Greene, New York

In 1945 the Gross Flat flying field was purchased by Robert Barrows and the Greene Airport was established.

Boasting one of the longest and widest grass strips in the area, it is frequented by pilots in training.

The Chenango River Theatre was founded in Greene in 2006 by a committee dedicated to the concept of establishing a professional, non-profit theatre to help attract tourists to Greene and Chenango County.

They are now in their 15th season (2021), with Zach Curtis taking over for 2022 as Producing Artistic Director from the retiring Lelbach.

The landmark Sherwood Hotel, now closed, is haunted[citation needed], due to the ever-present ghost of Viola, a wartime widow who hung herself with rope from the upper balcony.

In 1910, then 20-year-old Viola, daughter of a local cattle rancher, had married the son of the wealthy Juliand family, Donovan.

The couple had thirteen children together, until, in 1917, Donovan Juliand shipped out for the European theater of World War One.

Though Donovan allegedly wrote Viola each day for every day of 1917, always proclaiming his longing to return to her and their children, he never made it home, and Viola, heartbroken and lovesick, eventually took her own life by hanging herself where she worked.

The western and southern town lines form the border with Broome County.

Lithograph of Greene published by L.R. Burleigh 1890 with list of landmarks
Civil War Memorial
Aerial view of Greene from the south, 2013. The Chenango River can be seen running roughly north-south in the eastern part of town.