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LOOK OUT, WORLD! HERE COMES OHS CLASS OF ‘12
Valedictorian Michael Lee leads fellow grads in a footstomping, handsclapping rendering of “We Will Rock You” with lyrics he rewrote to fit the Class of 2012.
‘We Will, ‘We Will ‘Rock U!’ Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Jeremy Horne of the Kansas City Chiefs chats with Andrew Ruffino, Morris, a teacher at Milford Academy when it first moved to New Berlin, at the NFL prep school’s annual banquet Thursday, June 21, at Foothills. Ruffino was accompanied by daughter Rebecca and wife Lorraine/MORE PHOTOS, A2
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t presstime, Oneonta police were still looking for Patricia Ann “Annie” Hubbard, 56, who was last seen at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, at the Dollar General Hubbard on Chestnut Street. Call OPD at 432-1111 with any information. SCHRIEBMAN WINS: Ulster County lawyer Julian Schriebman defeated Joel Tyner, a Dutchess County legislator, in the Tuesday, June 26, Democratic primary for the 19th Congressional District seat. He will face U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, RKinderhook, in the fall.
Karson Shultz, Maggie McVey, Alexis Newman and Nicole Bernik had no problems leading the dances throughout the night as the crowd danced away their senior year to the sounds of DJ Hectic Sound Productions at The Carriage House Thursday night.
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With Sam Nader’s Blessing, Joe Hughes Is ‘Mr. Baseball’ By LIBBY CUDMORE
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neonta has a new “Mr. Baseball.” Sam Nader passed on his title to OHS Varsity Baseball Coach Joe Hughes during a ceremony Friday, June 22, LIFE ENJOYED: Two at Damaschke Field before the Outlaws“Life Enjoyed” banners, Diamond Dawgs game. sponsored by Al Colone’s “Joe Hughes is a true GO-EDC group, have apson of Oneonta,” Mayor INSIDE: For peared: One, on the OHS Miller declared, after more photos bus garage, the other on reading a proclamation of ceremony, Northrup Supply. Both are honors Hughes’ OHS see A4 visible from I-88. team, which won the Class B State Baseball FRESH PRODUCE: The Championship Saturday, June 9, in BingTuesday Farmers’ Market hamton. began 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June As Miller spoke, Council Member Mike 26 in downtown Oneonta, Lynch, who played varsity baseball with and will continue through Hughes for three years, hung a medal the summer.
On Center Street School’s Final Day, Memories Flow By ADRIAN ADAMO
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hen the WolfGoulds moved to Monroe Avenue years ago, the elderly Frances Vernilya lived next door. Her mother, she told the new arrivals, had attended Center Street School the year it opened, 1897, as a fourth grader. When Frances, now residing in a nursJim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA ing home downstate, was Joe Hughes waves to fans in Damold enough to go to school aschke Field after Mayor Miller dein 1917, she had the same clared him “Mr. Baseball.” teacher as her mother. around his neck. And Sam Nader was there “That really gave me a to shake Hughes’ hand. great sense of the history of “I was very surprised and very humbled,” this school,” said Dr. Chris said Hughes. Wolf-Gound, whose own Please See HUGHES, A10
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Sixth graders Lydia Lawson and Katie KanoWhite leap to freedom, a Center Street tradition.
three children attended Center Street as well. On Thursday, June 21, Please See SCHOOL, A10
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isa Marie Lamb and Robert Michael Avery Vance were married Saturday, March 24, 2012 in a double-ring ceremony before 100 guests at the River Street Baptist Church. The Rev. Mel Farmer, pastor, officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mark and Deborah Lamb of Oneonta. The groom is the son of Stephen and Deborah Vance of Sidney. Jessica Butera of Utica, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Ariann Tubia of Oneonta, Brooke Anderson of Morris and Stephanie Vance of Bainbridge, sister
of the groom, served as Lisa’s bridesmaids. Adell Coe, goddaughter of the bride, and Veronica Coe of Oneonta were the flower girls. Daniel Mills of Deposit was best man. Keith Harendza of Binghamton, Noble Champen of Oneonta and Kyle Rutenber of Bainbridge served as Robert’s groomsmen. Tanner Tubia of Oneonta was the ring bearer. Following their ceremony the couple celebrated with their guest at the Sixth Ward Athletic Club. The couple live in Oneonta.
Coach Bill Chaplick embraces Janet HurleyQuackenbush at the Milford Academy’s annual event Thursday, June 21, at Foothills, which featured the NFL players among its alumni.
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Kazuhara Chiba, left, of Cherry Valley watches as his wife Kat Chiba, middle, throws her arms around her former Milford Academy student Jeremy Horne, right, who currently plays with the Kansas City Chiefs. Horne, was a member of the first graduating class of the Milford Academy.
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One Person, One Vote Easiest Part Of Redistricting Wards
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iving in a 100-year-old city like ours that rose out of a town dating back to 1830, settled by Europeans before the American Revolution on a migratory path trod by Native Americans for 10,000 years, a continuing challenge is how to sort the obsolete from usable tradition. So it is with wards, first drawn in 1908 on the city’s founding, when walking from the end of River Street to the business district was a half-hour trek. The alderman, representing one of (then) six wards, was a convenient point of contact with city government. Now, we hop in the car by Mamco and can be at City Hall in a couple of minutes. And still the wards endure, as a Redistricting Committee, required
after every national Census by the new city charter adopted last November, began its deliberations June 19, (electing Emily Ernsberger, Hartwick College’s director of annual giving, as its chair.) • Job One, no doubt everyone agrees, is to bring the wards into line with the U.S. Supreme Court’s one person, one vote requirement. Now, voters range from 848 in Ward One (around Wilber Park) to 351 in Ward Three (the Walnut Street Historic District.) That means, as it stands, a Ward Three vote is worth 2 1/2 times a Ward One vote. Undoubtedly, there will also be consensus around taking apart the devil’s bargain from 1976, when, with student anti-war activism
fresh in everyone’s mind, SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College dorms were divided up into long, slender wards to dilute students voters’ impact. Today, most everyone would agree that the lines shouldn’t be drawn to cook the books (or the voting lists). While maintaining an open mind as he joined the Redistricting Commission, retired SUNY poly-sci professor Paul Scheele said of the student question, “You might well end up with a voice on City Council we aren’t presently hearing. You might engender greater student participation in government affairs.” SUNY Oneonta Student Association President Jimmy Johnston said if students could have more impact, they would be more likely
to participate in city government. For instance, he said, students were disappointed that O-H Fest was moved back to the campuses from Neahwa Park last spring (after public-safety concerns the year before). • Then there are the wards themselves. The alternative is to elect City Council members “at large” – in other words, everyone votes on the same slate of candidates, with winners representing the whole city. Or you can mix it up, with perhaps six ward slots and two at-large positions. That would prevent a bullish neighborhood (the energetic Sixth Ward, maybe, or the Fightin’ Fourth around Center Street) from dominating
the rest, yet would strengthen the big-picture perspective on Common Council. Given the deliberations on putting together a “New City” of Greater Oneonta, the idea of wards may still have some merit. When the expanded city comes together, there might be merit in say, an Emmons ward, two Southside wards or a West Oneonta ward, to ensure new citizens of the New City that their neighborhoods would have a voice in discussions. That doesn’t have to be ensured now. That can be worked through when merger happens. The Redistricting Commission certainly has enough on its plate already. Still, it’s intriguing – piquant may be more in line with the metaphor – food for thought.
LETTERS
Fracking View Matters To Sustainable Otsego To the Editor: You suggest in a June 15 editorial that Sustainable Otsego’s non-partisan stance might be a “charade” if it supported a little-known and obscure Democrat in the race against Senator Seward. You say we’re “intrigued” by this candidate, but in fact we have little knowledge at this point even of who he or she may be. We have – so far – made no endorsement, though we might. As far as endorsements are concerned, one standard – barring other disqualifica-
tions – is that a candidate support a statewide ban on fracking. This is something Joel Tyner did in his primary race for the 19th Congressional District nomination. This is not a necessarily a partisan matter. At least one Republican state senator – Greg Ball – supports a statewide ban. And our biggest frustration so far has been with the most prominent Democrat in the state – Governor Cuomo. ADRIAN KUZMINSKI Moderator Sustainable Otsego
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Garden Club Brightens Downtown To the Editor: Downtown Oneonta is bright with flowers. On May 31, about 20 Oneonta Garden Club members met at the Muller Plaza on Main Street to plant the tubs with flowers. Marilyn Ball, the club’s Civic Beautification chairman, organized the planting with members fanning out up and down Main Street. The tubs were planted with Reiger begonias, petunias, geraniums, dragon wing begonias and impatiens. The plants were supplied by Mount Vision Garden Center and paid for by the garden club and a donation from FOF (Future of Oneonta Foundation). Mayor Miller has been working closely with the garden club to help beautify Main Street in the hopes of attracting visitors and shoppers. The city has replaced the soil in the tubs, planted the spring tulips and promised to water the new plants. Garden club members have adopted individual planters and agreed to clear them of litter and to pull weeds throughout the sum-
mer. The club also is sponsoring first, second and third awards for the best of the 10 rolling, wooden planters. These planters were purchased by the city, but planted and maintained by the participating merchants. The planters are movable so that the merchants can store them safely at night and bring them out in the daytime. Members of the garden club and Main Street Oneonta will have an opportunity through e-mail to vote their choices. An awards ceremony will be held Aug. 3 at First Friday to announce the winners. This is a new and exciting project for the city and the merchants. The club holds a plant sale, raffles, a booth at the Grand and Glorious Garage Sale and a Holiday Bazaar to raise money for these projects. The club takes pride in creating an attractive center city, but also plants Curtis Park at the entrance to the city and the Maple Street Park at the top of Maple Street. MARJORIE ROGERS Oneonta Garden Club
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Mayor Miller reads the Common Council proclamation honoring the OHS Yellowjackets’ Class B State Championship Varsity Baseball Team Friday, June 22, in Damaschke Field. Coach Joe Hughes, directly behind the mayor, was then the subject of a surprise announcement: He was declared to be “Mr. Baseball” in Oneonta.
Wendy Gordon belts out the National Anthem after the ceremony.
Two Oneonta sports lions – former mayor and Oneonta Tigers owner Sam Nader, and winningest OHS girls basketball coach Bob Zee – share a laugh.
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After the ceremony, Joe Hughes showed his winning form – he’s a former pro ballplayer himself – throwing out the first pitch of the Oneonta Outlaws-Mohawk Valley Diamond Dawgs game.
Dave, Sandra and Kim Moxley like up to take photos of brother Ben, a member of the championship team.
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The Local News – There is no part of a locomotive that cannot be made at the Oneonta railroad shops. If required, an entirely new locomotive could be built there, and indeed, some of the old engines which have been through the shops for repair are so nearly new when they come out that there is little left by which to recognize them. The railroad company, at the suggestion of the Board of Health, has filled up the swamp near the railroad track near the Main Street crossing. The readiness with which the company complies with suggestions of this sort is commendable, to say the least. Picnic parties at Crumhorn Lake are almost a daily occurrence nowadays. The Lake House is popular under Mr. Richmond’s management, and the lake is fast developing into a favorite resort for picnickers. On Sunday, several Oneonta people were there. The drive from Oneonta is delightful. June 1887
30 Years Ago
with at least six inches of clean dirt at the close of each day. Completed or uncompleted fill shall be covered with not less than two feet of dirt within 48 hours. June 1952
40 Years Ago
Charles A. Belden, principal at Oneonta Senior high school has been selected by the Oneonta Jaycees as Oneonta’s Outstanding Citizen for 1972. In making the announcement, James R. Gundlach, Jaycee president, said, “Mr. Belden has quietly served the Oneonta community and its young people for many years. We felt he should be recognized for his contributions to the community. He has served through his work in the Oneonta school system, first as teacher, then as guidance counselor and for the past 25 years as principal of the high school. His efforts have not ended there. He has been a spiritual leader as well, acting as a Sunday School teacher and as president of the Oneonta Family YMCA.� June 1972
100 Years Ago
Helen Gardner Pell, a former Oneonta girl, who for the past two years has been featured in picture plays, and who had recently been revisiting the scenes of her childhood in Oneonta, departed Friday for New York City. The talented pantomimic says: “It is true that I have severed my connection with the Vitagraph Company and that I am to have a large personal interest in a new company, which will be called the Helen Gardner Players. Suitable quarters have already been secured, competent support engaged and we shall put upon the market films which will mark a new departure in picture playing. Heretofore, moving pictures have catered largely to a public taste not of the highest sort, and many of the pictures have had no literary or artistic value. The Helen Gardner players will reach out with their work for a better clientele.� Miss Gardner’s new company is to be managed by Charles A. Gaskill, lately with the Vitagraph Company. June 1912
80 Years Ago
Several visiting airplanes have made overnight stops at Keyes Oneonta Field during the past few days. A Kellet auto-Gyro on the way from New Jersey to Cooperstown landed at the field early Thursday afternoon. Another visitor was a Curtiss Junior biplane from New Milford, PA with a passenger for New Berlin. The passenger and pilot went on to New Berlin after arriving here, and the latter will return today and fly to Norwich. Flying conditions were not of the best Thursday and the pilot of a Travelaire biplane en route from New York to Norwich landed during the afternoon for
20 Years Ago
An estimated 1,525 dogs representing 132 breeds are ex-
June 1982 pected to compete in confirmation and obedience classes at a short rest after receiving a hard buffeting by the wind. Two cabin monoplanes passed over the city during the day, but did not land. E.K. Reese, flying from Philadelphia to Syracuse in a Challenger Robin plane, reached here last Thursday and stopped for the night on account of wind and rain which made further flying risky. He came by way of New York where he stopped for a short time. After his stop at Syracuse, he plans to go on to Chicago. June 1932
60 Years Ago
The Board of Public Safety at an adjourned meeting yesterday awarded Simonson Brothers of South Side, a five-year contract for the operation of a sanitary land fill across from the site of the open dump which has been in operation for the past five years. Commissioner Sidney Levine, in moving to award the contract, said that the site was chosen to save the taxpayers of Oneonta considerable expense. It was pointed out that refuse haulers, if required to go to more distant sites, would be forced to raise their charges beyond what acceptance of lower bids would save in tax money. The contract amount is for $12,897.50 a year for five years with an option for a five-year renewal. The contract requires that disposal of garbage, ashes, and other refuse be compacted and covered
Damaschke Field on Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Del-Otse-Nango Kennel Club. Besides recognizing canine breeding and behavior, the show gives would-be dog owners a chance to see different types of dogs and talk to other owners. Puppies for sale at the show may range in price from $500 or $600 up to two or three times those amounts for some breeds of dogs. German Shepherds will be the most represented breed with 60 entries. June 2002
10 YEARS AGO
Wall Street ended a truly terrible second quarter Friday when stocks retreated from a solid advance and ended the session mixed. Stocks gave up their gains late in the day as President Bush announced he would undergo a colonoscopy on Saturday and Xerox reported more accounting problems. “We know there are problems in some corporations in America. So this is more bad news, but not new bade news,� said Arthur Hogan, chief market analyst at Jeffries & Co. The Nasdaq composite index completed its worst first half since 1974; the Dow Jones Industrial fell below 9,000 and both the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor’s 500 dipped below the closing lows they reached following the 911 attacks. June 2002
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cqueline Gibson embraces and congratulates Kidane Haile on his duation on the lawn of OHS following commencement.
The Sason family stands proudly with their youngest daughter Michelle, who graduated from OHS on Saturday. They are, from left: older sister Rachel, mother Kathryn, Michelle, papa Raphael and older sister Sara.
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After the OHS Senior Prom, teachers hosted the Class of 2012 at an After Prom Party in the high school cafeteria in the wee hours of Friday, June 22. Soon-to-be-grads stayed up all night playing casino games, winning prizes and eating food provided by the school and parents. Above, Amanda Blake, left, enjoys a winning streak at the roulette table. Underclassmen Stephanie Payne, center, turns the wheel; Devyn Sivers, right, collects chips.
At the blackjack table, Ben Moxley, Matt Horne, Conor Youngs, Trisha Neyer, Josaline HIghland and Lauren Wallen eagerly await their next card, dealt by Josh Garufi.
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ere are the 145 members of the OHS Class of 2012 that graduated Saturday, June 23: Riley Ackley Stephanie Adams Jordan Allen William Allen Levi Anderson Joseph Baker Seneca Baldwin Hannah Baskin Justin Beams Bradley Beckwith Samantha Belcourt Megan Benjamin Nicole Berdnik Mackenzie Bissell
Amanda Blake Leisa Bordinger Evan Bowker Michael Calkins Audra Cameron Maria Clara Caon Jessica Carocci Woojin Chung Kenneth Clark Meredith Clemons Clayton Corna III Cameron Critti Esteban Cruz Carly Dalton Marcus Delgado III Rochel DeSilva Theresa DiMartin Alexis Dolph Joseph Domion Robert Donnell Patritia Dyer
Destiny Edney Mitchell Enck Zachary Erbe Margaret Falco Danielle Fisher Joanna Foti Shoshana Fox Mikayla Fulton Brianna Georgia Sean Getman Mark Giallanzo Christopher Gibson Sienna Glavin Jennifer Gonzalez Cassandra Goodspeed Christina Grau Kidane Haile Elizabeth Hardison Roxanne Hardison Amanda Hildebrand
Curstin Hoag Matthew Horne Jocelyn Hyland Dylan Jaklitsch Katlyn Jennings Daniel Joseph Caroline King Whitsun Koutnik Illa Labroo Molly Leary Michael Lee Ellis Linnen Amanda Malewski Daniel Marino Jacob Marshall Collin Martindale Laura Matus Sara McGrath Maggie McVey Illanna Merriam Jonathan Meschutt
Abigail MichaelsonKing Angela Miller Mackenzie Miller Collin Mills Kamille Moser Travis Moses Benjamin Moxley Seamus Murphy Kevin Murray Tobias Nobiling Daniel O’Connor Diego Oros Cisneros Francie Ortiz Michael Ortiz John Pajerski Benjamin Payton Danielle Pennington Demitri Pentaris
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At the OHS Class of 2012 senior prom, Brice Wooden, Matt Horne and Jacob Bartz lead the crowd in a dance remix of “Party Rock Anthem” supplied by DJ Hectic Sound Productions. Two days before graduation, the seniors danced the evening away at The Carriage House on Southside.
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Pals Sean Getman, Justin Beams, Conor Youngs and Bryce Wooden celebrate. Heat and humidity didn’t deter dancers Angela Miller, Brianna Georgia, Veronica Stamp, Shoshana Fox, Jen Jelic, Theresa DiMartin and Sienna Glavin.
Kali Ricco and her escort Mike Moran, both in red, made a bold impression as they arrived at The Carriage House.
Francie Ortiz takes a break from the dancing in the cool night air outside The Carriage House. The mask reflects the theme of the evening, “Masquerade.”
Caitlin Featherstone and Elizabeth Vignal watch Jacob Bartz break out his moves to Luke Bryan’s “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).”
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As Center Street School Closes, Memories Flow
SCHOOL/From A1 when Center Street Elementary officially closed its doors, the last class of students made history of their own. As per a last-day-ofschool tradition, the students departed in a non-traditional way – through the windows of the ground-floor gym. The crowd gathered on the Ivy Court side of the building and cheered as each student leaped onto large mats and into the arms of parents and teachers. Teachers gave each child a balloon embossed the school’s emblem, a pawprint with the letters “purple panda” encircling it. “We’ve been partying!”
said teaching assistant Joan Martini on the day’s festivities. “The kindergartners had a Slip-’n’-Slide party. Then we all gathered for ‘Sing and Celebrate,’ where every student received a graduation medal, because they all graduated from Center Street today. Then we had a pizza party!” A fitting send-off for Center Street, which to many, had been much more than just a school. “It’s been a home,” said teaching assistant Jill Reed. Parent Amy Hornburg Heilveil agreed: “The time you spend walking your kids to and from school and chatting with other parents is not to be matched.”
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Her love for the school led her to help the students create another lasting memory, a more permanent one. “We saw the wet concrete of the sidewalk outside of the building and had the idea of having the sixth graders and the kindergartners put their hand prints in it.” The distressed contractor, happening upon the memorial, smoothed it over again. Not to be deterred, parents put in calls to Mayor Miller, the city Engineering Department and Supt. of Schools Mike Shea and obtained a blessing for their project. “Then we had the sixth graders and kindergartners come back out, and one by one write their names in the concrete,” said Hornburg Heilveil. As the school day was officially over and parents and children slowly dispersed, a worker who was pouring the concrete stayed behind to help a few remaining students carve their names into the sidewalk.
For Coach Hughes, Baseball Is Life
HUGHES/From A1 Hughes played for the Maloney’s Candy Little League team and graduated from OHS in 1976, where he played basketball, soccer and baseball. “I knew in college I was going to have to pick one to focus on, and baseball was always my favorite,” he said. “I had the most fun on that field.” He attended SUNY Oneonta for the first year, but the Upstate winters drove him south to Valencia College in Orlando, Fla. “Baseball in the northeast is not very fun,” Hughes said. “I knew I had to go someplace that I could play more.” In Orlando, “We had a 90-game fall schedule and 50 games in the spring – Oneonta only played 26, so I was able to play more and get better.” After completing his associate’s, he was recruited to Florida International, where he played third base in the College World Series. Florida International came in fourth in the country
that year, but that wasn’t the only honor in store for Hughes. “I was sitting in the bleachers, all the way out in California, when they called my name for First-Team All-American Third Baseman,” he said. “I wasn’t even thinking about it. I don’t play for those kinds of awards – I was thinking of my parents, my Little League coach, everyone out in Oneonta.” “That was one of my prouder moments – until the state championships,” he said. With a degree in phys-ed, Hughes was a Round 18 draft pick for the Baltimore Orioles in 1980 and played one year, including a winter in Venezuela. “You want to keep playing, so down in South America, they had winter leagues,” he explained. “I played with this 16-year-old kid, Ozzie Guillen, and he went on to manage the White Sox, became the first Latino manager to earn a World Series ring and
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new LIStInG - MLS#84581 - GREAT neighborhood, wonderful house, inground pool FULLY UPDATED. $410,000 Call Sharon Teator 607-267-2681
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In a quaint village with lake privileges, and boat launch on beautiful Otsego Lake, near Cooperstown. Extremely well maintained this 3-4 bedroom, 2 baths, up and down is a must see. Suitable for first home, small family and/or could easily be developed into a 2 family residence. Among the many special features of this property: wainscoting in many rooms, 2 very nice sitting porches, built in cabinets, perennials, open beam ceiling, hardwood floors and laundry. Quite low taxes. 24 x 20 barn/garage with loft makes for a very attractive and complete property. Listing # 83951. Listing Price: $149,900 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881
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oneontarealty.com Well-maintained ranch home with huge yard, oversized 2-car garage. Home has hardwood floors, 3 BRs, finished basement. Furnace is newer along with vinyl replacement windows. $129,900 #85022
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(7550) Live comfortably in this well-maintained 4BR/3BA Ranch-type featuring country scenery on 1.80 acres. Offering cathedral beamed ceilings, great room, finished basement. Spacious floorplan, main-level master bedroom w/jacuzzi. Eat-in Kitchen w/oak cabinets, laundry room. Energy efficient, Two-car garage, 12x24 workshop, decks. Tiered deck. Be sure to see this (7422) Entertain easily in this intriguing Contempo in a country delightful home just 2 1/2 miles from Cooperstown! Cooperstown Schools Hubbell’s Exclusive. $225,000 setting on 16 acres. Engaging, superbly-kept home offering a large view deck w/ panoramic valley views, pond, hot tub, finished basement and hardwood flooring. 4 BR/3 and 1/2 baths. Gas stove. Tiled foyer, handsome French doors, secluded den. large family room, healthful exercise room, wet bar. Mud/Laundry room. Two-car garage. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $347,500
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(7504) A delightful discovery near Clark Sports Center, shops, & schools. Make a great move to this spotless, tastefully remodeled 3BR/2+BA home. Ideal features include walk-up attic suite, oak flooring and ceramic tile baths. Secluded den, newer windows, newer kitchen with oak cabinets and cork flooring. Formal dining room. Nice private yard, Newer siding, Deck, Front porch. Reflecting pride of place! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,900
Main Street Cooperstown (6447) Business block on Main Street. Four 2 BR apartments. 2 commercial spaces. 2,500 sq ft total commercial space. New windows, new hot water furnace. Storage space in cellar. Well-kept stone and brick building. Good income producer. Hubbell’s Exclusive $525,000 Cooperstown Otsego Lake Lot (7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000
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(7514) A real treasure! You will want to see this 3BR/2+BA centrally located home. Among its features are newer kitchen with Corian counter top, Pergo flooring and newer furnace. Cozy fireplace. Spacious living room, family room, walk-up attic. Formal dining room. Garage, newer roof, deck, central air. Mature plants. Fully remodeled. Come home to an air of comfort and welcome. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $279,000
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(7525) Exhilarating 3BR/2BA lakefront Ranch with wide-span views with 200’ of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed ceilings, a large lake-view deck, large family room. 2 fireplaces. Airy and bright floorplan, new carpeting. Kitchen w/Eating bar, Sauna, 2 car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $699,000
Nice two-family home. Could be owner-occupied or buy as an investment. Newer roof and furnace. Separate utilities. Great location! Close to downtown, parks and elementary school. $119,900 #85008 Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant
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