Peterboro News

I would like to discuss a Village of Canastota issue; Traffic safety on Peterboro Street aka State Route 13.

Hugh C. Humphreys of Hamilton has created a program based on the rousing, inspiring, magnificent rhetoric of Lewis Tappan and Theodore Dwight Weld, the 2009 inductees to the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro NY.

Two days, two farms and 200 area farmers, conservation professionals and consumers came to Madison County by plane, car, buggy, bicycle, and on foot on Sept.

Amistad film and discussion part of abolition-themed weekend A Hamilton, N.Y. - " The Colgate Bookstore will host a panel discussion about the 1997 Steven Spielberg film Amistad on Friday, October 23 at 7:40 p.m. in the Class of 2003 Events Room at 3 Utica Street.

Morrisville State College recently announced those students who were named to the Dean's List for the spring 2009 semester.

Submitted by Dot Willsey Norman K. Dann Ph.D. explains the support of Gerrit Smith and the Secret Six for John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, which took place October 16, 1869.

Norman K. Dann Ph.D. explains the support of Gerrit Smith and the Secret Six for John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry, which took place October 16, 1869.

Caption: Illustration by author and illustrator Jeanne Mellin and titled a oeBay Mare and Foal with Grey Cat.a Submitted by Norm Parry An exhibit of the works of local authors and illustrators will be at the library through October 16.A A reception will be held on Friday, September 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.A The exhibit will be open to the public ...

Actor and Abolitionist Frederick Douglass portrayer, Fred Morsell, will give the keynote address at the National Abolition Hall of Fame Induction dinner.

The Smithfield Community Association of Peterboro, New York, has been awarded the 2008 Underground Railroad Free Press Prize for Leadership in the Contemporary Underground Railroad Community, the highest honor bestowed in the international Underground Railroad community.

Caption: Participants enjoy the 2008 In the Kitchen tea. This year's birthday tea for Elizabeth Smith Miller is Sunday, September 27 at the Smithfield Community Center in Peterboro.A Reservations are due by September 18.

The following area residents were among more than 750 students to graduate from Morrisville State College in May.

In the News The Dairy Quandary Opportunities & Classifieds A Dairy Farmer's Please Read - " Verify start Month for MILC program with your FSA Office before Sept.

Caption: Kay Rorer, presenter of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark program Greene Smith and His Magnificent Birdhouse August 30th, shows a bird specimen from the Greene Smith collection at Colgate University.

Caption: Melanie Martin, Annual In the Kitchen Tea September 27, Jody Luce, Chair of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark Libby Squad and Colin Luce, Peterboro Civil War Weekend, host the Peterboro history exhibit in the Center of Progress Building at the New York State Fair September 1, 2009.

Caption: Greene Smith's magnificent Bird House built in Peterboro in 1863. The Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark presents a program on Greene Smith and his Magnificent Bird House Sunday, August 30 at 2 p.m. Abolitionist Gerrit Smith's son Greene was bird watching at age nine, collecting specimens of birds from around the world as a ...

The Gerrit Smith Estate Glass Squad will be hosting a program about the glass factories of Peterboro on Sunday, Aug.

The Gerrit Smith Estate at Peterboro looks serene today - but 150 years ago it was the bustling center of a community whose residents led a radical social movement.

Donna Dorrance Burdick, Smithfield Town Historian, presents a program on the history of glass works from 1800 to 1830 in the Town of Smithfield Sunday, August 2 at 2 p.m. at the Gerrit Smith Estate in Peterboro.

Hello Mid-York Weekly readers! How was your Fourth of July? Hope it was beautiful and booming! I have one more tid-bit to share, but I will hold off on it until next week.