“We like to huff on gas lamps. It’s addictive. No one talks about it.”
Amy Nelson’s account of her love for the Gaslamp Quarter, might seem slightly suspicious. But it’s a splendid introduction to the humor of Folk Uke, the duo Nelson runs with her longtime friend from the Quarter, Cathy Guthrie.
Favorite things about the Quarter for the two included the architecture. Amy always wanted to live in the apartments above Fifth Street.
The worst part was the crack situation. But at the corner of 5th and F they met several of their all time favorite humans, including each other. “We both worked at Croce’s,” recalls Nelson. “I thought Cathy was funny at first, but it turned out she was fucking hilarious.”
Dec 29, 2020
After 81 years of loving life and others on this Earth, Shelby Jean Bolling Astin of 385 East Mountain Avenue in South Williamsport, has found eternal rest in the arms of Jesus, her Lord and Savior. She joined the most grand, Heavenly reunion ever on Dec. 26, 2020.
Born as a second life baby on Sept. 6, 1939 in Danville, Va., Jeanie’s father, Raleigh Shelton Bolling; mother, Hattie Virginia – aka Tookie – Fox Bolling; sisters, Elna Pendleton, and Mrytle Clapp; and twin brothers, Edwin – aka Ebb – and Ernest Bolling all accepted their grand reunion invitations many years prior.
Still here remembering and honoring her are her husband, Claude Swanson – aka Punk – Astin Jr. of South Williamsport; daughter, Deborah Jean Astin Lavalla with husband Victor of Hollidaysburg; sons: Claude Swanson – aka Sam – Astin III with wife Dawn of Allenwood; Bernard Harvey – aka Bernie – Astin with wife Summer of Lewisburg; and Raleigh Bolling – aka Mr. 305 Astin
PHOTO PROVIDED Rochester City Council Vice President at his barbershop on Jefferson Avenue.
After a flurry of excited calls from her employees and customers Friday, when Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that salons, barber shops, and gyms located in COVID-19 orange zones could reopen on Monday, Kym Reed found herself doing math.
“If I worked an eight-hour day theoretically, at an hour per visit, I could do eight haircuts, at 25 percent of that, two hair cuts,” Reed, who owns Blue Marble Hair Parlour on East Ave. calculated. She’s not sure if it s sustainable.
Her business is in Rochester s state-designated orange zone and like some other businesses, Blue Marble was forced to close on the day before Thanksgiving. Orange zones are areas with high levels of COVID-19 cases.
1:07 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says salons, barber shops and gyms in Orange Zones could reopen. But one business owner says the reality is its tough to pull off. WXXI’s James Brown has details.
Her business, like many in orange zones, were forced to close on the day before Thanksgiving. Orange zones are areas with high levels of COVID-19 cases.
Reed says operating at 25% capacity - on top social distancing and masking requirements - will make it harder for her and her employees to keep going. She’s hoping the state will provide clarity to the requirements in the coming days.