Brigadoon Revived After 3 1/2 Decades Lerner and Loewe’s biggest, hit, “Brigadoon,” which writers often use as a metaphor for Cooperstown, hasn’t been produced on Broadway since 1981, but is now under revival at Chicago’s Goodman Theater, the New York Times reports.…
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Ripken, Gwynn Top Induction Since 1990, But This One 3rd COOPERSTOWN – Fox Sports has identified the Cal Ripken Jr./Tony Gwynn weekend in 2007 as the top Hall of Fame Induction since 1990. And the Glavine-Maddux-Frank Thomas one, coming up next weekend, is third.…
Walking 10 Miles For A Badge…
Alert To Readers This is to alert readers of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta that an ad, headlined “Help Wanted: Office/Clerical,” on page B6 of this week’s editions appears to be a hoax. The local company listed no longer exists, and the telephone number listed in the ad is located in Kentucky. The ad has appeared in at least one other newspaper in the state.…
Oneonta Water Emergency Lifted The City of Oneonta lifted its fire emergency at 11:45 a.m. today.…
WATER LINE BREAK CAUSES ONEONTA WATER SHORTAGE ONEONTA – The City of Oneonta is experiencing a raw water supply shortage after a 10-inch supply line from the Lower Reservoir to the Water Treatment Plant broke. Residents are being asked to conserve water until an update is issued. DETAILS OF WATER EMERGENCY…
Refurbished Street Lights Reinstalled In Downtown…
IN MEMORIAM: Atty. John Scarzafava, 67, Of Oneonta; Honored Advocate, Civic Leader ONEONTA – Attorney John F. Scarzafava, 67, a partner in the Scarzafava & Basdekis law firm, passed away Sunday, July 13, at his summer home on Otsego Lake, after a five-year battle with lung cancer. He was born April 4, 1947, in Oneonta, to Francis and Netti Scarzafava. He graduated from OHS in 1965 and was placed on the school’s Wall of Distinction in 2010. He graduated cum…
Playwright (And Renaissance Man) Tom Morgan Taking Play On Road By LIBBY CUDMORE Tom Morgan, the former Oneonta financial adviser known for his one-man “Tales of the Empire” plays, has now turned an argument into art. In 2012, he and wife Erna Morgan McReynolds witnessed what Morgan described as “an obsessive amount of parental control.” “I began to wonder, ‘What would happen down the road’?” he said. “It served as a catalyst.” He began writing, and what came out was his…
Hollywood Agent Signing Up Stars By LIBBY CUDMORE Loren Harriet is in the business of making dreams come true. The concert promoter and producer was working in the studio with former Yankees center fielder and jazz musician Bernie Williams when an engineer asked what his greatest moment was. “I think he thought he was going to talk about the World Series,” he said. But instead, Williams talked about getting to Yankee Stadium to practice early one day in 1999. There…