Hey guys, welcome to Good News York. Yes? If
you haven't noticed, we haven't dramatically
upgraded the background in our studio. We are
actually somewhere else. Wait, what? We're in
green screen this? Nah. Oh. Where are we? This
is real life. Where are we? This is real life.
Tell us where we are, Mike. Well, Mike, we're
just here, Good News York, sponsored by Ads on
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River Edge Mansion. Bed and breakfast, wedding
venue, whatever you want it to be, in Petalville,
New York, 20 minutes north of Syracuse, very
easy to get here. That's the thing that gets
me about this place, is that it's... So close.
Desolate, is that the right word? No. No. As
quaint as this is. All right, that's a good word.
Like in the middle, you know, kind of like off
the beaten path, quiet. Yeah. You don't have
to drive down a million county route roads or
dirt roads to get here It's right off the highway,
which you can probably hear but Yeah, this is
great and I did not wear sunglasses because when
we did the promo oh Every time I wear sunglasses
I look like a huge dick like I just look like
a guy that you want to punch in the face I don't
I think you're a little hard on yourself Well,
I think it was that bad. Thank you. I've always
been a little hard on myself. I did like your
Stevie Wonder vibes, though, with the glass,
because you were wearing a glass of... Was I
doing that? You were like... Like that? Yeah.
What are you doing? Well, either way... I always
wonder what you're doing, so... Oh, thanks, buddy.
I always wonder what you're doing. Well, this
is going to be a fun day. We've got all our clients
from Growth Mode... Not all. A good majority
of our clients from Growth Mode content coming
to... enjoy our little field trip and shoot some
content, cross -promote, and just have a fun
day. For those who haven't been following along,
what we do here at Growth Mode Content is we
help make content for businesses and brands,
organic content. Typically, we start out with
podcasts, we do that in our high -end podcast
studio, and then we take that and slice it up
and make a month's worth of social media clips
for everybody. We do that all for them. And the
goal is to really get that organic reach, right?
Help people understand who the people are that
they might do business with, buy from, partner
with, et cetera. But you know, as much fun and
as effective as that is, we're getting ridiculous
numbers on these things. I've wanted from the
beginning to do more than just in the studio.
So if you remember, here's a little Good News
York nostalgia. If you want to scroll back. Even
if you haven't been along for the whole journey
here, if you want to scroll back to our very
beginnings, this winter, we launched this show
at the Syracuse Winter Fair at the Great New
York State Fairgrounds. We did. We did it live
right there in the booth, I guess, right? In
our spot. And one of our first guests was John,
the owner of the River Edge Mansion. I think
he was. The place where I was. Was Mike Lisi
or hip? We'd have to go check the tape. First
or second guest. Either way. I mean, they may
as well be both our first guests. And so since
then, since we got to hear about it, we've been
talking about coming out here, getting out of
the studio. And the weather is great. We got
some food. We got some people. And what you're
going to see is all of this place. We're going
to give you the. More than the nickel tour, I
guess you would say. And you'll probably see
Danny with his pants off at some point. You won't.
You're not. No? That's a different video. Oh,
my bad. Yeah. What do we know about this house
so far? When was it built? Do we remember? It's
a long time ago. Long time ago. Yeah, it's old.
Very old. You know what I don't like? The porches
are pitched for the rainwater. Intentionally,
yeah. Yeah. But it's really weird being up on
the balcony. It's a little bit of an angle. So
yeah, why don't we wander around and show you
a little more of the property? Show the place
off here at the River Edge Mansion on Good News
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on the Go. Let's show this place off, baby. Sounds
good. All right. Everyone, welcome to River Edge
Mansion Bed and Breakfast. This is the original
homestead, a Shropel homestead, which was constructed
in 1818. George Casper Scropel was partners in
business with Henry Scriba. And Henry Scriba
owned most of the land north of the Oneida River
and to the east of the Oswego River. And George,
being a partner with him, bought 25 ,000 acres
here and established the town of Scropel. And
that was The town wasn't established till after,
but the homestead here was built in 1818. And
to do that, they built a mill right on the river,
the Oneida River here, and they constructed a
temporary house behind the mansion. And that
temporary house they lived in for five years.
It took five years to construct this house. And,
you know, after they obviously moved in, They
ended up putting a barn behind the house after
they had moved into the mansion. And this little
jet out to the right here was added on in 1829.
So the house is 207 years old, and it's registered
historic landmark. And we're so happy to have
you guys join us here today. And we'll do a quick
tour. We are on 5 .85 acres of property. And
since we have taken over behind you, you could
see we built the 5 ,000 square foot event space
with artificial turf. So that outdoor events,
weddings, people that have garden weddings or
so forth, you know, it's a great space for that.
And we've since added also the 50 space parking
lot here. Yeah, we absolutely yeah, we have weddings
and so forth that we'll be doing this year. Later
in the year, we have one in September, one in
October, so yeah. And it's quite a great space
for it. Yes. Casper. Yeah, so Casper, his oldest
son was his namesake, Casper. And the story goes,
as the story goes, George Casper married French
royalty. And she was the niece of King Louis,
one of the bad ones. When she married, he was
not king. But after he became king, she was called
back to court, left him with their four children.
And he pretty much had to raise those kids. And
they were on a trip up in... Morristown, New
York, kind of a holiday vacation. And Casper
drowned. And they returned home. And it is said
that the house was haunted with the spirit of
Casper. And that is the original story of Casper
the friendly ghost. Started in this house. And,
you know, obviously has. A lot of commercial
promotional things have happened with Casper
over the years. But if you look it up, the original
story, that's where the original story stems
from. No idea. That's amazing. Yeah. So to Mark's
point, you have the Casper significance. The
house is also, and we'll show you, part of the
underground railroad. We have a trap door in
the dining room, which drops down to the basement.
And you could see in the basement, there was
a tunnel. You could see there used to be an opening
because it was filled in with different stone
and mortar. But when you step back and look at
it, you could see it's like a perfect oval, you
know, which was filled in. So to be a, you know,
just a bug on the wall here over the years, the
things that might have happened here over the
time. But come on, we'll take a walk in. We'll
take a look at the river. So we have plenty of
gardens and a lot of the outdoor events we do,
they want to take advantage of the gardens. And
a lot of ceremonies down on our docks and decking
and rotunda. So just a wonderful venue for an
event. And we've done some family reunions here
for some big families, and they just, you know,
use the property for the day. So, a perfect spot
for the Geno Stacy's sleepover. Absolutely. We
have beautiful suites, too. So, you know, one
of the things that's really popular here is that
brides and groom, even if they're not getting
married here, they come in, the brides come in,
they get ready for the day with their bridesmates,
get all ready, take their pictures here. There
are before pictures and then go off to the ceremony.
Last week, two weeks ago, we had a bride who
was picked up on the docks. So prepared here,
picked up on the docks by a boat. Their wedding
was right down river on her parents' property.
And she was dropped off with her dad at their
property. And that's how they arrived at the
wedding. We have all kinds of things that happen,
you know, throughout the property and throughout
the year. So come on, we'll go inside. By the
way, we have four porches on the house. You know,
obviously the front porch, the upstairs front
porch, we have a side porch, two side porches.
And, you know, these are all, it's original,
so. This is all tongue -and -groove cedar that's
on these porches. And maintaining, as you know,
it's an ongoing process. Never -ending. We have
to repaint as soon as you get done, right? Constantly.
Constantly. And, you know, being on the Erie
Canal here, the Oneta River, we have a ton of
boat traffic. Constant. Like, and I'm talking
traveling boats, 80-, 90 -foot boats. Like, this
morning, we saw this enormous, beautiful Yakobai.
But the great thing is from that place, if you're
in a boat, you can go anywhere in the world because
you can access anywhere you would like to go.
Whether you're going to the Hudson River or you're
going to, you know, through Lake Ontario out
the seaway. So come on in. We'll do a tour. So
you guys the front hallway and as you look up
all the cornices moldings The flooring everything
you see is original to the house. So all of this
was hand -carved The shutters in the the traditional
fashion Well, you'll see the windows in the house
are enormous all of them throughout the entire
house back in the 1800s There was no electricity
you needed light during the day and to darken
the rooms. He's these shutters were added that
fold it right into the sidewalk. Just gonna leave
him go right now, babe. I don't even know where
he is. I don't like them. So this is an original
door. So the lock sets are all still workable.
That's so cool. So the front and side doors are
original to the house. Come on, you guys. We'll
come in the front suite. So this was originally
the front parlor. and then was converted into
one of our suites in the house. We have five
fireplaces, all stone and hand carved. They're
all now converted to gas. But, you know, for
one of our suites, you know, and you'll see throughout,
make sure that all the furnishings that we have
are period appropriate to the house. But this
is just one of the suites, really comfortable
queen size poster bed. The largest bathroom in
the house with an original sink in there up on
a pedestal. And that is the haunted rocking chair.
It moves with Casper now. So we have a rocking
chair that I believe was my husband's grandmother's
that his mom had and then she when she passed
John ended up with it and it's been in our house
before we lived here for years and You know,
I never It was just a rocking chair, right? It
was in I think it was in our family room and
I put it in the upstairs hallway here and my
cleaning lady was vacuuming and she was just
coming into the hallway so she hadn't even started
cleaning in the hallway and the rocking chair
was rocking in the corner. We had to change the
password. No, you guys would want to be upstairs,
so let's go take a look. So this would be the
suite that you would want if you're doing a sleepover.
This is the Oneida River suite. Yes, the back,
only certain times of the day. Yeah, like I said,
the Oneida River Suite. This one has a two -person
jacuzzi, a full bath, obviously, and a king -size
poster bed. And this is by far the most sought
after suite that we have. Yes, and again stone
fireplace So beautiful beautiful space and when
you stay here you can walk out on your own porch
Which is right outside it's obviously just great
views of the river a great peaceful space Maybe
that a unicorn needs to make it up here Yeah,
stand in the tub. Permission to get in the tub
of the unicorn carefully? Yes. Carefully, I love
it. But you can see all these columns are original
for the house with the Grecian tops that they
have on them. This is a Greek revival built in
that style. So again, all the porch decking is
original. Did you cover the... German immigrant
kitchen in the basement. This is crazy that this
is in such good shape and it was built so long
ago. You said 18? 1818. They started construction
in 1818 and it recovered them. The craftsmanship
is off the hook. The materials to build the house
are all very solid. In the house, the ceilings
are all very high. Most of the ceilings in the
house are ten and a half feet. and the windows
span some of them up to 84 inches, which is seven
foot, depending on the room that you're in. So
great light in the house, which is wonderful
during the day. And they built it facing kind
of east sunrises, so it has great light throughout
the day. So we get so many locals also just staying
for like a quick respite getaway. Many times,
people, just kids, they need to get away from
the kids. The grandmother or father come in for
the night. Just last week, two weeks ago, we
had somebody that was from Liverpool. They said,
we need a break. And they just show up and call
us and show up and stay for the night. And Rebecca
is a chef. And we three course breakfast for
everybody. When you say we deliver. Morning beverages
to your room. Before breakfast. Before breakfast.
So, yeah, I mean, we, like, both of us grew up
in this business. We're both in the food and
hospitality business, so this is kind of like
a dream. This is Rebecca's dream. Awesome. Tone
of B &B on the river. So we did it. Besides him,
this is my dream. But come on, we'll continue
to take a walk. and show you the other sweets
that we have. So you'll see a lot of light fixtures
in the house are original to the house. This
is the only room. This is what we call family
room, really. It's the only room in the house
with modern furniture, if you will. but this
is kind of for guests to kind of chill out. We
have a 65 inch screen in here and just can chill
out. This light fixture was originally an oil
lamp and it's been converted to electric. You
can see the mirrors at the top which would reflect
the light, help reflect the light. And this moves
us to the back hall. And then this is the Seneca
River Suite, which actually has the largest bathroom
in the house. Actually, I lied. You already gave
Matt, Danny, and I this toilet, and it's the
first time. It's so interesting. Are there some
new things to look at? There is. I love this
bathroom. Is this without doors for the bathroom?
Yeah. Bring that back. It's like a different
space from the... Was this a sitting room that
got converted into a... I can't answer that.
I don't know. It seems very large for the time.
Right. It very well could have been. They didn't
even have indoor plumbing. Probably, I don't
know. Didn't. Probably didn't. Back in the day,
did not. All these things have been added since...
My wife and I added all the central air to the
house. There was only... We bought it in 2021.
That was a rough time. We bought it late in the
year. Okay, so it's a little better at least.
Yeah, we closed the place for four months to
just get it in shape. It's an intimate kind of
a boutique setting and that's the way we that's
the way we want it to be you know. Cozy someone
I travel alone a lot and I like staying in a
place like this because I feel like someone knows
where I am I'm not walking out a long dark hallway
right at 10 o 'clock at night By myself exactly.
I really I like places like this when I travel
Yeah, so I mean, it's a small intimate B &B.
We tell everyone to make yourselves at home.
You're just an extension You're a guest to us.
That's all and one of our guests staying in the
home Plus Riley Our golden retriever is at doggy
daycare because of that. Well, we want him to
kind of interrupt things. He would have been
running up and down the hill, all that. And this
is his home, it probably would be too stressful
for him. Well, he's a character. Yeah, he makes
friends very quickly. So, you know, the thing
about the house is, with the exception of downstairs,
two rooms, the kitchen, and that main hallway
downstairs, the back hallway, all these floors
are original. All the banisters in the house
are original. Was this here when you bought it?
We did. I don't know why. When you show us the
first time, I just love this mirror. Well, the
mirrors in the house are pretty off the hook,
quite frankly. They had to put a two -by -four.
to mount this thing. It's so heavy. Oh, for real?
So they created its own stud, yeah. Well, they
wanted it there, though. That's where they wanted
it. And this is the Aswego River Suite, which
is the smallest suite, more intimate. It's got
an enormous bathroom with a jacuzzi. Was closed
We closed it To do work we did we needed to do
like this entire room has been renovated We had
to the house was eight inches off it had dropped
eight inches so we had to jack the house last
year and Everything cracked, and the windows
were crooked. We had to pretty much got this
room. Can you do breakfast outside? We can, yeah,
absolutely. You stayed at one and had to go over,
and they had breakfast outside, and it was really
lovely. It could be definitely served on one
of the porches, absolutely, when people was like...
Imagine. We're launching a VIP program. Maybe
we do that for our VIPs. Hey, by the way, this
is the original school room. Really? In Schroepel.
Really? Because you can order like these kits
to make up your own murder mystery for parties
Yeah, they let you be the characters and they
they kind of script it for you Yeah, imagine
like renting this out with a bunch of people
and doing a murder mystery here. We saw Well,
I can't speak of it very much at this point because
we're we're just finalizing contract But there
will be a movie shot here in the fall I can't
speak any more about it. It all goes well when
we finalize the agreement. We'll see. Keep our
fingers crossed. We're manifesting it right now.
It's happening. Yes. It's great. I've done a
murder mystery party at the Century Park. So
that kind of falls into that murder mystery that
you were talking about. Hey guys, the team and
I had a great time at the River Edge Mansion
here in Penneville just outside of Clay. We're
just enjoying the nice porch for a few minutes.
And we're going to be on our way. Check out all
the stuff from Good News York and all of our
Growth Mode content creator clients. You're going
to see some incredible video. And thanks to Danny,
the great Danny Tripodi, and of course Jackie
V for her great work as well. And special thanks
to our own Amanda, who is not on camera right
now because she's. Cleaning up our mess, probably,
at this point. Incredible, incredible job. Everything
came together well. Everybody here on the team
is just a fucking rock star. I love you guys.
Amanda is the Janine to our Ghostbuster Firehouse.
I like that. Yeah, I told you that earlier. I
like that. Yeah. And if you don't understand
that, that's fine. But if you do, you totally
get it. And it's a great comp. It's true. That's
Mike, Danny, Jackie, Matt. We had a great time
here at River Edge. Uh, come visit. All of it.
Can I say it?