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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 21 - Happy Birthday Freddie LindstromSat, November 21, 2009 @ 9:40AM The Big Apple Sports Birthday celebrant for November 21 is the New York Giant Hall of Fame outfielder, Freddie Lindstrom, born in Chicago, in 1905. Lindstrom was a sophomore in high school when he signed with the Giants and just two years later, in 1924, he played his first game at the Polo Grounds. He played well enough that rookie year to start at third base for New York in that season's World Series against the Senators. He played every inning of all seven games against Washington, had ten hits, batted .333 and was only 18 years old at the time. Lindstrom is still the youngest player ever to participate in a World Series. Giant Manager John McGraw platooned Freddie at third base the following year but made him a full-time regular by 1926 and for the next six seasons, Lindstrom hit .300 or higher. He led the NL in hits, with 231 in 1928 and had his best season in 1930 when he scored 127 runs, smacked 231 hits, belted 22 home runs, drove in 106 runs and hit .379.
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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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