An evening program with the Otsego Master Gardeners, an upcoming performance by Award-winning Trinidadian trumpet virtuoso Etienne Charles and a fundraising block party with Friends of the Feral-TNR are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
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“This marker is the first we have commissioned for a neighborhood in Oneonta, and for great reason,” Dr. Marcela Micucci, executive director of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society, explained via e-mail. “The Sixth Ward has a rich history, rooted in Oneonta’s emergence as a railroad town..."…
HISTORY TOUR—6 p.m. “Summer Walking Tour of Main Street in the 1960s.” Presented by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. Oneonta natives explore historic downtown in the age of Woodstock. Coincides with the exhibition, “Schools of Rock.” Admission by donation. Meet at the Oneonta History Center, 183 Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or https://www.facebook.com/events/562890373201411/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
“Local railroad enthusiasts (Jim Loudon, Russ Hawkins, Dave Jones, and Bruce Hodges) founded the Leatherstocking Railway Historical Society in an effort to preserve, protect, and keep the caboose in Neahwa Park, fundraising thousands of dollars to install a glass enclosure around the caboose. In 1983, the enclosure was installed and the LRHS held a dedication ceremony that September in celebration of the BRT’s centennial year. The caboose has remained in the spot since.”…
On the afternoon of Friday, June 13 at 2 p.m., generations of Oneontans gathered beside one another outside the city’s historic Center Street School building. This congregation was to celebrate the unveiling of the first of five New York State historical markers being placed in Oneonta throughout the coming summer months.…
The new Friday Jazz Cabaret Nights Series at The Horned Dorset Inn, a monthly support group for aphasia patients, and the winner of Hartwick College’s Anna Sonder Prize are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
HISTORY TOUR—1 p.m. “Walking Tour of Homer Folks TB Hospital.” Presented by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society at the site of the former Homer Folks Tuberculosis Hospital on the Job Corps Campus, 21 Homer Folks Avenue, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or https://www.facebook.com/events/666424532976511?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22attachment%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22newsfeed%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D…
Cooperstown Central School baseball and softball updates, upcoming programs at The Smithy Clay Studio, and information about the Greater Oneonta Historical Society's summer walking tour program are among the topics covered in today's news briefs.…
The exhibition includes images of “The Wall” at the corner of Center and West streets, where community members have memorialized political opinions, sporting triumphs, college events, and even marriage proposals over the past half-century.…
Among this week's many news briefs, we highlight upcoming fundraisers for area nonprofits, events on pollinators, Christmas trees, and caves, art exhibits, and topics of general interest.…
