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neonta residents will have to wait a little longer before they start their mornings with eggs fresh from their own chickens.
Council Tables Action On Hen Law
In the half hour of public comment at the Common Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7, Council members heard passionate arguments from both sides of the
chicken debate. “This is a particularly foul idea,” said Frank O’Mara, Ford Avenue. “It’s guaranteed to pit neighbor against neighbor. You approve
A (YELLOWJACKET) STAR IS BORN Lauren Olmo, 5, looks admiringly Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA at her new Lillianne Rowe, 8, of sister Alexis, Oneonta, bounds the 4 days old, last few strides towards during OHS the finish line of the Athletic Hall 21st PIT Run, in memof Fame Inory of felled Trooper duction cerRicky Parisian, Sunday, emonies SatOct. 5, at Neahwa Park. urday, Oct. 4, in Belden Auditorium. Their mom, Stacy Knapp, still recovering, had hile they have her brother not been asked to Jason deliver her accepdebate, Oneonta Town Board candidates Trish tance speech while she sat Riddell Kent and David in the audiRowley will read “short poence with sition statements” at 7 p.m., husband MarMonday, Oct. 20, at SUNY cus Olmo and Oneonta’s Morris Confertheir girls/
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STEPPING DOWN: Fourth Ward Common Council member Mike Lynch told a ward meeting he hosted Thursday, Oct. 2, at Center Street School that he doesn’t intend to run for another term next year. SUN POWER: The county Board of Representatives is considering an offer by SolarCity, Cranbury, N.J., to built it a solar-power farm near Laurens, to provide 20 percent of power it uses. MANOR GOING: Otsego Manor, the county nursing home, was to be sold Wednesday, Oct. 8, to a private operator.
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At 15 Years, Artisans’ Guild Still Flourishing Downtown By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ifteen years ago, Deb Blake and Ellie Stromberg took a chance on an empty storefront and turned it into a mainstay of Main Street. “We wanted the Artisans’ Guild to be a place where local people could get beautiful handmade things,” said Blake.
Ventriloquism Helps Deliver Word Of God By LIBBY CUDMORE
Riddell Kent, Rowley Will State Views
ence Center. A debate between the 121st Assembly candidates, Democratic incumbent Bill Magee and his Republican challenger, John Salka, will follow. The evening is sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Oneonta Chapter.
chicken, what’s next? Can I have four pigs in my barn?” “If we turn this down, we are making a statement that local food isn’t important to us,” said Tracy Allen, Church Street. “There are people who can’t afford to go to the Please See CHICKENS, A7
After UCCCA closed its gallery shop (where Razzle Dazzle is now located) Blake and Stromberg strongly urged the art association to open a store elsewhere. “They told us, ‘Why don’t you do it’?” said Blake. Ellie, a potter, and Blake, an author and jewelry maker, both had booths at the Farmer’s Market, and began discussing Please See GUILD, A7
ven if his lips aren’t moving, Rev. Frank Westcott is still speaking the word of God. “I tell Bible stories with my ventriloquist dummy, Bucky,” said Westcott. “I can have a whole audience of adults, and they just love it.” Westcott, who has succeeded Pastor Mel Farmer at River Street Baptist Church, first brought Bucky up to the pulpit to tell the story of Daniel HOMETOWN ONEONTA in early SepThe Rev. Frank Westtember, and he cott has some help at was such a hit his new ministry at River Street Baptist that Westcott will bring him Church. back up on Sunday, Oct. 12. Westcott first discovered ventriloquism at the Otsego County Fair, where his grandparents took him to see a show. “The man Please See PASTOR, A7
Reporter Libby Cudmore’s Novel Accepted By Top NYC Publisher By JIM KEVLIN
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t had been a bad week, and suddenly Libby Cudmore was crying. But they were tears of joy. At the other end of the telephone Tuesday, Sept. 30, was Jim McCarthy, a vice president HOMETOWN ONEONTA at Dystel & Goderich Literary An elated Libby Cudmore advises Management, the agency that, colleagues of her novel’s accepPlease See NOVEL, A3 tance by publisher William Morrow.
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HOMETOWN People RAFFLE FUNDS SIXTH WARD SCHOLARSHIPS
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...and the winner is: Esther Corey, the $500 winner in the Sixth Ward Athletic Club Foundation’s raffle to raise funds for its scholarship fund. The Athletic Club’s Dan Obergefell picked the tickets, and the winners were read off by Kathy Gravelin Friday, Oct. 3, who was assisted by Rosanne Miller, right. Jo-Ann Lamonica, a big investor in the raffle, netted both a $100 and $250 prize. There were four other $100 winners and one additional $250 winner.
Robokronos Team Finalist In Robotics Competition
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It’s first time Robokronos won a match in a finals round, said lead team mentor Paul Agoglia. In 2012, the team won a regional Rookie All-Star Award and a trip to the World Robotics Competition in Louis, Mo.
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Publisher Accepts Novel NOVEL/From A1 among other notable authors, represented President Obama in placing his memoir, “Dreams of My Father.” McCarthy told Libby that her crime novel – its working title is “No Awkward Goodbyes,” but that likely will be changed – had been accepted by the eminent publishing house, William Morrow, now a subsidiary of HarperCollins. Her editor at Morrow will be Chelsey Emmelhainz. Libby, a reporter with Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal since 2010, had been writing long fiction since her teens. She had experimented with fantasy and sci-fi before settling on whodun-its. She has written three earlier novels, placing two with agents, but they were “roundly rejected,” she said, adding with delight: “...and now this.” William Morrow plans to market Libby as “a debut author,” her agent told her. The manuscript will be back to her by December with suggested revisions. The edits are due back in New York City by February. And publication is planned early in 2016. “I made the world a lot more likeable,” the soon-to-bepublished novelist said when asked to explain her latest manuscript’s success. “It was less grim. It was more modern, less of a throwback to retro noire.” Her characters “have cell phones; they have Facebook profiles.” The novel is set in a fictional district of Brooklyn –Barter Street – “just outside hipster Williamsburg.” As Libby describes it, the protagonist, Jett Bennett, “an amateur detective and professional temp,” finds a mixtape in her mailbox addressed to her downstairs neighbor, Kit Kat. When she goes to deliver
the mis-delivered package, Jett finds Kit Kat dead, and the tape is the only clue to the murder. A native of Oklahoma, Libby was raised in Cobleskill, daughter of Dana Cudmore, editor of The Daily Editor and author of “The Remarkable Howe Cavern Story,” and Nancy Feldman. She graduated from Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School in 2001, and in 2005 from Binghamton University, majoring in English creative writing. An indication of things to come, perhaps, she was a recipient of the Andrew Bergman Scholarship in Creative Writing and a finalist for the national Writers of the Future Award. After working in New York City, she enrolled with the University of Southern Maine’s Stonecoast MFA Program, earning a master’s in 2010 in popular fiction and creative non-fiction. By then, she had met Ian Austin, now this newspaper’s photographer, and the couple – they plan to marry next year – had settled in his hometown of Oneonta. While working at the newspapers – she began working on her latest novel while commuting back and forth to Oneonta on the OPT – she also wrote a blog for a year, “Geek Girl Goes Glam,” where she tried out tips from vintage beauty guides published between the 1800s and the 1970s, and shared her findings with her online fans. Libby happened on her genre when, while in college, she read Raymond Chandler’s “The Long Goodbye” and “it all clicked ... ‘The Long Goodbye’ has such a beautiful sense of melancholy, or hope, that surrounds the mystery. And I thought that was more interesting than somebody with a sword or a space ship.”
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New Pastor Has Help Delivering God’s Word PASTOR/From A1 was doing ventriloquism with a real live person,” he said. “I was so fascinated!” But it wasn’t until he was in seminary at Practical Bible College – now Davis College – in Binghamton that he was able to finally pursue his childhood ambition. “My wife Beth and I had only been married for a short time when she went to this Sunday school training,” he said. “She came home with a piece of paper advertising ‘Become a Ventriloquist in 10 Easy Lessons,’ for $2,” he said. “So I sent away for it.” He got the 10 lessons, but it wasn’t enough, and the next set of 30 lessons cost much more than $2. “We were so poor, we had to save up to take those lessons,” he said.
But he did, and bought himself a Danny O’Day dummy, made famous by ventriloquist Jimmy Nelson. “When my mother came to visit, she would have to put a blanket over his head,” he said. “He was too realistic!” He and Danny began traveling with a magician, doing children’s shows, and eventually he saved up enough to buy Bucky, the dummy he continues to use today. “He’s no dummy,” joked Westcott. “He’s a Wooden American!” Bucky – real name, Beuford Buckworth – allows Westcott to present the sermon like a conversation. “He makes wisecracks and I say, ‘Do you want to hear the story or not?’ Then he listens.” He even uses him in vacation Bible
school, and the kids get in on the action. “We did a space themed lesson, and someone made him a spacesuit!” Westcott also has other puppets, including Al Pine, a Christmas tree, and Wally, a wise-cracking bird. “He’s extremely dangerous,” said Westcott. “He flaps his wings when he’s upset, and he can spit water – but I’ve never done that.” He uses Wally when he tells a missionary story called “I Don’t Want to be a Jonah.” “I have him up on the stand, swaying back and forth as I’m telling the story, and he says, ‘Would you stop that! I’m getting seasick’!” It’s just one more tool he can use to share his faith with others. “People really respond to the dummies,” he said. “It brings out the kid in all of us.”
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More Local Laws? Instead, Let Us Reason Together
ttorney Doug Zamelis, it’s become evident around here over recent years, is a guy you want on your side of any legal fight. That first inkling came when, representing opponents of Community Energy’s 70-75 Jordanville Wind Farm (later Iberdrola’s), he identified violations of the state’s Open Meetings Law to take things back to zero. The project – the towers would have been visible from Otsego Lake – has been dead in the water (rather, on the hillside) since. Likewise, representing Protect Richfield, he’s tied up the six–turbine Monticello Hills Wind Farm in knots. The other day, representing opponents in Duanesburg, he blocked Clean Energy’s proposed natural-gas compression station on Route 7 there. That legal lightning is striking from the same source should be no surprise was affirmed last month when Thomson-Reuters placed Zamelis on its 2014 list of Super Lawyers in the category of environmental law. While raising a family, Zamelis – he was raised in Cooperstown, son of Maria Tripp and stepson of Wendell Tripp – practiced in Manlius. But as the kids got out of college, he’s relocated to Springfield Center, converting Ted Hargrove’s one-time restaurant there to a law office. So take note: He’s here. • When Zamelis appeared before Cooperstown village trustees at their September meeting, he was very funny – humor, of course, be-
ing the best weapon. He called the proposed tourist-accommodation regulations – he also held forth on the proposed “hospital zone” – “a Rube Goldberg law, a legislative Leaning Tower of Pisa,” ready to topple at the slightest legal nudge. Zamelis, and attorney Les Sittler, Fly Creek, indicated that, if the law were to pass, a lawsuit would probably be forthcoming. In response, Mayor Jeff Katz and Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch expressed the view that, if action were deferred every time a lawyer raised the prospect of a suit, nothing would ever happen. Happily, the rest of the trustees sidelined the law for further review. Which brought a couple of recent Village Board trends into focus. One, in response to perceived problems, a number of complex pieces of legislation, time consuming to prepare and often – critics have pointed out – internally contradictory, have been coming to public hearing at Village Board meetings, only to be sidelined. Extensive revisions to the sign law, proposed vending and tourist-accommodation laws, and now the “hospital zone,” are multi-page documents prepared by non-lawyers that, at public hearing, have been convincingly picked apart and put on hold for further study. • Two, are narrow-interest issues are being tackled with villagewide solutions? Take the tourist-accommodation law. The locus of complaint is that big white house at Susquehanna
The proposed solution would shift tour-bus parking from in front of The Leatherstocking Corp. to in front of the Hall itself. That diverts buses down Fair Street instead of River/Lake. (And would also block the view for all those tourists you see photographing the Hall from in front of the post office.) Why simply shift the problems from River and Lake to Fair? Isn’t there a solution for everyone, one that doesn’t create winners and losers? Is there a more holistic answer? (And, yes, the change requires a law, which is going to public hearing at the Village Board’s October Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA meeting on the 27th.) Attorney Zamelis said it • with humor, but is Village of Last week, one patron picked up Cooperstown over-lawmaka copy of The Freeman’s Jouring? nal, Hometown Oneonta’s sister and Elm, big enough to accommo- newspaper, saw the headline, “As date a passel of Dreams Neighbors Rebel, Hospital Zone Parkers all summer long, who Stalls,” and remarked: “At least, – young parents and all pals – tend if someone has a heart attack, the to whoop it up into the wee hours. emergency room is four minutes The proposed solution, howaway.” ever, covers the village’s dozen Many people may know that, B&Bs and innumerable Dreams yes, Bassett Hospital’s neighbors Park rental properties. If any of are upset with the impact of its them is subject to three complaints growth on the neighborhood. It’s – three; count ’em – then the perbeen a while, though since that mit to operate may be pulled the animus bubbled over. And the vast following year. One sorehead can majority of residents who don’t put a business in doubt. That’s a feel the impact may have simply pretty thin reed on which to build forgotten about the ill will. an enterprise. For, except for 15 remaining The same treatment with a private homes in Bassett’s vicinbroad brush was evident in comity, problems – noise, lights, traffic plaints on one block of River – don’t exist. Benefits – proximity Street and one block of Lake, used to good care, jobs, the buoying of by big fan-carrying tour buses to village businesses and the real-escarry Baseball Hall of Fame fans tate market – are a boon to all. out of town.
The 18-month development of the complex “hospital zone” failed to answer the central question: What does Bassett need to do to flourish, and what can the village do to assist it, while minimizing negative impacts or, even better, maximizing neighbors’ quality of life? That’s not academic, since Bassett has moved services out of Cooperstown – dermatology to Hartwick Seminary, for instance – and is studying moving pediatrics to Fox Hospital and eye surgery to Oneonta Specialty Services on outer River Street. In the end, Bassett needs to do what’s best for Bassett to be a healthy healthcare system, and communities that want to benefit from any future expansion need to understand its needs and respond, not slavishly, but collaboratively. • To cut to the chase, not every issue is a legal one. Not every solution is a complicated one. Let us reason together. Maybe we can figure things out without any new laws and a judge in the wings. Given the many hours of regulation development that have proved unfruitful despite the best intentions – and, yes, the intentions are the best – the mayor and village trustees should stop themselves next time they’re attempted to embark on such undertaking. (Sensibly, the county Board of Representatives recently rejected a proposed anti-invasive-species law as, despite its merits, too costly to enforce and too intrusive.) Maybe, just maybe, there’s a better way.
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Supervisor Bob Wood: Southside Water Users Won’t Have This Chance Again To the Editor, I understand that everyone has a right to an opinion, but have always felt that newspapers have an obligation to report with facts. Your editorial of Sept. 2526, concerning the proposed Southside Water District, was filled with inaccuracies that require correction as they are not factual. The proposed district includes the geographic area
from Main Street on the west side to Lowe’s on the east. This area is already the retail center for our area. Providing water will encourage expansion of the retail area within the existing boundaries and would not encourage pods of housing and business in a “crazy quilt” as suggested by the editor. Development where like uses already exist is the definition of Smart Growth.
Dumb Growth is when if you build it they will come. Perhaps the most false statement is that Supervisor the project Bob Wood cannot succeed without selling water to Davenport. None of our es-
timates include sale of water to Davenport. If Davenport is interested in purchasing water from us for their businesses or residents, we will consider it. But it will be up to the residents and property owners in Davenport to determine if and where they want water. I fail to understand how the provision of safe drinking water to residents and businesses will lead to
reduced property values on Southside. I fail to understand the logic that Delaware County shoppers will stop before crossing the line to Oneonta whether to shop or have dinner. Water will bring more shoppers to Oneonta. This will improve all of the businesses in the city and town that offer products and/or services that are in demand. In the 1980s, downtown
Village Of Cooperstown CAN Be A Constructive Partner In Bassett’s Future To the Editor, I would like to make a small contextual clarification to my published statement made after the no vote on the Hospital Zone. First, I don’t remember saying “forever” (but in the heat of the moment maybe I did). Second, I made that state-
ment out loud to the mayor after I, and I believe Lou Allstadt (possibly others) wanted to have some open discussion about the matter and the mayor chose to not have any discussion. I resented being put in that situation and my statement was my spontaneous reply. No discussion, no
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support. It was not a blanket statement against Bassett or the possibility of a wider campus. I also then said aloud, as those in attendance were leaving, “this is a missed opportunity.” Yes, I realize that we had to finish the board meeting, but this was a very important and divisive issue and I felt that it was deserving of more discussion at that time since I have rarely seen so many residents in attendance on an issue. Nothing was gained by the way it ended. I would have stayed all night if it would have opened communications and started a dialog for the greater good. Bassett is undeniably a
major asset to this community, and our region, and we are extremely fortunate to have Bassett here. I do not think many people are against Bassett. I do think that the possibility of unknown major changes (like major buildings and/or multi-level parking garages), in unknown locations, is an issue of major concern for many of the residents bordering Bassett properties. I do not live in that area so I am not speaking from first-hand experience. Hospitals, like other businesses and institutions, are often changing. Life is change. Working through change in a non adversarial way can bring a satisfactory
outcome acceptable to all sides. I believe the ongoing relationship between Bassett and the neighborhood (and the Village) can be worked out with open, upfront communications, an inclusive sharing of ideas, a consideration for community concerns, and a creative flexibility of locations for possible projects. Fortunately, Bassett has the ability to do all four. The Village has the ability to be a constructive partner for our mutual benefit. “The best way out is always through” – Robert Frost JAMES R. DEAN Trustee Village of Cooperstown
Friendly Elephant Means No Harm, But Is What It Is To the Editor: I want to make it clear that at the public hearing on Monday, Sept. 29, I was not speaking against Bassett Healthcare; I was speaking against the strange and needless effort of village officials to create an Institutional District in place of a Residential District. I did note Bassett’s construction of a massive addition to the original hospital and its construction of two massive new buildings, and its acquisition of a large building that had been a museum and of a number of residential structures.
But I listed these significant actions as preliminary to my basic question: If Bassett could take such notable actions while in a Residential District, why did the village board want to create an Institutional District? I do sympathize with Bassett’s neighbors (I am one of them) but I have never said that Bassett’s intentions were evil. I have compared it to a friendly elephant: It intends you no harm, but its natural functions and ambulations can cause you great misery. WENDELL TRIPP Cooperstown
was assumed to be doomed when the Southside Mall opened. Downtown has transitioned to a boutique area with many strong stores and restaurants that provide the items people want that they cannot get at the big box stores. The vacancy rate at the mall is similar to the vacancy rate on Main Street. Destination Oneonta (the new business Please See WOOD, A6
Left Alone, Yanks, Ukrainians Friends To the Editor, With all that is going on in the Ukraine, this may be of interest to World War II buffs. My husband Jerry Waller was, for two and a half years, in the Eighth Air Force in England. Suddenly, a group from his squadron was sent by ship down the coast of France to Gibraltar and across the Mediterranean to Cairo. From there they went by truck and train across the Middle East. They eventually got to the Ukraine. They were to teach our Allies about the bombers. However, The second night they were there the Germans bombed them. 200 planes were destroyed – but life went on. The Ukrainians and Americans got along beautifully. Suddenly one day the Ukrainians were ordered out and Russians came in with instructions not to be friendly with the Americans. Sound familiar? As the French say, “Le plus ca change, c’est toujours la meme chose.” (The more things change, the more it’s the same!) NANCY WALLER Roseboom
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EYE ON THE WEATHER
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
The Local News – The great improvement of Main Street following the removal of the Bundy maples is everywhere recognized. The largest of the maples was over two feet in diameter near the stump, and was, as seen by the grain, upward of 50 years old. Albert Zeh, a young man who had been employed as a waiter at the Windsor Hotel, was sent to the penitentiary for 100 days last Thursday for stealing money from the rooms of two of the hotel dining room girls – a well-deserved sentence. The question of flying the national colors from the top of school houses is being very generally discussed, and in several villages and cities throughout the state it has been decided to do so. Would it not be advisable for Oneonta to fall into line? Jason Sigsbee, a brakeman on Conductor Gurney’s train, was killed at Worcester on Saturday morning. He was setting a brake when the rod broke and he was thrown between the moving cars. He was 22 years of age, steady and industrious. At the grave, in the Plains Cemetery, the impressive ritual service of the Red Men was performed. October 1889
100 Years Ago
The Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company is known as one of the two largest milk concerns in the East with more than 100 creameries and by-product plants in New York state and Pennsylvania. The same concern operates scores of retail milk, butter and delicatessen stores. They will begin construction of a large plant at Oneonta Plains within the next two weeks. Several months ago the company acquired between five and six acres of land just below the lower viaduct and lying west and alongside the D. & H. tracks with the highway and the O. & H. tracks skirting the property on the north. The site is an ideal one for creamery purposes and the manufacture of by-products of milk. The ice house, which will be of concrete block construction, will be 40 x 80 feet with a capacity for 2,000 tons of ice with a 2 and-a-half acre ice pond nearby. The Creamery building will be fireproof, 40 x 70 feet, with a fireproof power house along the lines of the latest tested and approved ideas in creamery architecture and machinery. October 1914
80 Years Ago
The press of today is facing an emergency greater than any it has confronted in its whole history according to Elisha Hanson of Washington, D.C., attorney for the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Despite the constitutional guarantee of a free press, Mr. Hanson charged that a great propaganda machine is being built in Washington for the absolute control of all news concerning the activities of our government. “Every bureau in every department of the government today has its own information division the sole reason for the existence of which is to see that only news about its activities approved by the head of the department reaches the public,� Hanson warned publishers and editors attending a conference in New Jersey. He told how advertising agencies have been employed not to create advertising for the government, but to advise the present admin-
Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, is providing monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.
SEPTEMBER 2014
60 Years Ago
Highest Temperature.....................................85°F (Sept. 2 and 5) Lowest Temperature...................................37°F (Aug. 19 and 23) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................70.2°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................47.3°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................58.8°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................6.62″ Most Precipitation in One Day...................................0.75� (Aug. 3) Thunderstorms.........................................................0 (17 for 2014) Snow....................................................................0 (50.9� for 2014) Most Snow in One Day....................................................................0 YTD Precipitation....................................................................33.33� Number of Days at or below 0°F...........................0 (20 for 2014 ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.......................0 (113 for 2014)
October 1954 istration how to sell its program and its philosophy to the people of the U.S. through news columns. The Washington propaganda machine is greater and more effective than any similar agency which ever existed in the world before. October 1934
40 Years Ago
Oneonta’s police force may be getting its first women officers soon. City personnel technician John Insetta said yesterday that six women are among 73 applicants for positions on the police department roster. Civil Service examinations will be administered on November 9. There are presently two vacancies on the force. This is the largest group of applicants that the city has ever had for a vacancy in the department, Insetta said. Insetta attributes the increase in applicants to pay raises the city agreed to in the recent contract signed by city officials with the Oneonta Police Benevolent Association. This is the first time women have ever applied for positions in the department. The terminology has changed as a result. The positions are listed for “police officers� rather than “patrolman.� It sounds better than “Police Person,� Insetta said. October 1974
30 Years Ago
A federal judge Tuesday struck down as discriminatory a section of the NYS Constitution which allows election boards to ask students to go to extra lengths to register to vote in the locales where they attend school. “Section 5-104 of the NYS Election Law and Article 2, Section 4 of the NYS Constitution are unconstitutional on their face,� U.S. District Judge Neal P. McCurn said. Eve Brown, an Oneonta State College student association delegate who has been active in election reform efforts, applauded the statewide ruling. “It’s about time that every student in the state was granted their rights as an American citizen – the right to vote. Students may now challenge the districting in the city which divides the two colleges among six wards. October 1984
Comments: Please don’t shoot at this aging ol’ weather guy, I have a wife, children and grandchildren who love me! It is my civic duty to report to you that September was cooler than normal, just like every other month in 2014 except May. “That’s the way it was,� to quote the legendary Walter Cronkite. Now for the positive stuff ... the mean temperature was only 0.9 below the norm and compared to the rest of 2014, that’s not bad. In fact, we really had a gorgeous month! The area enjoyed lots of sunny days, some cool nights and dry DAVID air masses, and not much frost was reported MATTICE throughout the Cooperstown/Oneonta area. The region is very dry right now and we desperately need a couple of good old rainy days. We were 0.63 inches short of the monthly average of 3.25 inches of rainfall, but the second half of the month was abnormally dry. Our year to date precipitation is 3.59 inches above normal, but please do a rain dance and hope it falls at night. The dry conditions are enhancing the magnificent color changes in the leaves around us, but they are dropping quickly from the trees! This is the fifth year in a row that we have not had a frost at my home during September and we’re still enjoying sweet corn, fresh tomatoes and other produce that can be long gone at this time of the year! The Atlantic Ocean is extremely quiet for the second year in a row and the lack of tropical storms and hurricane activity is good news for all. The subtropical convergence zone off the central African coast, where tropical depressions and storms develop, is still quite inactive and that, hopefully, will continue as we march on through October. The National Weather Service has just released the October through December forecast, and it calls for temperatures to be above average with near normal precipitation for the eastern United States. I’ll tell you how they did in January! So dust yourself off, get outside and enjoy the magnificent color show that this incredible, but short, season gives us each year. It doesn’t last long enough! There are tons of fun outdoor activities in and around the Oneonta/ Cooperstown area that you must take in, I hope to see you at some. Winter will soon be with us but October is a beautiful month, so enjoy and as always, Keep Your Eye On The Weather!
20 Years Ago
A $150,000 grant should help the city make improvements to Damaschke Field, home of the Oneonta Yankees. City engineering administrator Joseph Bernier said Oneonta has been given preliminary approval for a state grant to help meet the cost of $335,000 in renovations and improvements to the baseball field and facilities in Neahwa Park. Some $40,000 from the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation has already been spent. October 1994
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
LETTERS
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9-10, 2014
Mutual Trust Necessary To Work Cooperatively To the Editor: I couldn’t agree more with the salient points expressed in the recent letters submitted by Town Board Members Patricia Jacob and Andrew Stammel. Their leadership in the quest to garner support for the Southside Water District is welcome and critically important. There are several facts about the Southside Water District that are indisputable. First, and foremost, an independent water district – using water from the Fortin Park well – will result in a lower cost to both the commercial and residential customers. Secondly, a fully operational Southside Water District will substantially enhance economic development and provide public health benefits. Thirdly, physically connecting the town and city water systems – at a later date – would provide the significant benefit of improved reliability of service to all areas, but it is a long term goal that would face both political and financial hurdlers. Lastly, failure to approve the Southside Water District would have a very detrimental impact on any future considerations for a connected or combined system that could serve the greater Oneonta community. Any debate with regard to the South-
side Water District is part of a larger discussion about the various approaches that should be taken to sustain the economic future of the Oneonta area. Nothing less than our quality of life is at stake as we contemplate the collaborative actions that must be taken to support and promote business enterprises that will provide jobs and career opportunities that are so vitally important. Public/private initiatives will be of great value, but we should fully understand that an expansion of private sector jobs cannot happen without substantial capital investment. As a community, we must welcome and actively encourage the growth of small business enterprises and realize that success will not come overnight. The new IDA structure is a giant step in the right direction, but the IDA’s efforts must be bolstered by a populace that is receptive to creative solutions. Economic development can be accomplished in an environmentally responsible manner and to proceed in a contrary fashion would and should guarantee the loss of community support. What is clear is that hydraulic fracturing is not in our economic future and both parties to the debate need to move on so we can expend our energies in a
more productive dialogue. I support the ban, the community is overwhelmingly against hydraulic fracturing and the NYS Court of Appeals has affirmed that the supersession clause (of the OGSML) does not preempt the home rule authority vested in municipalities to regulate land use. We need to build a mutual trust that will allow us to collectively embrace economic initiatives that will sustain our future and provide opportunities for successive generations. One-dimensional thinking is simply counter-productive. Let’s talk about what we can do to work cooperatively to reduce the property tax burden that is so detrimental to homeowners, businesses and our school systems. Let’s open a dialogue about how our local municipalities and Otsego County can work cohesively to promote job growth and increase governmental efficiency. Let’s stop accusing each other and start recognizing the fact that, in the end, we all agree that we have a civic duty to protect what we have and to take steps that will secure a future for our children and grandchildren. DAVID P. ROWLEY West Oneonta
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Lastly, this editorial seems to say that without the town purchasing water from the city we will fail. The city and the town cooperate on many levels when it is beneficial to both parties. It simply does not always work out for the best. The town thoroughly investigated partnering with the city for the purchase of water. With anticipated cost of water not being slightly higher, as quoted by the editor, but rather four times the cost, we made the only valid decision we could. While extension of water and/or sewer to more remote areas seems to like a good
idea (Laurens, Oneonta airport, West Oneonta) the fact is that the cost of those systems could be an enormous burden on the residents and businesses. Population density, soil conditions, water supply availability and quality, topography and safety are the factors that should be used to do a cost/ benefit analysis to determine where these services should be extended. We need to study each potential area and treat them as the unique situations that they are. Sometimes it will work to partner with the city, sometimes it will not. Lastly, I want to comment
that we have worked very hard to secure funding for this project so that it can be built at the most reasonable cost to our taxpayers. I hope that our residents and businesses will recognize this as an opportunity to ensure safe drinking water proactively rather than wait until there is an issue. Putting in 190 treatment systems is not cost effective when the town can provide safe water for all. That is the role of good government. BOB WOOD Oneonta Town Supervisor
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Vandals Identified: Beavers! To the Editor: During a routine cleanup of Lake Front Park, Lake & Valley Garden Club members discovered the newly replaced memorial tree cut down! Immediately a thorough search began for evidence and clues, which led to an interesting discovery. TEETH MARKS! A beaver had been seen visiting the buffer strip garden and long shrubbery limbs were found floating in the water. As more of the plants were examined, lots of chew marks and uneven animal pruning were discovered. This story ends well. We are so relieved that there was not a human vandal and only an industrious beaver trying to get ready for the winter. As an aside, we would like to explain to the village residents that the LVGC is trying to prune and thin the garden back. The soil and growing conditions are so good that the plants are growing above and beyond their typical size
and are seeding themselves freely. Other wild flowers and tree seeds have blown in and are growing. These will all be removed in our next clean up this fall. In an effort to open up the view to the lake, we will be removing some of the plants that have grown too big, tall or thick. This will begin in the fall and repeat in early spring, depending on the plant species and their pruning requirements. The Buffer Strip Garden is one of our favorite projects and we enjoy all the great comments we receive from everyone. Visitors to the area are especially kind and curious about the garden. It was developed as a teaching/ exhibition garden for water front buffer plantings and it is satisfying to see it doing it’s job. Thanks for the support! SUZANNE KINGSLEY Past President Lake & Valley Garden Club
John Mitchell Real Estate
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MLS#89813 Middlefield $269,000 Enjoy country living w/outstanding views in this well maintained raised ranch. Plenty of room for the whole family w/4 BRs, 2 baths, bright sunny kitchen w/access to large deck. Dining area has hardwood floor and brick fireplace w/wood-burning stove. This home rests nicely on 17 acres of park-like countryside, w/perennial gardens and pond. Detached newer garage has room for workshop and storage. Privacy plus on this quiet country road located minutes from Cooperstown, and Bassett Hospital. Additional 2.82-acre separate deeded parcel is available for sale. If included with home sale it brings asking price to $279,000.
Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405 Mike Winslow, Broker 607-435-0183 Laura Coleman 607-437-4881 Bim Ashford 607-435-3971 Brian Guzy 607-547-7161 Madeline K. Woerner 607-434-3697
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intEriOr FEaturEs —Open living/dining/kitchen with island —Entry Foyer —Glass enclosed sunroom —8ft brick hearth on Rumford fireplace ExtEriOr FEaturEs —Vinyl siding —Attached 2 car garage —Large deck in rear
—Minipond with waterfall —Stone retaining wall —Mature plantings builDing DEtails —Baseboard 5 zone heat —Fully insulated —1000 gallon septic —Drilled well —Full foundation —Underground electric service —Covered front porch
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Custom-built contemporary home is close to Cooperstown on 23+ acres w/panoramic views of the surrounding countryside and pond. Carriage house/garage features 2-BR apartment ($850/mo + utilites) which could also be studio, office or caretaker’s residence. Open floorplan, great room, stone fireplace, wide-plank pine floors, updated kitchen and DR. Spacious 3-4 BRs include private upper level master suite w/abundant closets. Lower level features family area, office (or 4th BR), woodstove, sauna, ¾ bath and laundry area.
Middlefield — $399,500 — MLS#96644
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Brian Guzy 607-547-7161 Madeline K. Woerner 607-434-3697
HOMETOWN ONEONTA A-7
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
Oneonta’s Chicken Debate Splits Along Generational Lines CHICKENS/From A1 store and buy organic eggs – so let them raise a few chickens.” But Common Council decided to table passing or vetoing the ordinance in hopes of tightening the law’s
language. “I have nothing against chickens and I would support this if there was a permitting system in place,” said Council member Maureen Hennessey. Council member Bob Brzozowski agreed with the
permitting process, and his colleague Dave Rissberger hoped to add a provision that would require chicken owners to get approval from all neighbors before purchasing hens. This would also be a way to inform owners about proper handling to reduce the risk of salmonella. “I don’t think we’ve done our homework,” he said. Council members Russ Southard and Madolyn Palmer heard overwhelmingly that their constituents did not want chickens. “I’ve had an outpouring of people against this,” said Southard.
“I’d add an amendment that says this won’t be permitted in the Fourth Ward,” added Council member Mike Lynch. Council member Larry Malone found his ward divided on the issue. “It’s generational,” he said. “Those under 40 are in support of it, while those over 40 are against it.” In his research, he found that Burlington, Vt., had a similar ordinance, but limited chickens per household to three. “It sounds reasonable to go smaller,” Brzozowski agreed. But for Chip Holmes,
Tracy Allen argues for legalizing chicken raising, but Frank O’Mara, front row, disagrees.
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Eighth Ward, the issue was more than just squawking. “The problem is that we don’t trust our neighbors,” said Holmes. “I have no problem with what my
neighbors do on their property, and I hope we take this as an opportunity to get to know our neighbors better.”
At 15 Years, Artisans’ Guild Still Going Strong
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GUILD/From A1 how they could open a shop for themselves and local artisans to sell their wares. In November 1998, they rented a space at an antiques market. With products from 20 local artisans, they quickly found themselves overwhelmed with customers. “It was insane,” said Blake. “The booth was so popular.” Stromberg noticed a lot of empty shops on Main Street, and 148 Main, with its big windows, seemed perfect. In October 1999, the store opened with 30 artists. “And 15 of the original artists are still here,” said Blake. “We’re number one and number two!” And thus, The Artisans’ Guild had opened its doors, and has been going strong ever since. “We’re fortunate to have continued support of the community and the support of our artists,” said Blake. Now with 49 members and one open spot, the guild features everything from
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During the final Fabulous First Friday of the season on Oct. 3, members of The Artisans’ Guild toast their 15th anniversary. From left are Ingrid Guiter, Otego, Cathy Coan, Oneonta, Glen Fellows, Norwich, Martha Bremer, Otego, JoAnn Chmielowski, Oneonta, Elli Stromberg, Oneonta, Chris Monahan, Oneonta, Lerry Mirarchi, Oneonta, Michael Musante, Deposit, Allison Jones, Maryland, Jim Burke, West Winfield, Ellie Stromberg and Deb Blake, Oneonta.
Gail Bunting’s egg tempura to Jim Verrelli’s wooden flutes to Carol Chesser’s al-
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find what they’re looking for,” said Blake. Artists interested in joining the guild must undergo a judging process by a panel of fellow artists. “It can’t be too much like anything else we have and it has to be at a certain price point,” said Blake. “And while we have a lot of potters and jewelers, it has to be just different enough.” Most importantly, said Blake, the Guild is still fulfilling its mission – to support local and regional artists. “We’re still here, we’re still full,” said Deb. “We must be doing something right!”
½ House located in a quiet area near Oneonta’s Wilber Park. Completely remodeled inside and out. 3 bedroom, 1 ½ baths, DR, LR, private patio, garage space. Wood floors and basement laundry. Perfect for professionals or small family. No smoking, No pets. Available immediately. $1,150 per month plus
utilities. For Information call Patricia at 431-1001. 3ClassOct17 Oneonta 2 Bdrm, 1 1/2 bath townhouse for rent. Furnished or unfurnished. No Pets. References and credit check required. $950 month + security. Call Benson Agency Real Estate, LLC at 607-432-4391. TFN Two bedroom, two bath, LR, DR, one car garage, W&D hook-up, Rt.31, furnished, $850. per mo plus utilities, plowing, lawn care & garbage removal. No pets. References required. Call Patti at (607) 547-4045. TFN House. 3 bed, 1.5 bath, lease. Close to village. Call for details. Dave LaDuke, John Mitchell Real Estate, (607) 547-8551. TFN
APARTMENTS FOR RENT CENTRAL COOPERSTOWN VILLAGE STUDIO. Revovated,
furnished, off street parking, complete kitchen, suitable for one or two, short term or long term, includes all utilities, no smoking or pets, internet available. walk to Bassett. $700/month. Contact Robert K. Lee, Benson Agency Real Estate, (607) 434 5177. 3ClassOct10 Studio apt. Cooperstown schools, parking, 1 month security, lease required, no smoking or pets, $500/month including heat and electric, internet. Robert K. Lee, (607) 434 5177, Benson Agency Real Estate 3ClassOct10 Cooperstown 2 bedroom, first floor, edge of village $950.00 with heat and electric included. Lease. No pets. Dave LaDuke, John Mitchell Real Estate, (607) 547-8551. TFN Cooperstown Village! One Bedroom apartment, offstreet parking and garage. $690.00 per month, one block from Main Street, three blocks from Bassett Hospital.
Call 607-547-2532 for more information. 3ClassOct2 Downtown Oneonta apt. for rent. 3 BD. Off-street parking. Garbage & water inc. $900/mo plus utilities. 607-437-0463
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MOVING SALE Moving Sale, Saturday, oct. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Antique dining room set and table lamps, photography and darkroom equipment, houseplants, and much more! 5977 State Hwy. 7, Oneonta. 1ClassOct 10
A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA
MLS#95966 $199,900 Beautiful 4+ BR, 3-bath Tudor in Oneonta. Cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors. Family room overlooks deck, goldfish pond. New large shed. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#96798 $175,000 4 BRs, 2 baths, large LR, DR, office/den, sunporch, bonus room, kitchen w/island! Patio w/hot tub, 5+ car garage w/ 3 overhead doors! Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#95360 $134,900 3-BR, 2-bath ranch w/additional lot on 5+ acres just outside Oneonta. Quiet and spacious yard. Oneonta School District! Invest or bring the family! Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
MLS#96570 $239,900 Pristine Lakefront Home! Furnished home has 4 BRs, 2 baths. Completely renovated! Great rental! Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#96514 $369,000 43 Walnut Street, Cooperstown 4 BRs, 3 baths, 3 floors, garage. Move-in ready. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#93726 $117,900 Absolutely Perfect Family Home in Otego. Come see this 4 BR, 2½ bath, renovated home. Call Kim Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
MLS#90557 $239,000 Excellent Find! 3-BR renovated farmhouse on 26+/- acres, Cooperstown Schools. 2 streams, split rail fencing, original wood floors, walk-up 3rd floor. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#93225 $79,500 Spacious 4 BR, 2 bath house near I-88 w/large backyard, workshop/garage for your projects and Cooperstown home. out Sellerofpays closing costs (up small shed toVillage keep things the weather. to offer). Call$3,000 Adamw/acceptable Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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MLS#95402 $119,000 10 Minutes from Cooperstown! This solid Victorian has antique charm w/modern upgrades. Single-family w/apartment or 2 separate units. Priced to sell. Call Adam Karns@ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#95192 $135,900 Sensational Price! Bright Oneonta home on a quiet, tree-lined street! Large lot, 3 BRs, 2 full baths, new upto-date kitchen, large DR, and a forest-like setting. Call Kim Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
MLS#94278 $575,000 Cooperstown/Pierstown Custom-built 4 BR, 3 bath country home on 22 acres. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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MLS#95480 $269,000 3 BR, 2 bath contemporary post-and-beam home on 11.60 acres. Glassed LR and family room w/gas FP, DR, stone patio. Additional 25+/- acres, cabin available. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#96861 $569,000 Cooperstown Riverfront Contemporary 4 BR, 5 bath home on 6.20 acres. Cathedral ceilings, cherry floors, spacious kitchen, DR, LR w/fireplace, 2-car garage. Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#95638 $173,500 Otego 3-family Home on 2.17 acre village lot. Has a country feel, nice views! Live in one as the current owners do, or rent all 3 units. Off-street parking. Call Suzanne Darling 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#94222 $153,000 Lower Taxes! Irish Hill overlooking Cooperstown. BR, 2 bath is closeand to I-88. Large 2Spacious BRs, 1½4baths, den,house large kitchen dining area backyard,glass workshop/garage, small shed. w/sliding door to patio/garden. NewMake roof your in 2012. appointment today. Priced to go this week! Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
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MLS#96821 $125,000 19.54 Acres Private, level, mostly wooded, w/panoramic views. 3/4-acre pond w/island, dock, pavilion. Hunt, hike, swim, fish or ride the ATVs. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
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MLS#96830 $79,900 Charming 3-BR home in Oneonta’s west end. Zoned commercial, could be a business. Move-in ready home w/stained glass window, hardwood floors. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#96000 $119,000 3-BR, 2-bath home in Oneonta School District on over 1 acre. Large sunroom, sunken Jacuzzi. Full dry walk-out basement. Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
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MLS#94889 $309,500 One-of-a-Kind, architect designed home on 43 acres! Over $100k in upgrades at no cost to the buyer! Trails, creek, 2 ponds make this home the buy of the year! Call Kim Thornton @ 607-222-8571 (cell)
MLS#92256 $199,000 Equestrian Farm Renovated 3-BR, 2-bath farmhouse on 26 acres w/2 barns, 12 stalls, plenty of open land, electric and wooden fences. Near Cooperstown. Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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MLS#91997 $64,900 Make This Property Your Own! This 4-BR, 1-bath home features wide-plank hardwood floors, new on-demand water heater and high-efficiency furnace. Call Adam Karns at 607-244-9633 (cell)
Move right in!! Beautiful Victorian home in center city Oneonta. Hardwood floors, natural woodwork, crown molding, high ceilings, pocket door, formal LR/DR & family room. 4-5 BRs w/2 full baths. Master has spacious walk-in closet & hardwood floors under the carpet. 2nd floor laundry room. First floor BRs w/ bath or use as office. Enclosed second floor porch w/ 2-story, 1 car detached garage & paved driveway. Security system, newer roof & furnace. Dry basement. Walking distance to downtown, parks & bus route. Easy access to I-88 as well. $239,000 MLS# 95259
$139,900 MLS#96737 New Listing! Don’t miss an opportunity to own this impeccably maintained west end Oneonta home! A spacious 3-season porch leads into the home. Features include a very large LR and formal DR w/immaculate hardwood floors. A well-lit kitchen leads to a mudroom in the back and ½ bath/laundry room. Upstairs you will find 3 large BRs and a huge full bath. Venture outside and enjoy the cared for, nicely manicured backyard! There is a 1-car garage and even a covered back deck.
MLS#94842 $149,000 Best Buy Near Cooperstown! Location, seclusion and beautiful views! 3-BR, 2-bath home on 26+ acres. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual tour: www.realestateshows.com/710440
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(7874) Superbly kept 3 BR, 2+bath contemporary Cape on 3.50 acres features LR w/vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace, den/office, main-level master BR, formal DR, eat-in kitchen w/island. Sunroom has passive solar heat. 2-car garage, Large wrap-around deck commanding valley views. Enjoy life in this charmer! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$479,000
(7836) Welcoming 4-BR, 2-bath home features deck, spacious yard, new hardwood flooring and carpeting, newer eat-in kitchen, laundry. Large LR, formal DR, family room w/woodstove, first-floor master suite, garage, front porch. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$279,000
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Cooperstown Colonial
(7960) Welcoming 4-BR home features eat-in kitchen w/newer appliances, LR w/bay window, replacement windows, formal DR, hardwood floors, laundry. Updated electric, garage, deck, enclosed porch. Private home zoned commercial. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$225,000
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IOOF – Rebekah Lodge, Cherry Valley—This property in recent time served as the IOOF-Rebekah Lodge, and formerly was a fine family home owned by the Seeleys and Livingstones, among others. Post-and-beam construction with stone foundation. Large entry hall, library with period arches and fireplace mantle, sewing room with fireplace, banquet room, sitting room, galley kitchen, period cooking hearth with beehive oven, period moldings, six-panel doors, 12/12 windows, and attached carriage house. The upstairs features dressing room, large meeting hall, and two large attic spaces. A great opportunity for an historical restoration. Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty $115,000
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