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he Village Board was scheduled to meet at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, April 28, to adopt a 2016-17 budget that is actually less than this year’s: $5.266 million vs. $5.499 million. The budget holds the tax levy at $1.799 million. Revenues include an anticipated $400,000 from paid parking. Expenses include continued improvements to 22 Main, including repairs to the front porch. POSTAL ALERT: After a recent “unattended death” in the village, the post office has agreed to alert Police Chief Mike Covert if mail goes uncollected for more than a week. ASKING EXPERT: Mayor Jeff Katz plans to seek advice on Doubleday Field from LA Dodgers VP Janet Marie Smith, an expert on historic ballparks, when she visits Cooperstown next month. STATE MONEY: Otsego Now hosts a briefing on state CFA grants at 8 a.m. Friday, May 6, at 189 Main St., Oneonta.
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Mohican Farm Pilot Project Shows Composting Can Save, Make Money COMPOSTING/From A1 ter and clay.” Sutherland, former SUNY Cobleskill floriculture instruction and greenhouse manager, is perhaps the foremost expert on that middle material locally, having experimented for the past two years on converting “organics” – cast-off food – from The Otesaga into a potentially profitable product. There are two sides to profit. • One, revenue. Mohican Farm and another Clark Foundation site – the second, across Route 28 from the county’s Northern Transfer Station, is composting “green waste” (clippings) – are producing 400 yards of product, worth $35 a yard, or a total of $14,000 a year. (So far, the foundation is using the material to offset the costs of its local projects.) • Two, savings. The composting project is already reducing The Otesaga’s garbage flow by 30-40 percent, or 13,300 from the 38,000 ton total. With the heightened consciousness about waste, 50 percent has been saved on dumpster fees, ($300 per dumpster load.) The Route 28 site operating at “net zero,” and the whole opera-
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tion headed that way, Sutherland said. At a Friends of the Cooperstown Village Library Sunday Series’ talk on April 17 – he followed up the next Saturday
with an on-site tour – Sutherland also discussed the positive impact on the planet: NOT hauling 13,300 tons 266 miles, round trip, to Seneca Meadows landfill in trucks burning 4 mpg saves 29,500 gallons of fuel annually. Burning a gallon of gasoline emits 20 pounds of CO2, meaning 600,000 pounds of CO2 a year won’t contribute to Global Warming. His pilot project’s promise encouraged Sutherland to reach out to other big local producers of organic waste – SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, with their cafeteria. No one will say much about it yet, but negotiations are underway with a private entity to begin recycling food scraps commercially in the city, perhaps as soon as this fall. While innovative, that would not put Oneonta on the cuttingedge. Forced by the state closing of two landfills 40 years ago, the Syracuse area responded by creating a public-benefit corporation, the Onondaga Resource Recovery Authority, which has enlisted homeowners, apartment dwell-
ers, business and governments in recycling 60 percent of its trash (20 percent is typical), including a vigorous composting piece. Tompkins County’s Cayuga Compost has drop-off points for food scraps. Vermont and Connecticut, leading the Northeast, have statewide composting plans. Originally from Westchester County, Sutherland lived in the Cherry Valley-Roseboom area during his 20 years at Cobleskill, and he kept in touch with a college friend, Mike Bouton, manager of the Clark Foundation greenhouses. On turning 50, he starting thinking about what fuller public purpose he might accomplish in the remainder of his working years. He assumed the management of Mohican Farm and was inspired by composting’s potential to contribute to our planet’s health. Approaching Bouton and the Clark Foundation’s David Sanford, their only advice was, “Bob, you have to make it prettier than that,” so the “static forced air composting shed” designed by Peter Moon of the D.C.-based Blackburn Architects P.C. looks like any other tidy white farm
outbuilding. It is divided into eight stalls. When a stall is filled with food scraps and wood chips, air is blown through holes in the floor. And the mixture begins, in effect, to digest itself. It is then moved onto a halfdozen piles in various states of decomposition the south of the shed, which can be mixed in a stall with new organics to help the process along. At the far end is the rich, fully composted pile, which gets a final sifting before being sent on its way. Last year, much of that was used to rehabilitate the fields to the east of the Clark Sports Center after they were pounded by 45,000 pairs of feet during Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson’s Hall of Fame induction. When Sutherland proposed composting, two concerns were raised. One, that the food scraps would attract rats; two fat barn cats have ensured that didn’t happen, Sutherland said. Two, smell, but the compost piles, as the manager describes them, have the musty smell of a horse barn, no more.
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Planning Is Expensive. It Should, And Can, Yield Results
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he challenge to any family, business or government is: How do we get things done? When you think about the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the answer is particularly complex. There are 14 part-time legislators, each representing a different constituency, trying to administer a $100 million budget through 46 departments and offices and 650 employees, for the benefit – let’s hope – of 61,000 people in 24 towns, nine villages and one city. It’s amazing that anything gets done, usually by a strong personality, elected by a few hundred people, imposing his or her will on everybody else. (To what effect? One example: Privatization of the garbage transfer stations. An inconvenience for everyone. The average savings? $20 a year.) That’s no way to run an organization. Certainly no way to run a democracy. • Even if the county reps could govern without a centralized executive function, can they do it effectively or systematically without mutually agreed-upon priorities? There are ways to agree on those priorities, one which county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, initiated last fall, with the support of board Chair Kathy Clark, ROtego, contracting with the Laberge Group of Albany and other consultants. Three days of public meetings were held around the county last November, aimed at identifying the priorities of municipal officials, school administrators and the public at large. Laberge delivered a draft “strategic prioritization plan” around the first of the year, which was finally distributed to the county board at its April meeting on the 6th. As it happened, Hulse was defeated in the fall election, so leading the charge devolved to county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who chairs the county board’s key Administration Committee (ways and means), and there was some back and forth on how best to move forward.
material. Eminently sensible and practical as he is, Frazier would soon see the new Fly Creek rep as the opportunity he is. (Yes, there’s a political dimension here, but not to worry: If Democrat Marietta fails to make it work, let him take the blame. If he succeeds, the GOP majority can claim the credit.) Suddenly, it seems strategic planning is everywhere. Elan Associates, Saratoga Springs, largely with funding from Otsego Now (the former IDA), is working with committees in Cooperstown, the two Richfields and, soon, Oneonta, to update comJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal prehensive master plans in strategic ways At the county Board of Representatives’ April meeting on the 6th, county – to identify and pursue opportunities, and Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, right, who chairs the Administration Committo get positioned for (yuge) state funding. tee, shares views with county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Fly Creek, on ways Because of pre-election politics, Hulse to move forward on the county’s strategic plan. Next to Marietta is county and Clark, who at the time were trying to Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-Hartwick; next to Frazier, county Rep. Gary Koutnik, set up a semi-parallel structure to Otsego D-Oneonta. Now’s, picked Laberge as the county’s conIn a subsequent interview, Frazier said organized accomplishment. sultant instead of Elan. (Separately, Otsego he favors breaking out pieces of the draft The Oneonta Family Y is the poster child Now’s board has just completed a strategic and assigning them to existing county board of how these efforts can work. Maxed plan with yet another consultant.) committees – Intergovernment Affairs out in its Ford Avenue building, strategic Going forward, however, it might make (economic development), Government Efplanning resulted in a “Y Without Walls.” sense for everyone to get under the Elan ficiency, Public Works and so on. Instead of investing in expensive bricks umbrella, to ensure the county plan, Otsego That’s logical. But, right now, there’s a and mortar, the Y, via the Marietta process, Now’s and the three municipal ones are better way, an unusual opportunity in the determined it would export its expertise in concert. In unity, accomplishment. To person of Andrew Marietta, the Democrat beyond its walls into the community. ensure that coordination, it might be helpwho succeeded Hulse. At the April meetIn the 2-3 years since the plan’s compleful for Otsego Now to assign Hulse to the ing, he proposed formation of a separate tion, the Y assumed management of the City Marietta committee. committee to develop the Laberge draft into of Oneonta’s recreation department, with A lot of money’s being spent – $48,000 a full-service strategic plan, and he’d be the expanded offerings and significant savings for the Laberge piece alone; the ideal person to lead that effort. to City Hall, (and new revenues for the Y). Cooperstown venture, paid mostly by • And it has developed much-needed afterOtsego Now, is in the $180,000 range. Let’s As anyone associated with Otsego school programs that had disappeared since ensure that investment achieves the optiCounty’s non-profits knows, Marietta, as the recession, at Cooperstown Central and mum outcome. Oneonta-based regional director of NYother school districts. That outcome would be a focused list of CON, the New York Council of Non-ProfThe Y outcome was y-u-g-e-ly successgoals that everyone – the county board, the its, has a near-perfect track record in leading ful, as we’re all saying these days, but ask municipalities, Otsego Now – agrees to, successful strategic-planning efforts in that around, and you’ll find many other success with responsibilities assigned and deadlines sector. stories. set. The “product” resulting from Marietta’s • Maybe start with five priorities. Get process is not a document that sits on a The county board is lucky to have Marithem done, then move on to the next five. shelf, gathering dust. It is a priority list, and etta aboard at this moment. Frazier and Five major accomplishments a year – 25 in an action plan – with responsibilities asMarietta should spend some time talking five years; 50 in a decade. Now we’re getsigned and deadlines set. The goal: steady, through where to take the initial Laberge ting somewhere.
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The Pipeline Is Dead! Editor’s Note: This was the statement issued Friday, April 22, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, announcing it has rejected the Constitution Pipeline’s water-quality permits, bringing the project to a halt for the time being.
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oday, officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the denial of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. Although DEC has granted certificates for other projects, the application by Constitution for these certificates fails to meet New York State’s water quality standards.
The full decision is outlined in a letter by John Ferguson, Chief Permit Administrator with DEC’s Division of Environmental Permits and Pollution Prevention. The Constitution proposal involved construction of approximately 124 miles of new interstate natural gas piping in northeastern Pennsylvania, proceeding into New York State through Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie Counties, terminating at the existing Wright Compressor Station in Schoharie County. In New York State, the project proposed to include new right-of-way construction of approximately 99 miles of new 30-inch diameter pipeline, rather than co-locating within existing rights-ofPlease See DEAD, A6
Long Live The Pipeline! Editor’s Note: Monday, April 25, the Constitution Pipeline partners issued this response, saying they will pursue “all available options” to challenge the “legality and appropriateness” of the DEC decision.
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n spite of DEC’s unprecedented decision, we remain absolutely committed to building this important energy infrastructure project, which will create an important connection between consumers and reliable supplies of clean, affordable natural gas. We believe DEC’s stated rationale for the denial includes flagrant misstatements and inaccurate allegations, and appears to be driven more by New York State politics than by environmental science. Constitution Pipeline worked closely with
DEC staff for more than three years to ensure that water quality measures are met before, during and after construction. As a result of that dialogue, Constitution Pipeline voluntarily agreed to the agency’s requests to incorporate re-routes, adopt trenchless construction methodologies, commit to site-specific trout stream restoration and agreed to fund approximately $18 million for wetland mitigation and banking and approximately $8.6 million for the restoration and preservation of migratory bird habitats. We worked in good faith with the DEC for years, so this decision comes as a surprise and is contrary to our dialogue and collaborative effort to address concerns. The FERC-certificated route was developed Please See ALIVE, A6
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There’s No Magic Wand To Erase Poverty’s Blot Editor’s Note: This Rochester Democrat & Chronicle editorial was a little skeptical when Governor Cuomo, in his Jan. 13 State of the State speech, modeled the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative, which includes Oneonta, on a Rochester initiative.
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he cat’s out of the bag. Except, it is really more of a kitten. Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 13), Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to deliver his 2016 State of the State address and budget proposal. He has taken away much of the usual suspense by rolling out 14 of his big ideas over the past few days. One of those is the creation of the Empire
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Governor Cuomo announces the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative, which included Oneonta, in his State of the State speech on Wednesday, Jan. 13.
State Poverty Reduction Initiative, or ESPRI, a $25 million program to fight poverty in Syracuse, Binghamton, Oneonta, Buffalo, Utica, Elmira, Jamestown, Oswego, Troy and Albany. That’s right, Rochester is not on the list because, well, we are the poster
child. Cuomo’s news release says, “The state modeled the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative on New York’s successful Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force. …” We are just a little surprised by his use of the word “successful” in de-
scribing the task force. We do not think the task force is unsuccessful. But here is how ESPRI would follow Rochester’s lead: • Identify specific, measurable objectives to improve well-being and quality of life. • Better align public and private resources with community-based interventions that work. • Develop strategies that match promising practices to unique challenges. • Build partnerships among public and private, municipal and nonprofit organizations to provide a continuum of solutions. The trouble is, we haven’t really nailed down any of those things yet. Our proPlease See POVERTY, A6
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
150 YEARS AGO
The following are among the Laws passed at the last Session of the Legislature of New York: An act concerning the maintenance of certain persons, formerly slaves; An act for the relief of the people of the united society called Shakers; An act for the relief of the children of the late Robert Edmeston; An act for the relief of Levi Beardsley; An act to change the punishment of David Williams, who hath been convicted of murder, into imprisonment for life at hard labor; An act authorizing the building of a new state prison in the western district of this state; An act to incorporate the City of Troy. An act relating to the Shinecock tribe of Indians; An act for draining swamps and other lowlands, not exceeding one hundred acres in quantity; An act directing the incorporation of Hartwick Seminary; An act to authorize the extinguishment of the claims of the St. Regis Indians to lands in this state; An act to erect parts of the Towns of Litchfield in the County of Herkimer, Richfield and Plainfield, in the county of Otsego, into a separate town by the name of Winfield. May 2, 1816
Who Will Build It? The need of a large Summer Hotel at this place, is a matter of frequent comment at this time, when inquiries are constantly being made of our citizens by persons living at a distance, whether summer board can be obtained in Cooperstown. If we had room for all who would be glad to come here this summer, they would leave not less than $100,000 in the village. It is the thing needed by our traders and businessmen generally. The need of the house is admitted. Who will build it? If done at all, it must be built by the capitalists of this place. Strangers are not coming here to do it; they would not, even if we had a railroad; and not many of our active traders have the spare means. But we have a number of heavy capitalists who might put up such a house as is needed, and not feel it. Will they do anything to promote the interests and growth of the village? April 27, 1866
125 YEARS AGO
The Gymnasium and Athletics – At his evening service last Sunday, one of our esteemed village pastors made a very appropriate and commendatory allusion to the Gymnasium recently opened in Cooperstown, regarding it as an institution calculated to aid in the healthful development of the human frame. We indorsed the statement when we heard it enunciated, and have previously held the same language in the Journal. At the same time, it is well to utter a word of caution to new beginners; and the few accidents and injuries, in the main quite slight, that have occurred, should cause them to pay strict attention to the instructions which are imparted by Professor Martin. April 30, 1891
175 YEARS AGO
Excerpts from “A Recommendation to the People of the United States,” from John Tyler, President of the United States: When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge his goodness in times past, as well as their own unworthiness, and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future. The death of Wm. Henry Harrison, late President of the United States, so soon after his elevation to that high office, is a bereavement peculiarly calculated to impress all minds with a sense of the uncertainty of human things, and of the dependence of Nations, as well as of individuals, upon our Heavenly Parent. April 26, 1841
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The Fourth of July firecracker situation is what Washington diplomats would call “extremely grave.” The day of noise, excitement and bandages is three months away, but right now the supply of Chinese firecrackers, the nickel-apack and dime-a-pack kind, is cut fifty percent and the price
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Six-year-old Michael J. Jackson, son of Trooper and Mrs. James E. Jackson of Cooperstown, fell into the swollen waters of the Susquehanna River just south of the village boundary and drowned Monday afternoon. The tragedy occurred about 3:30 p.m. while Michael and two playmates, Danny Adams and John Maxwell, all Kindergarten pupils at the nearby Cooperstown Elementary School, were playing along the river’s bank. According to state police reports, Michael was walking along an 18-inch sewer pipe and apparently slipped, falling into the river and was carried downstream before an overhanging branch caught him. The Adams boy ran to his home on Beaver Street and told his father John A. Adams who alerted school authorities. Adams along with Principal Paul J. Lambert and Miss Donna L. Boyce, Physical Education Instructor, raced to the scene. Lambert pulled the boy from the water. After mouth to mouth resuscitation efforts failed, the boy was taken to the hospital nearby where further measures also failed. April 27, 1966
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Long Live The Pipeline! ALIVE/From A4 after extensive environmental and engineering analysis, which included a comprehensive review of route alternatives. In its Final Environmental Impact Statement, the FERC concluded that environmental impacts associated with these alternatives were significantly greater than the preferred route. Despite this, in the spirit of collaboration we followed DEC guidance and further altered our preferred route to adopt DEC staff recommendations. We were informed by the DEC that the agency had everything it needed to process the water quality certification. This point was further emphasized when the agency issued a notice on Dec. 24, 2014, indicating that the application was indeed administratively complete. Contrary to DEC statements, the company was not informed of any outstanding issues that it had not agreed to address as a condition of the permit. In fact, during the past nine months, weekly inquiries were made to the department to ensure no additional data was needed. Those inquiries were either ignored or responded to in the negative. It is obvious that the DEC deliberately chose to remain silent to bolster the political campaign of the State. In addition, DEC’s claims regarding Constitution Pipeline’s knowledge of landowner tree felling activity are completely inaccurate and contradict the third party environmental monitors working on
Ingrained Poverty Is Hard To Defeat POVERTY/From A4 gram is still in its infancy. It’s a kitten. It is a little disingenuous of the governor to call it a fullgrown tabby. We like the direction the governor’s task force, which is working hand in hand with the Rochester-Monroe AntiPoverty Initiative, is heading. We think it has partnered with our community on a single and very critical issue in unprecedented ways. We applaud those who made its efforts a major component of our region’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative submission. And our own Unite Rochester initiative has participated in related work, tackling structural and systemic racism in Rochester. But we reserve judgment on whether the task force and RMAPI will succeed, and we certainly don’t have any proof to show our neighbors across the state that is has succeeded. We want to be proud that the governor is throwing millions of dollars into replicating our plan. In fact, there has always been an expectation that RMAPI would experiment, and its successes would be implemented elsewhere. However, we feel it is a real stretch for him to call ESPRI a “smart” investment at this point in time. So, what about the other 13 big ideas he has already let out of bag, and others that might come during his speech and budget proposal? Let’s just say, we’re glad the Democrat & Chronicle has so many watchdogs to help keep an eye on Cuomo’s cats. Thinking of Remodeling? Think of Refinancing!
behalf of FERC. The federal monitors confirmed that Constitution was not a party to the tree felling, and their Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report has been available since March 18, 2016, to both DEC and the public. We also take serious issue with claims that its application lacked information related to stream crossings, depth of pipe, or blasting. Completely contrary to DEC’s assertion, we provided detailed drawings and profiles for every stream crossing in New York, including showing depth of pipe. In fact, all stream crossings were fully vetted with the DEC throughout the review process. We are appalled with the comments that Constitution failed to provide sufficient data to ensure every crossing was totally in compliance with the DEC guidelines. Constitution Pipeline did not refuse to provide a comprehensive analysis of pipe depth. Constitution committed to bury the pipe at least five feet or deeper below the lowest bed elevation of the stream bed in unconsolidated bedrock, which
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exceeds the federal regulations for pipe depth. We will pursue all available options to challenge the legality and appropriateness of New York’s decision particularly since it is based primarily on (a) comments previously made by New York to FERC which FERC carefully considered before issuing its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Project; and (b) factually inaccurate assumptions and assertions. Denial of the 401 Water Quality Certification by DEC further delays the potential for Constitution Pipeline to help facilitate local natural gas service to homes and businesses in Southern New York, including the installation of delivery taps along Constitution’s proposed route to facilitate local natural gas service by Leatherstocking Gas Company, LLC to homes and businesses in southern New York and Pennsylvania. The permit denial will also delay about 2,400 direct and indirect jobs that would be created during pipeline construction, generating $130 million in labor income for the region. The decision could also cost local governments approximately $13 million in annual property tax revenue.
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DEC had repeatedly requested that Constitution provide a comprehensive and site-specific analysis of depth for pipeline burial to mitigate the project’s environmental impact – but the company refused – providing only a limited analysis of burial depth for 21 of the 250 New York streams. Pipes can become exposed in stream beds if not buried deeply enough, and corrective action can further damage the stream and impact
water quality. Additionally DEC received reports that landowners, possibly with Constitution’s knowledge, clear cut old-growth trees along the right-of-way for the pipeline, including trees near streams and water bodies, even after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled that Constitution could not cut trees in the right-of-way. State officials conducted a rigorous review of Constitution’s application, all supporting materials, and more than 15,000 public comments on the project before reaching this decision.
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MLS#103432 Richfield Springs $148,000 First time on the market! This well maintained 3-BR, 1½-bath home is conveniently located near State Hwys 20 and 28. Almost 1 acre, in-ground pool, plenty of room for the handyman in the detached 2-car garage. Open floorplan, LR w/fireplace, and nice newer kitchen w/abundant cabinets and room for table and chairs. Lower level offers second garage, laundry room and semi-finished storage space. A very nice home offered at below $150K! Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405
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BOOK TALK -- 7 p.m. Local author Andrian Kuzminski discusses his book, “The Ecology of Money: Debt, Growth, and Sustainability,” covering the history of money and dept in our world financial culture. Free, all welcome. “Nights at the Round Table” lecture series. Cooperstown Village Library. 22 Main St., Cooperstown.
Friday, April 29 Arbor Day
SENIOR TAI CHI -- Deadline to register for senior Tai Chi for Arthritis classes, hosted by Otsego Co. Office for the Aging & County Dept. of Health. 8-week Tues. & Thurs. classes start May 3 at Elm Park United Methodist Church, 401 Chestnut St.,
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OCCA TAG SALE -- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (also 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 1). Annual OCCA “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Garage Sale. Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 101 Main St. (in Pioneer Alley), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5474488 or e-mail admin@occainfo. org RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.noon. Hosted by Fly Creek United
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MLS#104590 $15,990 5.1 acre lot on a quiet country road. 3 hours from NYC. Level wooded lot, stream. Close to lake, State land. 268” frontage. Electric available. Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)
MLS#104012 $349,000 75’ Lake Frontage! Year-round house right on the water w/sunset views. 2 efficiency cabins, game room. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.canadaragohomes.com
MLS#103836 $235,000 Great Business Opportunity – Automotive Owner Financing! 19-year established business. Approximately $60K equipment and inventory. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#100606 $595,000 ThistleBrook Farm Unique converted 1860s barn near Cooperstown. Spacious great room, DR, 2 kitchens, 5 BRs w/private baths. Owners quarters w/3-4 BRs. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#104302 $225,500 Immaculate spacious 3-BR, 3-bath home is situated on 3 park-like acres! 3-car garage, in-ground pool, deck, stream, many extras! Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)
MLS#103100 $175,000 Stillwater Reserve is only 15 minutes from Cooperstown. 100 acres w/wildlife, ponds, meadows and forest overlooking the valley. Incredible price! Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)
MLS#104511 $274,500 218´ Private Lake Frontage Year-round, new metal roof, family room w/pellet stove, LR w/fireplace, DR. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.Canadaragohomes2.com
MLS#103489 $169,000 Original Character, Modern Comfort Village home is being sold for much less than invested. Call now to see this opportunity while still available. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#104159 $499,900 Center-hall Colonial on 80+ acres, w/wide maple, pine, cherry floors. LR w/fireplace. DR w/original cupboards, and French doors to 40’ covered porch. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#105054 $80,000 Lake Rights, Amazing View! 3.5 acres overlooking Canadarago Lake. Arguably the nicest lot in the subdivision. Don’t let this opportunity pass. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)
MLS#104145 $185,000 Income Generating Property in Cooperstown! Currently renting for $1,150 mo. Walk to the lake or to downtown shopping and eateries! Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)
MLS#104982 $179,900 Year-Round Home Modern, tastefully designed, totally renovated home has 3 BRs, dream-like kitchen, bath, LR, master BR. Deck, dock, and grand views. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#105076 $549,000 Cooperstown Otsego Lake 6 BRs, 2 baths, 80’ private Spacious 4fully BR, 2furnished. bath house$3,900 is closeweekly to I-88.rent. Large frontage, backyard, workshop/garage, shed. Make(cell) your Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @small 607-267-2683 appointment today. Priced to go this week! Virtual tour: www.AcquaVerdeCooperstown.com Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
MLS#104220 $149,000 Great Buy, Coop Schools! Spacious 3 or 4-BR, 2-bath home, big yard. Spacious eat-in kitchen, formal DR, LR w/fireplace, large front room/den/BR, laundry, deck. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#101449 $599,500 155+ gorgeous private, wooded and open Catskill Mountain acres! Great for year-round living or as an upstate country retreat or hobby farm. Call Stephen Colwell @ 607-435-6542 (cell)
MLS#104993 $474,900 5-BR, 3½-bath home on 12+ acres. Spacious kitchen w/cathedral ceiling, open floorplan, DR/LR off the kitchen. Master BR w/large closet, master bath. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#104241 $159,000 Village Victorian 4-5 BRs, 3 baths, well maintained former B&B offers versatility and income. Private entrance apartment, 2-story barn, in-ground pool. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#102894 $259,000 Graceland is being sold for an amazing price! Property is perfectly positioned between Cooperstown and Oneonta and generates over $2,000/week as a rental! Call Donna Schulz @ 607-267-6330 (cell)
MLS#99242 $259,000 Ready for You! Totally renovated, maintenance free! East side of lake w/views, deck, 3 - 4 BRs, 2 baths. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell) Virtual tour: www.canadaragohomes1.com
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Unbelievable Value! Several updates in the last few years. 2-year-old roof and high-efficiency furnace, replacement windows, and vinyl siding. First floor offers flexible floorplan w/large rooms, hardwood floors, open DR/kitchen w/pantry, possibile BR w/attached ½ bath, and laundry area. Second floor has, 3 - 4 BRs and 2 baths, master BR w/attached room and full bath. Sitting porch in the front, large screened room and deck. 2-car, 2-story carriage barn for storage or possible workshop/studio space. Center City location perfect for walking to SUNY, Hartwick, middle/high school, Wilber Park and Main Street. MLS#105070 $129,800
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Vice President/Communications Zoë van der Meulen has always considered Unalam’s products works of art, but “Big Bling,” which dwarfs her in the company’s Sidney plant, settles that question once and for all.
‘Genius’ Martin Puryear’s Latest Work Built In Sidney, To Rise In Manhattan By LIBBY CUDMORE Martin Puryear’s “Big Bling,” fabricated at Unalam’s Sidney plant, will be erected in downtown Manhattan in May.
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Unalam Transports Glulam Into The Realm Of High Art
UNALAM/From B1 grant,) Puryear, based in Washington, D.C., is an artist best known for utilizing traditional crafts, like shipbuilding and carpentry, in his minimalist, organic installations. His works have been shown in the National Gallery of Art and other prestigious venues. He has now designed his biggest piece to date, a 40-by-40by-40-foot-tall wooden structure – “Big Bling” – for the Madison Square Park, at intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway (at 23rd St.), and Unalam is fabricating it. “It’s curved glulam throughout,” said van der Meulen. “When you’re sculpting small, like in marble, you source it, have it cut for you. We’re doing the same thing, but with glulam!” At the top, the eponymous bling will be a 3D-printed shackle, coated in gold leaf and fabricated – not by Unalam – but by Jon Lash of Digital Atelier, Trenton, N.J., founded by famed sculptor J.
Seward Johnson in 1974. “This is the first time we’ve done anything like this,” she said. “We always think of the inherent beauty of our work, that’s it’s like art, but this is the first time it’s actually been art!” Using Southern Yellow Pine and marine-grade plywood, the workers began production on the piece, in seven individual sections, at the end of March, and finished last week. “Martin wanted the wood exactly as it came to us,” she said. “No stains or paint. You can see the stamps on the plywood, the knots in the boards. He sees that as an aesthetic quality.” It was a full-time job, but the workers were up to the task. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said. “This project is so different than the others we’ve done, and that’s what makes it exciting.” Lash came by the Sidney workshop as well, to wrap the entire sculpture in 1-inch, prison-grade, chain-link fence. “Otherwise, it
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might be too tempting to climb!” said Zoë. “It does look like a big climbing toy.” In early May, the pieces will be delivered to Manhattan, where
they will be assembled in the park. “Because of laws about blocking traffic and such, we have to deliver the piece in the middle of the night,” said van der Meulen.
“They’ll only have a few days to assemble it before it opens to the public on May 16.” Originally, the piece was commissioned as a temporary installation as part of the park’s annual series, on view from May-January 2016-17, before going on to a second temporary location. But when Puryear saw the pieces at the factory, he had a change of heart. “He said, ‘This needs to have a more permanent home’,” she said. “It was killing my dad” – company president Craig Van Cott – “to think about it being torn down after two years. He was trying to talk him into displaying it here!” Since they began working with Puryear, another artist has approached them about helping create another installation piece. But van der Meulen has a certain affinity for Puryear’s work, in addition to it being her first. “We’re kindred spirits,” she said. “We both work with wood, and we love doing it.”
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Park Flooded Twice; Hardy Souls Brought It Back FESTIVAL/From B1 Michele Farwell, a member of the Copes Corners Park Committee. “And during our Spring Fest, our camping is almost free!” That will change FridaySunday, May 6-8, when the park committee has organized three-day “grand reopening celebration” as it bring the Copes Corner Park, mile south of the Village of Gilbertsville on Route 51, back into full use. The park was known as “the swimming hole” in the early days. “The schoolhouse was around the road and there was a tollhouse across the road, so people would stop, have picnics or go fishing,” said Leigh Eckmair, Butternuts town historian. “The Baptists would hold their baptisms here.” There was even a party boat that took tourists up and down the Butternut Creek, complete with a fringed canopy. “It ran from just after the Revolutionary War right up to the First World War,” she said. The Copes, former missionaries who had just come back from Madagas-
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car, bought the land in the 1850s, and although they used it for grazing cattle, visitors were always welcome to cool off, catch some fish or pitch a tent for an overnight stay. “Larry Smith was telling me that in the 1950s, the guys used to drive their cars into the creek to wash them,” said Farwell. “And when it got cold, kids would come ice skate.” But in 1968, the Cope descendants, including Fred’s mother Emily, gave the
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repaired the park,” said Farwell. Reopened, park flooded again in 2011, and in 2012, the county sold the park back to the town for $1. The cleanup began, and although the park was always open, with no caretaker, the town limited campers to four at a time, and closed off the camps on the south side of the park. “We’ve been working to get the grounds in better shape,” said Farwell. “We’ve cut spruce trees, redid signage and put in electrical upgrades. We’d host volunteer events, and 25, 30 people would show up. It was a good community effort.” They even hired a fulltime caretaker, George and Sylvie Githens, to take care of the grounds 24/7. “We like to think of ourselves as camp hosts,” said George. And on May 6-8, the park will formally re-open with two days of music, food, a Chinese auction and a bonfire. “We want to remind people what we have here,” said Lynne Ohl, also a committee member.
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CRITERION CLUB -- 7:30 a.m. Cooperstown Criterion Club May Day Breakfast. Tickets $15. Members welcome along with anyone interest in joining our philanthropic group. Info, reservations, Carol Taylor, (607) 547-8162.
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BUDGET HEARING -- 7 p.m. Public hearing on Milford Central School Proposed 2016-17 Budget, MCS Cafeteria, 42 W. Main St., Milford.
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RUMMAGE & MORE – 9 a.m.-6 p.m. United Methodist Woman huge rummage and used book sale. Bake sale May 5 only. Clothing, household goods, toys, etc. Benefits U.M. Missions. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102, secretary@ firstumc-oneonta.org ART SHOW – 5-7 p.m. Opening Reception. Oneonta city school students display their art at Oneonta Fox Care Center. Through June 2. Free, all welcome. Fox Care Center, 1 Fox Care Drive, Oneonta. CELLO -- 6-7 p.m. Classical cellist David Gibson presents
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CFA WORKSHOP -- 8-10 a.m. City of Oneonta and Otsego Now informational event on Sixth Round of Consolidated Funding Applications (CFAs). Guest, Ken Tompkins, Regional Director, Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. Otsego Now offices, 189 Main St., 5th Floor, Oneonta. CAKE WALK! -- 5-8 p.m. 4th annual cake walk at Oneonta History Center. Buy a ticket to walk around numbered squares; when player piano stops, person on “winning” square gets one of 12 local cakes of choice. 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org FIRST FRIDAY -- 5:30-7:30 p.m. Destination Oneonta’s Fabulous First Friday Community Picnic. Celebrate First Anniversary of DO Welcome Center. Musical entertainment, Brooks’ BBQ,, more. Main St. Oneonta. Info, destinationoneonta.com, (607) 432-2941. SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC -- by appt. Feline low-cost spay/ neuter clinic with Dr. Joan Puritz. Susquehanna Animal Shelter, 4841 State Hwy 28, Cooperstown. Call (607) 5478111 for time slot. WINE TASTING – 6:30-9 p.m. Hartwick College Athletics and Wick Athletics Association 13th annual Wine & Beer Tasting Receptions & benefit Auction. $40 per person, $70 per couple. Stella Luna Ristorante, 58 Market St., Oneonta. RSVP www.hartwickalumni.org/wine16. Info, (607) 431-4032, macdonaldd@hartwick.edu MAGIC! – 7 p.m. Brian “The Amazing Great” Foley and Sean “The Prankster” Doolan perform “Mother’s Day Weekend Magic and Comedy.” $15 ($12 for seniors, students, and children), bring your Mom for free! Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. Info, tickets, http://bit.do/magicshow, (607) 431-8890. CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Hartwick College Chamber Choir. Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick.edu GREASE -- 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre presents “Grease,” the throwback musical that follows the 1959 greasers and Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Goodrich Theatre, SUNY Oneonta. Also 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 7, and 2 p.m. Sun., May 8. Info, tickets, www.orpheustheatre.org, (607) 432-9392. CONCERT – 8 p.m. Tribute band the Mersey Beatles, four lads from Liverpool who played for years at the Cavern Club, where the Beatles began. Preshow, John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird, signs copies of her book “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon.” VIP
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Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated. WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, against SAMERA WILSON, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York);
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT: THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage in the sum of $152,692.00 dated September 3, 2010, executed by Defendant SAMERA WILSON to WELLS FARGO BANK, NA recorded on September 15, 2010 in Instrument No. 20104279, in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO, covering premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 (Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16). The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Oneonta, County of Otsego and State of New York, Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16, said premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820. YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. By reason of the aforesaid, there is due and owing to Plaintiff the sum of $140,764.80, with interest thereon at 4.87500% per annum from April 1, 2015. UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking. state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices
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of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
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LEY; SCOTT A. BRADLEY; CHRISTINE BELLINGER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S
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YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.
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STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNER SERVICE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/ A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; DONIELLE BRAD-
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER
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WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include DONIELLE BRADLEY, SCOTT A. BRADLEY AND CHRISTINE BELLINGER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/ A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: DECEMBER 23, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 16.00 Block: 1 Lot: 3.02 AND Section: 16.00 Block: 1 Lot: 3.01 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated JANUARY 22, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows: PARCEL NUMBER ONE “All That Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point marking the intersection of the centerline of New York State Route #80 and the intersection of the Springfield Town Road, commonly known and designed as “Willsey Hill Road”, and running thence along the centerline of said Willsey Hill Road in a generally easterly direction 654+ feet to a point in the centerline of said road opposite a fence post; running thence in a generally southwesterly direction along a fence line and through the remaining lands of Waldman 643+ feet to an oak
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stake marking the southeast corner of the premises hereby conveyed; running thence in a generally west-northwesterly direction through the remaining lands of Waldman and through a 14” cedar tree 660+ feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route #80; running thence in a generally in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of New York State Route #80 490+ feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 8 ½ acres of land more or less by estimation. “The aforedescribed parcel of land is a portion of the premises conveyed by Catherine D. Sippel to Ira Waldman in a Warranty Deed dated October 15, 1976, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on October 15, 1976, in Liber 651 of Deeds at Page 927. “The aforedescribed premises are conveyed subject to the rights of the public in and to New York State Route No. 80 and Town of Springfield Road known as “Willsey Hill Road”, and are further subject to all rights of way, easements and other encumbrances affecting the premises which may be discovered by an inspection of the premises or of the records of the Clerk of the County of Ostego, including, but not limited to, the rights of way and easements given by Catherine Delaplain Sippel to New York Telephone Company and Harry A. and Clarinda Bennett to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation. PARCEL NUMBER TWO All that tract or parcel of land situate on New York State Route 80 in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point in the center of New York State Route 80 which point or place of beginning marks the northwesterly corner of the premises herein described, and which point is located approximately 477 feet southwesterly as measured along the centerline of New York State 80 from the intersection of Koenig Road and New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point or place of beginning south 62° 55’ 26” east through an iron rod set in the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80, 682.44 feet to an iron rod marking the northeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence south 47° 49’ 20” west 489.31 feet to an iron rod marking
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the southeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence north 63° 25’ 26” west 603.90 feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route 80 and passing through an iron pipe located along the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point in the centerline in a northeasterly direction approximately 465 feet more or less, to the point or place of beginning, containing 5.08 acres of land. Premises known as 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361 4LegalMay5 Legal notice Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Otsego -------------------------------------------------------------------------------X Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 2015-30 Mortgaged Premises: 89 Main Street Schenevus, NY 12155 SBL #: 230.19 - 1 - 36.00 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff vs William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; 89 Main Street Apartments LLC, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, People of the State of New York, United
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ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KIM DIXON, VIRGINIA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL III, MANDY MORRELL, CHRISTOPHER MORRELL, KEVIN MCLOUGHLIN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRIAN MORRELL, RICHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEN PARKER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; MICHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAL CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; CAPITAL ONE BANK; SPRINGLEAF HOME EQUITY, INC. F/K/A AMERICAN GENERAL HOME EQUITY, INC. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825
appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action being amended to include MICHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAN CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF GERALD BREWER, DECEASED, AS POSSIBLE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF GERALD BREWER, as said individual is deceased.
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Defendant(s) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------X To the above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie.
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: March 28, 2016 Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 4LegalMay5
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To: William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier Defendant in this Action.
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO
The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of Hon. Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Fourteenth day of March, 2016 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, in the City of Cooperstown. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by William Dorvillier dated the May 21, 2007, to secure the sum of $121,500.00 and recorded at Book 1523 of Mortgages at Page 773 in the Office of the Otsego County Clerk, on the June 1, 2007. The property in question is described as follows: 89 MAIN STREET, SCHENEVUS, NY 12155 NOTICE YOU ARE IN
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; SHARON MURWIN, DEBRA DESILVA, DONNA MORRELL,
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or
OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises. Dated: NOVEMBER 16, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE,LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 317.15 Block: 2 Lot: 33.00 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State
TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated FEBRUARY 4, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows: ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Village of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEING the same land as conveyed to Ronald B. and Shirley Morrell by deed as recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 585 of Deeds, at Page 557; BEGINNING at a survey monument set on the southwesterly boundary of River Street at the easterly corner of land of John Pochis and Kathleen M. DeMatteo (L 737/P 765), said monument being S 32-34 E, 408.7’ from a rebar bound at the back of sidewalk intersection of the southwesterly boundary of said River Street and the southeasterly boundary of Main Street (N.Y.S. Route 7); thence S 3041-30 E along said boundary of River Street, 66.00’ to a survey monument set at the northerly corner of land reputedly of the Presbyterian Church Society; thence S 60-00-00 W along said church land, 165.27’ to a survey monument set on a northeasterly boundary land of Jeffrey M. Sakowski (L 766/P 499); thence N 30-41-30 W along said land of Sakowski, 66.00’ to a point in a 12” Maple tree (painted and flagged) at the southerly corner of said land of Pochis and DeMatteo; thence N 60-00-00 E along said land of Pochis and DeMatteo, 165.27’ to the place or point of beginning. Premises known as: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 4LegalMay19 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, “Pending” for beer, liquor, wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, and/or wine at retail in a restuarant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 6027 State Hwy. 28 State Hwy 80 & Co.
Portabello’s In Fly Creek, Inc., (DBA) Portabello’s 2LegalMay5 Legal notice Damulis Trucking, LLC. Purpose is to transport goods within and outside New York State. Filed articles of Organization on 4/12/2016. The Secretary of State has been designated as an agent of the LLC, and the service shall be sent to 451 Gulf Rd, Burlington Flats, NY 13315. 6LegalJune2 Legal notice MITTMAN ONEONTA LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/4/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10467 East Raintree Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJune2 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION 195 BISSELL, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Third Street, Manhasset, New York 11030. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJune2 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION REELTOURS 360 LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 28 Fair St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Stephen Mahlum at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJune2 Legal noticE NOTICE OF FORMATION Notice of Formation of All About The Girls By May, LLC on 3/31/2016 filed with Secy. of State. Office Location: 147 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. In Otsego County. The Purpose of business is women’s fashion jewelry and accessories, gifts. The SSNY has been designated as agent of
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the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to All About The Girls by May, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activities. 6LegalMay26 Legal notice D&R ENTERPRISES I, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Water St., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalMay26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Aspire Performance Coaching, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 53 Fair St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMay26 Legal notice Notice By Publication of Formation of Limited Liability Company Cohn Media Group LLC filed articles of organization with the Department of State on April 5, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The street address of the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The registered agent is Christopher Cohn, 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116, and the registered agent is to be the agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. 6LegalMay19 Legal noticE Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: MILFORD CORNER LOT, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New contd., B-6
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Charlotte Butler, 79; Owned Richfield Springs Liquor Store
Elisabeth Schanz, 89; Farmed In Springfield With Husband SPRINGFIELD – Elisabeth Schanz, 89, a native of Yugoslavia, who ran a Town of Springfield dairy farm with her late husband, passed away on Wednesday afternoon April 20, 2016, at her home, with her family by her side. She was born on Jan. 16, 1927, in Beschka, Yugoslavia, daughter of the late Philip and Susanna Walter Thuro. Elisabeth was both raised and educated in Yugoslavia. On May 14, 1949, Elisabeth was united in marriage with Adam Schanz in Sonthofen, Germany. They shared a loving and devoted union of 49 years until his passing on June 8, 1998. Mrs. Schanz was primarily a homemaker and helped her husband with his dairy farm. She attended Richfield
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Springs Bible Church. In her leisure time she enjoyed her vegetable and flower gardens. She gloried in the beauty of the flowers and the healthy vegetables that she was able to feed her family every year. Her gardens were always kept perfect, with such pride that weeds never had a chance. Surviving her are two sons and their wives, Horst and Maggie Schanz, and Steven and Gudrun Schanz, all of Springfield; two daughters, Kathy Schanz of New York City, and Elizabeth MacNaught and her husband Malcolm of Oneonta; a brother, Philipp Thuro of Germany; 11 grandchildren, Stephanie DeVries, Kristina Schanz, Liesl Schanz, Sarah Mower, Shirley Mower, Laura Mower, Michelle Sessions,
David Kirk, Michael, Kirk, Kristen Stanford and Jennifer Edwards, 18 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins in Canada and Germany. In addition to her husband, Adam, she was preceded in death by a brother, Karl Thuro, and a daughter, Gerda Mower. Calling hours for Mrs. Schanz were on Saturday, April 23, in the Richfield Springs Bible Church. A funeral service followed with Pastor David Tosi officiating. Interment will be later this spring in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Richfield Springs. Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department or a charity of choice.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Charlotte Marie Butler, 79, who for 25 years co-owned Klem Liquor Store with her husband, passed away on Thursday morning April 21, 2016, at Bassett Hospital, with her family at her side. Charlotte was born on Jan. 24, 1937, in Cooperstown, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Robinson Klem. She was a lifelong Richfield Springs resident and Richfield Springs High School graduate. On Nov. 9, 1957, she married Donald A. Butler in the Richfield Springs Presbyterian Church. Before operating Klem’s, whe was an operator for New York Telephone Co.; after, she worked for five years at Shur-Catch, retiring in 1999.
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Charlotte enjoyed a physically active lifestyle. She was a member of the Clarks Gym where she participated in the swimming program. She also found much pleasure in bowling. Surviving are her husband of 59 years Donald; a son, Donald S. of De Ruyter; a daughter, Liza M. Butler of Fourth Lake; three brothers, Bobby Klem and his wife Joan of Richfield Springs, David Klem and his wife Jean of Tully, and Charles Klem of Fourth Lake; two sisters, Betty Frazer and her husband Bob of Canton, and Marna Armstrong of Unadilla Forks; two grandchildren,
Loren and Tyler Butler, and one great-grandchild Fulton Butler; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Connie Klem. Callling hours are 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home. A funeral service will follow at 5 p.m., with Pastor Alan Miller officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Arrangements are entrusted to the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home.
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(from B-6) State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/26. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 99 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326: Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegaMay 26 Legal notice GRECO ROMAN LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/11/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 286116, NewYork, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalMay 19 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Byler Brothers Construction, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on March 22, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
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SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2168 U.S. Highway 20, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMay19
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Notice of formation of Bluebird Homes, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 3/11/16. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate real property, including the property located at 59 Elm Street, in the Village of Cooperstown, New York. 6LegalApril28
of State shall mail a copy of such process to Chicory Creek Farm LLC, 2722 State Highway 205, Mt. Vision, NY 13810. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity 6LegalMay5
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MDM Dolan, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/16. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O David Dolan, 174 Main St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: General. 6LegalMay12 Legal notice Notice of formation of DOLE-ZEL HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secreatry of State on February 5, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego Country. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 42 Covar Lane, Otego, NY, 13825. The purpose of the
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Notice of Formation of Brown Associates Prince George LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/10/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Brown Associates LLC, c/o Barbara Utter, 859 County Hwy. 5, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalMay5 Legal notice Notice of formation of Chicory Creek Farm LLC (“LLC”), a limited liability company. On 3/28/16 Articles of Organization were filed with NYS Sec’y of State. Office location: Otsego County. Sec’y of State designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. Sec’y
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: PO Box 800, Morris, NY 13808. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Norman at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6legalMay26 Legal notice Notice of Formation of OTSDAWA BERRY, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 1432 Co. Hwy. 8, Otego, NY 13825. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
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The name of the entity is Ed’s Repair Shop LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 3213 Co. Hwy 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6Legaljune 2
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2nd Contractor-Parking Law Drafted PARKING/From A1 Committee, chaired by Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh, which came back with a new proposed law Monday, April 25. It will go to public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, May 23. The new law requires all Tillapaugh construction vehicles operating on streets where paid parking is in force to have a $25 “construction vehicle permit,” and a $25 regular downtown paid-parking permit be obtained for each vehicle on the site. Cones – it was alleged last month that some contractors were using them to obtain free parking, whether or not they were on a job – “may be used for safety reasons when the vehicle is parked,” not otherwise. If a contractor must leave the scene for supplies, he/she must remove the cones, and would not be guaranteed the space would
still be open when the truck gets back. At Monday’s meeting, Tillapaugh asked her colleagues to consider penalties if contractors violate the new law. “We’re offering them a privilege,” she said. “They’re getting away with not havSternberg ing to pay for parking, which could be $18 a day. There has to be some teeth in this thing.” The trustees decided that, if a contractor is found in violation, he/she would be fined $75. A contractor found in violation a second time would be prohibited from doing work in the business district for the calendar year. “In the past,” said Trustee Richard Sternberg in support of the new regimen, “it was a casual system. I hope we aren’t going back to a casual system.”
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Constitution Developers Explore Suing New York PIPELINE/From A1 Gas are “currently assessing” their legal options to overturn the state’s decision. The Friday before, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced it would not grant water-quality permits the project requires, saying the Constitution should have “co-located” the pipeline along existing rights-of-way – that is, along Alternate M, which would have paralleled I-88 through Otsego County and had won the endorsement of the county Board of Representatives in 2014. A letter from the DEC’s chief permit administrator, John Ferguson, also said the company’s application for the permits “does not supply
adequate information” for the department to determine whether its regulations can be met. He said there was insufficient analysis of the impact on 210 streams along the route, and that some landowners had “clear-cut old growth trees” in anticipation of the project. Monday, the Constitution developers fired back, saying the DEC’s “rationale for denial includes flagrant misstatements and inaccurate allegations, and appears to be driven more by New York State politics than environmental science.” The Constitution had been told by the DEC its application was complete; nevertheless, the pipeline company asked weekly if any more information was needed, the state-
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Product Research Analyst I Job Summary: This position will fulfill a competitive product research, development, implementation, and market entry monitoring role within the Product Management Division. The Product Research Analyst I will be responsible for collaborating with team members to conduct detailed research of our competitor’s product offerings and provide support for introducing new and/or enhanced products into NYCM’s rating programs. Duties & Responsibilities: Work with team members to support competitive market research associated with emerging products within the industry as they pertain to business initiatives and corporate objectives. Provide support for analysis of competitors’ product level rates, forms, and rules in order to provide insight and product proposals to the Product Management team and at times other divisional partners. Support product analysis that allows NYCM to track and benchmark our product level value and packaging against the competitive landscape. Assist with and/or research new internal and external products and processes for future product development. Work closely with Regulatory & Legal Affairs to develop and implement new forms and update/amend existing product level forms. Track and monitor state law and regulatory changes. Compile and prepare reports, graphs, and charts of product data analyzed to assist with pricing, preparation of competitive performance trends, and the identification of product level opportunities. Conduct claim level gap analysis to identify where opportunities exist with developing products to serve the needs and desires of our customers. Work with Product Management and Bodily Injury team members to retrieve data from various internal and external sources in preparation for analysis. Verify accuracy of data pulled and revise methods of data retrieval by following and enhancing a documented standard process.
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ment said. The company also pointed out the decision withholds natural gas to companies that were promised it – Stockton later cited Amphenol in Sidney and Raymond Corp. in Greene – and delayed 2,400 jobs ($130 million in salaries) that pipeline construction would have created. The decision quickly took on a political dimension, as the two Democratic contenders for 19th Congressional District nomination – Zephyr Teachout and Will Yandik – issued statements supporting the DEC. The Republicans were mum, although two, Bob Bishop and Andrew Heaney, in the past have said John Faso had lobbied on the Constitution’s behalf, www.watershedpost. com reported. Otsego County’s foremost environmental group, Otsego 2000, issued a statement the afternoon of the DEC’s “momentous” decision, calling it “a strong affirmation of the paramount importance of New York’s water quality for our communities and our environment.” It praised Stop the Pipeline, based in Schoharie County, for “combatting the encroachment of pipelines in our region” and all activists “working so tirelessly for so long to protect our beautiful forests, fields and streams.” For her part, Stop the Pipeline leader Ann Marie Garti, herself a lawyer, said when told the Constitution might launch a court challenge: “They’re going to lose. It’s almost impossible to challenge an agency decision.” She said Stop the Pipeline will see them there: The group is already in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging an earlier pro-Constitution decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Stockton said it would be difficult to challenge the DEC’s decision through FERC, since the federal agency had waived its water-quality permitting to the state. If the state had failed to make a decision by the end of this month, the Army Corps of Engineers would have assumed jurisdiction, but that is not to be. The Constitution spokesman also expressed a sense of irony that the Ferguson letter appeared to favor Alternate M, which – due to the slopes along I-88 – would, he said, have resulted in more environmental degradation than the company’s preferred line to the south. The Otsego County Board had supported Alternate M because of its proximity to Oneonta and other local communities that would have had easier access to natural gas for homes, business and, in particular, the larger institutions like hospitals and colleges. Also, it was estimated the pipeline would have generated $13 million in annual tax revenues for the county and school districts and municipalities along its route.
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