Fly Creek General Store Vandalized At 2:45 p.m. on Monday, September 26, a man was walking around the Fly Creek General Store. “He’s a regular here, but he seemed a little out of it,” said Tom Bouton, owner of the store. “He came in wanting cigarettes, then went outside and just started to wander around the street and the store.” The man then threw himself into the large glass window of the store, then into a smaller window and finally…
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FRONT PORCH PERSPECTIVE Where Everybody Know Your Name… By JIM ATWELL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com I’ll admit first off that I’m not writing this on my front porch. It’s as cold as, well, January out there, for heaven’s sake! And so I’m settled on a comfortable couch back in the family room. Cassey the dog is with me, sprawled on her back, nose almost on my keyboard. Though her face is upside down, she is staring at me fixedly, intent…
IN MEMORIAM: Frances Foster Smith, 95; Helped Parents Run Fly Creek General Store FLY CREEK – Frances Marion (Foster) Smith, a Fly Creek native, retired banker and real-estate agent, passed away Tuesday. She was 95 and resided at the Presbyterian Home in New Hartford. Born on March 31, 1919, in her parents’ Fly Creek home, Frances shared her childhood with her older sister, Ferne. They helped their parents, Glenn and Florence (Williams) Foster, in operating the Fly Creek General Store.…