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PETERBORO, N.Y. — Peterboro Heritage Projects will open the 2024 season with the Annual Gerrit Smith Birthday Party at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at the Smithfield Community Center, 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro. Wealthy abolitionist Gerrit Smith of Peterboro was born on March 6, 1797. The afternoon program will open with brief 2024 program […]
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Ariel Bero is making history as the city historian. Mayor Rick Rossi appointed her to the position. In the nearly two weeks since then Bero, a history major at SUNY Oneonta, has engaged in what she feels is her true passion in life. “I am very excited about the new position,” Bero, […]
On Monday, Nov. 13 at 5 p.m., the Oneida Community Mansion House will host an exclusive insider guided tour of “One Community, Many Lives.” Join Colgate University’s Upstate Institute Intern Eli Watson, for a very special guided tour of the exhibit. Watson will walk through the Mansion House and highlight the extraordinary untold stories of […]
ONEIDA — The Oneida Public Library will host a special Veteran’s Interview on Monday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m.
10:35 It was on March 1, 2020 that New York state confirmed the first case of a novel coronavirus that would eventually change everyday life across the United States and the world. So how will history treat this COVID-19 era? Since early 2020, Madison County Historian Matt Urtz has been compiling a timeline of key events and personal stories in hopes of chipping away at that monumental task. Urtz spoke with WAMC's Jim Levulis about the effort. Urtz: We closed on March 20, my last day was March 20 which was a Friday. And I think when that happened, it got very real for everybody. I always poi...