINES – A print shop from about a century ago is getting cleaned up with some new parts to be added to the old presses. David Damico, a volunteer for the Cobblestone Museum, has been reorganizing the shop, which was built in

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