Husband Dedicates Mel’s To Wife’s Memory By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 4, 2015 Opening Mel’s at 22 was not just a dream come true for Brian Wrubleski – it was a chance to honor his wife, MaryEllen, who died Dec. 21, 2013, at age 53. “It had been a goal of ours for a long time,” he said as he stirred a batch of his homemade clam chowder in preparation for a Monday…
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Christmas About To Become Ugly – For Fun Of It By LIBBY CUDMORE • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 Matt Hazzard still thinks fondly on the Ugly Sweater That Got Away. “It had Winnie the Pooh and Tigger in Christmas hats next to a tree,” he said. “It was fantastic.” It didn’t survive the trip from Colorado to Cooperstown, but it is in that holiday spirit that the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and the Clark Sports…
Bassett To Shift 40 Jobs To Downtown Utica By JIM KEVLIN • The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 Bassett Healthcare has located a five-story building in downtown Utica, and plans to move 40 “non-treatment” tech-support positions there from Cooperstown in the next year. That may expand to 125 over the next five years, according to Bassett’s spokesperson. The 50,000-square-foot M&T Bank annex was part of a complex that includes the landmark “Gold Dome” building, but that’s not…
Avanzatos’ Stella Luna Not Setting Yet By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 If you leafed through the real estate listings recently, you may have noticed that Oneonta landmark Stella Luna is for sale. But don’t worry. Vinne and Tony Avanzato aren’t closing their doors yet. “If the sale takes six months, a year, 10 years, we won’t close,” said Vinne. “We’ll still make the best food in Oneonta!” Though the listing just went public,…
Southside Mall Takes Stand To Save Thanksgiving Holiday For Families by LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 Southside Mall manager Luisa Montanti was already thinking ahead of this season’s hottest trend. No, it wasn’t a new toy or the latest fashion – it was taking a stance against opening the Southside Mall on Thanksgiving Day. “We weren’t seeing a bump in additional traffic; it was the same traffic spread over three days,” she said. “All…
Broadband Plan Set: IDA May Let Contract With Telecom Firm By JIM KEVLIN • HOMETOWN ONEONTA/The Freeman’s Journal Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 The future in Otsego County is not now. But it could be now in the next 2-3 years. The IDA-commissioned Broadband Feasibility Study has found a $30 million public-private high-speed system can happen in Otsego County, and the agency is prepared to contract with a “telecom” to implement it as soon at the IDA’s Thursday, Dec.…
Hartwick To Honor Brooks By LIBBY CUDMORE • HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 When John Brooks got home one night earlier this fall, there was a note from his wife, Joan, next to the phone. “It said ‘Hartwick wants you’ with a little smiley face,” he said. Brooks, the retired second-generation owner of Brooks’ House of BBQ, had been named the 2014 Hartwick Citizen of the Year by the college’s Citizen Board. The award will be presented…
On The 12th Day Of Christmas – Local Writers Signing By LIBBY CUDMORE • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 4-5, 2014 There’s only one way to beat the winter blues, and it’s to curl up inside a good – and local – book. Or better, how about a dozen. “When you’re buried in a Cooperstown snow drift, a book is a very handy thing!” said Marly Youmans, whose latest novel, “Glimmerglass,” was one of the a dozen featured books by…
Shopping Local With Libby: In Stores, Surprises by Libby Cudmore • allotsego.com Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 4-5, 2014 Scoring a bargain online may be a thrill to some, but it’s nothing compared to the fun of going into a shop in downtown Oneonta and finding that perfect gift. Especially if it’s a gift you didn’t even know you were going to buy. That’s exactly how I felt when I walked into the Green Toad Bookstore and spotted “Everything I Need…
Thanksgiving and Hospice: Blessings Abound Edition of Thursday-Friday, Nov. 27-28, 2014 Editor’s Note: Lola Rathbone is president/CEO of the Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care. Thanksgiving is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Hospice, too, is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Thanksgiving comes once a year. Every day we are privileged to offer a wide variety of “Thanksgivings” to our Hospice families. Personally, one of my most…