Descendants of Burrit L. and Mary Amanda Walling Anderson will convene in the Wilber Park Upper Pavilion on Saturday, August 5. It will be the 100th anniversary of the first Anderson reunion in August 1923, which attracted 103 attendees and was featured in the “Oneonta Herald.” Anderson descendants have held the event every year since except 1945 and 2020, and the event has averaged about 50 people per year. The reunion draws relatives from at least 16 states across the…
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Cooperstown Central School graduate Charlotte Pope is the recipient of the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation’s 2023 Catherine Davis Black Scholarship. Pope was acknowledged at this year’s CCS Commencement Ceremony on June 25th and received the $1,500.00 scholarship at the July 18th Rotary Club of Cooperstown luncheon at The Otesaga Resort Hotel.…
Top honors at the 75th Annual Junior Livestock Show went to young handlers from Herkimer, Otsego and Chenango counties during the show’s final event on Tuesday, July 11. The show, sponsored by The Farmers’ Museum and conducted in cooperation with Cornell Cooperative Extension, county 4-H educators, and clubs throughout central New York, brings together youth handlers from a nine-county area for three days of competition. …
Ozzie Smith has a true fan here in Otsego County. “I get so excited every year that I get Ozzie Smith’s signature,” Madisyn Reyome said. Reyome and her mother, Nicole VanDerwerker, live in Cherry Valley. Madisyn graduated from Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School in 2022. VanDerwerker is a mortgage closer at Farm Credit East.…
True fans of the horror genre will be familiar with Troma Entertainment, Lloyd Kaufman, and Rocko Zevenbergen, collectively known for such delightfully disturbing B movie cult classics as “The Toxic Avenger,” “Class of Nuke ‘Em High” and the more recent “I Need You Dead!” Here in Otsego County, a local man is leading a team of experts as they develop special effects for Zevenbergen’s latest movie in an East Springfield garage.…
At this year’s North Carolina Blueberry Festival in Burgaw, again host to 45,000 visitors, special recognition was awarded to Harold G. Huntington—former Springfield, New York pioneer blueberry farmer—who was represented by his surviving family, Robert G., Mary H. and John F. Huntington, VIP guests of Burgaw Mayor Olivia Newsom. This recognition comes on the 100th anniversary of Huntington’s start of America’s cultivated blueberry industry in 1923.…
In 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson completed the first automobile trip ever across the United States. The journey began on May 23, and 65 days later Jackson arrived in New York City, on July 26.
The trip was remarkable, since at the time there was no highway system in the U.S.; indeed, Jackson drove many hundreds of miles on old pioneer wagon tracks like the Oregon Trail.…
Pathfinder Village recognized the dedication and diligence of 26 staff members celebrating five-year service anniversaries at a luncheon at the Pathfinder Pavilion on Tuesday, June 20. Altogether, these employees have devoted more than 295 years of service to Pathfinder residents, students, day service participants, and families.…
Raymond Musson, Claudette Newman and Larry Smith enjoy themselves at Gilbertsville’s annual 4th of July parade (top). A vanguard of classic cars kicked off Oneonta’s Independence Day parade along Main Street as an audience of all ages enjoyed the festivities.…
The Oneonta chapter of PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its founding on Thursday, June 8 at the First Presbyterian Church in Oneonta. PEO’s mission is helping women fulfill their educational goals through loans and scholarships. For further information, visit www.peointernational.org or call (607) 267-0539.…