This article originally appeared on the Owego Pennysaver Press website.
On March 12, 2024, now proclaimed as Emma Sedore day in Tioga County, N.Y., county and local officials, and guests from the community gathered at the Tioga County Office Building lawn to celebrate the return of the Bell of Sessions, and to honor the County’s Historian, Emma Sedore.
With over 23 years of service to the county as its historian, Sedore has a wealth of knowledge surrounding local history; knowledge that would prove fruitful in her quest to find the Bell of Sessions, a bell that once rang from the cupola of the courthouse in the 1800’s when court was in session. Read more...