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This Week: 10-24-24

THIS WEEK’S NEWSPAPERS The Freeman’s Journal • Hometown Oneonta October 24, 2024 Front Page Bassett Lays Off 101 Employees as it Addresses $80M Shortfall Under Construction Council Talks Warming Station, Code Blue Alert Accommodation Farmers’ Museum Announces New Name Change Effective Nov. 1 Inside Gilbertsville Man Wins Two Statewide Broadcasting Awards World-renowned Master Kora Player Yacouba Sissoko To Perform County OFA Seeks Aging Advisory Council Members Kassie Nelligan’s Story: A Five-Year Breast Cancer Journey Energy Sector Job Training Available News…

Bound Volumes: October 24, 2024

210 YEARS AGO: About 300 Negroes from the Chesapeake, arrived at Halifax on the 2nd ult. In an emaciated condition—30 had died on the passage, and four expired on the quay, at landing them. Among them were many women and children, one man 70 years old and blind. Nine hundred more were expected. Those able to work had been sent to the work house. The people (of Halifax) were dissatisfied with the encumbrance.
October 27, 1814…

Hometown History: October 24, 2024

90 YEARS AGO: Plans for the Fourth Annual Halloween Festival under the auspices of the service clubs of Oneonta are complete. Capt. Lewis M. Baker, general chairman of the affair this year, presided at a meeting attended by representatives from the Kiwanis, Rotary and Lions clubs. The marchers will assemble in Walnut Street and proceed down Elm Street to Main, Chestnut and Academy streets beginning at 7:30 o’clock. The parade will consist of three or four divisions of school students…

Happenin’ Otsego: 10-24-24

PRACTICE—5 p.m. “LARP Fight Practice.” Practice swordsmanship, combat moves and more in the lightest touch with foam padded weapons system. Held each Thursday, rain or shine, until the snow flies. Big Pavilion, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Angrygnome23@gmail.com or visit https://www.facebook.com/Oneontanyrealmslarp…