by Jim Farfaglia Into the trunk of the old Ford went lounge chairs, charcoal and the ice chest. Into the back seat went the four of us, sweaty and squeezed tight – all jockeying for a window seat to better scan the windy roads, and check off the landmarks along the way: The(…)
All Saints Episcopal Church will celebrate its anniversary with a community festival in September. The church, which has been located for its entire existence at the corner of South First and Academy streets, will hold the festival from Friday, Sept. 14 to Sunday, Sept. 16. Members of the festival committee are reaching out to all(…)
There’s more than just music in the air this summer at Fulton Community Theatre. Along with a cast rehearsing “An Evening with Stephen: The Music of Sondheim,” the theatre’s technical crew is busy installing lighting upgrades to Jubilee Hall, its home base at Fulton’s Holy Trinity Parish. “These improvements not only make things feel more(…)
Magic in Minetto — a family-friendly festival — will be held on Canal Splash Day Aug. 11 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Minetto’s River View Park and Town Hall. There will be live music with Dave Domicolo, refreshments, a bake sale, and vendors offering homemade crafts ranging from jewelry to woodworking. Children’s activities,(…)
Ever wonder how your food gets from the field to your plate? For Tom Rivers, a reporter for The Daily News in Batavia who covers agriculture and community issues, that question inspired him to find the answer first hand and led him on a journey that took him into those fields. To discover just how(…)
The Oswego Canal Festival will be held over Labor Day weekend. There will be crafts and activities, historic presentations, music, food and more from Saturday, Sept. 1 through Monday, Sept. 3. Festivities run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Oswego’s Historic Maritime District on West First Street Pier. The highlight of the festival will(…)
International guitar duo Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb will hit the stage in Oswego Saturday, August 11 at 8 p.m. at Hall-Newman at 36 New Street. The duo has just returned from their appearance as headline guests at the Annual Chet Atkins Convention in Nashville, and have been touring extensively throughout the USA as well(…)
by Jim Farfaglia The Gossip She swoops in each morning, aflutter, ready to stick her nose in everybody’s business, to drink in every juicy detail. So off she darts – visiting Violet, dropping in on Daisy, lingering with Lily, and careful not to skip even one Rose of Sharon. Finally, at the(…)
