Munson Clan Going Strong For 50 Years By LIBBY CUDMORE Munson’s Building Supplies has come a long way since the days of three employees, one truck and no customers. On Friday, June 20, the family-owned store celebrated 50 years as one of Oneonta’s premier building supplies store, with loyal customers including Unique Builders and Orpheus Theater. Six-hundred people stopped by for food, music by Party of Two, door prizes and a chance to congratulate the family on a half-century of success. So…
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Gelbsman May Succeed Schwerd On IDA Board By JIM KEVLIN Given a colleague’s legal troubles, county Rep. Craig Gelbsman, R-Oneonta, is in line for appointment as liaison to the county IDA, the Industrial Development Agency spearheading redevelopment of Pony Farm Industrial Park. He would replace county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, who District Attorney John Muehl said is under investigation for misuse of campaign funds following a complaint by her former employer, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. The idea of…
Tongue In Cheek, Springfield Merchants Vie To Sell Most T-Shirts By LIBBY CUDMORE SPRINGFIELD ‘It’s not a contest,” Ernie Adams, of Country Memories in Springfield, insisted. “But I am winning.” As the 100th anniversary of Springfield’s annual Fourth of July parade approaches, he and Tom Mabie, of Tom and Kelly’s, are in a tongue-in-cheek contest to see who can sell the most of the $10 celebration T-shirts. “Everything is a competition for me,” said Mabie. “And if it isn’t, I…
Harvesters Turn County Into Hops Farming Hub By JIM KEVLIN Two flatbeds from Harbor Freight Transport, Port Newark, N.J., arrived at the Cooperstown Brewing Co. here shortly before noon Monday, June 23, with the final pieces of the foundation needed to revive the crop that created Otsego County’s greatest period of prosperity. Hops, that is. The final pieces are two refurbished Wolf Harvesters, purchased in April and imported from Poland for Hager’s Hops, owned by Anheuser-Busch heir Lou Hager Jr.…
Ommegang ‘Pop Up Shop,’ Plus Restaurant, Corn Dogs Pending By LIBBY CUDMORE For Alex Webster, owner of Alex & Ika here and Cantina de Salsa in Cherry Valley, the taste of a corndog was the taste of vacation. “I grew up in England, where they didn’t have corndogs,” he said. “I would go visit my grandma in California, and I have very strong, happy memories of getting a corndog.” Beginning in July, Webster will share those happy memories with other…
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CMA Winner Hunter Hayes Joins Hall of Fame 75th Concert Lineup COOPERSTOWN Country superstar Hunter Hayes joins Paul Simon, Yolanda Adams and Juan Luis Guerra, and former New York Yankee Bernie Williams on stage with the Boston Pops at the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, Aug. 2 at the Clark Sports Center Field. Hayes, 22, released his self-titled debut album in 2011, reaching number seven on the Billboard chart and selling 1.1 million copies and featured the…
Newest IDA Staffer’s Focus: Making Microbusiness Work By LIBBY CUDMORE To help Otsego County businesses succeed, all you have to do is ask what they need. That’s the theory Dawn Rivers, the new office manager and director of the county IDA’s Susquehanna Regional Center for Jobs, is operating under. “It’s going to be important, going forward, to listen to people,” she said. “We will be much more successful in helping our economy thrive if we listen to what people want from…
Latter-Day Bruce Wayne Lives His Dream By LIBBY CUDMORE The Batcave’s location is one of Batman’s most closely guarded secrets – but it may be closer than the Joker or the Penguin might think. Hidden in the misty hills of Mount Vision, in a non-descript garage just off 205, is the Batmobile – or rather, a near-perfect replica of the car from the 1966 TV show starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader. “When I used to watch the show…
Village Applies For $½ Million To ‘Jumpstart’ 22 Main Upgrade By JIM KEVLIN The Village Board has applied for a $500,000 CFA grant that, if approved, would “hugely jumpstart” a $2 million planned renovation of 22 Main, the historic Village Hall, according to Mayor Jeff Katz. The grant, plus the village’s $166,000 match, would pay for one-third of the work. CFAs (for consolidated funding applications), administered through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission (one of 13 statewide), are the Cuomo…
