Three Rivers Inn

07/17/2025

Connie Francis "Where The Boys Are" on The Ed Sullivan Show, October 8, 1961. Subscribe now to never miss an update: https://ume.lnk.to/EdSullivanSubscribe C...

07/17/2025

It is with great sorrow we read this news tis morning.
Connie Francis Dies at 87. She was a loyal performer at Three Rivers Inn and a friend of Dom Bruno's family. Dom's sister was a hair stylist and went on tour with Connie. Rest In Peace, Connie Francis.

07/07/2025

We at Three Rivers Inn wish Connie Francis a quick and easy recovery

The "Pretty Little Baby" singer shared the news on her page on Wednesday.

01/16/2025

01/16/2025

We were cleaning out files in the office when my assistant held up this post card. I said oh that must be from my brother. His first post in the State Department was in Melbourne. I was distracted at the moment by something else and didn’t pick up the card to read it until much later.

When I did, imagine my surprise to see who it really was from.
The story behind this post card is, Al Martino was driving on the NYS Thruway when he was stopped for speeding near Exit 34. He had to come before Judge Mike Perretta in Canastota.

Mike’s office in the Bruno Building was adjacent to that of Bruno Novelty’s, Louis and Dominic Bruno’s offices. The Novelty's business was coin-operated amusement machines which was founded on jukeboxes.

Mike was good at chatting with people. When he learned that Al was a recording artist, he was quick to send him next door to Lou who was in the office at that moment.

There a friendship began. The two men shared good conversation. Bruno Novelty became a faithful purchaser of Al Martino’s records for their jukeboxes, jukeboxes which were in locations throughout CNY from Norwich to Oswego, Cortland to Liverpool and so many small towns in between; they were in taverns, restaurants, colleges, rec centers, diners and bowling alleys.
Dom booked Al for numerous engagements at Three Rivers Inn.
We met a lot of celebrities through the years. Al Martino was the most genuine and loyal of all.

07/21/2023

So very, very sad to hear of Tony Bennett’s passing he was not only a great performing artist, but he was also a wonderful visual artist. Lucky Heaven💕🙏

04/14/2023

Thank you, Matty Cee for this fabulousJoan Rivers's ad How young she is!

04/14/2023

Thank you to Mary Jo German for this bit of the Inn's history

04/14/2023

Thank you to Nancy Jesse Munson for this wonderful piece of nostalgia

07/26/2022

A big thank you to Paul Rickert who sent these photos of the Inn's 1959 signage

05/25/2022

The Three Rivers Inn article on syracuse.com has created such a stir that I would like to ask a favor. Would you please write a note to the editor about what the story meant to you?

It would continue the discussion and show the value of having these types of nostalgia/history stories in the newspaper and on the website.

https://www.syracuse.com/opinion/2017/01/how_to_submit_letters_and_commentary_to_syracusecom.html

I have received so many memories from people I know and many I don’t know from Fulton to Massachusetts
who read the article and wanted to express the good feelings it brought to mind. God knows we need feel-good news.

So if you would, just click on the website and leave a comment. Thanks!

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