For the Love of Scrooge By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 25-26, 2014 Gary Koutnik hasn’t just played Scrooge, he and his audience live the story of redemption together. “Everybody knows the play,” said the actor, mutton-chopped for the time being. “They know what happens at the end. They’re waiting for it. I feel like I’m being swept along. “The more emotion I’m feeling on stage in the character, the more I can help…
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2 Main Local Bicycling Clubs Unite By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 25-26, 2014 Marc Kingsley, owner of the Inn at Cooperstown, knows that bicycling with a group is even more fun than taking to the trails alone. “Steven Smith and I got involved with cycling on his Paceline Sports team,” he said. “And we saw we were sharing a lot of the same riders as the Central New York Cyclist Club.” The team started in 2005,…
With Stars, DAR Tells Soldiers, Sailors They’re Remembered By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday Dec. 25-26, 2014 WORCESTER While Roxanne Murray was teaching second grade at Cooperstown Central School, she always did a program on Veteran’s Day with her class. But after retiring in 2012, she was still looking for a way to honor the troops. “I was at a Daughters of the American Revolution function, and I was talking to a woman about this program I’d heard…
With Web, Hall of Fame Aims to Be World’s Home Plate By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 25-26 One moment next summer, you’re walking past a series of apartment buildings on Brooklyn’s Sullivan Place, former home of Ebbets Field. The next, your phone rings, and you get a digital history lesson about the former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, now the site of the apartments you’ve been walking right past. Your Baseball Hall of Fame app, entry…
There’s New Way To Help You Get High School Diploma By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 18-19, 2014 ONEONTA There are 5,000 people in Otsego and Delaware counties who don’t have a high school diploma, Rob Lishansky, ONC BOCES’ adult education coordinator, estimates. And he invites every single one of them to try again. “The more education you have, the better opportunities you have,” he said. “If we can get these people a diploma, they can get…
Shopping Local With Libby: You Need It? Mall Has It! By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 18-19, 2014 ONEONTA As we get deeper into chilly December and Christmas gets closer, the Southside Mall offers two great incentives to shop – it has something for everyone, and it’s all under one roof. “If you need it, you’ll find it at the Southside Mall,” said Mall Manager Luisa Montanti. “There’s a great selection for everyone.” I’m not one of…
Glimmerglass Plans National Campaign On 40th Anniversary By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 COOPERSTOWN With the Glimmerglass Festival’s 40th Anniversary arriving, Joan Desens, director of institutional advancement, and June Dzialo, marketing director, want to make sure everyone is invited to the party. “We want to support the community that has supported us,” said Desens. The Festival was one of the relatively few local entities to receive one of Governor Cuomo’s economic-development grants Thursday,…
UGLY Comes To Cooperstown: 87 Runners, Walkers, Plus Sweaters, Vie For Ugliest By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 COOPERSTOWN It was a wooly and wild weekend in Cooperstown. Things got pretty ugly for a bit, but everyone still had a great time. Some 90 runners and walkers, plus spectators aplenty, attended the belated Rockin’ Around Cooperstown Ugly Sweater Run Saturday, Dec. 13, bringing out their Santa Snuggies, reindeer sweatshirts and sweaters bedecked with…
State Funds Village Plan: Katz Says $58,000 Assures Comp Plan Update, Strategy Completion By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 COOPERSTOWN A $58,000 CFA grant announced Thursday, Dec. 11, assures the Village of Cooperstown can update its comprehensive master plan and craft a strategy for a prosperous future, Mayor Jeff Katz said in an interview. “We’re going to come out of this not only with a master plan, but with useful financial statistics and marketing…
68 Years Later, She Returns To Scene Of Triumph By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 COOPERSTOWN In 1946, 16-year-old Elaine Moore and her trainer’s horse, Power Plant, stood in the center of the ring at Madison Square Garden to receive the Maclay Trophy at the National Horse Show. And on Sunday, Nov. 2, 68 years later, she had the honor of presenting that same award to 17-year-old Tori Colvin as honorary chair of…