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The late film historian Rob Edelman discusses his book “From Spring Training to Screen Test: Baseball Players Turned Actors.” Rob’s wife and film professor emeritus Audrey Kupferberg has stories of Jewish merchants in the thriving downtown of the 1950s in her native Amsterdam, New York.

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Episode 446- What’s it like to be the boss’s son?  Rod Correll is author of the memoir “Learning to Be a Leatherman-A Rite of Passage.”  Correll lived in the leather business for 50 years, from childhood up to when he left the business to return to Yale for an MBA.

Saturday, October 29, 2022 The Latest from Bob Cudmore

Today in The Daily Gazette "The Paper-Paper"

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FOCUS ON HISTORY: The last hurrah for Bowler’s Brewery

Time caught up with Bowler’s Brewery and its ghost sign on Route 5 in Amsterdam’s West End this month.

The Sunday Read on The Historians

 Shakspeare at the golf course

by Bob Cudmore

   An estimated 350 people sat on camp chairs to watch Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy.  Many in the patrons arrived on crowded electric trolley cars from nearby Amsterdam.  The audience loved the play, according to a rave review the next day in the Amsterdam Recorder.

Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, October 29, 2022

Dry and tranquil weather conditions will continue through the
weekend with a high pressure system overhead. A weak
disturbance could bring a few showers to the area late Monday
into Tuesday. Dry and mild weather is then expected for the
remainder of next week
Patchy freezing fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind.
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Light northwest wind.
Sunday
Patchy freezing fog before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
 
Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Saturday, October 29, 2022
 
Daily Gazette
 
CDTA ridership at 85% of pre-pandemic levels
CAPITAL REGION — The region’s largest public transit operator is closer than ever before to recouping ridership numbers lost in…
 
FOCUS ON HISTORY: The last hurrah for Bowler’s Brewery
Time caught up with Bowler’s Brewery and its ghost sign on Route 5 in Amsterdam’s West End this month. Emergency…
 
Kidnapping suspect Wilson sentenced in Montgomery County case; Judge calls sentence ‘very appropriate’
FONDA — A Gloversville man was sentenced to 23 years in state prison on attempted murder and aggravated sexual abuse…
 
https://dailygazette.com/
 
RecorderNews
 
Officials: Local Dominion voting machines accurate
 
FULTON & MONTGOMERY COUNTIES — As New York state’s nine-day early voting period begins today, both Republican and Democratic election commissioners in Fulton and Montgomery counties say that some local voters, despite...
 
https://www.recordernews.com/

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