News Briefs: April 13, 2023 Vendors Sought for Annual Fishing & Heritage Day SOUTH OTSELIC—The Otselic Valley Fishing & Heritage Association is now accepting reservations for arts and craft vendors who would like to participate in the 14th annual Fishing & Heritage Day on Saturday, May 20. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Chenango County hamlet of South Otselic, located along the scenic Otselic River. Hundreds of people attend this free family event…
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On Stage: Performing Arts at Our Oneonta Campusesby Rachel Frick Cardelle ‘Importance of Being Earnest’ Questions Conventions with Humor When I heard that the next play to be presented at Hartwick College is “The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” by Oscar Wilde and first performed in 1895 in London, England, I could not wipe the smile off my face. I got to know this play when I was in grade school in the mid-70s. My…
ON STAGE: Performing Arts at Our Oneonta Campusesby Rachel Frick Cardelle SUNY Thespians Ready for Stagings of ‘boom’ Starting Thursday One of the benefits to living near a college that I have always appreciated has been the affordable access a college campus gives me to theater, music and dance performances. Living in Oneonta proves my point, for despite its small size there are abundant opportunities to see performing arts. I have noticed, though, that while the productions at both SUNY…
Sports Snippets March 30, 2023 Compiled by Wriley Nelson CCS Softball Opens Season with 11-1 Win Over Sidney COOPERSTOWN—The Cooperstown Central School softball team defeated Sidney 11-1 in their non-league season opener on Wednesday, March 29. According to the team Twitter page, senior Dani Seamon pitched a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts and went 4-for-4 at bat. Freshman Katie Crippen scored three runs.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, MARCH 13 ‘St. Patrick’s Day in Plants’ with the Oneonta Federated Garden Club GARDEN CLUB—1 p.m. Join the Oneonta Federated Garden Club for its March meeting all about St. Patrick’s Day. Tony Antes, from the Binghamton Garden Club, will present a program about “St. Patrick’s Day in Plants” and the legends associated with St. Patrick and Ireland. Everyone will enjoy the trivia and all are welcome. Held at St. James Church, 305 Main Street, Oneonta. Visit facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067969369937 BLOOD DRIVE—2:30-6:30 p.m. Save up to…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 9 ‘Striving for Peace’ Concert with the Hartwick College Wind Ensemble CONCERT FOR PEACE—7:30 p.m. Hartwick College Wind Ensemble presents “Striving for Peace,” featuring music by Sousa, Ticheli, Black Shaw, Mittal and Maslanka. Free, open to the public. Foothills Performing Arts and Civics Center, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or visit foothillspac.org BLOOD DRIVE—2-6 p.m. Save up to three lives with the American Red Cross. Schenevus Central School, 159 Main Street, Schenevus. Register at redcrossblood.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 Colleges Present Lecture & Reading Series MEMORIAL LECTURE—4 p.m. Join Union College Political Science professor Zoe Oxley for her lecture, “This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest” which is this year’s Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture. Free, open to the public. Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, Hartwick College, Oneonta. (607) 431-4887 or visit hartwick.edu/academics/annual-celebrations-lectures/leslie-g-rude-lecture/ READING SERIES—7:30 p.m. The community is invited for the first reading of the 2023…
Oxley To Deliver Memorial Lecture ONEONTA Union College Professor of Political Science Zoe Oxley will deliver the 2023 Leslie G. Rude Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, March 1 at 4 p.m. in the Celebration Room, Shineman Chapel House, on the Hartwick College campus. Her presentation, “This One’s for the Boys: How Gendered Political Socialization Limits Girls’ Political Ambition and Interest” is free and open to the public. Oxley is part of a team whose latest research on gender and political socialization…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 ‘America’s Got Talent’ Comedian To Perform At SUNY Oneonta COMEDY—9-10 p.m. Enjoy a fun show with Jordan Conley as seen on season 17 of “America’s Got Talent.” Tickets, $6/person. Hunt Union Waterfront, SUNY Oneonta. (607) 436-3012 or visit connect.oneonta.edu/organization/activities TAX PREP—6-8 p.m. Get ready for tax season with the IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Hartwick college accounting students certified by the IRS, with their professor, will be available to provide one-on-one assistance in preparing individual…
In Memoriam Mary Anne T. Ross, 79 August 17, 1943 – February 6, 2023 ONEONTA—Mary Anne T. Ross, 79, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2023 at the A. O. Fox Nursing Home in Oneonta. She was born August 17, 1943 in Oneonta, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Powell) Ross. Mary Anne attended St. Mary’s Elementary School and graduated from Oneonta High School in 1961. She continued her education at The College of St. Rose, receiving a Bachelor of Science…