Event set for today

Bicentennial celebrated

CORINTH, N.Y. » The town of Corinth is celebrating its official 200th birthday on Friday with bicentennial events.

A spaghetti dinner to benefit the Bicentennial Committee is scheduled for 5-6:30 p.m. at Corinth Central School on Oak Street.

Tickets are $10 at the door ($5 for children) and include pasta, salad, bread, dessert and refreshments. Proceeds will help to defray the cost of future bicentennial celebration events.

At 6:30 p.m., high school business law students and town Supervisor Richard Lucia will lead an historical re-enactment of town meetings. Also, the 1968 time capsule will be opened and a new time capsule will be created.

The Corinth High School Select Chorus will perform as well.

Many other bicentennial events are planned. These include: • May 20 — Corinth EMS Day; • May 20-26 — EMS Open House Week;

• May 30 — Veterans Memorial Day Parade; • June 14 — Flag Day; • June 27 — Town Fun Day: Block Dance for Kids, Teen Events;

• July 7 -- Independence Day Celebration & Parade;

• August 5 -- “Down by the Riverside”;

• August 11 -- International Paper Day;

• August 12 -- Faith of our Fathers Sunday with Bell Ringing;

• August 17 -- 1960s Party;

• August 18 -- Parade and Firematic and EMS events;

Fall events will be announced at a later date.

For information contact Bicentennial Chairman and town Supervisor Richard Lucia at (518) 6549232, Ext. 3; by email: rlucia@townofcorinthny. com; or go to www. townofcorinthny.com.

This plate was among the Town of Corinth sesquicentennial souvenirs sold in 1968. The town will celebrate its 200th birthday at 6:30 p.m. Friday with a re-enactment of the first town board meeting at Corinth High School, plus the opening of a 1968 time...