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$2M SIDEWALK PROJECT BEGINS
DOWNTOWN TREES GONE By JIM KEVLIN
The Freeman’s Journal
On Thursday, March 11, the National Baseball Hall of Fame 75th anniversary commemorative coins will go on sale at www.usmint. gov. The coins aren’t expected at the Hall’s gift shop until April.
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ifteen-time Latin Grammy winner and longtime baseball fan Juan Luis Guerra will perform his hit, “La Llave de Mi Corazón,” Saturday, Aug. 2, at the 75th Anniversary Cooperstown Concert, LGH19 productions Loren Harriet announced. He joins a lineup featuring the Boston Pops and Paul Simon. Hear “La Llave” at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM GREEN TOWN: The Village Board Monday, March 24, unanimously voted to make Cooperstown a “Climate Smart Community,” pledging to adopt best sustainable practices in village government and encourage the same in the community. BOOKS SOUGHT: The Friends of the Cooperstown Village Library will be accepting books, CDs and DVDs for its annual book sale 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 5, on the library’s front porch. Other collection dates May 3 and June 7. The sale will be June 28July 6. No encyclopedias or reference books. Info at 547-8344.
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hile the felling of eight trees Monday, March 24 – 29 more will follow – was dismaying to many, folks may start feeling better in the months ahead as the Village of Cooperstown’s $2 million sidewalk project takes shape. “I’m very optimistic” about the project, said Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the Streets & Cindy Falk Buildings Committee. This first phase, on the north side of Main Street, is due to be complete by Memorial Day; the second will begin after Labor Day with the goal of completion before the snow flies again. The contractor is Central Paving Inc., Frankfort, which submitted the low bid of $911,711, according to Frank Novick of McManus Engineering, the Please See TREES, A7
Yankee Manager Here By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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taring at where his plaque will be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, four-time World Series winning Yankees manager Joe Torre was almost at a loss for words. “This place is for the elite,” he murmured. “But you do understand you’re one of them now, right?” replied Erik Strohl, a Hall vice president. “Your plaque is 20 feet from Babe Ruth.” Please See TORRE, A6
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With Babe Ruth looking over his shoulder, Joe Torre ponders joining baseball’s elite.
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A crew from Central Paving – from left, Scott Capes, West Winfield, Doug Luppino, Herkimer, and Greg Hight, Richfield Springs – clean up pieces of a second tree of eight cut down Monday, March 24, as the $2 million downtown sidewalk replacement project began.
Katz Focus: Doubleday, 22 Main, Treatment Plant A $1 million renovation of Doubleday Field is one of Mayor Katz’s three secondterm goals.
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continue to aggressively “present Cooperstown’s case” near and far in his second two-year term. “Everyone benefits from Cooperstown except Cooperstown,” he said in a post-election interview. While not mentioning such entities as Cooperstown Dreams Park Please See KATZ, A3
Smithy, CAA Boards To Explore Question By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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n unity, can there be diversity – perhaps even more diversity? That’s the question the boards of directors of the Smithy Pioneer Gallery and Cooperstown Art Association will now tackle after two two-hour Friday night sessions of energetic debate Please See ARTS, A3
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ix high school artists from Otsego County will compete with peers from other Upstate counties in U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson’s 19th Congressional District to hang their works in the Capitol’s halls. The six, who won county Awards of Merit in “An Artistic Discovery,â€? the annual Congressional art competition, are: • Elle Kenyon, CCS’ Tanner McGown was among the six winners. Cooperstown Central, for
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her untitled graphite drawing • Xanthian Lincoln, Laurens Central, for a charcoal drawing, “Evan Petersâ€? • Olivia Porter, Cherry Valley/Springfield Central, for the photograph, “Tree Door Frontsâ€? • Tanner McGown, Cooperstown Central, for an untitled digital artwork • Zane Ashford, Cherry Valley/Springfield Central, for a photograph, “Under the Bridgeâ€? • Frances Bukovsky, Cherry Valley/Springfield Central, the photograph, “Victim of Withinâ€? The works are on display at the Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main, through Friday, March 28. Jurors’ Citations went to Kyanne Clark of ONC Boces for the photograph, “Model Materialâ€?; Hannah Sell, a homeschool student, for her acrylic painting “Map on Floorboardsâ€?; Claire Dohner, Cooperstown Central, for an untitled graphite drawing; Lauren Loucks, Cherry Valley/Springfield Central, for the photograph “No Two Snowflakes are Alikeâ€?; Marlise Schneider of Cherry Valley/Springfield Central, for the photograph “#1â€?; and Anneliese Carrascoso, Cooperstown Central, for her acrylic painting “Nico the Cat.â€?
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Smithy, CAA Boards Seek ‘Alignment’ That Won’t Stifle, But Promote, Diversity ARTS/From A1 on that subject. “Virtually all the people here want more diversity,” Smithy board president Henry Weil said at the end of the second session, where many of 40 attendees, almost twice as many as the week before, stood chatting in the basement of the CAA annex at 5 Railroad Ave., still engaged in the issues of the evening. “They’ve been interested,” said Cheryl Wright, Weil’s counterpart at the Cooperstown Art Associa-
tion. “They’ve been great.” She characterized the gatherings, mostly attended by artists from their 20s through their 70s, as “people brought together by valid points of concern.” The points of concern were brought forth by a Feb. 10 invitation from Weil and Wright to artists and non-artists alike to attend two focus groups on possible “merger” of the two venerable organizations, the Smithy dating to 1957 and the CAA to 1927. By the end of the sec-
ond session it was agreed “alignment” is a better term. “Merger sounds like loss of identity,” said musician Chris de Ville, who after listening to pros and cons remarked, “I find myself warming up more to the ‘merger’.” Both Weil and Wright The Freeman’s Journal repeatedly emphasized that, CAA’s Wright, left, and purposely, the boards didn’t Smithy’s Weil interact meet jointly or discuss the with audience. matter in any detail before is a year-‘round organization the gatherings; they wanted to hear from their constituen- with a variety of open shows and juried shows, and excies first. Now, both board presidents hibits that have become part of the community’s annual said a meeting for detailed cycle, from The National, to discussion is the next step. Arts on the Lawn each Labor Over the two sessions it Day, to Adorn a Door at became evident that most Christmas. attendees participate in both The Smithy membership is organizations, two blocks exclusive to artists, who must apart – CAA at 22 Main, the show their works to a comSmithy at 55 Pioneer – and mittee before being accepted. enjoy both. Located in the village’s oldest The CAA has open membership: anybody can join. It building, Judge Cooper’s
original 1786 store, it is not fully winterized and shows, until lately, have been limited to three in the summer. Its pottery studio was built five years ago on the other side of its courtyard. Even separate, each organization offers similar classes and often the same artists, audience members said. Would one organization would mean homogeneity? “It’s my experience: as goes the superintendent, so goes the school,” said artist, actor and teacher Abbey Koutnik, Oneonta. Writer and editor Elmer Luke, Cooperstown, said the Smithy “serves two different identities here,” he said. Whether one entity would stifle diversity had been the focus Friday the 14th, but the discussion on the 21st moved beyond that, to the idea that perhaps an umbrella organi-
zation solely for administration could achieve efficiencies and still allow each to be different. Artist Deb Geurtze, a former CAA board president who moved to Gloucester, Mass., but still owns property in the village, suggested independent curatorial committees under a single executive director. “We’re not talking about vision; we’re talking about effective management,” she said. What’s needed is one good executive director who can handle administration and money, including fundraising and grant-writing, and delegate the creative piece to curators, said Jessie Ravage, Cooperstown, a preservation planner who has bought art at both galleries. “Your executive director isn’t the person who’s hanging the pictures on the wall,” she said.
In 2nd Term, Katz Hopes For Doubleday, 22 Main Upgrades KATZ/From A1 in Hartwick Seminary and Cooperstown All Star Village in West Oneonta by name, he noted, “We have been the organization that participates least in our name.” Specifically, he mentioned three priorities for his second term, all bricks and mortar: • Renovation of the 50-year waste-water treatment plant
on the Susquehanna south of the Cooperstown Middle/ High School. Once a $30,000 study of the facility by the village’s consulting engineer, Lamont of Cobleskill, is completed, grants will be sought to do the necessary work. • Obtain an estimated $1 million for Doubleday Field renovations, replacing deteriorating third-base bleach-
Home improvement Our readers are making plans to get their
ers with aluminum ones that have enough pitch so offices, locker rooms and rest rooms can fit underneath them. The restroom and office area now under the grandstand would be replaced by a display of the facility’s history and significance. “It would be nice on the 75th history of the Hall of Fame to announce what you’re going to do on the 100th anniversary of Doubleday” in 1919. • As reelected Trustee Lou Allstadt has been championing, renovate 22 Main – now the village offices, library and Cooperstown Art Association – into a “better village center.” Shortly, bids are going out for wiring and skylight work. Village court is merging into Otsego town court in Fly Creek April 1, opening room in the basement. And a public referendum to widen the base of support for the Village Library is on the CCS ballot in May, which could
provide a now missing dedicated funding source. Looking back on his first term, Katz – he’s a former trader on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange who retired here in 2004 and is about to send his second baseball book to his publisher – expressed some satisfaction, particularly about the amity on the board after the partisan wars in the half-dozen years before his election in 2012. He agreed that he would consider on-street paid parking, expected to generate $360,000 a year for village coffers, and the $2 million Main Street sidewalk renovations among first-term successes. And he noted $2.4 million in grants were obtained in just 14 months, “and not through personal connections,” but by telling Cooperstown’s story to decisionmaking entities at the regional and state level.
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GUEST EDITORIAL/ONEONTA MAYOR RICHARD P. MILLER, JR.
City’s Fate: Merger, Commuter Tax Or Dissolution? Editor’s Note: Faced with revenues rising more slowly than costs for the foreseeable future, Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller is exploring measures that could include dissolving the city into the Town of Oneonta. He provided this analysis.
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ith no other workable choices, we are now cutting into the core. Two police officer positions will not be filled in part because of lack of acceptable candidates, but also because of budget challenges. The City of Oneonta already has 11 fewer full time equivalent employees than five years ago, but these are the first reductions in Public Safety. We have eliminated or significantly reduced a number of activities, and are increasing fees or establishing them for services previously provided at no charge. Over the past five years I have consistently stated that the city’s current financial circumstances are unsustainable. Revenues are not rising as fast as costs, and, despite working aggressively on both conditions, we continue to rely on excess reserves and debt capacity to balance our budget. Fortunately, we have been effective in using fewer reserves and in borrowing less than I anticipated when I first took office. But as our own expense and revenue trends continue, New York State is pushing its financial problems down to the local level, as evidenced by decline in AIM support, exploding pension costs and lack of promised mandate relief. Our only
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Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller, at podium, is welcomed by Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood, left, to a multi-municipality swearing-in ceremony New Year’s Day at Oneonta Town Hall. Whether the town merges with the city or the city dissolves into the town, it seems like the two entities’ futures are inexorably linked. At right is County Judge Brian Burns, who performed the swearings-in.
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only take place where it is viable and, as has been stated by many more knowledgeable than myself, the geology of this area doesn’t support this type of drilling. The next question to ask is, “Why do we need this pipeline?” There are many reasons. The first and most obvious is that New York City and Boston want natural gas because it’s cleaner than coal or oil, safer than nuclear and cheaper than any other energy source. In addition, it can meet the needs of the people while lessening our dependence on foreign energy while providing enormous health benefits due to cleaner air. We’re naive to think that we’re going to stop this line Please See LETTER, A7
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To the Editor: Shortly we will have the opportunity to articulate our position regarding the proposed Constitution Pipeline. Those who oppose the pipeline will try to equate this pipeline with the implementation of hydraulic fracturing and the claim it will have a negative impact on property values. In many cases, this is a misrepresentation of facts in order to mask the true intentions of those who hold this position. The simple fact is that we already have two natural gas pipelines in our area. They have been here for over 50 years and property values have appreciated during that time and the demand for natural gas has outstripped the capacity of these lines. Hydraulic fracturing will
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they are still deficits and it is clear that no matter how much we work at it, they will keep reoccurring. The Common Council has studied, and continues to study, a number of unpalatable options to further reduce costs and significantly increase revenues. A merger with the Town of
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• hen great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. ...When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. “When Great Trees Fall’ Maya Angelou • od writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars. Martin Luther • f a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. Henry David Thoreau • thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings • he best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. Chinese Proverb • think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. “Song of the Open Road” Ogden Nash
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• y feet tug at the floor And my head sways to my shoulder Sometimes when I watch trees sway, From the window or the door. I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some day when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on I shall have less to say, But I shall be gone. “The Sound of Trees” Robert Frost • nd this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. William Shakespeare • liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. “Winter Trees” William Carlos Williams • t is not as ornaments that I value the noble trees of this country; it is for their usefulness. We are stripping the forests, as if a single year would replace what we destroy. Judge Marmaduke Temple In Cooper’s “Pioneers” •
of Public Service support. They control more than half of the land in the city and are off the tax rolls. The city can hope for voluntary payment in recognition of the costs that they generate, but those institutions will have to recognize that is in their self-interest for City services not to wither further. A city-wide personal income tax to replace property taxes all or in part, or a commuter tax on those who live outside the city but work here and thus are dependent upon our police, fire and Public Service support, are other options. Either would require support from the New York State Legislature, but we have a strong case to make. A final option, which would also require New York State legislative approval, would be dissolution of the City. By the time we got to such a point, conditions would be so bad that the net result of that approach to bringing the city and town together would be bloody and painful. In time, our new economic-development initiatives will provide indirect relief but, in the months ahead, options identified above are going to require broad discussion and informed public debate. I expect some individuals to take unyielding, emotional positions. However, but some option from the above list will have to be chosen if the community we so love has a chance to survive as we know it. By facing the facts, we have a chance to come to a solution. By ignoring them or asserting that those facts do not exist, we do a great disservice to ourselves, and to future residents of Oneonta.
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f you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. Hal Borland • hen but an idle boy, I sought its grateful shade In all their gushing joy Here, too, my sisters played. My mother kissed me here; My father pressed my hand – Forgive this foolish tear But let that old oak stand. “Woodman, Spare That Tree!” George Pope Morris • rees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabindranath Tagor
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, Courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Taylor & Graves have again commenced business in the white building south of the Bookstore of H. & E. Phinney, where they hope their friends and the public generally will please to call, in order that they may be enabled to forget the loss which they have so recently sustained by fire. They are constantly receiving the newest fashions from Albany and New York, and trust they shall be able to cut and make clothes to the satisfaction of their employers. Cooperstown, March 24, 1814. March 26, 1814
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Plans are rapidly shaping up for the tenth annual demonstration in Physical Education. “There’s No Base like Home,” portraying the history of baseball and its invention by Abner Doubleday in 1839 in Cooperstown. The pageant will be presented at the high school gymnasium on Friday and Saturday nights of this week under the direction of Lester G. Bursey, physical education director at the school. In the past few years more than 2,500 spectators have attended the annual event. March 29, 1939
Mr. Linn Babcock is spending a few days in this village. Anyone wishing to purchase pianos, or to make inquiries with a view of purchasing, will find Mr. B. by calling at C.R. Burch’s Jewelry Store. Mr. Babcock has become well and favorably known to our citizens; and all who think of getting pianos or other instruments for which he is Agent, will find their interests promoted by giving him their patronage. He remains in town until Saturday. While in the Bank of Cooperstown the other morning, one of the firm of Cockett and Murdock, as part of a deposit, tendered several dollars in silver, which, it was supposed, had long since left this part of the country. A transaction so unusual naturally attracted the attention of those present. The “bullion” was passed around as a curiosity – “good for sore eyes” – and finally voted as a marked sign of an early return to peace. So may it prove. March 25, 1864
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John A. Sill was named president of the Cooperstown Rotary Club at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors, held at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown on March 19. Other elected officers included William H. Parsons, vice-president; George G. Tillapaugh, secretary; Melvin C. Bundy, treasurer, and Robert J. Smith, sergeant-at-arms. At the annual meeting of the club, held on March 10, Theodore Peters, Jr., Stewart A. Wheeler and Edgar Badgley were elected to the Board of Directors. March 25, 1964
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Sulphur Water – To Mr. S.M. Shaw: I was quite favorably impressed with the suggestion recently made in the Journal that an effort be made here to obtain Sulphur water by boring for it. If successful, it would be of much benefit to our beautiful village. Even if the effort failed, it would have the good effect to divert the attention of our villagers into a new and healthful channel. Whatever makes for peace and concord and good fellowship, which all should seek to promote, will also make for the material prosperity of Cooperstown. March 29, 1889
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The National Association of Basketball Coaches recently March 26, 2004 named Michael Nelson of Cooperstown to the third team of the NABC All-America Division III Basketball Squad. Nelson played varsity basketball for four years at Cooperstown High School. CCS Coach Dick White said he believes “Government without the consent of the governed is Nelson is the first player from this area to be designated an unjust and as women are obliged to obey the laws and the All-American. Nelson was the top rebounder in Division III government they should have a voice in making the laws,” last year, playing for the Hamilton College Continentals. said Dr. Helen Brewster Owens of Ithaca, addressing a March 29, 1989
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suffrage meeting at the Village Hall last Wednesday under the auspices of the Cooperstown Equal Suffrage Club. The American woman, simply because of her sex is denied the right, she noted. At the close of the lecture titled “Self Government” Dr. Owens asked if any of those present were opposed to equal suffrage and the “antis” dared not make themselves known. When the question was put whether or not any were in favor of it, a shower of hands arose including ex-village officials, carried away by their feelings. March 25, 1914
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Joe Torre Visits Hall For Pre-Induction Orientation TORRE/From A1 Under his leadership in 1996-2007, the Yankees won six AL pennants as well as those World Series. “I had good players,” he said. “They never got tired of winning.” Growing up in Brooklyn, Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame seemed like a million miles away. “We knew where the Hall of
Fame was, but it wasn’t like we were ever going to go there,” he said. He’d been through a couple of times for managers’ meetings, but this walkthrough was different. “I held Babe Ruth’s bat in my hands,” he said. “And I looked over and saw the table where my jacket, my hat was going to be.” Torre played for the
Mets, Braves and Reds. His brother Frank played first base for the Milwaukee Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. “I didn’t think two players in the same family was possible,” he said. “But the only thing I ever wanted to do was play baseball.” He played for the Braves in 1960-68, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1969-74 and the Mets in 1975-77, and
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Edge of Cooperstown Location — This affordable 1880s home offers some 1448+/- square feet of living space which includes LR, formal DR with a pretty bay window, den with corner built-in, powder room. New hardwood floors in LR, DR and den. Bright, sunny eat-in kitchen with plenty of cabinets and counter space. Room for a kitchen table plus additional seating at the island. Upstairs are 3 BRs and full bath. Many replacement windows. French doors lead to deck, deep backyard and hot tub! Sweet Victorian trim and gingerbread add to the exterior. Shed for storage. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $149,000
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Retired couple seeking 2-bedroom furnished rental in Village of Cooperstown for months of May, June and July. Local, native, non-Dreams Park family: Local reference available. Call Sara, 1-800-477-7539 3ClassApr.11
Three BR, 2 bath ranch near Hartwick, LR w/FP, woodstove, laundry. Long term lease available 5/1/14. $1300. per month plus utilities. No pets, smoking. Ashley-Connor Realty 547-4045. TFN
PIANO FOR SALE For Sale: KORG electric concert piano. Excellent condition. Paid $2,500 -- will seel for $900. Call (607) 432-1403. 3ClassApr.4
SERVICES OFFERED Home-cooked meals, small catering, appointment transportation, light housekeeping, prescription p/u, animal services, other misc services to ensure in-house comfort. Ref. available. Oneonta-Unadilla. 607-3693955. 3ClassMarch28
HELP WANTED Now hiring front desk and housekeeping staff, willing to train motivated individuals. Apply within Mon..-Sat. at Country Inn & Suites, 4470 State Hwy. 28, Hartwick Seminary. 3ClassMarch28 Chambermaid at established Cooperstown BED & BREAKFAST, 88 Chestnut Street. Call Linda Smirk at (607) 547-2245. Position available from April 1st through November, 2014. Hours/days to be decided. 3ClassMarch28
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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT Oneonta Office Spaces For Lease! Great central location close to downtown with great parking. Spaces range in size so call for details. Ask about getting 2 months FREE rent!! Contact Benson Agency Real Estate and Ask for Becky Thomas. 607-4324391, X-202. TFN
3 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, off street parking, Coop School Dist. Includes snow, lawn care. $700/ mo. plus utilities. 1 month security. Robert Lee Benson Agency Real Estate, 607 434-5177. Avail. Immediately. TFN 3 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, excellent condition, garage, Cooperstown Village, available immediately, no pets, no smoking. $1200, one month security. Robert Lee, Benson Agency Real Estate, 607 434 5177 TFN 4 bedroom, 2 bath, laundry, excellent condition, garage, no smoking, pets ok with deposit. $1200, one month security. 10 minutes to Cooperstown. Robert Lee, Benson Agency Real Estate, 607 434 5177 TFN
APARTMENTS FOR RENT 3 bedroom year-round apartment in Oaksville/Fly Creek. First Floor. Completely renovated. Washer and Dryer. Parking. All Utilities included! $1,325/month. Call (607) 547-8500. 3ClassApril11 Cooperstown One-Bedroom Apartments for rent. Tenants wanted for large apt., 1 bedroom. Kitchen, full bath, offstreet parking. $575.00 plus utilities; smaller apt. $525.00. No smoking; pets can be discussed. Info, (845) 674-0438. 3ClassApr4 2-4 Maple St. Oneonta No Pets/smoking. Private off st. parking. Includes garbage removal. No utilities. 1 bedroom downstairs $650/mo. 2 bedroom upstairs $750/mo. 607-431-1001. Ask for Patricia. 1ClassFeb28 Apartment for Rent, City of Oneonta. Walk to town! 2 BR, LR, DR. Full eat-in kitchen, full bath. $700, heat included, tenant pays electric. Immediate occupancy. Call (631) 353-1324, (631) 265-1922. 3ClassMar14
Office space available at beautiful historic Railroad Avenue in Cooperstown. Off-street parking available! Call Tim at 607-4359859. 3ClassFeb28
MLS#89813 Middlefield $275,000 Plenty of room for whole family w/4 BRs, 2 baths, and bright sunny kitchen w/access to large deck, perfect for entertaining. The DR w/gleaming hardwood floor has brick fireplace w/wood-burning stove for chilly nights. Bright and airy, home rests nicely on 17 acres of park-like countryside w/perennial gardens and pond. The detached newer garage has plenty of room for workshop and storage. Additional 2.82 acres separate deeded parcel available for sale if included w/home sale brings asking price to $285,000. Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405 Mike Winslow, Broker 607-435-0183
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Pristine Center Hall Colonial—This one-owner, 2005 home on Beaver Meadow Road, offers 3,800+/- sq ft of living space as well as 3.05 acres w/fenced backyard and perennial gardens. Main floor offers an entry hall w/double closets, Paladian windows, open staircase. LR w/ French doors opens to kitchen/keeping room and formal DR. Nicely done kitchen has cherry cabinets, Corian counters. Attached keeping room offers fireplace and doors to back deck. Mudroom hallway offers closets and full bath leading to attached 2-car garage. Upstairs are 4 BRs including master suite, hallway bath and laundry area. Full basement offers BR, bath, large family room w/kitchenette, and systems room. Carpeting on lower level, hardwood and tile on first and second floors. Nice detail throughout including crown moldings, pretty walkway to the front door, excellent parking. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $575,000
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Trees Pave Way For Improvements TREES/From A1 village’s consultant. On site Monday morning, Charles Durse, a principal in the company, said Central has just completed a similar project in Utica. The bulk of the project is being paid for by two grants, $600,000 from the state Environmental Facilities Corp., the rest from the Federal Highway Administration. Even will an $100,000 “member item” from Assemblyman Bill Magee, D-Nelson, the village share will still be $400,000, she said. As outlined by Falk, the project includes: • Permeable pavers, i.e., bricks, that will allow rainwater and runoff to be absorbed into the earth and filtered before it enters Otsego Lake or the Susquehanna. The village is paying for concrete around the pavers. • Rain gardens, openings “pretty much where the trees” – 17 on the north side, 20 on the south – “are now” that will be filled with plants that thrive in a wet environment. The replacement trees – London plane hybrids, ginkgos, Chinese elms, hawthornes and/or honey locusts – also thrive in the damp. • Signage, bike racks and new street
furniture will be installed. • Removal of the historical lamp posts so they can be refurbished and outfitted with energy efficient and bright LED lights. They should be reinstalled by fall. The trees being planted, also by fall, will have a 3.5-4 inch “caliper” – the diameter – bigger than the normal 2.5-inch caliper of trees the village plants, Falk said. “It’s a baby tree, but they are significant baby trees,” she continued, and “by next summer they will look like trees,” 14-15 feet tall. (A ginkgo can grow to 66 feet and double that.) Because of all the grant money, the project has been extended in a “second phase” to include Pioneer Street, from Tillapaugh Funeral Home to Templeton Hall, Falk said. The first phase runs from the Cooperstown Diner to Hoffman Lane on the north side, and the traffic light to Fair Street on the southside. That phase may also include reconfiguring the Chestnut-Main intersection, Falk said. In the past, it’s been suggested that shoppers are reluctant to cross to the shops on upper Main because the crosswalk is so wide.
Attend Public Hearing, Urge Pipeline Approval LETTER/From A4 so let’s focus on how to make it benefit this region. The benefits are many. We need only look outside and see the effects of this harsh winter. The cost of natural gas is less than oil or electric to heat one’s home. It’s used to heat schools, hospitals and government offices and it’s critical to encouraging economic development. However, one of the most important benefits is that the use of natural gas can be the bridge to a cleaner environment. For this to happen we need more supply, and the pipeline will make this pos-
LETTERS sible if we can get “taps,” such as the one being proposed for the Sidney area. Every community should be advocating for a “tap” from which that community can access the natural gas that is being transported through the pipeline. If we intend to reduce our carbon footprint in the future, we need to reduce the use of gas and diesel in our vehicles. This can be done by using CNG (Compress natural gas) to fuel our vehicles. This technology is currently being used in California and Pennsylvania
and is developing quickly. For us to be able to take advantage of this cleaner fuel we will need to have natural gas, which the pipeline will provide. At 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 1, in the Oneonta Senior High School Auditorium, there is a public hearing open to everyone. If you support a cleaner environment and the positive impact the Constitution Pipeline will have please attend this meeting. Your positive support is critical to the future of our community. ROBERT HARLEM JR. Oneonta
Thanks, Bassett, For Being There In Time Of Need To the Editor: I was transported by the New Berlin village ambulance to the ER Bassett facility for a very serious illness, and was later transferred to Room 317 at the hospital. My complete care by the doctors, nurses, aides and maintenance personnel was, in my
opinion, (for a 78-year-old male) extraordinary, caring and meeting all of my medical needs. My wife and I are blessed to have such a medical team and hospital in our area. WILLIAM J. PHELPS New Berlin
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3 BR, 2 bath, country house w/farm charm.Wood-burning fireplace w/insert. Full garage, big yard, outbuilding/ barn formerly woodworking shop w/great spaces. Virtual Tour: www.AdamKarns.com MLS#92256 $295,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) Renovated 3 BR, 2 bath farmhouse on 26 acres w/2 barns, 12 stalls w/water and electric, electric and wood fences for the horses, and plenty of open land.
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MLS#92041 $354,999 Donna A. Anderson 607-267-3232 (cell) 69 acres w/farmhouse, and smaller cottage. Being sold at way below assessed value! Cottage has a great Dreams Park rental history. Great post-and-beam barn. Virtual Tour: www.DonnaCNYRealtor.com
MLS#93104 $409,000 george (ROD) Sluyter 315-520-6512 (cell) $3,600 weekly income from this waterfront property! 75’on lake, sunset views, year-round house plus 2 cabins, game room. Outrageous buy! Virtual Tour: www.canadaragohomes.com
MLS#93199 $995,000 Kristi J. Ough 607-434-3026 (cell) Words cannot explain the beauty of this magnificent Otsego Lake home. Stunning views of Otsego Lake are only a start to what this property has to offer. Virtual Tour: www.cooperstownhome.net
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This Cape Cod is set on just under 4 acres w/pond, perennial gardens and an acre of woods. Plenty of space for outdoor activities no matter what the season; plenty of room for pets and children; plenty of room for a garden. 3 floors of living space with 5 BRs and 3½ baths. First floor LR has a woodstove and built-in bookcases. Adjoining DR has sliders to the private rear deck. The eat-in kitchen has oak cabinets. Five BRs: 2 on the first level and 3 on the second. Master bath was recently remodeled. Lower level has new laundry room, TV room/den, BR/storage room, walk-out to backyard. Solar panels on the roof greatly reduce the electric bill. New septic and leach field in 2010; new seamless gutters in 2011. 2-car garage, and additional garage space in 2-story barn. If you are searching for a family home ready for immediate occupancy, we may have found it. Call to make an appointment… you will be glad you did! As seasons change so do your real estate needs. When we can be of service, please don’t hesitate to give us a call.
MLS#91135 $149,900 george (ROD) Sluyter 315-520-6512 (cell)
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MLS#92677 $75,000 Michelle A. Curran 518-469-5603 (cell) Yes you can afford this 3 BR home on 1+ acres. This great year-round or vacation home is convenient to Cooperstown.
MLS#93237 $105,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell)
Solid 3 BR ranch on almost 10 acres w/oversized garage. New roof and paint. Close to employment opportunities like Chobani and New York Central Mutual. Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/708541
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Lake views on almost 8 acres, quality-built 3 BR, 2 bath home, 2-stall garage, pole barn, dry basement, fenced yard, privacy, and and and! Virtual Tour: www.rodshousetour3.com
MLS#92555 $124,900 Donna A. Anderson 607-267-3232 (cell) Custom-designed kitchen! Wow comes to mind when you walk into this ranch-style home. 3BRs, 2 full baths and 8+ acres. Virtual Tour: www.cnygreatrealtor.com
MLS#93200 $269,000 James Vrooman 603-247-0506 (cell) 3 BRs, 2 baths, large LR w/wood fireplace, DR w/sliding doors to deck, lots of closet space, full basement, 2-car garage, corner level lot. Cooperstown School System.
MLS#84923 $250,000 Michelle Curran 518-469-5603 (cell) Opportunity to save on a contractor-renovated 3 bedroom country home on 3 acres. MLS#90235 $129,000 Carol A. Olsen 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#91269 $279,000 Michelle Curran 518-469-5603 (cell) You’ll never find the privacy, convenience and value in a property as in this 3 BR home on 21 acres w/large barn.
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(7395) Exceptional 5 BR, 3+ bath countryside home features a spacious layout w/family room, den, large LR, 2 fireplaces, kitchen w/granite countertop, breakfast nook, formal DR, center entry, oak floors, deck, barn. 4 miles from Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$359,000