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2012 citizens of the year County Board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, is flanked by her fellow Citizens of 2012, county Reps. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, left, and Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta. In the background are their colleagues, from left, Rich Murphy, John Kosmer, Ed Frazier, Pauline Koren, Jim Powers, Gary Koutnik, Beth Rosenthal and Keith McCarty.
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The Oneonta Salvation Army commander, Cpt. Evelyn Hopping, right, with retired Majors Mary Smith, left, and Norma Hager, distribute Christmas presents from the Angel Tree drive Thursday, Dec. 20. “The entire floor was filled this morning!” said Hopping. “We have close to 600 families receiving food and toy donations.”
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neonta’s First Night Celebration Monday, Dec. 31, will be bookmarked by the Main Street parade at 5 p.m. and free fireworks at 10:15. But there’s more: The Catskill Symphony at 7 at The Oneonta Theatre, a Broadway cabaret at 6 at Foothills (which hosts much more) and Randy’s Harptones Harmonic Band at 8 at First Baptist, 71 Chestnut. “We’re really cranking,” said organizer David Hayes, who was anticipating 2,0003,000 people downtown/ FULL SCHEDULE, B20
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Council member Mike Lynch moved from Facilities to the Community Improvement Committee, not from Finance, as reported in last week’s newspaper.
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Counter-Coup Returns Amity To Long-Riven County Board By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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t was a coup. On Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, Democrats on the Otsego County Board of Representatives got behind Republican Don
Lindberg of Worcester and, with Lindberg’s sole Republican vote, elected him chairman. A few months later, David W. Brennan, the retired SUNY Oneonta dean and former county board chair, completed a sixcounty study and concluded, yes, Otsego County government should hire a county executive.
But, he said, it wouldn’t be fair to the man or woman: County representatives were simply too divided and angry; in that atmosphere, a county executive was certain to fail. This year came the countercoup. It was another Wednesday, Jan. 4, and the county board was dead-
locked again. The players were similar. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, Lindberg’s nemesis in 2006, failed to get a majority. Lindberg then failed to gain a majority. So did a Democrat, Rich Murphy of the Town of Oneonta. Then first-term rep Linda Rowinski, D-0neonta, glanced across Please See CITIZENS, A4
County Gets Just 2.4% Of ‘NY Works’ Money
Y To Assume Control, Rescuing Teen Center By JIM KEVLIN
Custom Electronics’ $350,000 Largest Grant
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ot only will the Oneonta Teen Center not close, it will continue exactly as is while the Family Y takes it over, and beyond. “There should be no disruption and no interruption of service,” said Y Executive Director Frank Russo, who expects the legal steps necessary to transfer the Teen Center organization from OCAY (the Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth) to Y oversight will be Russo Please See TEENS, A3
By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE ALBANY Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA
Governor Cuomo announces economic-development grant winners Thursday, Dec. 20, at The Egg in Albany.
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espite state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Development Summit and the energy it released, Otsego County received a disappointing $1.44 million in the second round of state grants Gov. An-
drew Cuomo announced with fanfare inside the Empire State Plaza’s Egg Thursday, Dec. 20. Otsego County’s piece is just 2.4 percent of the $59.7 million awarded through the Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council, which includes five other counties. And Cooperstown and its institutions claimed the lion’s Please See GRANTS, A3
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udy Scanlon, Otego, has set up a “Kids for Connecticut� fund to help Newton, Conn. families in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shootings. “I have three grandchildren and it really hit home,� she said. “Something inside me said ‘you have to do something.’ She set up the fund
through NBT bank and is currently seeking donations. “I just want to raise money to help pay for counseling, funerals, anything they need.� Donations to the Kids for Connecticut can be made out to the charity and sent to Judy Scanlon, 125 Main St. Apt B, Otego, NY 13825.
coats, boots and other items with donations given in memory of Giuseppa Avanzato.
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tella Luna’s 15th annual Children’s Christmas shopping trip served a record 32 children with over $5,000 in donations, many made in the memory of Giuseppa Avanzato, who passed away Nov. 11 after a car accident. “Instead of flowers, we asked people for donations,� said Tony Avanzato. “She was always so excited, like a little kid, when we did this. Every year she wanted to know what we got the children.� The group spent $4,100 of the donations, and plans to use the remainder of the funds to take the parents grocery shopping in January. “We didn’t have anything growing up,� related Avanzato. “Now we’re just paying it forward.�
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Y Ready To Take Over Teen Center continue. The rest of TEENS/From A1 the money has come complete by mid-January. through fundraisers. Ian Austin will remain Mayor Miller and as Teen Center director, Common Council are and the entity will remain “very positive� about where it is now, in the the new arrangement, basement of the city’s Asa Davies said. Allison Building, the forOCAY was mer armory on Academy founded 15 years Street, Russo said. ago largely through The Y is enthusiastic the effort of Kate about the development, O’Donnell, the since it has been lookHartwick College ing for ways to expand professor who is the its offerings to teens, organization’s vice said Y board chair Johna Jim Kevlin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA president, to find Peachin. She visited the Teen Center participant a place for young Teen Center Saturday skateboarders to evening, Dec. 22, to get a Kali Ricco questions during a Friday, practice their sports. first-hand look the opera- Davies Dec. 14, meeting at the The first outcome tion and meet the teens was the skateboard who frequent it. park in Neahwa Park, then the Teen One big plus from the challenging Center. two weeks after OCAY announced it Davies said he was drawn to the would close the Teen Center at year’s organization initially by interest in the end was an outpouring of public skateboard park, and hopes to continue support to keep it going, said Mark Davies, who announced the new agree- to be active in events there. “The Y has graciously invited us to involve ment the day after the OCAY board ourselves,� he said. “I believe there are met Thursday, Dec. 20. a number of us who will take them up “I have to tell you,� he said, “it was on that offer.� overwhelming. We just didn’t realize When the news first surfaced two we had quite the support that we had.� weeks ago that the Teen Center would Both Russo and Peachin said that close, at least temporarily, Davies had public response encouraged the Y said he was “purposely evasive� about board when Davies first approached. The Teen Center’s budget is slightly particulars. That, he said, is because ongoing conversations about the under $20,000 a year, including a $13,000 allocation from the city, which facility’s future were under way, but unresolved. Davies said he has been assured will
Custom Electronics Wins $350,000 GRANTS/From A1 share – $1.04 million, or 72 percent of the county total – as follows: • $636,854 toward the Village of Cooperstown’s $1.9 million redo of Main Street, including new sidewalks and benches, and refurbishment of period lamp posts. • $275,000 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame to digitize its collection. • $100,000 went to NYSHA for a collaborative exhibit between The Fenimore Art Museum, Glimmerglass Opera and Hyde Hall on the theme, “Romanticism and the American Landscape.â€? • $30,000 to the village to further upgrade its waste-water treatment system, which is near the source of the Susquehanna River. The second largest local award – $350,000 – went to Custom Electronics, Oneonta, for further research into the development of ultracapacitors. It is estimated the project will create 20 new jobs, but the Custom Electronics first spinoff – ultracapacitor-maker Ioxus – already employs 100 people in the former National Soccer Hall of Fame. The only other Otsego-specific award was $50,000 for an
acoustical shell for Foothills Performing Arts Center, one of the final obstacles to the Catskill Symphony Orchestra adopting the Oneonta facility as its home. Just over Unadilla Creek, two projects were funded related to Chobani: One, a $250,000 rehabilitation grant for six buildings in the Village of New Berlin, the closest population center, and $275,000 to Sunrise Valley Family Farms for a milk processing plant related to Greek yogurt. Curiously, Senator Seward, R-Milford, said he was “extremely pleased� by the grants, saying, “The results were starkly different this year thanks to a new, collective spirit and vision.� He did point out that another $300,000 was made available for planning for a Mohawk Valley Main Street Program, which Otsego County may be able to apply for additionally. Said Caroline Lewis, the county’s economic developer, “We’ve got to keep plugging at it. I know that’s hokey, but we do.� The process involved energy, commitment and time, she said, but also learning, which will prove helpful in the next round. Cooperstown Mayor Jeff
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Katz said money underscores his village and the Glimmerglass Region’s special status. “A better Cooperstown is better for the region, and it’s better for the state,� Katz said. “And whatever we would get out of it, the process also gets a lot in hanging its star on Cooperstown. “The Hall of Fame and NYSHA are different from almost every other regional museum,� he continued. “Main Street Cooperstown is different from any other Main Street in what it does for the region.� Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller expressed particular disappointment that no money was immediately forthcoming for the city’s Main Street initiative, although he held out hope for a piece of the regional $300,000. In the past two year, City Hall has awarded “micro-enterprise grants� to 25 businesses, but those grants were limited to start-ups with no more than three employees. The idea was to use the state money to strengthen established entities – for instance, a redesign of Ruffino’s Pizza, energy upgrades at Ristorante Stella Luna, and promotion of Peter Clark’s new Shops At Ford & Main.
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The Higher We Aim, The More State Support We Can Expect
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he second round of grants through Governor Cuomo’s “The ‘New’ New York Works – for Business” concept is, of course, a disappointment. Otsego County received just 2.4 percent of the $59.7 million going to our Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. It’s a particular blow because of the ferment generated by state Sen. Jim Seward’s Economic Development Summit last March at The Otesaga. We thought we were getting our act together. Don’t let that thought go: In many ways we are. Let’s not forget: Energy, ambition and initiative are their own rewards, and no doubt will generate dividends outside the EDC process. We need to do the bootson-the-ground hard work here in Otsego County and consider state money an unexpected bonus for future-thinking projects well launched. Reflecting on the awards that were received, it looks like the state is determined to put its money on winning horses, to encourage success by rewarding it. And it should: This is no welfare program. That would explain the top grant winners in our region: High-tech initiatives built around SUNY IT and the former Griffiss
Air Force Base, inspired by and spinning off from the Capital Region’s nanotechnology juggernaut. The county’s biggest single grant – $350,000 to Custom Electronics for further research into electrical storage devices that spawned 100-job Ioxus – is also high-tech. Get it? • Support for success is also evident in Chobani’s neighborhood. The Village of New Berlin, the largest population center there, received $250,000 – five times more than the City of Oneonta – to rehabilitate six downtown buildings. Another $275,000 supports a dairy production plant to serve Greek-yogurt making. Cooperstown’s grants, likewise, must reflect Albany’s conclusion that Otsego County IS Cooperstown – and for much of the world, that’s so. The tourism magnet draws internationally. Sales tax generated allows us to maintain the second lowest county property tax in the state. At first glance, the $250,000 that went to the National Baseball Hall of Fame to help pay to digitize its artifacts, solicits a “huh?” Think about it, though. It’s hightech, a hot button. Yes, it allows scholars to access the collection from afar, so they don’t come here and spend their money; but it also
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Mayor Katz and county Economic Developer Caroline Lewis were among local attendees at The Egg announcement.
creates a revenue stream to help assure this economic mainstay will around for decades to come. And $100,000 for “Romanticism and The American Landscape”? OK, but it is collaboration. Three mainstay attractions – The Fenimore Art Museum, The Glimmerglass Festival and the National Historic Landmark Hyde Hall – are working together, strengthening each other, intensifying the Cooperstown magnet. Working together – the Oneonta Teen Center moving under the Family Y’s wing is another, more modest example – is what we need to do ever more in the face of declining resources, and the EDC process is wise to encourage it. The lessons going forward? One, high-tech, high-tech, high-
tech. Two, build on our strengths – they distinguish us in the world at large. Three, collaborate, preferably around our signature successes – yes, the Cooperstown museums, but also Bassett Healthcare (which now includes Fox Hospital), our improving colleges, lately, Springbrook. There’s another lesson in the Foothills Performing Arts Center. The state has already spent $7 million there. It’s already committed. The $50,000 for acoustical enhancements is the state assuring its investment. It’s a signal that Oneonta arts organizations – the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, foremost – should heed and finally get fully behind the facility. Collaboration will ensure success. • All of this has everything to do with this newspaper’s Citizens of the Year. After years of bone-deep anger and faction, the Otsego County Board of Representatives is pulling together, thanks to what, in effect, was a coup initiated by county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, at last January’s reorganization. Out of the blue, Rowinski nominated Kathy Clark, R-Otego, for chair, cutting through what looked like more of the same unhappiness since Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, allied with the
Democrats to seize control of the board in 2006. Kay Stuligross, D-Oneonta, cast the vote that allowed a new era of amity to dawn. We think our squabbling is meaningful. Albany – and the outside world – doesn’t care. Let’s celebrate that Cooperstown’s museums are excellent. And collaboratively, let’s build our other institutions on that quality. For instance, Otsego Manor is excellent – let’s be proud of it. If privatization is inevitable, let’s – as Stuligross is attempting to do – privatize it excellently. As MOSA comes apart, let’s apply the highest standards and foremost technology to the mundane task of garbage disposal. Let’s ensure the county’s expensive microwave communications system coming on line enables a decentralized, Internet-based economy, not just fire and police calls. Finally, the state Commission on Local Government Efficiency & Competitiveness in 2008 identified the town and city of Oneonta as one of two communities – the other, Cortland and Cortlandville – ripe for merger. If the town and city merge, Oneonta won’t just be another afterthought, a Watertown or Plattsburgh or Elmira. It will be New York State’s poster child of where local government needs to go – and money will flow.
2012 citizens of the year/KATHY CLARK, LINDA rOWINSKI, KAY STULIGROSS
Trio Seized Control, And Continued To Show Guts, Determination Throughout Year CITIZENS/From A1 the county board room on the second floor of 197 Main St. and caught Kathy Clark’s eye. Clark, a second-term Republican from Otego, didn’t shake her head. The night before, Rowinski sat down with a piece of paper and wrote down alternative choices. Clark was one of them. Rowinski nominated her. Democrat Kay Stuligross joined her Oneonta colleague and Republicans in electing Clark. The healing began. The bold decision that day, and the good that has followed – it promises to keep happening in 2013 – wins this newspaper’s Citizen of the Year designation for Kathleen Clark, Linda Rowinski and Kay Stuligross. The good will that grew out of that decision was evident still in a one-hour interview, over tea, that the three honorees underwent in Stuligross’ Oneonta dining room the other day. “It would have been nice if you had told me,” Stuligross joshed Rowinski, harkening back to that day of decision. “I didn’t know,” Rowinski replied. The three pretty much agreed on Clark’s “Three M” priorities
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On Jan. 4, 2012, County Rep. Don Lindberg, R-Worcester, center, calmly awaits what he hoped would be a repeat of his 2006 coup. Rowinski, Clark and Stuligross made sure that didn’t happen. Others are, from left, NBT Bank Regional Executive Jamie Reynolds, former county sheriff Don Mundy, Lindberg’s nemesis Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, and newly elected rep John Kosmer, D-Fly Creek.
– The Manor, MOSA and Microwave, the upgraded emergency communication system. Clark hopes to see her way clear to add a fourth M: mandate relief. And an E and a D: Economic development. “The population is greying; we’re losing our youth,” said the mother of three, all now working
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in the New York Metropolitan Area. When the discussion came around to a county manager, the three disagreed, but expressed contrary views with mutual respect. While supporting the idea, Stuligross pointed out that Clark’s management degree and experi-
ence make the issue less pressing for now. “She’s also putting in more hours than a $19,000 salary pays for,” she added. For her part, Clark said the time may come for a county manager, but “the board’s not ready.” Rowinski’s ability to surprise continued through the year. When the Constitution Pipeline was proposed to carry natural gas fracked in Northeast Pennsylvania through the region to East Coast markets, Sustainable Otsego and the antifrackers dominated the debate. But Rowinski and the Solid Waste & Environmental Committee she chairs bucked the county’s Natural Gas Advisory Committee and endorsed “Alternate M” pipeline route through Otsego County. In the midst of the stubborn national recession, Rowinski explained simply: “We realized there would be a tax benefit to Otsego County – $3 million.” “Both times,” she said, referring to the reorganization and the pipeline, “I felt what I was doing was the right thing – but I kept an open mind.” In September, the county board went into executive session, nominally to discuss a contract with a consultant, and with Stuligross,
who chairs the relevant committee, taking the lead, emerged to vote, 13-1, in favor of seeking a buyer for Otsego Manor, the county’s relatively new nursing home. “It shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone paying attention,” said Stuligross. What was new, however, was the word “quality” – the county board, unable to agree on anything important just a year before, had reached consensus on a responsible course. Through this and much more, Kathy Clark has been unflappable, exemplified when 300 people packed historic Courtroom One in October to protest The Manor and pipeline decisions. “It was clear that she wasn’t going to be pushed around,” said Stuligross. With the first anniversary coming up in the next few days, Rowinski and Stuligross expressed satisfaction in the coup, and with Clark’s inclusiveness in governance. That, said the chair, comes in part from her experiencing coaching her daughters’ softball teams. “I look at it like managing a baseball team,” she said. “You have a lot of talent, but not everybody can play shortstop.”
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Place of Birth: East Northport, L.I. Residence: Otego Education: B.S., SUNY Oneonta; Masters, Public Administration, Marist College Career: Retired director of Residential Dining Services, SUNY Oneonta Public Service: Otsego County Board of Representatives (2008-), SUNY Oneonta Children’s Center Board of Directors, Otego Youth Soccer coach, Otego Little League coach, Oneonta Boys and Girls Clark Club coach, Unatego School District Superintendent Search Committee. Family: Husband Robert Fernandez; children Ryan, Caitlin and Kelly. FROM QUESTIONNAIRE: The chair of the board is responsible for establishing committee assignments and appointing the chair each of those committees. I sought to structure committees ... so that competing views could be expressed and analyzed in the course of determining an appropriate course of action.
Place of Birth: Kingston Residence: City of Oneonta Education: B.A., Psychology; M.S. Ed., Counseling, both at SUNY Oneonta. Also, mediation training. Career: President, Oneonta Abstract Corp. Public service: Otsego County Board of Representatives (2010-); member, Otsego County Chamber, state Land Title Association, Association Rowinski of Conflict Resolution, state Dispute Resolution Association. Volunteer on SADD Run committee, but prefer to just fill in when there’s a need. Family: Three sons, Bryan, Matthew and Alex. FROM QUESTIONNAIRE: As elected officials, we need to continually work to make life better in Otsego County in any way possible. That may mean putting aside personal preferences, sometimes acting contrary to what would seem to be the popular route, and always taking partisan politics out of the equation.
Born: New Jersey, grew up in Oberlin, Ohio Education: B.A., English with minors in history and education Career: Many years ago, sixth-grade teacher. Tutored ESL in Oneonta schools for 10 years, English as a foreign language in China, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia. PUBLIC SERVICE: Otsego County Board of Representatives, (2007-). founding board member, county Habitat for Stuligross Humanity; board member, Family Services Association, Friends of the Oneonta Community Health Center, League of Women Voters (past president, member of state board). FAMILY: Five sons, 10 grandchildren, one great-granddaughter. Husband Jack was Hartwick College economics professor. FROM QUESTIONNAIRE: Government exists to provide for society what individuals, small groups, larger groups and entire countries cannot do for themselves.
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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 – The “Happy Coon” minstrels gave an excellent entertainment at the theatre on Saturday evening. Though composed mainly of young men living in Oneonta, the company compares favorably with many of the traveling troupes and indeed has some talent that would be a credit to the best of them. The new engine and boiler of the Guy table company have been placed in position. It is expected that the factory will be shut down next week and be moved into the commodious new building at the East End. The prospects for a large increase in business are flattering. The corporation will hereafter be known as the “Oneonta Table Co.” The special revival services conducted by Rev. I.T. Johnson in the M.E. Church have been of great interest. While his method is the old time altar service and has not received the endorsement of all, yet many have presented themselves for prayer, and several have expressed a hope of salvation in Jesus Christ. The evangelist is an earnest preacher, pressing home the truth by frequent reference to his own experience. December 1887
10 Years Ago
Farmers, politics and the new Enterprise Aluminum Co. figured prominently in several estimates. Automobile dealers are looking for a good year. “They’ve released a lot more steel for new cars and that will of course let the manufacturers build more cars,” a dealer said. “The situation is beginning to parallel the end of WWII,” he added. “Demand is coming up again like it was right after the war. People want to trade their post-war cars in for new ones,” he concluded. December 1952
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The men’s club at the First Presbyterian Church is proverbial for the quality of its entertainments, but there was never a more pleasant evening than that on Friday when several of the early residents of the city gathered round and talked informally of Oneonta as it used to be. Three men who have spent their entire lives in Oneonta were present – O.C. McCrum, Charles H. Baker and C.W. Peck. All of the business of early Oneonta was conducted in the lower part of the city, at the section now bounded by the corner of River and Main Streets; here was located the grist mill, the saw mill, the tavern, and the first store of the hamlet. The entire section below Main Street was one vast swamp with muskrats swimming about and frogs croaking among the alders. The stores and houses were finally moved up on Main Street to the bluff, as it was then called, to take advantage of the fine springs which were common at that point, and some of which exist to this day in the basements of some of the Main Street stores. Silver Creek, which is now dry at most seasons of the year, formerly ran by the side of the McCrum Block and was well-stocked with trout and other game fish. When the railroad came, Broad Street had its birth. Before this time it was simply swamp, but to gain access to the track, two wide, deep ditches were dug down the hill to get sufficient drainage in that sticky clay that a wagon might traverse it in safety and thus the street was started. Main Street was the old Indian trail and was later
December 2002 laid on as a part of the Catskill Turnpike, extending from Catskill on the Hudson to Ithaca. December 1912
80 Years Ago
Because of increasing demands for a night’s lodging at the Municipal Building, Oneonta city officials are looking for a place where the transients can be more easily accommodated than in the small quarters now offered them. Until a little more than a year ago a room in the basement of the building, fitted for six, was adequate. Now as many as 40 men have applied for accommodations in one night. More than 6,000 were cared for last year. This has made it necessary for the men to sleep in the boiler room and adjoining hallways. December 1932
60 Years Ago
Citing a multitude of reasons, Oneonta businessmen yesterday expressed confidence that 1953 would be a good business year. Predictions ranged from conservative to liberal optimism. “Even if the Korean War ends, it won’t stop things,” one executive said, adding that the economy would be buoyed by the “peacetime demand for new goods.”
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Thursday, December 27
HOLIDAY CONCERT -- 6:45 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association presents Richard Fountain, performing works by Bach, Copland, Ives, and others, plus selections from his recent album, “American Ivory.” Part of OCA’s 85th Anniversary Season celebration. Free; donations gratefully accepted at the door. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta Info, www. OneontaConcertAssociation.org
Saturday, December 29
HOLIDAY HISTORY -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oneonta History Center open with model train layouts, dollhouse, Victorian village. 1950s Plasticville & Marx village displays. Nutcracker ballet, Christmas tree. Giftshop, books. Greater Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960, info@oneontahistory.org
Monday December 31
HOLIDAY HISTORY -- 5-10 p.m. First Night at the History Center. 6 and 7 p.m., City Historian Mark Simonson present “historic infomercials,” presentation of old newspaper advertisement featuring former businesses of our area. 7 p.m., money raffle drawing. 8 p.m. Tim Horne plays early 20th c. turns on the Oneonta-made McCammon piano. 9 p.m. -- Surprise entertainment. Oneonta History Center open with model train layouts, dollhouse, Victorian village. 1950s Plasticville & Marx village displays. Nutcracker ballet, Christmas tree. Giftshop, books -- unique gifts for all. Greater Oneonta History Center, 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-0960, info@oneontahistory. org FIRST NIGHT -- 6-10:30 p.m. Parade, puppets, music, dance and children’s activities. One button lets you see it all! $15.
Main St., Oneonta. Info, www. mainstreetoneonta.com. GALA -- 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. “All You Need is Love.” Friends of Bassett Healthcare Network presents 2012 New Year’s Eve Gala to benefit the Partnership for Nursing Opportunities program. $200 per person. The Otesaga Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. (607) 544-2502, (800) 348-6222, Reservation1@ Otesaga.com
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Some of the 43 employees recently furloughed from Fox Hospital have found work, and hospital officials are hoping to hire back many more employees in 1983 as attrition takes its toll on the hospital staff. Michael J. McNally, hospital personnel director, said 35 of the 43 employees actually had to leave the staff because of a projected 1983 budget deficit of $1.3 million caused by a change in Medicare reimbursement. Eight of the workers took part-time jobs at the hospital to retain some kind of employment there. December 1982
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The patients of A.O. Fox Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home Unit were treated to the sound of Christmas Carols being sung by two Cub Scout Dens from Pack 16, Otego, on Sunday. Under the leadership of Cub Scoutmaster John Hartner, an employee of Fox Hospital, and the directorship of Den Leaders Mrs. Jean Seroka and Mrs. Sally Hartner, nine boys and several mothers sang Christmas Carols to the patients and nurses in both units. The boys were then treated to refreshments donated by the volunteer organization of the hospital. The Cub Scouts participating were: Jeff Seroka, Walter Bettiol, Darrell Tripp, Craig Young, Greg Cox, Craig Van Alstyne, John Hartner, Tom Platt, and Robert Thayer. The mothers were Mrs. Bettiol, Mrs. Tripp, Mrs. Van Alstyne, and Mrs. Thayer. December 1972
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David B. Baldwin, 90; Retired Hartwick English Professor ONEONTA – David B. Baldwin, 90, , a retired Hartwick College English professor, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at the York Hospital. He moved to York Harbor three years ago. Born in Cambridge, Mass., on Feb. 9, 1922. He married Ruth Corey, artist and former WAVE, in 1947; she died in 1993. He graduated from Har-
vard, cum laude, in 1944, received his M.A. from Columbia and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1961. During WW II, he worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute as an underwater photographer, part of wartime sonar research. Before joining Hartwick in 1964, he taught at RPI, Northwestern, Rutgers and
Dean Junior College, where he was English Department chair. He retired in 1993. His academic interest was American literature, particularly poetry. He contributed to a major reference work on Walt Whitman, his favorite poet. He was active in the Catskill Choral Society, the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, the Center for Continuing Adult Learning,
and the city’s Board of Assessment review. He is survived by son Ben and his wife, Liz Doucette; two daughters, Anita and Liza, two brothers, one sister and six grandsons. Son David Henry died in 2002. A funeral mass is planned at 10:15 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, at St. Mary’s Church. Burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery.
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RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT Commercial rental; Near the only stop light in Cooperstown. Plenty of off street parking for clients and employees. Newly renovated. 1/2 bath. 1,400 sq ft. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate for details. 607-547-5740. TFN FOR RENT: Main Street business location in the village of Cooperstown........525 square feet of space....$750.00 per month..... includes heat, water, trash removal. Two year lease required. Call Lamb Realty at 607-547—8145 for additional information. TFN Turn-key Greek/American restaurant at busy State Routes 7/23 location. Seating for 20 and brisk takeout and delivery in place now. Lease will be $1,200 per month with tenant purchase of equipment. Plenty of storage space. Low overhead. Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate. 607-287-1559. TFN
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Cooperstown-In the Village, available November 15, three bedroom, two bath, living room, dining room, den, modern kitchen with attached sunroom, charming front porch, replacement windows, detached one car garage. $1,000. per month plus utilities. References and one year’s lease required, long term lease avail
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Patrick Calleo Presents
Ring In The New Year
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LET’S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER! ALL NIGHT NEW YEAR’S EVE PACKAGE ONLY $365 PER COUPLE
Dine on Surf & Turf, Mesquite-Grilled Filet of Beef, New Zealand T-Bone Lamb Chop, Pan-Seared Chicken Breast, Baked Halibut or Osso Bucco in the Hawkeye Grill from 5:30PM-10:00PM. Also enjoy a live DJ from 9:00PM-1:00AM, a midnight champagne toast, a traditional guest room (upgrade available at an additional charge), cordial & chocolates in your room, and two delicious Holiday Breakfasts New Year’s morning (8:00AM-11:00AM). All for only $365.00 per couple.
For more information and to make your party reservations call (607) 544-2502 or Reservation1@Otesaga.com.
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Saturday, December 29 7pm
GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH ON MONTGOMERY STREET IN CHERRY VALLEY $20 Suggested Donation, Children free of charge. For reservations call 607.286.7109. www.patrickcalleopresents.com
ROMANTIC NEW YEAR’S DINNER FOR TWO.
• New Year’s Eve appetizers: Choice of Lobster Bisque, Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail, Crab Cakes, Pan-Seared Duck Breast, or Heirloom Tomatoes & Buffalo Mozzarella • Select from Surf & Turf, Mesquite-Grilled Filet of Beef, New Zealand T-Bone Lamb Chop, Pan-Seared Chicken Breast, Baked Halibut or Osso Bucco • Dinner seating from 5:30PM – 10:00PM • Cash bar until 1:00AM • Champagne toast at midnight • Music for dancing from 9:00PM-1:00AM • Holiday favors
For more information and to make your dinner reservations call (607) 544-2524.
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NEW YEAR’S EVE ROOM INCLUDES HOLIDAY BREAKFAST TOO ONLY $229.00 Wherever you’re celebrating, spend the night at The Otesaga. Just $229.00 per room, single or double occupancy, and includes our very special Holiday Breakfast on New Year’s morning.
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New Years Eve 2012 @
The Rose & Kettle Five course prix fix menu with champagne toast $70 per person/$130 per couple Live music, late-night bar snacks and drink specials Seatings at 5 pm, 7 pm, and 9 pm Call for reservations
For non-Hotel guests, the Holiday Breakfast is $20.00 per person and will be served from 8:00AM-11:00AM.
For more information and to make your room reservations call (607) 544-2502 or Reservation1@Otesaga.com. Over 100 years of Gracious Hospitality® THE OTESAGA RESORT HOTEL, 60 LAKE STREET, COOPERSTOWN, NY 13326 • OTESAGA.COM
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See the menu at The Rose and Kettle Restaurant page on facebook.com 4 Lancaster St. Cherry Valley
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AllOTSEGO.homes 4914 St. Hwy. 28, CooperStown 607-547-5933 75 Market Street, oneonta 607-433-1020
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MLS#85743 - Stately home on a quiet street in Richfield Springs. Circa 1880 renovated home w/5 BR, 2 baths, wrap-around porch, sunroom w/fireplace, carriage barn, large lot, well maintained lawn and gardens. Priced to sell. $179,000 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512
MLS#85366 - Totally rebuilt 3 level home with spectacular views of Canadarago Lake. Direct access to your 40 ft dock from family room deck. Summer rental is $2,500 per week—rented 12 weeks in 2012. $429,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512
MLS#85182 - Village Victorian beauty is totally renovated. Would make a great rental! Off-street parking. $159,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061
MLS#86056 - Quality-built ranch on 11 acres, apple orchard, and creek. Features 3 BRs, 2 baths, attached garage, wood-burning fireplace, master BR suite, spacious rooms, dry basement, deck, and spacious backyard. $169,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
MLS#85025 - Motivated sellers will consider all offers. Come take a look at this great Cape Cod set on a 2.62 acres. Call or text Sharon @ 607-267-2681
MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid contemporary build ideal for working, living and playing in the Cooperstown area. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring offers! $239,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
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MLS#84612 – Close to Oneonta and Delhi, this secluded location on 10.8 acres is convenient to schools, hospitals and shopping. Must see to appreciate. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
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MLS#84743 –Close to the city, this very well maintained raised ranch offers privacy, 3 BRs, 2 baths, kitchen, DR, LR, family room. Rooms are bright and sunny. $185,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125
MLS#85252 - Private setting for country living. Rustic log cabin features spacious open floorplan and wrap-around deck, pool, walk-out basement. Additional land available. Priced right at $147,500 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633
NEW LAND LISTING! MLS#87308 - 7+/- acres in the heart of Fly Creek. Land is open, level and improved with driveway. Perfect for your new home, just 2 miles from Cooperstown. $50,000 Call Kathy @ 607-267-2683
MLS#84525 - Country living in this 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage with new roof, new kitchen. $80,000 Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792
MLS#85776 - Great view of Canadarago Lake. 3BR, 2 bath mint-condition ranch on 7.9 acres. Freshly painted interior w/new carpets and floor covering. 2-stall garage plus outbldg. Finished basement w/family rm and workshop. $174,900 Call Rod and Barb @ 315-520-6512
MLS#86740 - Almost 105 gorgeous acres w/no oil or gas lease. Farmhouse is gutted, needs work. 88+ acres being offered separately, see MLS 86742 & 15+ acres with the farmhouse separately under MLS 86741. $195,000 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 MLS#87301 - 3 BR, 2 bath country home on 4.25 acres w/large 2 ½-car garage and partially finished basement. Peaceful setting with deck, perennial gardens, and pond. $224,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061
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MLS#84923 - Renovated 3BR, 2.5 bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless appliances, LR and formal DR w/fireplaces, large master suite, fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock. $250,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
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MLS# 86907 - Hunters and those who like privacy: Come take a look at this great home on 15.22 acres. Updated w/ wonderful additions, this solid home is worth the money. Call or text Sharon @ 607-267-2681
MLS#86980 - Solid 4 BR apt over a 1000 sq ft commercial space. Features hardwood floors, spacious rooms, high ceilings, built-in cupboards and shelves, walk-up attic, 2-car attached garage, and 4-bay detached garage. $189,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068
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The Road Less TRaveLed!
Set on 10+ peaceful acres in the Cooperstown School District this spacious Colonial has loads to offer. Home has 3 full floors of living space, 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths with a bonus finished space and full bath over the garage. Perfect for office, guest suite or studio. Home is in a gorgeous private setting with stone patio, 2 car attached garage and large storage shed.ThIs Is a GReaT vaLUe! $348,900. MLs#86940
oneontarealty.com OPPOrTUNITY FOr DEVELOPMENT Prime downtown Main st location, historic building currently has retail space on 1st flr w/two other floors that could be finished into apartments. $450,000 MLs #86988 ONE OF A KIND Privately located 1 bdrm, 2 bath on 5 acres. Open flr plan w/high ceilings & wd flrs. Full bsmnt w/possibilities for more living space. Adjacent to snowmobile & ATV trails. Call today for your PrIVATE shOwINg. $139,000 MLs #87356
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Peter D. Clark, Consultant
IncredIble PrIce!
Affordable mobile home just minutes from Cooperstown. This property includes a garage, pond and scenic views. A great fixer upper or a place to live while you build your new dream home. Call today this one won’t last long. $79,900. MLS#87383 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881; John LaDuke 267-8617
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HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE
$269,900
(607) 547-5740 • (607) 547-6000 (fax)
$260,000
157 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326
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$154,900
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Fly Creek HoMe on 2+ aCreS
(7622) Get ready to snap up this secluded 4BR/2+BA Dutch Colonial attuned to bay window with great valley view. Ideal accents include Fireplace w/woodstove, den and family room, finished walk-out basement, circular drive, home office, oak and pine flooring. Two-car garage, large view deck. A celebritystyle home! Well-maintained only 3 1/2 miles from C’town. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $329,000
CooperStown Village CirCa 1850
(7302) Enjoy both easy entertaining and quiet family life in this spectacular 4BR/2+BA home with panoramic lake views on 1.80 acres. This gracious residence highlights Two-story foyer, gracious living room w/fireplace & vaulted ceiling, Walnut paneled Den w/fireplace, Master Suite, Eat-in Kitchen w/Pantry, formal dining room. large view porch, deck, in-ground pool, hardwood flooring, tiled baths. Finished basement. Also lake privileges. This elegant home will captivate you. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $675,000
(7110) Historic 4BR/3+BA Greek Revival home replete with French doors to gracious living room, family room with fireplace and built-in bookcases. Hardwood flooring, main-level master bedroom, Eat-in Kitchen w/ cherry cabinets & bay window. Two-car garage, picket fencing. It’s distinctive & delightful! Hubbell’s Exclusive. $259,000
CooperStown Village CoMFort
(7589) Partake of the delights in this superblykept 3-bedroom home. The many extras include formal dining room, hardwood flooring, Modern kitchen. Garage, rocking-chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. Will capture your fancy! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $285,000
46 aCreS
(7601) Mostly wooded with 2 building sites, underground electric and phone, 170' drilled well. 1374' road frontage with good access, sub-dividable. Hubbell’s Exclusive $125,000
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For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donlinrealty.com
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
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Country ranCH on 1.5 aCreS
(7046) Relax in the comfort of this 3-bedroom residence sited on 1.50 acres. Enticing home offering knotty pine Eat-in kitchen, Living room with hardwood flooring. Convenient Breezeway. Garage with overhead storage. Near “Dreams Park”. Happy haven for a discerning buyer! Milford Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive $109,000
For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie – Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King – Associate Broker – 547-5332 Don Olin – Associate Broker – 547-8782 Eric Hill – Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois – Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue – Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz – Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie -Sales Associate -547-4141 Carol Hall - Sales Associate -544-4144
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