LETTER from WARREN WOODBERRY Victoria’s Network Impressive; Connections Beyond Expectation To the Editor: From the moment I met Victoria Talbot Pressly she proved she was a serious connector whose impressive Rolodex has played an integral part in the growth and sustainability of Millennium Magazine. I met Vicky while standing in line for drinks at a doctor’s summer penthouse party on Manhattan’s Eastside in 2011. She was standing in front of me when I stepped up and she turned around to…
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Prosecutor Says: Fashion Models Bilked CHERRY VALLEY – Victoria Pressly’s agency promised models and actors all over the country she could get them into magazines and onto the red carpet, said Otsego County District Attorney John Muehl. But it wasn’t always so, he said. “She talks a good game, holds herself out as someone who has connections and can get models and actors onto the red carpet, exclusive events, photo shoots and interviews,” said Muehl. “But the complaint is she…
PRESSLY MODEL AGENCY CITED C-V Woman Charged With Defrauding Models COOPERSTOWN – A Cherry Valley woman was charged with fraud after several out-of-state models claimed they paid her to help them book photo shoots and interviews, but never received any of the services promised. Victoria Pressly, 53, owner of Victoria Pressly PR Celebrity Agency, was indicted and charged with Grand Larceny, third degree and Scheme to Defraud, first degree, following an investigation by the Otsego County District Attorney’s office.…
Cherry Valley Trustees Ban Farm Animals By JENNIFER HILLS • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – In a unanimous vote, the Village Board Monday evening approved a ban on farm animals, excepting “fowl and chickens,” within village limits “to protect the health and welfare of residents.” The law, Local Law 1 of 2019, notably allows property owners to apply for a waiver by the Village Board “if required for religious purposes,” which was added to the law after some village residents…
IN MEMORIAM: Mildred Wolny, 92; Owned Cherry Valley’s Friendly Store CHERRY VALLEY – Mildred Wolny, 92, who operated the Friendly Corner Store here for 12 years, passed away on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, at Palatine Nursing Home. Born in Brooklyn, in 1927, Mildred spent her early life with her family in Queens. She graduated from Newtown High School studying business and interned at Tiffany’s in Manhattan. She attended Barbizon School of Modeling and also modeled jewelry while at Tiffany’s.…
WATCH CLIP OF HERD ON WKTZ Roaming Buffalo Worry Neighbors In Cherry Valley CHERRY VALLEY – A herd of 80-100 Buffalo reported on the loose in this town’s Honey Hill Road section for almost are still at large and worrying neighbors, according to a post by Lisa Hershey, who lives in the town. “This is real and serious,” she said, adding that people are carrying shotguns in the event they need to protect themselves.…
Why May C-V Ban Farm Animals? It’s Not Romeo, Mayor Says: Who Wants To Live Next To Barnyard? By JENNIFER HILL & JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com CHERRY VALLEY – The good news is: Romeo will not be banished. Beyond that, it appears likely the Village Board at its next meeting, Monday, Aug. 19, will likely ban farm animals within village limits. The way Mayor Lou Guido sees it, chickens will stay, but roosters will go. Romeo is “grandfathered”…
NEW OWNERS FIND IT IN C-V INVENTORY Souvenir Of Apollo 11 Surfaces At Bookstore April Long, above, daughter of Bill and Lynne Compton, new owners of the former Clough’s Bookstore in downtown Cherry Valley, points out a timely artifact that surfaced as her parents were sorting some-15,000 volumes in what is now the Cherry Valley Bookstore: the front page of the New York Times from July 20, 1969. That’s 50 years ago today, as Apollo 11 astronauts were preparing to…
ISSUE TABLED UNTIL AUG. 19 20 People Address Ban On Farm Animals In CV CHERRY VALLEY – Twenty citizens addressed a proposed law that would ban farm animals in the village at a public hearing last evening before the Cherry Valley Village Board. After the hearing’s close, Local Law #1 – titled “A Local Law to Repeal Local Law #2 of the Year 1986, as Amended by Local Law #2 of 1994, and to Prohibit the Harboring of Farm Animals…
Letter from BUZZ HESSE Raiders’ Brutality Spurred Washington To Act Editor’s Note: As recounted here, life – and death – in the former frontier where we live could be brutal, and is reflected in this letter. Please proceed with that understanding. To the Editor: The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta editions of June 13-14, 2019, published a letter written by Zachary Aldridge headlined, “Article complicit in suffering of Native Americans”. This letter was in reference to Jim Kevlin’s May 23…