This weekend's Oneonta Rotary Road Rally Scavenger Hunt, a passport fair at the Unadilla Town Hall on Saturday, Cooperstown Central School soccer updates and the Butternuts Neutral Host Mobile Tower Pilot Project are among the topics covered in this week's news briefs.…
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FUNDRAISER—2-6 p.m. “Hops for History.” Local beer and food tasting with a bar crawl featuring six downtown bars and restaurants. Followed by live music at the B-Side Ballroom starting at 6 p.m. Proceeds benefit the Oneonta History Center. Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or www.oneontahistory.org…
“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.”…
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.”…
OPENING RECEPTION—5 p.m. “Schools of Rock: Music at Oneonta’s Colleges in the Age of Woodstock.” Explore the many musicians that came from and to Oneonta in the 1960s and 1970s and beyond to perform at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College. Reception includes light hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine (21+). Free; open to the public. Oneonta History Center, 183 Main Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or https://www.facebook.com/events/1244086877375248/?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…
ONEONTA HISTORY—6-7:30 p.m. “Soccertown: Then & Now.” Panel presentation featuring local coaches and players, past and present. The Loft, Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or https://oneontahistory.org/events-programs/…
GOHS would like to thank their sponsors, veterans, and the City and Town of Oneonta for helping make the 2023 and 2024 Hometown Heroes programs a success. GOHS looks forward to continuing the Hometown Heroes program honoring current and past service members in 2025.…
ONEONTA HISTORY—1 p.m. Historical Marker Unveiling for Oneonta Ford Sales Building, 27-33 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OneontaHistory/…
ONEONTA HISTORY—6:30 p.m. Historical Marker Unveiling for Damaschke Field, 15 James Georgeson Avenue, Oneonta. (607) 432-0960 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OneontaHistory/ BASEBALL—7 p.m. Oneonta Outlaws vs. Saugerties Stallions. Admission fee. Damaschke Field, Oneonta. Visit https://www.oneontaoutlaws.com…
