News Briefs: October 9, 2025

FCAHS Lectures, Meeting Set

FLY CREEK—The Fly Creek Area Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting at 208 Cemetery Road on Wednesday, October 22. Oneonta City Historian Mark Simonson will give a presentation on the history of SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served at 7:30 p.m., followed by the business meeting.

Dr. Chris Kjolhede will present a talk titled “What Graveyards Tell Us about Life and Death” at the November meeting, 6:30 p.m. on November 19 at 853 County Highway 26. The next quarterly meeting of the FCAHS Board of Trustees will take place at the town building at 3 p.m. on January 7. The society also seeks new members for its Archives and Research committees. Visit flycreekareahistoricalsociety.org for more information.

Shock-toberfest Is Saturday

ONEONTA—Film Otsego and Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center will present the 4th annual Shock-toberfest at 24 Market Street from 3-10 p.m. on Saturday, October 11. The double headliner will be locally-made “Popeye the Slayer Man” at 6 p.m. and Metallica cover band “Obey Your Master” at 8 p.m. A block of six short horror films will be screened at 3 p.m., followed by “Hellbender,” a film made by Roscoe’s Poser-Adams family, at 4 p.m. There will be a horror festival in the Foothills atrium and parking lot, featuring axe throwing, food trucks, tarot, vendors, and more. Tickets are available at tinyurl.com/Shocktoberfest25. For more information, follow @filmotsego and @foothills on Facebook and Instagram.

CCE Event Schedule Released

COBLESKILL—Cornell Cooperative Extension Schoharie and Otsego Counties will hold its annual meeting at SUNY Cobleskill’s Upper Champlin Hall, 108 Otsego Avenue, from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21. In addition to education efforts and the annual business meeting, this free and open event will feature hors d’oeuvres and door prizes. Business matters include constitutional revisions and the election of officers. The business meeting will also allow virtual attendance. For more information or to RSVP, contact neh57@cornell.edu. There will be a cover crop field meeting at 48 Sayward Lane in Willsboro from 3-5:30 p.m. on October 21, with a rain date the next day. To register, contact eh528@cornell.edu. NY Farmnet will run an estate planning webinar for farm families with young children on Zoom from 1-2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 5, with registration available at 1-800-547-3276.