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Bill's Broadsides
 Bill Ackerbauer |
A promising weekend for entertainmentWed, November 18, 2009 @ 3:37PM This afternoon I'm putting together the What's to Do listing, our weekly calendar of local arts/entertainment/cultural events. It's going to be a big listing this week. In addition to many of the familiar rock bands and solo acts on the local tavern circuit, we have comedy at the Funny Farm, plays at the Jewish Community Center and the Colonial Little Theatre, and a few touring music acts passing through. Here are some highlights: On Thursday night from 5 to 7 at Gloversville High School, Capital Region pop-rockers The Velmas will play a benefit concert for the Jacob Shell medical fund. Also performing will be Beth Zaj and music teacher John Savage and some of his GHS jazz cats. The tickets are cheap — $3 for students and $5 for adults. On Friday night, the Perthshire will present Tim Creaser, doing a tribute to Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond, which sounds like an interesting combination.
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Publisher's Point
 Pat Beck |
The fat lady has sung -Wed, November 4, 2009 @ 11:17AM OK, let’s get it out of the way, I fit the description but nevertheless I am not going to sing but the elections are now over. Well, the voting is over, yet the constructive comments and cheap shots will continue for a few days. I will be criticized for our endorsements, our coverage, our website and it won’t surprise me that somehow, someone will feel it was our fault that the voting machines weren’t working. I repeat, the comments are always welcomed and I love the fact that people take such ownership of their local newspaper. My hope is that the answers are at least given some consciousness consideration and the staff is given a little respect that they deserve. Today I was greeted, at a morning chamber event, with “I knew Dayton would win the minute you didn’t endorse him”. I didn’t miss a beat, asking with sincerity if he would please join the editorial board for the next election. He didn’t give me an answer.
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Mikey C's Big Apple Sports Birthday Blog
 Michael Cinquanti |
November 20 - Happy Birthday Clark GriffithFri, November 20, 2009 @ 11:52AM The Big Apple Sports Birthday celebrant for November 20 is the first Manager in Yankee franchise history, Clark Griffith, born in Clear Creek, MO, in 1869. One of the legendary names in the history of baseball, Griffith began that legend as a very good right-handed pitcher for the National League's old Chicago Nationals way back in the 1890s. He was a seven-time 20-game winner during his days in the Windy City, where his cunning on the mound earned him the nickname, "The Old Fox." He was also a very shrewd follower of the business of baseball. He became the first NL star player to jump to Ban Johnson's new American League, when it was formed in 1901. At first, Griffith remained in the Windy City, becoming the player-manager of Charley Comiskey's new Chicago White Sox franchise and winning the first-ever AL pennant in 1901. When the new league transferred its Baltimore franchise to the Big Apple and re-named it the Highlanders, Griffith took over as Skipper of the New York club.
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Farmers Market Update
 Curdie Gardner |
Indoor MarketThu, November 19, 2009 @ 6:18PM Ok, good idea and I hope it works! That indoor market at the Glove on December 5th, Great! I love the idea, so lets share it with everyone. It will take awhile to turn Gloversville around, for many reasons, but why not start here? I realized this while I was manageing the Market in Gloversville this past season. Gloversville needs to start somewhere and I feel the market indoors or out is a start. It's very hard to get a business to come to town, but at least there are people trying to get Gloversville noticed. I have so many ides about the Market, in the pavilion, for next season, that it would make anyones' head spin, but one step at a time. That is one reason why I started this blog, to get awareness out about eating healthy and shopping locally. So let us all think about what we'd like to see in downtown Gloversville and not think so ill of the city.
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