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Episode #206 March 8, 2009
Exploring the arts, entertainment
and heritage of our region.
The
Scene
Weekly
with Mark Werchowski
Check out these links for local hobbies and clubs
Best of MV Living Vol. 2
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Deansboro Superette
Daily Lunch specials
841-4377
Thanks for traveling with us, Lance and Sharry
Heartworks Quilts & Fabrics
Authentic Adirondack Bagels
-No Hole!
Be sure to call ahead during severe weather
Back to Rome again this week. We got to meet some of the families that make the city what it is, from a large manufacturer, Rome Strip Steel, to the small (but very busy) Mazzaferro's Meat and Deli. Both these businesses started in the 1920s and are still family owned businesses!
Located in the heart of Fly Creek, in what looks like an old barn that has always been there, is Heartworks Quilts & Fabrics.
There are classes for beginners through experienced
February 28th begins
Hand Embroidery
A Block a Month for 4 Months
Margaret, an award winning quilter, has quilts hanging all over the world
Or write:
Kellogg St. Productions
30 Kellogg Street
Clinton, NY 13323
or call 315-853-7133
Founded in 1926, Rome Strip Steel is one of the
top producers of close tolerance cold rolled strip
steels in the world. They roll, anneal and slit a
wide range of cold rolled alloy, high carbon, low
carbon close tolerance strip steels, and various grades of high strength/low alloy steels. President, Kirk Hinman, is the grandson of the company's founder.
Sugared Plum Ovens on West Dominick Street is a family affair. Owner, Ronda, credits her mother for the inspiration and tells of her childhood Christmases filled with homemade Italian cookies.
Her mother has also perfected
sugar-free cookies and pastries.
Sugared Plum Ovens on West Dominick is a family affair
Al Nathan owns and operates Nathan's Bakery in Old Forge, where people come to drink coffee, listen to blues music and eat Adirondack Bagels -the ones with no hole in the center! Al is also a musician and plays contemporary and classic blues with Bluestreak. In 2006, they released their first CD, Blues and Black Coffee. BlueStreak can be found playing clubs and concerts throughout Central New York.
Wright Settlement,
Birthplace of Harold B. Wright
Wright Settlement is a hamlet north of Rome. The home/birthplace of author, Harold Bell Wright, still stands here. It was built in 1819 and was moved in 1952 to its present site to make way for Griffiss Airforce Base.
During the early 1900s, the novels of Harold Bell Wright outsold every other American writer. It is claimed that Wright was the first person to become a millionaire by writing novels and the first to write a novel that reached a million sales. Many movies were made from Wright's novels, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth and the John Wayne film, The Shepherd of the Hills .
Harold Bell Wright was a best-selling American writer and considered to be the first to become a millionaire writing fiction
Eddie's Paramount Diner is a popular family run diner and chances are you'll catch Eddie there. The diner was built by the Paramount Dining Car Company in the 1940s. it was moved to its current site on West Dominick Street in the 1970s.
Eddie's Paramount Diner on West Dominick is a classic
Calandra Racing Concepts, Inc. manufacturing division operates daily; designing, producing, marketing and packaging high quality R/C products for sale to dealers and distributors worldwide. It is located at the intersection of Route 233 and 69 in Rome. In the summer there is a large outdoor offroad track complete with 4000 watts of lighting and a large drivers stand. Inside, CRC Raceway is a full-line hobby shop with cars, parts and accessories and an indoor carpet track.
Try a homemade pastry
MV Living Fan Special
This week 3/9-3/14/09,
free coffee with pastry purchase
Open Mon-Sat
RACE NIGHTS
Thursday 4-10pm!
Also open
Tues & Wed at 4pm
Friday & Sat 11-4
Cooperstown Meets East Utica
Photographer, Richard S. Duncan
In his latest book project, Otsego County, Its Towns & Treasures, Richard S. Duncan has combined his own beautiful photography of the present with the historical images from the village and town historians of Otsego County and the collections of the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, to capture the delicate balance between the past and present of the 24 towns in the county.
Leatherstocking Ballet Tickets On Sale Now
Call 724-4000
"The Odyssey of Moses Viney"
March 14
1:30 refreshments 2:00 Program
Schenectady County Historical Society
32 Washington Ave., Schenectady
Call 374-0263
