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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 Preserving History Of The Y Y HISTORY – 1 – 4 p.m. Come share your stories, photos, memories about the Y. Help preserve the history. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. 607-432-0010 or visit www.oneontaymca.org…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 African Dance With Evidence Dance Company CONCERT – 7:30 p.m. Concert Association opening performance features Evidence Dance Company. Their performances focus on seamless integration of African Dance with contemporary choreography, and spoken word. Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts Building, SUNY Oneonta. 607-433-7252 or visit oneontaconcertassociation.org/ronald-k-brown-evidence/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 Benefit Concert At Major’s Inn CONCERT – 6:30 – 8 p.m. Local singer/songrwriter Khalil Jade performs original works at the Major’s Inn. Free will donations. Proceeds go to inn’s restoration. 104 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. 607-783-2967 or visit www.themajorsinn.com…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 21 2019 Hall of Fame Induction HALL OF FAME INDUCTION – 1:30 p.m. Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Roy Halladay, Harold Baines and Lee Smith will be inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame. Stake out your spot the lawn early. Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown. Info, 607-547 2800 www.clarksportscenter.com/events/2019-baseball-hall-fame-induction-ceremony/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, JULY 13 Railway Celebrates 150 years SESQUICENTENNIAL – Noon – 9 p.m. Celebrate 150th anniversary of Cooperstown-Charlotte Valley Railway with golden spike, speeches, music, celebratory train ride followed by cannon shoot, ice cream social, historical presentation, fireworks, more. Cost, $30/adult. Depart Milford Depot, 136 E. Main St., Milford. 607-432-2429 or visit www.facebook.com/cacvrr/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY, MARCH 28 League Of Women Voters Hosts History Trivia Contest TRIVIA BINGO – 7 p.m. Test your knowledge of history with the League of Women Voters in a trivia contest. Prizes, snacks available. Cooperstown Fire Hall, 24 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, cynthia.g.falk@gmail.com…
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz and Sharon Stuart, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 200 YEARS AGO Information Wanted. In the year 1814, a young man of the name of Carlos L. Mallory, a native of Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and then resident with David Woodward, of that place, as an apprentice to the tanning and currying and shoemaking business, left his home, and has never been heard of by his friends since that period.…
HOMETOWN History Compiled by Tom Heitz and Sharon Stuart, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library. 150 Years Ago On Tuesday, January 12, 1869, the great event transpired for which the people have been waiting many years. Five trains full of people were gathered between Albany and Binghamton, the last on reaching its destination at 5:30 p.m. The banquet in honor of the occasion was held at Fireman’s Hall in that live young city, and did not…
Editorial for December 6, 2018. George H.W. Bush Life Is An Example Of Simple Courtesy To Us All When he was first running for U.S. senator from Vermont in 1974, Patrick Leahy, now eminent ranking Democrat and erstwhile chairman of the Judiciary Committee, used to joke, “Washington D.C. you can’t get there from here.” Whatever way you look at it, it’s a long way from here to the corridors of power and vice versa. But it’s boys from cities and…