Big names in the region’s media and people who deal with them discussed “The Role of the Media in Influencing Economic Growth” Wednesday afternoon at a panel discussion sponsored by GO-EDC, Albert Colone and Bill Shue’s economic-development promotion group, at Oneonta’s Hampton Inn. Front to back are County IDA COO Elizabeth Horvath; Ken Eysaman, editor of the NNY Business Magazine, Watertown; Daily Star publisher Mitchell Lynch (partially hidden); Dick Snyder, publisher of the Evening Sun, Norwich, and the Pennysavers; Jeff Smetana, developer of Hillside Commons, Jim Kevlin, editor/publisher of Hometown Oneonta, The Freeman’s Journal and allotsego.com; Colone, and Dennis Finn, chairman of the city Airport Commission. Retired SUNY Oneonta communications professor Neil Cunningham moderated. (Point of information: As a lad, Eysaman lived in Franklin while his father was superintendent there. Bill Shue planned to treat Eysaman and his mother, Gretchen, who hadn’t experienced it for 40 years, to Brooks BBQ that evening.) (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)
“the Role of the Media in
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Located just minutes from downtown Cooperstown, the historic Fly Creek Cider Mill offers sweet and hard ciders, mill-aged New York cheddar, buttercream fudge, and the scenic charm of its millpond boardwalk. A favorite spring ritual for many is spotting the newly-hatched goslings waddling alongside the mill’s resident Sebastopol geese.…
Across from the Dreams Park, the former DiMaggio’s hot dog restaurant has been reopened by Perry Ferrara, owner of Cooperstown’s Railroad Inn and Heroes of Baseball Wax Museum. The new Bambino’s Cantina menu includes tacos, burritos, quesadillas and nachos.…
2nd Time Around, Climate-Smart Idea Wins County’s OK Frazier, Clark Vote Nay, But Hope Is To Gain Access To State Grants By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Failing to do so two months ago, the county Board of Representatives today voted 12-2 to enact a state-sponsored “Climate Smart Community Pledge.” County Reps. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, and Kathy Clark, R-Otego, who had questioned it last time, when it was referred to the Solid Waste & Environmental Concerns Committee (SWECC) for further study, opposed it again.…
March 6, 2019
PUTTING THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE NEWSPAPER
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