To the best of my knowledge Morris has never had a radio station or a TV station. News about Morris has been carried by newspaper correspondents writing for local papers such as The Morris Chronicle, The Oneonta Daily Star, and The New Berlin Gazette.
The first correspondent to come to my attention was Rita Shampnois who started her career of reporting Morris news to The Daily Star in 1974 at the tender age of 81. You can see a photo of her and read more at the link below.
The New Lisbon Historian, Mrs. Virginia Schoradt, sent me this fragment of The Morris Chronicle from Sept. 12, 1894. The poem was written "for the Chronicle" in 1894 by Helen Blanche Adams of Afton, NY. As far as I can determine her mother, Samantha (Wheaton) Adams died in 1895. She died in Afton and was buried in her hometown of Killawog, Broome County, NY.
For a time before 1880 this mill, which was located at the bend in East River Rd just before you get to Weaver's Farm Market, employed a large number of men, women, and children spinning wool and cotton into thread. The raw materials were brought by ox cart at times from the Hudson River at Catskill or from the Erie Canal near Ilion.
Larger versions of the photo can be accessed via the links below.
Before the internet and before facebook many people got their news from newspapers. Local news was handled by correspondents like Rita Shampnois. Thanks to Mary Valentine for the clipping from The Oneonta, NY, The Daily Star, Feb 27,1976. Rita's phone has a dial on it! From the days when we dialed numbers.
