Cobblestone Museum Has New Director

Cobblestone Museum has new director with busy agenda in 2017

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Long-time antiques dealer sees value in items from yesteryear

This article was originally published on the Orleans Hub here. ‘The crazier, unusual stuff, the better’ – Robin Stelmach GAINES – When Robin Stelmach was a college student at Brockport about three decades ago, he would drive Ridge Road from Niagara County to Brockport. There were about 20 antiques businesses

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Used books are money-maker for Cobblestone Museum

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 22 September 2016 Former Voting House has become popular spot at historic site in Gaines. Photos by Tom Rivers: The former Voting House in Hamlin was moved to the Cobblestone Museum in Gaines in 1999. The Voting House was built in 1909 by the Monroe

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Quilt show to honor famous Western New Yorker

By VIRGINIA KROPF FOR THE DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 AT 12:30 AM UPDATED: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 AT 12:39 AM CHILDS — The Cobblestone Society’s quilt show — scheduled for Oct. 16 — is all for fun, said Georgia Thomas of Medina, who is helping to organize

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Foundation gives $23K grant to Cobblestone Museum

File photos by Tom Rivers The Rochester Area Community Foundation approved a $23,000 grant to the Cobblestone Museum that will restore windows on the Cobblestone Church that was built in 1834. By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 24 August 2016 GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum is getting a much-needed boost to

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Cobble the Mouse will make debut to promote local museum

Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 2 July 2016 CHILDS – Georgia Thomas holds the cover of the new coloring book she wrote about Cobble, a mouse that lives at the Cobblestone Museum. The coloring book includes illustrations by Patty Blackburn of Medina and shows the mouse inside the historic buildings

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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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Cobblestone Museum joins effort to promote historic sites during Preservation Month

Photo by Tom Rivers Posted 22 May 2016 GAINES – May is being celebrated as Preservation Month with a “This Place Matters” campaign by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (click here). The Cobblestone Museum, the only site in Orleans County deemed by the federal government as a National Historic

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Crowd turns out for art show at Cobblestone Museum

Photos by Tom Rivers Posted 7 May 2016 GAINES – The Cobblestone Museum hosted its first art show in about three decades on Friday and 75 people attended to view work by local artists. Kim Martillotta-Muscarella, pictured, organized the show. She is pictured next to some of her paintings that

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