When you walk into Sal’s Pizzeria on Oneonta’s Main Street, the smell of fresh dough and tomato sauce hits you first. It’s an aroma of tradition. Behind the counter is Johnny Grigoli...…
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“This marker helps bring to light Oneonta’s role as a central location in New York of anti-slavery activism and a site on the Freedom Trail in the 19th century,” Micucci wrote via e-mail. “As a historian, it makes me incredibly proud to be able to commemorate and celebrate Oneonta’s significance and the many abolitionists, like E.R. Ford, who challenged and advocated for an end to slavery and helped those escaped enslaved people in need.”…
Gallodoro was a renowned jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, best known for playing lead alto sax with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra for four decades and bass clarinet in the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Arturo Toscanini. That iconic clarinet slide at the start of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? That’s Gallodoro, who claimed to have performed the piece more than 10,000 times—more than anyone else.…
It’s especially exciting to see how the Downtown Renaissance has sparked a wave of community-driven initiatives, such as the Oneonta Storefront Project, which fills vacant storefronts with art, and downtown business owners collaborating on promotions like sidewalk sales. Organizers and artists already doing cool things like the second Saturday Nighttime Alley Market have been able to harness their efforts to something bigger with the Oneonta Downtown Renaissance, too.…
The brainchild of artist Elizabeth Pereira, the Oneonta Storefront Project is a grassroots initiative that has grown into a collaborative effort to beautify downtown. So far, artists and organizations have created installations for six vacant storefronts, with more planned this summer. Pereira said she hopes the project continues into the fall.…
Oneonta: the City of the Hills, and the city with a bustling main street. Much like our article on Cooperstown’s business district a few weeks ago, we once again ventured out of the newsroom to check in with some local business owners.…
Main Street and Lettis Highway Get Facelift On Saturday, September 10, about a dozen SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick students joined several community volunteers in a long-overdue clean-up of the triangle at the intersection of Main Street and Lettis Highway in the City of Oneonta. “The city’s lack of funds and staffing had put the maintenance of this entrance to Oneonta on a backburner,” Mark Drnek, Mayor of Oneonta, said. “But a local resident, Wendy Slicer, saw an opportunity to engage…
CANO’s City of the Hills Festival Returns On Saturday, September 17 from noon to past midnight, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO) will bring back the popular City of the Hills Art Festival. “This is the largest committee we have ever had. Due to the pandemic, there hasn’t been a festival in 3 years, so we decided to extend the festivities, said Hope Von Stengel, Executive Director, CANO. There will be a mural unveiling, yoga, activities for adults and children,…
City of the Hills City to hold Memorial Day parade Monday The Memorial Day Parade and celebration is set to kick off on Monday, May 31, with a parade starting at the Foothills Performing Arts Center at 10 a.m., going into Main Street and ending at Neahwa Park. Masks and social distancing are required. Oberacker to give historic presentation State Sen. Peter Oberacker will be giving a presentation to the Town of Maryland Historical Society at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, MAY 15 Meet The Local Law Enforcement POLICE DAY – 9 – 11 a.m. Grab a coffee and come meet the men & women of local law enforcement, get your kids fingerprinted, and enjoy a canine demonstration. Pioneer Park, Cooperstown.…
