News Briefs Part I: June 27, 2024

Jimmy Wolf Band To Perform

ONEONTA—Famed blues artist Jimmy Wolf and his band will perform in Muller Plaza in downtown Oneonta from 5:15-6:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 27, Mayor Mark Drnek announced. Wolf has toured with many of the biggest names in rock and blues, including Bill Doggett, Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins, The Ramones, and Blood, Sweat and Tears. He has earned a First Nations Composer and American Composers Forum Grant for Outstanding Performance and Lasting Contribution, and was inducted into the New York State Blues Hall of Fame in 2015.

Lunches Are Free for Kids

ONEONTA—The National Summer Food Service Program will run a free summer lunch program for children in Oneonta in July and August in partnership with First United Presbyterian Church and Catholic Charities of Delaware, Otsego and Schoharie Counties. Grab-and-go child meal sites will be available at Greater Plains Pool and Wilber Park Pool from 11-11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday from July 8 to August 23. All children up to age 18 are welcome to enjoy a complete, free meal. No registration is required.

Church Group Plans for Trip

RICHFIELD SPRINGS—The Women’s Guild of the Church of Christ Uniting in Richfield Springs will host a community bus trip to a Texas Rangers/New York Yankees game in the Bronx on Saturday, August 10. Participants will board the bus at Richfield Springs Central School at 6 a.m. and should be returned by 9:30 p.m. A $138.00 ticket includes admission, bus fare, water and snacks, and trivia prizes. Families are welcome. Register by calling FaithAnn Young at (315) 868-2657 by Friday, July 26. All proceeds will benefit the Women’s Guild.