Former Center Street School librarian Mark Parmerter will provide a brief history of Oneonta’s longest serving elementary school (1897-2012) on Sunday, July 23 at the Swart-Wilcox House Museum. Parmerter’s talk, part of the museum’s Summer Sunday Series, begins at 1:15 p.m. and will be followed by a sharing of memories and anecdotes honoring Center Street School’s 115 years serving the Oneonta community…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 16 Summer Sunday Series Presents ‘Cooperstown Murder Trial’ SUMMER SUNDAY PRESENTATION—1-3 p.m. “Cooperstown Murder Trial” with Tom Morgan. Free and open to the public. Bring own folding lawn chair; handicap accessible. Swart-Wilcox House Museum, 24 Wilcox Avenue, Oneonta. https://swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/ FUNDRAISER – Noon. “Dine Out For a Cause.” Eat dinner at a local restaurant and a percentage of the proceeds go to support local non-profit Helios Care. Lake House Restaurant, 2521 County Highway 22, Richfield Springs. (607) 432-6773.…
The contents of the historic stone house known as “Woodchuck Knoll” of Emmons Farms in Emmons will be sold at unreserved auction on Saturday, July 15. Emmons Farms evolved from the early 1800s lumber business that was begun by Asa Emmons on a large tract of land in Otsego County.…
Swart-Wilcox House Museum Open This Sunday; Museum Features Herbal Remedies Weekend; Hanford Mills Museum Exploration Day Series Begins June 17; and more…
To Barn or Not to Barn … By Helen K. B. Rees The Swart-Wilcox Barn Committee met on Monday, October 3 to discuss the possibility of a barn for the Swart-Wilcox House Museum complex. There had been a barn on the property from the 1790s until 1968. At that time it was burned down by the City as a fire-fighting exercise. It is now felt that a barn would help tell the story of the early settlers, who were mainly…
Editorial Noble Barns The Swart-Wilcox House, the oldest in Oneonta, is looking for a 19th-century English barn to replace the original one destroyed by fire in 1968. Upstate New York is rural. Its towns, villages, and cities are spread out and difficult to reach. There are fields and forests and lakes. For most of its over-200-year history agriculture has been, and still might be, the main industry. Upstate New York is beautiful, bucolic, serene, clear, compelling. Rolling hills encircle cool…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 Theatrical Production ‘Love Letters’ at Klinkhart Hall THEATER – 2 & 7:30 p.m. Enjoy performance of broadway hit ‘Love Letter’ by A. R. Gurney about 2 characters reading their notes, letters, and cards detailing 50 years of their hope, ambitions, dreams, disappointments, victories, defeats, and more that have passed between them during their separated lives. Presented by the Klinkhart Hall Arts Center at the The Roseboro Hotel Ballroom, 210 Main Street, Sharon Springs. Visit klinkharthall.org/product/love-letters/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, JULY 17 Learn Oneonta History with the Swart-Wilcox House Museum SUMMER SUNDAYS – 1 – 3 p.m. Local history presentation ‘America 250: Connecting Local Communities and Teachers’ by Aaron Sorensen. Free, open to the public. Bring your own mask, folding chair. Handicapped accessible. Held on the front lawn at The Swart Wilcox Museum, Wilcox Ave., Oneonta. 607-287-7011 or visit swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/summer-schedule/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 Stories from Upstate New York SUMMER SUNDAYS – 1 – 3 p.m. Favorite local author, Chuck D’Imperio, returns to share stories from his books on the charms of Upstate New York. Masks required. Bring your own lawn chair. Front lawn, Swart Wilcox House Museum, Oneonta. Visit swartwilcoxhouse.wordpress.com/2021-summer-sunday-series/…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, AUGUST 22 Ren Faire at Windfall Dutch Barn RENAISSANCE FAIR – 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Dress in you medieval/renaissance best and come out for performances by Celtic step dancers, The Happy Haggs, as well as vendors, crafters, and games for all ages at this years annual Ren Faire. Admission, $5. Windfall Dutch Barn, 2009 Clinton Rd., Cherry Valley. 518-774-0134 or visit www.windfalldutchbarn.com…