Pandemic Takes Down Fly Creek Cider Mill By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The numbers told Bill Michaels it was time. “I learned a lot going through the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program,” said the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard president. “One of them was knowing your numbers. I spent a lot of time looking at them throughout the pandemic.” In 2020, “our customer visitation was down all year. Then, after the holidays, it just stopped, to…
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Fly Creek Cider Mill To Close On Jan. 31 After Pandemic, Family May Reconsider The historic Fly Creek Cider Mill, operated as a tourist attraction by the Michaels family for more than 50 years, will close at the end of the month, the family announced today. It appears the closing is the result of the COVID Year. “As the recovery from the pandemic progresses, we will reassess our position,” said the announcement. The cider mill, founded in the mid 19th century,…
IN MEMORIAM: Dee Bachanas Burnett, 72; With Husband, Ran Western Auto Locally COOPERSTOWN – Delores (Dee) Bachanas Burnett, a native of Cooperstown who, with husband, Bill, owned the downtown Western Auto store, died Sunday night, Oct. 4, 2020, at Mountainside Residential Care Center in Margaretville. She was 92. Born May 14, 1928, at Bassett Hospital, Dee was one of five children of Edmund J. and Harriet (Cross) Bachanas. Dee grew up in Fly Creek, attending the three-room Fly Creek School…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 25 Virtual Cider Run For SPCA 5K/10K RACE – 10:30 a.m. Virtual Cider Run 5K/10K race to benefit the Susquehanna SPCA by Fly Creek Cider Mill. Registration extended through May, 2. Cost, $25/adult, $15/child. Call 607-547-9692 or visit sqspca.org/8th-annual-cider-run/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6 Pit Run Through Oneonta PIT RUN – 10:45 a.m. Run or walk 6.2 miles through scenic Oneonta, passing through SUNY Oneonta campus, ending at Neahwa Park. Also includes 5k race, 2 mile stroll, or kids fun run. In memory of Ricky J. “Pit” Parisian NYS Police Investigator killed in Line of Duty. Start at Main Street Bridge, Oneonta. 607-432-8068 or visit pitrun.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5 Sci-Fi & Horror Festival Returns SCI-FI & HORROR – 11 a.m. Day 2 of the strange and horrific festival. Features authors, vendors, speakers, activities, more. Cost, $6/person for day pass. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. Visit www.facebook.com/SciFiHorroFest/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 Explore Area Farms FAMILY FARM DAY – 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Explore local farms throughout Schoharie, Otsego, and Delaware Counties. Tour, try products, learn about farming from fish farming to beekeeping, more. Pick up your farm guide from participating, farms, farmer’s markets, libraries, more in the 3 counties. Call 607-547-2536 or download guide from www.familyfarmday.org …
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Democracy Workshop With League Of Women Voters WORKSHOP – 8:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. The League of Women Voters hosts a “User’s Guide for Local Democracy” workshop. Free, pre-registration required. Springbrook Family Engagement Center, Rt 28, Milford. Info, registration, (607) 547-2853, www.LWVoneonta.org.…
Old Mill Society Tours Fly Creek Cider Mill Proprietor Bill Michaels welcomes a bus load of SPOOMERS, old mill enthusiasts, to the Fly Creek Cider Mill this morning. The SPOOMERS are here from around the country this weekend for the annual convention of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM), which is underway at Hanford Mills Museum in East Meredith. At right, Charlie Michaels, Bill’s dad, shows off a freshly peeled and cored apple from a Daisy corer…