Farmer’s Market opens May 29
By Sheryl Roadcap - sroadcap@sidneydailynews.com
Ken Bergman, left to right, of Russia, sells brussels sprouts to Gloria Dicke, of Sidney, and Nick Gerschutz, of Columbus, at The Great Sidney Farmer’s Market’s 2020 season opening day.
SIDNEY Downtown Sidney will once again be “the place to be” on Saturday mornings with the annual debut of The Great Sidney Farmer’s Market on Saturday, May 29, from 8 a.m. to noon.
Visitors of the weekly market will find a myriad of fresh fruit and vegetables from local farmers, homemade crafts and original art among the multitude of stands. Homemade jams and jellies are always a big hit as well as the abundance of available flowers and plants. Shoppers will also find homemade wax melts, crocheted items, soaps, silk flower arrangements, woven rugs. But the Farmer’s Market is more than just a place to shop, it is also a social spot to engage with others.
Dec 11, 2020
Downtown Sidney to welcome Santa
SIDNEY â Santa will be strolling around in downtown Sidney from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 and 19, and will pose for pictures with any children he encounters in his travels.
Children who want to give Santa their wish lists are welcome to do so from 1 to 2 p.m. when he will be in his office window next to the Barking Cat Boutique. If a reply is wanted from Santa, a self-addressed stamped envelope and $5 donation should be provided.
Santa plans visit to Norwich stage
NORWICH â Santa will make a safe, masked and socially-distanced appearance from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, on the Martin W. Kappel stage at the Chenango Arts Council at 27 W. Main St. in Norwich.
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ex-wife s murder and then walking the streets of sidney and the obvious question is why? how? absolutely. this man was on bail. he s already been convicted of sending offensive letters to the families of deceased soldiers who lost their lives in afghanistan and since then had been charged with a string of violent offenses as you say, sexually related offenses and also being accused of being the accessory to the murder of his ex-wife. charged with those offenses and out right now on bail. so certainly not a stranger to police. many questions being asked as to how this person was allowed to be roaming the streets. certainly how he got his hands on a weapon and it all ended in this. this is unheard of here in sidney. these are very busy areas of sidney. usually very peaceful. we re seeing the morning papers starting to come up. i can show you here. you see the sidney morning
hostages, and six that were uninjured. we also have a lone gunman that has been shot and held and a police officer that was injured as a result of a gunshot wound to the face. today s hostage standoff absolutely shocked australians and for a time put enormously busy section of the city on lock down. government buildings and thecy any opera house was evacuated and closed. here s how it all unfolded. the siege began about 9:40 a.m. when from behind a glass door a lone figure emerged wearing a black bandanna across his forehead and a gun shrunk over his shoulder. pacing the store he laid siege to. we re being tested today in sidney. whatever the test we ll face it head on. two of more than a dozen hostages were forced to raise the black sunni extremist flag of their terrorist captors.