IN MEMORIAM: Bruce ‘Gary’ Rathbone, 72, Retired Teacher BURLINGTON FLATS – Bruce Garrison “Gary” Rathbone, 72, who taught at BOCES and served on the Burlington Town Board, passed away July 17, 2014, peacefully at his home in Burlington Flats. He was born on April 5, 1942, in Staten Island to Bruce and Patricia Wheeler Rathbone. He moved to Cooperstown with his mother at an early age while his father was overseas serving in World War II.…
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OPERA REVIEW: Glimmerglass’ ‘Carousel’ Offers Talent, Verve, Fine Conducting, Etc. By ROBERT MOYNIHAN • allotsego.com The chief excellence of this production? The young cast members, their talent and verve – with fine orchestral conducting, dancing, and vocal performances – The Hammerstein dialogue, however, must have been written on his off days, with tedious near-rhymes and banalities meant to represent “the folk.”…
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.…
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.…
Refurbished Street Lights Reinstalled In Downtown…
This Band KNOWS: Music the Best Medicine One day a week, Dr. Jessica Carlson gets to trade in her surgical scrubs for rhinestone-studded leggings and spike heels. No, she’s not going to a fancy party or the hottest nightclub – she’s going to rock. Carlson, a fourth-year resident in surgery, is the lead singer of Gradient, a rock ’n’ roll cover band made up of rockin’ docs from Bassett Hospital. “Music is the best medicine,” said Robbie Graham, bassist and addiction…
75-Mile Bike Ride In Works For 75th Induction Birthday By LIBBY CUDMORE There are plenty of ways to celebrate the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary Induction – concerts, games and new exhibits and old memories. But for county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, a bike trip is the perfect way to celebrate. “The Hall of Fame wanted a year-long celebration of community involvement,” she said. “Downtown Oneonta has started to become a popular destination for mountain biking, and the ball…
Zambello Praised For ‘Lush, Economic’ 2014 Season Opener, ‘Madame Butterfly’ COOPERSTOWN – Albany Times Union critic Joseph Dalton praises “Madame Butterfly,” which last evening launched the Glimmerglass Festival’s 2014 season, as “at once lush and economic, also imaginative yet true to the original drama.” The “guiding hand” of Artistic & General Director Francesca Zambello is evident “in most every way imaginable.” Read Bob Moyhihan’s review in the upcoming editions of The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta.…
Otsego County Exhibitors Shine In Livestock Show Dairy Category COOPERSTOWN – Young exhibitors from Otsego County took Grand Champion honors in three dairy cattle divisions at The Farmers’ Museum’s 66th annual Junior Livestock Show held Sunday through Tuesday at Iroquois Farm, Route 33. They are: • Jack Vunk, Edmeston, in the Ayrshire Division, showing Dutch-Ayr Burdette’s Misery and in the Milking Shorthorn Division with Hickory Hills Crystals Ruby. • Sharla Woodrow, Milford, in the Brown Swiss division, showing Sunny Acres…
