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City of The Hills At NYSHA Library, Wayne Wright
Learning family history from parents and grandparents lead Wayne Wright to satisfying career.
Was Part Historian, Part Detective 37 Years Delving Into Mysteries, Manuscripts Leads To Retirement By LIBBY CUDMORE
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rowing up, Wayne Wright learned the history of Oneonta from his parents and grandparents. “They always talked about our
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City Historian Mark Simonson, right, and retired SUNY Oneonta President Alan Donovan share memories of “Lost Oneonta,” landmark buildings, many lost to Urban Renewal, during a program Saturday, March 21, at the History Center.
family history,” he said. “My grandparents came here to work on the D&H and the Ulster-Delaware Railroads. I feel like I know people from the 1920s better than I know people now.” And for 37 years, as the head librarian Please See WRIGHT, A6
With Wi-Fi, Downtown Might Link Into World City Hall Explores Providing Service
County Dems Plan To Back Herzig, More
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ounty Democratic Chairman Richard Abbate planned to convene his committee at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Oneonta Town Hall to support Gary Herzig for city mayor, and Town Board member Andrew Stammel for a seat on the county Board of Representatives. Abbate also plans an endorsement of City Judge Lucy Bernier for a second term/DETAILS, A3 READ HONORED: SUNY Oneonta planned to rename its Science Discovery Center Wednesday, March 25, in honor of Albert J. Read, professor emeritus of physics, whose charitable gifts have benefitted the center. FIGHTING CUOMO: Oneonta Area for Public Education is planning a rally to raise concern about Governor Cuomo’s proposed Common Core reforms 4:30-5 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Center Street School building. IN MEMORIAM: Logan Piefer, 11, a beneficiary of the 2014 Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, has passed away. He was suggering from Hunter Syndrome/DETAILS, B6
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The “Unsung Heroes” are being painted, but their identities are secret for now.
UNSUNG HEROES
Who is that masked man? Chris Guarino, Alyssa LaForga, artist Janet Wentworth Erickson, Lindsey Johnson and Caroline Stoerger pose with two of the 10 portraits, but strategically, so the subjects identities can’t be determinied.
Malone Proposes $100 Fee To Stem Student Mischief Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Paintings Underway, But Identities Secret For Now By LIBBY CUDMORE
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collar and leash. A barometer. A Congressional Medal of Honor. These are the iconographic pieces that make up the lives – and portraits – in artist Janet
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magine: If warm, sunny days ever arrive again, taking your laptop into Neahwa Park, sitting under a tree or on a bench by Hodge’s Pond – and getting to work. It’s a discussion the City of Oneonta has Murphy begun having – whether or not to have a free, city-wide Wi-FI connection. “This is a conversation we should definitely move forward with,” said Council member Maureen Hennessey, First Ward. “We’re behind the curve.” “We’ve been talking about it since Kim Muller was mayor,” said Bob Brzozowski, Seventh Ward. “It’s worth Please See WI-FI, A6
Wentworth Erickson’s “Community Heroes in Living Portraiture” series, 10 portraits of “unsung heroes” in the City of Oneonta, and Otsego and Delaware counties. The paintings are now being done in Erickson’s Delhi studio. But, until they are unveiled next August, she’s keeping the heroes’
identities secret. “I was working on a portrait two years ago and incorporating icons of a person’s life as part of it,” she said. “It was really the seeds of this project.” She applied for a Creative Activity Grant from SUNY Oneonta, Please See UNSUNG, A6
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neonta’s robotics team, RoboKronos made the top four in the FIRST Robotics regional championship SaturdaySunday, March 21-22 in Troy. The robots, built over six weeks, competed in teams of three-on-three in a game called “Recycle Rush,” to stack the most crates and recycling bins in towers to score points. RoboKronos fell one point shy of qualifying for the final match after an alliance partner’s robot had to reboot, costing the three-team alliance precious seconds in the last
round. But the Oneonta team came home with a regional Gracious Professionalism trophy for helping start up the fledgling Edmeston team, Blood Sweat & Gears, which took the Rookie AllStar award. It’s the same award that took RoboKronos to the World Championships in 2012, and the first time in FIRST history that two teams from the same county have taken the Rookie award. Blood Sweat & Gears started a crowd-funding campaign to help it attend the championships in St, Louis at www.gofundme. com/ecsrobotics.
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Join us for Holy Week and Easter Sunday as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. May you find the answers you’ve been looking for!
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PALM SUNDAY – MARCH 29 Worship at 8:30 & 11 am and 5 pm MAUNDY THURSDAY – APRIL 2 7 pm - Worship GOOD FRIDAY – APRIL 3 12:10 pm - Meditation with Word & Music 7 pm - Stations of the Cross EASTER SUNDAY – APRIL 5 8:30 am - Service with Communion 11 am - Resurrection Service with Communion
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Noon - Good Friday Worship April 5
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Holy Week Worship Schedule Palm Sunday, 29 March 2015
8:30 am & 10:30 am—Palm Sunday Worship 4:00 pm—Saturday Vigil
Schedule for the Sacred Triduum Holy Thursday, 2 April 2015
6:00 pm—Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper 11:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize
Otsego County Lutheran Parish The Reverend Paul Messner, STS Sandra Shear, Associate in Ministry Atonement, Oneonta • 1 Center Street, Oneonta Evangelical, Hartwick Seminary State Hwy 28, 4 miles south of Cooperstown Shineman Chapel, Hartwick College St. Matthew, 125 Main Street, Laurens St. John, State Rte 80, West Burlington
Sunday of The Passion (Palm Sunday): March 29
Holy Communion with blessing, distribution and Procession of the Palms. Gather outside of the sanctuary, reading of The Passion from Matthew. 8:30 am St. Matthew • 9 am St. John • 10:30 am Atonement 10:45 am Hartwick Seminary Maundy Thursday: April 2, Holy Communion (representative foot washing and stripping the altar) 7:15 am St. Matthew • Noon Evangelical 10 am Hartwick College • 5:30 pm St. John 6:30 pm Seder Supper with Holy Communion for the parish at Atonement
Good Friday: April 3 2 pm Atonement • Noon Evangelical • 10 am Hartwick College 5:30 pm St. John • 7 pm St. Matthew Holy Saturday: April 4, Vigil of Easter 7 pm Atonement
Festival of the Resurrection - Easter Day: April 5
6 am Easter Sunrise at Brownells, 1810 Rt 10, Laurens 8:30 am St. Matthew • 9 am St. John 10:30 am Atonement • 10:45 am Evangelical Holy Communion with rekindling of Paschal Candle and return of the Alleluia
Good Friday, 3 April 2015
8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer 12:30 pm-3 pm—Priests will be available for Confession. 4:00 pm—Celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Death 7:00 pm—Night Prayer in the style of Taize
Holy Saturday, 4 April 2015
8:30 am—Morning Prayer 12:00 noon—Midday Prayer and Blessing of Easter Foods
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night, 4 April 2015 9:00pm—The Liturgies of Fire, Word, Baptism, and Eucharist
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The Resurrection of the Lord, 5 April 2015 8:30 am & 10:30 am—Eucharistic Liturgy & Renewal of Baptismal Promises
neonta City Court Judge Lucy Bernier, in her 12th year on the bench, has announced she will seek re-election in November. In reviewing her tenure, the judge said she has sought “to better assure that individuals are accorded their legal and constitutional rights,” has made small claims more userJudge friendly, and Bernier developed internships for college students. Before becoming City Court judge in 2004, Bernier was city prosecutor (1998-2003). As assistant district attorney (1992-97), she coordinated the Child Sexual Abuse Task Force under the direction of thenDistrict Attorney Michael V. Coccoma. She has been in private law practice in Oneonta with her mother, Patricia Pantaleoni, since 1981, serving as a law guardian and attorney for children in Family Court, and her practice has also included residential real estate, assigned counsel work in Family Court, wills and estates, and adoptions. Judge Bernier is a member of the state and county Bar Association, the state Association of City Court Judges, and the county Magistrate’s Association. She is on the advisory board to the county’s community service program and she chaired the City Court subcommittee of the 6th Judicial District Task Force on Court Efficiency. She has offered legal assistance at free legal aid clinics and given training in domestic violence to town and village judges. She has served as president of the board of Catskill Choral Society, as well as on Oneonta’s Centennial Commission and the boards of Opportunities for Otsego and Oneonta Dollars for Scholars. An OHS and SUNY Oneonta alumna, she graduated from Albany Law School, where she was notes-and-comments editor on the Albany Law Review. She has been married to retired Community Development Director Joseph Bernier since 1983 and they have two daughters, Genevieve and Emily. 3 VOTE NO: Common Council member David Rissberger pointed out he wasn’t the sole vote against the ordinance allowing chickens to be raised in the city, as noted in last week’s editorial. Two other Council members also voted nay.
First Presbyterian Church of Cooperstown 25 Church Street 607-547-8401
Palm/PaSSion Sunday
-March 29 at 10:00 amSanctuary "Two Who Loved Jesus”
maundy ThurSday
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-April 5 - 6:45 amEcumenical Sunrise Service Pioneer Park by Otsego Lake -April 5 at 10:00 amSanctuary Worship Service “And So It Begins...” The Rev. Elsie Armstrong Rhodes
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EDITORIAL
County Board Next Target For Abbate And His Merry Dems
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he energizer county drew Stammel, the lawyer chairman, Democrat and Oneonta Town Board Richard Abbate, just member. keeps on going, and going, They would challenge and going. two freshmen Republican The voting maboard members, chines have barely District 8’s Rick been unplugged in Hulse of Fly Creek village elections last and District 4’s Wednesday the 18th, Janet Hurley Quackwhen the party leader enbush, Town of from Cooperstown is Oneonta, respecgoing public on plans tively. for the county Board Both are swing of Representatives’ districts, Hulse Abbate elections Tuesday, having edged by Nov. 3. incumbent Democrat He’s got a heavy lift beJohn Kosmer in 2013, and tween now and then to cap- Quackenbush by besting ture a county board majority Democrat Dan Buttermann for the Democrats, which for the open seat that had he says he intends to do. In been held for years by Demrecent history, Democrats ocrat Rich Murphy. only controlled the board, in Still, Marietta and Stam2006-09, by forming an alli- mel victories would only ance with county Rep. Don shift 913 votes onto the Lindberg, R-Worcester, and Democratic side. Accordelecting him board chair. ing to the tally box accomIn an interview, Abbate panying this editorial, 1,034 floated the names of a weighted votes need to be couple of attractive candishifted before Republicans dates: Andrew Marietta, lose control of the county regional director of the New board. York Council of Nonprofits • and a Cooperstown school That’s the game: Gainboard member, and Aning control. And there’s so
WHO’LL CONTROL COUNTY BOARD? REPUBLICANS
DEMOCRATS
Ed Frazier.....................439 Jim Powers...................503 Kathy Clark...................554 Janet Quackenbush.....523 (Andrew Stammel) 627...........................Ed Lentz Don Lindberg...............534 405...............Beth Rosenthal Rick Hulse....................390 (Andrew Marietta) Keith McCarty ..............375 Betty Ann Schwerd.......487 319...................Gary Koutnik Craig Gelbsman...........341 335...............Linda Rowinski 395.................Kay Stuligross TOTAL MAJORITY
6,627 3,114
REPUBLICANS NOW: 4,146
DEMOCRATS NOW: 2,081
1,034 VOTES NEEDED TO SHIFT CONTROL much more at play: • District 6: Lindberg is retiring to run for Worcester town supervisor, and he’s asked current Supervisor Diane Addesso, a Democrat, to run for his county board seat, according to Abbate, who said she’s reluctant to do so.
• District 7: Beth Rosenthal, D-Roseboom, has her house on the market, planning to move to Albany. Abbate is supporting antifracker Kelly Brannigan in what is a solidly Republican district. There’s at least one strong Republican in the wings; that district very
likely may return to the GOP. • District 10: Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, has had legal and family troubles over the past year and has suggested she may retire. It’s even money, though, that Schwerd will change her mind. She’s a scrapper, and has had strong support in her district when challenged in the past. • District 12: Freshman Craig Gelbsman is a rare Republican to win any of the four City of Oneonta seats, as he did in 2013. Abbate said Stammel and David Rissberger, the Common Council member who is also county committee vice chair, have been assigned to line up an opponent. But Gelbsman’s been energetic, and engaging, and on the right side in supporting “Single Point of Contact” economic development (Hulse has not); he could be tough to unseat. • Abbate’s Republican counterpart, Vince Casale, is going to have to play some catch-up, but, he
points out, he has time: Petitions don’t have to be circulated until June. He plays his cards closer to his vest than Abbate. Still, the Democratic leader has a strategy that’s worked so far: Find the best candidate he can, and let the campaign ensue. It’s worked for him in the Village of Cooperstown, where Democrats have held control of all board seats since 2011 (although Trustees Lou Allstadt and Bruce Maxson, after winning the Democratic nomination in 2013, also sought the Republican nod.) The Republicans have a formidable majority on the county board right now. Democrats will need to save Rosenthal’s seat, beat Gelbsman and elect Marietta and Stammel to claim it. If Republicans take Rosenthal’s seat, Democrats have to beat Hulse and Gelbsman, and claim Lindberg’s seat to eke out a majority. But it could happen. And Abbate and his Merry Dems are going for it.
LETTERS
Town Comp Plan Supports Neighbors’ Fears Of Double-Wides To the Editor: Thank you for your article on the important issue of the proposed Hemlock Road development in the Town of Oneonta. While I believe Greater Oneonta needs more affordable housing and housing for seniors, the residents of this neighborhood have raised many valid concerns and objections to this project in their petition and comments at the recent town Planning Board meeting. Just last year, the Town Board approved an update of the Comprehensive Plan for the first time since 1998. That update clearly articulated the vision of the Town in regard to economic development, housing and planning and zoning issues. Prior to writing the plan, the town was extensively polled by Zogby and the results were illuminating. A plurality of residents did support expanding singlefamily residential development and fully 83 percent called for an increase or no change in that housing stock.
should give the town real pause in creating such a district. Additionally, that use is not compatible with the current zoning of that area. It is a residential district permitting only single or multiple family residences, not including mobile homes. Any construction of such a development will require a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) or the creation of a Planned Development District (PDD) by the Town Board. The town has adopted its Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Comprehensive Plan and Town of Oneonta Planning Board members gather zoning with good reason: to around their chairman, Joe Camarata, to examine create a high quality of life plans for a 71 double-wide trailer development at and support harmonious and Hemlock Road and Route 47, south of Emmons. well-planned development and neighborhoods. DeviaWhile the plan identified ogy used to describe these tions from that plan should the Hemlock Road area as homes has been differonly be made if absolutely a potential site for eventual ent depending on whom beneficial and necessary to planned development, the you ask, it is clear that the community. recommendation suggested most people would regard Of the two options (ZBA only townhouses and/or these buildings as “mobile variance vs. PDD), the condominiums. The current homes.” They are doublePDD gives the Planning proposal calls for the conwides and the residents Board and Town Board struction of a high density would only retain ownership more control over how this cluster of manufactured of the structure and would development is planned. HUD homes. not have title to the land. It’s currently progressing While the terminolThe town’s opinion on as a PDD and the Planning these developments was Board is admirably trying to clearly expressed in the take into account the opinComprehensive Plan and ions of residents and require survey which indicated that the developers to produce only 5 percent of responthe best possible plan. Otsego-Delaware Dispatch dents supported increasing But there is a real risk mobile-home districts. That that the final proposal will Jim Kevlin
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Falk, Dean Begin New Term With Gratitude, Sense Of Responsibility To the Editor: We would like to thank all the voters who participated in the democratic process Wednesday, March 18, by voting in the election for Cooperstown village trustees. And we would like to recognize John Sansevere for caring enough about the community we all share to enter the race. It is with both gratitude and a sense of increased responsibility that we will begin our new terms. We are grateful to our supporters for their confidence in our abilities and their affirmation of the work that we have undertaken on behalf of the village. We look forward to three more years of productive efforts to make the Village of Cooperstown a place of which we can all continue to be proud. CINDY FALK & JIM DEAN Village Trustees Cooperstown
not be satisfactory. I share concerns about the density of the development, quality of the housing stock, and lack of compatibility with the neighborhood. I also have serious reservations about the strains that 71 new homes with their own private wells and septic would create on the aquifer. This development would be located just yards from the town’s Woodland Water District, which could provide water and fire protection to them as well. Smart development would call for this development to be integrated into the existing water infrastructure instead of allowing unregulated development to put at risk the quality of the public water supply. I urge the neighborhood residents to continue attending the Planning and Town Board meetings to learn more and to express your views. I also urge the Planning Board to continue their difficult and under-appreciated work. Regardless of the efforts, if the final proposal is still not acceptable, I will be required to respect the view of the residents and our Comprehensive Plan and to vote against a zone change. ANDREW STAMMEL Town Board member Oneonta
Sansevere Bid Encouraging To the Editor: This letter is to congratulate John Sansevere for bringing 130-plus village voters into the democratic process. Without any glitz – lawn signs, hidden behindthe-scenes pressures and promises – Mr. Sansevere brought “common sense” to village discussion. Mr. Sansevere talked service – “ran against no one” – and addressed the disconnects that often characterize the local scene. Mr. Sansevere ran for residents, not against anything and anyone. Congratulations, Mr. Sansevere. You have demonstrated leadership in “the perfect village.” JOHN P. ROSSON Cooperstown
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To the Editor: Thank you for the nice article on my project and seniors busy in the community. In response to Chuck Hudson’s idea of getting young people to assist their neighbors, we are very fortunate to have the Leo Club, sponsored by the Lion’s Club. Those needing help should call 547-4186 and shortly a crew of Leos will appear to do the job cheerfully and efficiently. MAY-BRITT JOYCE Cooperstown
Sansevere: Thanks For Your Trust In Me To the Editor: As the recent Republican candidate for Cooperstown village trustee, I would like to thank the people who put their trust in me by voting for me in the March 18 election. We did not lose by much! Although I did not win, I feel that it is important that there are opposing candidates and that new ideas are always important in any election. Congratulations to Cindy Falk and James Dean. As I stated many times, I was not running against anyone, but was basically there to represent the village residents and
business owners with more of a “common sense” approach to managing the village. I enjoyed meeting so many people and listening to concerns and issues that were brought to me. Hopefully in the future I will have the opportunity to run again. But thank you sincerely for a very enjoyable two months of campaigning! Hope you will put your trust in me again if the opportunity should arise! Sincerely, JOHN SANSEVERE Cooperstown
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History
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Mirthful Mentions – Sally: “Why is marriage a failure” George: “Because the bride never marries the best man.” Nervous old lady on the hotel’s fifth floor: “Do you know what precautions the proprietor of the hotel has taken against fire?” Porter: “Yes, mum. He has it insured for twice what it’s worth.” Two well-known clergymen missed their train, upon which one of them took out his watch, and finding it to blame for the mishap, said he would no longer have any faith in it. “But is it not more a question of works than faith?” replied the other. A description of an infant’s feeding bottle says: “When the baby is done drinking, it must be unscrewed and laid in a cool place, say under the tap.” If they are going to subject infants to such treatment, few of us will care to be born again. March 1890
40 Years Ago
Dr. Edward Weiss, an allergist from Temple University, Philadelphia, said this country has so many neurotics and so many allergic people that the two types of trouble overlap in many individuals. The neurotic factors in allergy are so frequent that the patient’s private life should be investigated, and in many cases they should be turned over to psychiatrists. March 1955
30 Years Ago
Young, unmarried women were most frequently the target of the estimated 1.5 million rapes or attempted rapes which took place between 1973 and 1982, the Justice Department said Sunday in a report that it conceded understates the crime. Random surveys conducted over a decade also show that blacks were victimized more often than whites. The surveys also show that a woman is twice as likely to be attacked by a stranger as by someone she knows. Further, only about half of the rapes or attempted rapes are reported to authorities. March 1985
100 Years Ago
The Wilber National Bank has, some weeks since, installed and has been operating one of the latest and most improved Burroughs statement machines – a device that approaches as near to a mechanical book keeper as is easily conceived, and is a marvel to all who have witnessed its operations. With it the bank has daily a statement sheet of each active account, posting and adding all deposits made and subtracting all checks paid by the bank upon the account and automatically recording the daily balance. This is all done mechanically, an operator manipulating the keys of the machine much as one writes with a typewriting machine. The machine is controlled by an electric motor and has all the latest appliances and attachments for ledger work. This implement, marvelous and almost human as are its capabilities, is of course not designed to displace the ledger and accounting system of the bank, but rather as an additional check against error, and to provide a quick and accurate method of supplying depositors statements of their accounts. At present, the Wilber National is posting and tabulating daily some 2,000 active accounts with the machine. March 1915
80 Years Ago
Are modern college girls the intellectual inferiors of their masculine classmates? Professor John J.B. Morgan of the Psychology Department at Northwestern University startled a class of campus men out of their habitual lethargy by advising them to give intelligence tests to their student sweeties before dating them up if they wanted to raise the scholarship standards of their Alma Mater. “Young women students proceed on the theory that men like them dumb,” the eminent psychologist said. “Timidly, the girls display a flash of intelligence to their escorts, but then they endeavor
20 Years Ago
March, 1975 by foxy means to convince the boy friends that men are mentally superior to women. “If you would hand an IQ Test to every girl before you consent to take her out, Northwestern University’s scholastic record would resemble a skyrocket en route to the stratosphere. The girls pretend they’re dumb to make you feel superior. Let them know you prefer them smart. Make them take the test before you date them, and if they don’t pass, don’t date them.” March 1935
60 Years Ago
Doctors should lie to their cancer patients as a means of prolonging human life, a Baltimore psychiatrist yesterday advised the nation’s family physicians. People who say that they would want to know about it if they developed cancer are forgetting that they have two selves – one who wants to know about it and the other who does not, said Dr. Leo Bartemeier. He addressed the Academy of General Practice. The part of the personality that does not want to know should be protected by the physician, Dr. Bartemeier asserted because it supports the natural will to live. “Some people who are told about it may turn toward suicide via the drug or alcohol route,” the psychiatrist added.
Less than a year after its start the State University College at Oneonta’s Center for Social Responsibility and Community is deemed a success. Backed by a $400,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the center’s first student volunteers began last September to identify and carry out projects they believe will make a difference to Oneonta and the people who live here. Since then SUCO students have engaged with the community in a wide variety of volunteer service activities. It is expected that students volunteering under the Center’s sponsorship will eventually participate in service projects at the state, national and international levels as well. March 1995
10 Years Ago
Chronic wasting disease has been found in a white-tailed doe from a captive herd in nearby Oneida County. This is the first time the fatal malady has been detected in New York State. “This is not a public health threat, but it is a slow-moving animal health threat,” said Jessica Chittenden, NYS Agriculture & Markets spokeswoman. The Oneida County herd was quarantined and the remaining 16 animals will be killed and tested. The detection of the disease in New York is the first discovery of the ailment outside the Midwest or Rocky Mountain regions. Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a degenerative neurological illness. March 2005
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Oneonta History Prepared Wi-Fi Considered As Service To Citizens, Boon To Business the utmost importance,” said Kyle several companies, including Time A1 Wright For NYSHA Career WI-FI/From Dixon, of Pyramid Business Systems Warner Cable and Plexicomm, which looking at in the bigger picture.” WRIGHT/From A1 at the New York State Historical Association Library, people learned from him. “I got to know so many people who wanted to know about their communities,” he said. “I’ll miss them.” Wright will retire on Saturday, March 28, from a career he started off with as a temp. “NYSHA had a grant to hire someone to index the folklore collection,” he said. “It was a temporary job, but they kept me on.” And he’d never expected that he would end up a historical librarian. “I wasn’t a history major in school, but I remember going to an open house at the Upper Susquehanna Historical Society” – precursor of the Greater Oneonta Historical Society – “and they had all these wonderful things on display, especially these beautiful atlases.” He majored in English at SUNY Oneonta and did his student-teacher practicum at Schenevus under a teacher who also served as the librarian. “I wanted to become a school librarian,” he said. “And I guess I did!” He got a master’s in Library Studies from SUNY Albany and worked in the military library at the Army base in Berlin in 1970-72. In his time with NYSHA, he has helped both Cooperstown Graduate Program students and community members look back through the ages. “A woman came in looking for her biological mother,” she said. “She knew her name and that she lived in Oneonta.
I found where she used to work in an old directory.” The woman later called back and said that the two had met. “It’s detective work,” he said. “You’re trying to find some shred of information that leads to someone’s life, whether it’s family history, a ghost story or how people used to keep bees.” His assistance with finding such facts has landed him in the acknowledgements of several books, including the 1996 Pulitzerwinning “William Cooper’s Town,” by Alan Taylor. And he’s kept watch over a number of invaluable manuscripts – from Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, notes from the attending doctor at President Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed, and letters from General Clinton explaining to the governor why he was bringing troops to Otsego Lake during the American Revolution. “But we specialize in ordinary lives,” he said. However, he won’t say goodbye for long. “I can’t quite give it up,” he said. “My last day, I’ll host a meeting of municipal historians,” he said. “Chuck D’imperio is the speaker.” He plans to volunteer in the book-repair workshop and continue serving as GOHS vice president. He is also historian for the OHS Class of 1965, and is preparing an exhibit for the upcoming 50th reunion. “There’s so many things to do in life,” he said. “And I have to make sure I do all of them.”
Malone: $100 Unsung Heroes Fee May Ease Won’t Be Sung Mischief Cost For A While Yet FEE/From A1 Malone, a Hartwick economics professor and a Common Council member for the Second Ward. The idea grew out of what he saw as a professor, a resident and a member of Common Council. “I see my own students utilizing public safety, sometimes in unfortunate ways,” he said. “And I’ve heard the challenges that the police and fire departments have to deal with.” The fire in SUNY Oneonta’s Matteson Hall in 2013 really hit home for Malone. “That could have taken a very unfortunate turn,” he said. “We need to make sure we maintain the equipment and the number of people we have in public safety because of these sorts of risks. We need to be prepared for situations we hope we never have.” He began to gather date from similar sized college towns across the state – Cortland, Elmira, Geneva, Oswego and Plattsburgh – all with professional fire and police departments. He drafted his findings into a paper, “A New Revenue Source for Small Cities in Upstate New York,” forthcoming in June from the online journal of the New York State Economics Association.
UNSUNG/From A1 where she teaches in the Art Department, and got it, then put out a call for nominations of unsung heroes. “The community really defined, nominated and selected the 10 heroes to be painted,” she said. Last August, she appeared before Common Council, encouraging members to nominate worthy subjects and spread the word to others. Since, more than 40 people were nominated and, of those, she chose 10 for the series. The others, she explained, will be photographed in portrait style by a student photographer Beth Cleveland and used as part of the exhibit. The oil paintings are being done now in classical style on a 30” x 40” canvas. “I’ve got eight paintings in various stages of completion right now,” she said. But more than just a painting, she has also been interviewing the subjects to learn about their lives and histories. “I want to know who the hero is and what they were involved with to get them nominated,” she said. “This painting is that person’s life.” In this, she also learns about the iconography of their lives, and students Chris Guarino and Lorelei Olk are painting smaller portraits of those items to hang on the wall next to the portrait.
The Facilities, Technology Operations & Community Improvement Committee met Monday, March 23, and Wi-FI was on the agenda – twice. First, to discuss an expansion to the City Hall cabling project. And, second, to broach the possibility of wireless access downtown. “We’re finishing a project in city hall that would allow employees to access to their network throughout City Hall, on city-owned devices, as though they were sitting at their desk,” said City Manager Martin Murphy. But from that discussion grew the idea that guests could have Internet access inside City Hall, although it would be limited. “The safety of the city’s data is of
Inc., who presented a proposal on public access Wi-FI in the building. “As long as we adhere to requiring a password and acceptable use agreement, we can keep people from accessing certain sites and prevent them from accessing illicit material.” “Council members would be considered guests,” said Council member Dave Rissberger, Third Ward. “We don’t have city-owned devices.” But it was from these types of conversation, Murphy said, that the conversation about Internet access downtown grew. “Most people get the majority of their information from the internet,” he said. “Making access community wide is desirable.” The city is weighing options from
installed a similar service in downtown Binghamton. However, Ed May, Zoning Board of Appeals chair, was a bit skeptical. “Ten years ago, this was important,” he said. “But now, everyone’s walking around with a cell phone that is a wireless hotspot.” “The thought behind this is to go outside with your laptop on a nice day,” said Rissberger. “There’s work you can’t do on your phone.” “Technology moves very quickly,” said Murphy. “We’re trying to capitalize on a moving target.” He believes it’s worth exploring. “We want to explore our options,” he said. “Cost is a critical factor, but providing access to information is our goal.”
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MLS#96795 $184,999 Well maintained 3-BR, 2-bath sunlit home offers newly landscaped large yard, wrap-around decks, covered porch. Eat-in kitchen, formal DR. Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#98642 $66,500 3-BR, 2-bath well maintained country home on 1 acre. Built in 2000. Views of Charlotte Creek! Metal roof, garage, generator! Sits off the road for privacy. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#98593 $146,000 Cozy Cape Cod close to I-88. 3 BRs on ground floor and 1 upstairs. Upstairs could also be expanded. Recently refinished hardwood floors throughout. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#98013 $104,888 Spring Is Coming! 3-BR, 2-bath home features 2 decks. You can relax and soak up all the beauty that surrounds this country home. Call for list of upgrades. Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#95670 $194,495 3-BR, 2-bath home on 3.32 acres w/views of the valley. Open floorplan, new SS appliances, LR w/ fireplace, 2-car garage, family room w/woodstove. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#97893 $89,900 Laurens – Cute 2-BR, 2-bath home on .32 acre w/2-car garage. Hardwood foors. Second floor is master suite with its own bath. Shed has electric and furnace. Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)
MLS#93225 $76,500 Priced to sell! Spacious 4-BR, 2-bath house close to I-88. Large backyard, workshop/garage. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual tour www.realestateshows.com/708598
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MLS#98655 $189,900 Land, Land, Land! Over 100 acres in Cooperstown School District—perfect for building, hunting or recreation. Over 2,000’ road frontage. Priced to sell! Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#98677 $159,900 Gorgeous Catskill Mountaintop Acres! 59 acres in Delaware County w/valley views, woods, stone walls, meadows and springs! Loaded with deer! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#98599 $498,000 Stunning Views! Highly efficient custom-built Cape Chalet on 45+ waterfront acres w/½-mile creek frontage, 60’ waterfall, 2 stocked ponds, 2 barns. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#98204 $220,000 Meredith – 4-BR, 2½ bath home on 10 park-like Spacious 4 BR,kitchen 2 bath and house is close I-88. Large acres, newer baths. REAtoelectric. Also backyard, workshop/garage, smallgarage shed. Make your 2-BR, 2-bath mobile w/attached for income! appointment today. Priced to go this week! Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
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MLS#98150 $199,000 Cooperstown Village Charming 3-BR, 1½-bath home on ½-acre lot w/2-car garage! Beautiful wood floors, new roof, recent furnace, enormous yard! Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#97290 $62,000 3-BR, double-wide is set on almost 2 acres w/full foundation, attached garage and stick-built addition that has great room w/vaulted ceiling. New vinyl siding, windows, roof, flooring. Renovated interior. Call Thomas C. Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#98491 $224,900 Unbelievably Priced! 25-acre horse farm has large Morton barn w/living quarters in Morris. Also 3-BR, 2bath ranch, hay field, pasture, riding arena, round pen. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
Tons of potential here with easy access to I-88 and Cooperstown All Star Village. Great commercial opportunity in the town of Oneonta on a highly traveled street. 380’ of road frontage on Chestnut Street. 3 buildings included. Main building has gas heat, electric and ½ bath. Two Morton buildings. Total of all buildings 5,376 sq ft. Paved parking for 10-15 cars. Great location to have business w/high traffic and plenty of parking. MLS#98051 $179,900
MLS#97384 $24,900 4.85+/- acres w/500’+/- paved road frontage. Level building locations along road. 800’+/- creek frontage! Cooperstown Village home. Seller paysassessed closing costs (up Close to Cooperstown. Priced below value. to w/acceptable offer). Call$3,000 Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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Spectacular Classic with Lake Frontage Exclusively offered at $795,000 Picturesque setting overlooking Otsego Lake. w/deeded 201´ of lake frontage. Many unique details such as the fossil-embedded countertop on the kitchen island. The home is well maintained and in move-in ready condition. Come for a visit…you’ll be glad you did!
intErior FEaturES —2,990 square feet —2 stories —3 BRs, 3 baths
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ExtErior FEaturES —Built in 1994 —Cedar siding —2 porches across each level —2-car detached garage —Asphalt paved driveway —Full concrete foundation —All mechanicals in good working order —Oil furnace —Well and septic
37 Chestnut street · Cooperstown · 607-547-5622 · 607-547-5653 (fax) parking is never a problem! For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5105
MLS#97516 1-3 Walnut Street, Oneonta Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
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ProPErty DEtaiLS —7.30 private acres —201´ of deeded lake frontage —Cooperstown School district —Beautiful lake views —Perennial flower beds —Raised garden beds
MLS#95480 $254,900 3-BR, 2-bath post-and-beam home on 11.60 acres. Glassed LR and FR w/gas FP, high ceilings, wood floors, DR, stone patio, 2-car attached garage. Milford Schools. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#93761 $195,000 Queen Anne Victorian on oversized lot is loaded w/character. Currently a work in progress, this home features ornate woodwork, spacious rooms, 6 fireplaces. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
Affordable and Unique Building Lots! are adjacent to 1,000+ acres of State Land in Hartwick, close to Cooperstown! Surveyed, wooded and loaded w/deer! Several to choose from! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#93550 Fully Furnished! Motivated seller! Low taxes, newer ranch, radiant heat. Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
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MLS#98676 $39,900 Surrounded by State Land! 26+ acres of wooded land is perfect for hunting, recreational or building a home. Property borders the Exeter State Forest. Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
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