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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, June 14, 2012

Newsstand Price $1 Artist Nate Katz with his dad, Jeff, at “A Tribute To Strip Malls” opening reception in New York City.

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ate Katz of Cooperstown has achieved that which is just a dream for most artists – a solo opening in Manhattan’s SoHo district.

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Kara Curpier of Fly Creek, atop Isabella, waits to compete at the 17th annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 10, at Iroquois Farm. (More photos, A3)

Katz’s exhibition, “A Tribute to Strip Malls” opened to the public Thursday, June 7, at the Leonard Tourne Gallery on Broome Street. Within minutes, Katz has already made his first sale. The 21-year-old artist and recent Please See ARTIST, A8

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GLIMMERGLASS FESTIVAL 2012

Justice Ginsburg Anchors ‘Season Of Social Change’ By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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f you see five dozen canoes floating past Council Rock Thursday morning, June 14, it will likely be the first leg – Cooperstown to Sidney – of the 444-mile annual Susquehanna Sojourn. Hosted by the Headwaters River Trail Partnership, the local leg begins at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Glimmerglass State Park, and ends at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Keith Clarke Park, Sidney. TEACHER ALERT: The Cooperstown Art Association is soliciting entries for “The Art of Otsego County Art Teachers, Past and Present,” to open Friday, Sept. 28. For details, call 5479777 or email dougjhallbert@gmail.com or kullrathbun@hotmail.com. EARLY-BIRD ALERT: An early-bird special, 8-10 a.m. Saturday, June 23, will open The Friends of the Village Library’s annual book sale on the lawn of the library at 22 Main. The early-bird fee is $10. The sale will run 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through July 8.

Weaver John Oakley mans a loom at Thistle Hill Weavers in rural Cherry Valley. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

Textile Conference Highlights Rabbit Goody’s Achievements Cherry Valley Entrepreneur Is Weaver To Hollywood’s Stars By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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f you’ve seen any of the Oscar nominees or summer blockbusters in the past five years, chances are you’ve seen Rabbit Goody’s work. Goody and the team at Thistle Hill Weavers, her weaving mill in the Town

of Cherry Valley, near the Sharon line, made the striped linen for the vintage cowboy shirts worn by Josh Brolin in “No Country For Old Men,” the wool for Daniel Day Lewis’ suits in “There Will Be Blood,” the blankets for the Mohawk Indians in the HBO series “John Adams” and loin cloths for 60 Peruvian war- Goody and Jon Maney, Hyde Hall riors in “Indiana Jones and executive director, confer before Please See CLOTH, A7 the conference.

limmerglass Festival Director Francesca Zambello is calling 2012 “The Season of Social Change and Justice,” and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg provides Justice the exclamation mark. Ginsburg The justice, an opera buff who attended Glimmerglass last summer and, while here, toured Hyde Hall, the National Historic Landmark on the other side of Otsego Lake, will be back at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 11, where she will discuss “Trials In Opera” with Zambello. “She excited to be here,” said Zambello. “She loves coming to Cooperstown.” The Ginsburg program is part of a theme the carries through this summer’s offerings: Please See OPERA, A9

Angel Network Run To Help Needy Kids By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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t started with a cupcake. Alyssa McGoldrick recalled a story a friend told her about a local kindergartner who started crying because her parents couldn’t afford to bake cupcakes for her birthday. The friend went home and baked a batch of cupcakes to give out to the class on the girl’s behalf. “Kids need cupcakes on their birthday,” Please See ANGELS, A3

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artin and Gretchen Sorin of Springfield Center announce the engagement of their daughter, Meredith Anne, to Robert Theodore Horsford, son of Karen Horsford and Rocky Horsford, both of New York City. Meredith is a 1998 graduate of Cooperstown Central School and has a B.A. in geography from SUNY Geneseo. She also holds an M.A. in geography from the University of Delaware and an executive certificate in grantmaking and foundations from New York University. She is currently deputy director of the Historic House Trust of New York City. The groom-to-be is a graduate of the Westminster School in Simsbury, Conn., and holds a bachelor’s in civil engineering and business economics from Brown University. He is president of Apex Building Cooperstown’s Sam Goodyear, aka John Adams, enjoys the Loyalty Day Pa- Co., a real-estate, development and construction company in New York City. rade in Long Beach, Wash., on May 6, from the back of a horse-drawn carriage. Goodyear was guest of honor at the event, which is promoted as the The couple plans a September wedding. oldest such event in the country. (In this edition, Sam resumes Art Beat, his weekly column in The Freeman’s Journal. See Page A7.)

FRANK ROLLINS PHOTOS DISPLAYED Photographer (and retired CCS teacher) Frank Rollins confers with Mike Stein, Friends of Bassett executive director, at “Impact of the Image,” a selection of Rollins photographs on display earlier this month at the Thanksgiving Home.

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Learn About Growing Community COOPERSTOWN rganizers of Growing Community have invited the public to learn how to build community through growing food locally, sharing knowledge and eating healthily at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27, at Carefree Gardens’ Origins Café, 558 Beaver Meadow Road. Homegrown goodies will be provided and light refreshments will be available at the Café. Growing Community was inspired by Roger Doiron’s Kitchen Garden Interna-

tional movement and the Incredible Edible Village of Todmorden, England. The local steering committee includes Rebecca Weil, Sarah White, Emily Riesenfeld, Kristen Griger, Kristen Leonard and Ellen Pope. One initial effort is evident along Main Street, where several residents and merchants are growing edibles in window boxes and planters. Harvest Share boxes, handcrafted by Hanford Mills Museum and bearing the Growing Community logo, will be available for purchase.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2012

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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is taking it from all sides all of sudden. From the Tea Party: Jim Blake, who may force a Republican primary for the first time since Seward was elected in 1986, was acclaimed at the Tea Party annual gathering at River Valley New Holland in April. From Sustainable Otsego: Adrian Kuzminski, the SO able moderator, said the organization is intrigued by yet another Democratic candidate from Tompkins County, who probably never heard of Fly Creek or Roseboom or East Worcester. And then that letter to the editor in another publication the other day, well, enough. All this animus is misplaced. Politically, James L. Seward is the best thing Otsego County has going for it. • Every other elected official above the county level is from somewhere other than here. At least Richard Hanna, the incumbent congressman now living in Barneveld, north of Utica, had lived on the shores of Otsego Lake for a few years, but he’s been redistricted out of the county altogether. The three

By party registration and inclination, Seward is a conservative. He has viewed the economic downturn since 2008 as an opportunity to pare state government. While that’s contrary to the view of this publication – please, let’s delay further pain until an economic rebound – that’s certainly in synch with Chuck Pinkey and the rest of the Tea Partiers. More generally, fracking politics has skewed self-inJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal terest, and this is taking us He’s everywhere. Here, state Sen. Jim Seward, in several wrong directions. R-Milford, pauses to look at a wall of class phoLocal Republicans have tos at the grand opening of the Worcester Central developed a laughable School addition in mid-May. party line: Fracking will be decided at the state level, so candidates running to repre- ments of eight other counwe should trust the DEC. sent the county in the new ties. Seward’s residence 19th are from elsewhere (Milford), and his natal city This is the pro-business GOP, saying let’s trust the – the Republican, Chris (Oneonta), and Cooperstate Department of EnviGibson, is from Kinderstown are the geographic ronmental Conservation. hook; Democrat Joel Tyner center. No kidding. The electorate is from Dutchess County, If anything, our county didn’t buy it, and last Noand Tyner’s Democratic committees, with the supprimary foe, Julian Schreib- port of the rest of us, should vember Republican districts elected two anti-fracking man, is from Ulster. be focused on developing Democrats, John Kosmer, The county has been split homegrown candidates for Fly Creek, in the 8th, and into four Assembly districts, Congress and the state AsBeth Rosenthal, Roseboom, and no one from Otsego sembly, and give Seward a in the 9th. The local GOP County is running for any of break. (Richie Abbate, the – and Seward – should drop those seats. Cooperstown Democratic that charade. Seward, in part because chairman, is expert in this, Anti-fracking Sustainable of his seniority and his and has recently been elOtsego can rightly claim clout, has been able to creevated to the county Demosome credit for Kosmer and ate an Otsego-centric state crats’ executive committee Rosenthal’s election, as well Senatorial District, the 51st – good news all around.) as the dozen anti-frackers . It’s all Otsego, plus frag• elected to local offices. But

by yet again supporting some Democrat from elsewhere who has little knowledge of this neighborhood, SO’s own charade – that it is non-partisan – will likewise ring hollow. • Seward’s natural conservatism means he is comfortable temperamentally with the Home Rule doctrine, the basis for anti-fracking measures in the towns of Middlefield, Cherry Valley, Springfield, Otsego and Butternuts. Seward has introduced legislation in Albany that he says is designed to affirm Home Rule and protect towns like Middlefield from the cost of defending their bans in court against the well-financed natural-gas industry. Maybe that was the original intent but, months later, Seward’s bill is tied up in committee; since he’s in a position to help control the flow of legislation in the state Senate, this means he doesn’t want it to move. His spokesman, Jeff Bishop, said the first round of court decisions affirming bans means Home Rule is the law of the land, but that ignores the original intent of the bill – to protect towns’ coffers. Meanwhile, the Oneonta-based Citizen Voices pro-business group, which

should be Seward’s natural ally, has hammered the Home Rule bill, and claimed credit that it seems to be bottled up. This is also wrongheaded. Because this is still a non-negotiable for everyone: If fracking can’t be done safely, it shouldn’t be done at all, period, Home Rule bill or not. • This is not a premature endorsement of Seward. The campaign is ahead, and arguments against him are yet to be marshaled. That said, our veteran senator is smart – of course, he’s a Hartwick College grad – experienced, hard working, flexible, attentive to his constituents and accessible to all. Lately, his Economic Development Summit and the resulting initiatives are commendable, potential game changers. Absent some unforeseeable scandal, it’s hard to imagine that when November comes around any serious argument will surface that he should be replaced. Regardless, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, deserves the respect and appreciation earned by a quarter-century of looking out for his home county’s best interests. Let’s give him that.

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Parking Rate Hike Shocks Downtown Worker To the Editor: For the past several years (as long as Cooperstown has had summertime parking meters in the Doubleday field lot) residents of the village and beyond have been able to purchase a seasonal permit for their vehicle. The permit was only valid in the spaces that are adjacent to the Doubleday lot and behind the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce building. The fee was $10 and then raised to $20 last year. The village did not limit

the number of permits sold and you therefore were not guaranteed a spot. A fair system for those of us that work downtown. Imagine my shock when I picked up this year’s application: $50 for residents, $100 for non-residents. The same rules apply, no guaranteed spot. Recent Village Board meeting agendas mentioned the need to raise this fee, but I do not remember seeing these new, significantly higher fees specifically mentioned. I suspect the

meetings related to this would have been much better attended if that information was made available. I did let the clerk in the Village Office know that I would be contacting Mayor Katz to express my displeasure at this unbelievable increase. By coincidence, the Village of Cooperstown website is “down for maintenance” making it very difficult for anyone to e-mail Mayor Katz and the trustees. NATE OWENS Mount Vision

Reaction To CCS Football Hazing Case Continues To Perplex To the Editor: I’ve been perplexed by the hazing case. Throughout, the stance of our district attorney has been dismissive, shrugging it off with a “we’ve got bigger fish to fry.” Well, to me, the par-

ticular case in question has sounded an awful lot like sexual assault – albeit of a rather unusual sort – and that’s no minnow. Evidently, as long as such actions fall under the banner of “hazing,” just •F

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about anything goes, even up to and including robbing someone’s life. ( I know of a hazing in which a college freshman, eager to join a certain fraternity, was forced to down an entire fifth of scotch, and this landed him in the morgue). It may very well be that those responsible for this assault had themselves been subjected to similar treatment. If so, why hasn’t any of them found the courage to cry foul, instead of cravenly perpetuating this nasty

and harmful practice? Especially troubling is, since the blame for such collective rogueries is shared among sundry persons, no one individual feels particularly culpable. Group conscience is no conscience. If hazing can’t actually be outlawed, might it at least be regulated in some way, so that there are clear margins as to what’s fair and what’s foul – and therefore subject to prosecution? MARY M. WEINBERGER Cooperstown

Be Sure To Buy Right Truck To the Editor: At its meeting on April 11, 2012, the Otsego Town Board approved funding of a 2013 International sixwheeled, 4x4 plow truck costing $199,741.45 with murky specification requirements and bidding procedures. A simple review of town board minutes of the last 10 years will show multiple discussions regarding the need and functionality of this limited, single-use vehicle. Rising fuel and labor costs would warrant the purchase of another multi-use 10-wheeler but not a 4X4,

with greater payload capacity providing much needed fuel and labor efficiency. The prior town board got rid of three 4x4 trucks as there was no need to have them sitting in the town barn and not being used. At this meeting I explained that we have not had hard winters like we had in the past. I was told by a councilperson at this meeting that she would do whatever the highway superintendent wanted. I am not sure where the town board was this winter. SHEILA ROSS Fly Creek

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’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” I expect that you have heard this recent statement from one of our leading Presidential candidates. Yes, we do have a safety net there – and, to date, we have been reasonably successful in maintaining it. In Otsego County alone last year, 1,574 families were protected from the cold through HEAP benefits; 737 children maintained adequate nutrition through WIC; over 200 families, otherwise homeless, were provided with a roof over their heads by Opportunities for Otsego; 484 poor families and their young children were provided with free education and mentoring through Head Start; and Food Stamps, combined with faith-based efforts, worked to alleviate hunger for thousands. Statistically, a family of four which earns less than $23,050 is considered to be living in poverty. In Otsego County, 16 percent of our population meet that criteria. In a recent column, Patrick Buchanan triumphantly declared that “America’s poor enjoy amenities almost no one had in the 1950s” – citing that most poor Americans today own a refrigerator, a stove, a TV and a DVD player. Material amenities were, perhaps, a valid indicator of well-being in the 1950s. Not so today, when the poor may have access to cheap electronics – but are no longer able to have access to opportunities. Can a country where 93 percent of all income increases last year went to the

top 1 percent of the population still be called the Land of Opportunity? Material possessions, often made in China, have become easier to afford; while the cost of opportunities are slipping out of the reach of many Americans. The inability to afford college tuitions, decreased availability of financial aid, unaffordable transportation, and spiraling health costs hinder many of today’s families from accessing opportunities. Children forced to move multiple times each year, as their parents strive to stay ahead of eviction, are unlikely to succeed in school. Right here in Otsego County, the school district with the highest percentage of children living in poverty had a 2010 graduation rate of 63 percent, while the district with the lowest percentage of poor families had a graduation rate of 84 percent. More than ever, Opportunities for Otsego is challenged to live up to its name. Instead of handouts, we concentrate on identifying opportunities and preparing families to be able to take advantage of opportunities when they do arise. We measure our success by how many lives we have helped to change – not by how many people we have served. With diminishing public resources, our staff is challenged to be more creative and entrepreneurial – all with a laser-like focus on the first word in our name – opportunities! Gary Herzig is COO of Opportunities for Otsego.

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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

175 YEARS AGO

In 1837, there are in the State of New York 798 towns and 9 cities. There are at present 124 incorporated villages. There are 1,746 post offices. The amount of tolls collected on all the New York canals in 1836 was $1,614,336.43. The number of boats registered in the Comptroller’s Office as navigating the canals in 1836, 3,167. There are 11 railroads now in operation in the state running over rails a distance of 223 miles. There are 11 banks for savings in the state of New York. The capital of the Marine Insurance Companies in the city of New York is $5,650,000; of Fire Insurance Companies, $6,600,000. The number of arrivals in the Port of New York from foreign countries in 1836 was 2,293. There have arrived at the Port of New York 266,493 passengers from foreign countries during the last six years. The population of the City of New York in 1835 was 270,089. There were in the Auburn State Prison in December 1936, 652 convicts; in the Sing Sing Prison in September, 1836, 726 convicts. June 19, 1837

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Local – Do not forget the Lecture – On Wednesday evening of next week, June 18, a Lecture will be delivered by the Rev. S.W. Bush, in the Presbyterian Church, on the Passions – Fear, Hope, Love, &c, with illustrations from the Poets – tickets 25 cents, to be had at Ruggles’ Bookstore, G.M. Grant’s, C.R. Burch’s, at the Worthington Bank and at the door. Lecture to commence at 8 o’clock precisely. Cooperstown has not been so thoroughly alive all over in twenty years, as it is at this time, and we shall soon have one of the handsomest villages in the Union. Nearly one hundred thousand dollars will be spent in putting up new buildings on the burnt district, this year and next. June 13, 1862

125 YEARS AGO

A Great Evil – Is it not a painful fact, patent to observing people in this village, that of late there has been an increasing tendency here toward harmful mischief and lawlessness, especially among a class of young boys? And may it not be correctly attributed, in at least a great measure, to the vile reading that is probably placed in the hands of many of them? I am led to ask these questions because of what I have heard and observed of late, and because of the law that effect must follow cause. If newspapers of the very worst class are publicly sold in our streets, even on the holy Sab-

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children, a vacation by herself once in a while, and wants to cook well according to a survey set forth by Gretta Palmer in the June edition of Good Housekeeping, compiled from the answers to hundreds of questionnaires sent to prospective brides in every part of this country, ranging from 17 to 40 years of age. “Some girls in smaller cities and towns think that $1,200 a year is enough for a courageous couple to embark on,” Mrs. Palmer says. “Girls from larger cities place the figure a little higher.” According to the survey, less than a tenth of the brides plan to keep jobs outside the home from choice. June 16, 1937

50 YEARS AGO

The American Telephone & Telegraph Company will play host Sunday afternoon and evening at an open house to be staged at its Data Communications Training School at the Treadway-Otesaga Hotel. Guided tours of the school’s facilities and demonstrations of equipment have been arranged. A complete line of equipment which the Bell June 13, 1812 System provides and maintains for Data Phone service will be shown. In the business machine room, visitors will bath, they must act as poison, especially in the minds of the see a demonstration of output tape of a computer using Data Speed. A tape system capable of transmitting “mayoung. Yesterday, I accidentally had placed in my hands a chine talk” at the rate of a thousand words a minute will be copy of a newspaper of the kind to which I allude – and a shown. single glance at its contents revealed its vile character, and June 13, 1962 consigned it to the flames. I did not know that anything so demoralizing could be sold here, and was shocked at the revelation. June 17, 1887 The Freeman’s Journal will move from its office in Doubleday Court next week to a new location off Pioneer Street. The Journal’s new address will be One Otsego Hazel Champlin, a young lady employed in the business Court. The move will take place next Wednesday accordoffice of the telephone company, got her feet wet way up to ing to Richard Johnson, editor of the paper. The move was her neck Sunday afternoon. She was in a boat with another announced after Johnson and a representative of Richmond young lady rowing on the river, and in attempting to step Hulse, former owner of One Otsego Court, concluded from the boat to the stone wall at Fernleigh, she alighted on purchase negotiations and transfer of the building. Hulse the water instead of the wall. The river is deep at that point, resides in New York City. but she hung onto the wall until rescued by Verne Hollis, June 16, 1982 who was taking his afternoon stroll, and emerged from a vine embowered retreat nearby. The young lady came out of the ordeal unruffled and seemed none the worse for the Noise from public address announcers and music emaadventure. nating from Doubleday Field during baseball games has June 19, 1912 drawn criticism from local residents whose homes are located close to the field. New rules for the field promulgated by the village trustees prohibit use of the public address The June Bride 1937 model is a practical young woman system or playing of music other than the National Anthem who believes that $30 a week as well as love is necessary prior to 12 noon on Sundays. before embarking on marriage. She also wants a home, June 14, 2002

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Billy Compton of the Warriors Baseball Club of Michigan keeps his eye on the ball as he connects for a sacrifice fly to center against the Motown Express of North Carolina.

Evanston Range Cats left fielder John McKee throws the ball to the cut off after fielding a base hot by the Louisville Fire.

Brett Brocoff is met at the plate by his Las Vegas Bulldogs teammates of Nevada after blasting a homerun in his first at bat in the Dreams Park against the Big Easy Sportsplex Gold of Louisiana.

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At first glance, the exhibition could be called modern pop art, but such a label sells Nate’s work short of its purpose: It is authentic, not ironic. “Nate has been kind of homesick,” commented his younger brother Joey, who will be going into his junior year at Cooperstown Central School. “This is his way of connecting with Illinois.”

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MLS#83993 – This lovely custom built ranch on over 2 acres in the Fly Creek valley has 3 bedrms, 2 full baths, spacious grand rm. Vaulted ceilings on the 1st flr. Updated kitchen, 2 french doors to access back lawn, 3 nice sized bedrms, including a master w/full bath & jacuzzi tub. Downstairs a finished basement w/a mother-in law suite option w/laundry area, living rm, kitchen & bedrm area. Nice pond, garden area, kennel area & manicured lawns. $349,900 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026

new LIStInG - MLS#84567 - Contemporary Chalet Style home, MLS#84179 - 4 residential buildings. 3 bay wide x 38’ long work 3 car garage, 2 pole barns, pond & 3 Tax Parcels of almost 50 Acres w/gorgeous views! Built w/superior craftmanship, this 1990 Black Forest Home w/3300 Sqft & 3 flrs of living space is being offered for sale by original owner. Tucked privately in the hillsides of Otsego County, just 12 miles from Cooperstown. Please call for details & private showing! $699,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

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MLS 84023 - PRICE REDUCED! Spacious four-five bedroom, one and a half bath home is ripe with potential. Owners are extremely motivated! Call David for more information - 607-435-4800

shop. Small pond. There is an operating convenience store. A 40 x 130 building. 5 overhead doors & 2 vehicle lifts, repair shop. 2 overhead doors. (1)16x12 (2)20x12. 199 acres +/-. Equipment available. Located on Delaware County Highway 11 Davenport, NY $4,500,000 Call Frank @ (607) 435-1389

new LIStInG - MLS#84612 - Location ! Seclusion! Views!!! Close proximity to Oneonta & Delhi makes this secluded location convienent to schools, hospitals & shopping. Yet secluded within its own 10.8 acres enveloping it into ones own private world. Make this move in condition house your home. $259,900 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#84128 - This bright & older home could be yours! 1 family & could be a 2 family, if you care to invest. br, dr, kitchen, den, 2 full baths & more. Walking distance to colleges, shopping, school. All for $169,500! Call Linda @ (607) 433-1020 to make your appt.

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MLS#82015 - OWNER MOTIVATED COME TAKE A LOOK BRING A REASONABLE OFFER Wonderful A-Frame home that is bigger than you think with a great yard that boasts serenity. This home could easily be a 4 or 5 bedrm. With a master bedroom on the 1st flr tiled kitchen & bath you cannot go wrong. $79,000 Call Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681

MLS#84218 - LOCATION LOCATION. Ranch home with over 1/2 acre of beautiful lawn on a corner on quiet residential street in Richfield Springs. This 6 yr old home with 3 bdr, 2 baths and open kitchen/living room floor plan is in mint condition and ready to move MLS#82038 - Hunter camp on just over 4 acres with small pond, garage to into. $159,900 Call Rod & Barb @ (315) 520-6512 keep 4 wheelers out of the elements, outhouse and hunters cabin. $24,900 call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

MLS#83334 - Ahhh so peaceful here & low maintenance. Come take a look at this 2007 home with 3 bedrms, 3 bathrms & 8.99 acres to enjoy. MLS#83628 - NEW PRICE- Beautiful 3 bed. 2bath home with 2 car This home is still in like new condition and has had some upgrades. garage, Otego- Only $169,000 Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436 $154,000 Call Sharon Teator @ (607) 267-2681

new LIStInG - MLS#84647 - Charming cottage in the beautiful hamlet of Fly Creek. This well maintained home features 2 bedrms & 1 bath w/wood flrs throughout, & open flr plan w/vaulted ceiling in livingrm. A great investment rental property w/a location of 3 miles to Cooperstown, & 10 miles to Dreams Park MLS#81588 - NEW PRICE- A Steal at $149,000 for large home, baseball fields. Is & has been a Dreams Park rental w/great rental with coy pond, garage can hold 8 cars, chestnut floors, South history. Walking distance to Fly Creek Cider mill & General store. New Berlin. Call Carol Olsen @ 607-434-7436 Motivated sellers. $139,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201

new LIStInG- MLS#84565 - Cozy 2 bedrm, 1 bath ranch

home located on over 3 acres in Cooperstown School District. This lovely home offers a country kitchen, roomy living rm w/gas fireplace. A nice sized dining rm leads to a grand sunrm perfect for entertaining. Outside nice wrap around blacktopped driveway, new deck for summer BBQ’s, perennials & garden shed. $198,500 Call Kristi Ough @ (607) 434-3026 MLS#83328 - Location is Everything! 3br, 2 full baths, hrdwd floors, lr, dining, kitchen. Roof 6mos old, deck, enclosed porch. Near both colleges. Make appt. $138,000 Call Linda @ (607) 434-2125

new LIStInG - MLS#84630 - Prime 47.28+/-Acres

w/2800+/-Ft of road frontage surround this 1880’s fabulous farmhouse & original post & beam dairy barn w/40’x27’addition, original smokehouse, 62’x20’ barn w/3 overhead doors & a 2nd flr, could be a studio! Gorgeous views w/open meadows, woods, trails & stream. Home has had complete exterior renovations & you complete interior. Prime country property minutes from Cooperstown. $585,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

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Located near Wilbur Park this 3 bedroom, 2 bath Art Deco home has many great features. Warm oak woodwork and floors throughout, living room fireplace and a gorgeous new kitchen and 1st floor bath. In addition there is a enclosed front porch and open deck on the back of the house, perfect for entertaining and recreation. There is a side carport that leads you to a 2 car/2 story garage. All of this for $189,500. MLS#84573

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Tastfully renovated!! 4 BRs, 2 baths, beautiful fireplace, hardwood floors, built in book shelves, large master bedroom, fenced in yard with garage. $169,900 #84596 Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

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COOPERSTOWN AREA 2 FAMILY HOMES Investment Opportunity Priced to Sell! Both apartments feature 2 bedrooms, eat in kitchens, living rooms and baths.Sunny downstairs apartment has back yard door access to sun deck and large fenced in backyard. Ample parking & walking distance to downtown & Bassett Hospital, with a great rental history. Price Reduced $149,500.00. Located in a terrific location, close to Cooperstown, Baseball Dreams Park and Glimmerglass Opera, this 2 family property is suitable for many situations. Renting out for Dreams Park Rental for 13 week season at $1250/week, a live in and rent out 2nd unit to help pay mortgage, and a 100 % investment which would bring about $1250/month on a year round basis. Listing Price: $149,000 MLS# 84452 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881

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Recently renovated and updated, this 3 bedroom home is ready for immediate occupancy. It is located on a quiet country road, 2 ½ miles from the center of the village. New front deck for sitting and enjoying the sounds of summer! Large side and rear yard. Newly redone full bath; ½ bath on the first floor. Living room, dining room and den on the first floor. New appliances. Buy now and take advantage of low interest rates while they last. Call for an appointment to see this country home.

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(7590) Budget-smart, 2-bedroom Ranch with lovely valley view. Intriguing, well-kept residence boasting an airy & open plan, deck, hardwood flooring, gas fireplace and dining room, circular drive. Winter-haven sun room. Garage. Neat retreat for a demanding buyer! (7546) Nearly-new 3BR/2BA with 50’ of lakefront and wide-span 4 miles from Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $198,500 views. Enchanting features, including butternut flooring, hand hewn beamed ceilings, ceramic tile baths. Custom kitchen with oak cabinets, Fireside benefits. Welcoming 1 bedroom separate Gothic inspired guest house, Large view deck w/ hot tub, Lake shed w/ elec., 300 gal fuel tank, 2 boat lifts, dock for 9 boats, concrete sea wall, parking for 4 cars. Cooperstown Schools. A gracious setting and so much more! Hubbell’s Exclusive $625,000

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(7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly-kept 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. $299,000

Main Street Cooperstown (6447) Business block on Main Street. Four 2 BR apartments. 2 commercial spaces. 2,500 sq ft total commercial space. New windows, new hot water furnace. Storage space in cellar. Well-kept stone and brick building. Good income producer. Hubbell’s Exclusive $525,000 Cooperstown Otsego Lake Lot (7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000

(7572) Settle down in quiet elegance, or entertain vibrantly, in this dazzling 3BR/3+BA residence with great Red Creek valley views. Moravian tiled fireplace. Custom kitchen with granite counter top & breakfast nook, formal dining room, den. Main-level Master Bedroom. Radiant-floor heating, Additional outdoor Wood furnace, thermal glass, cherry flooring. Large view front porch. 2 car garage w/studio apartment. 2 miles from Cooperstown. Gracious styling and superb features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $519,000

Whether you plan to put your home on the market next week or next year, here is a short list of home maintenance items you should put on your spring to-do list: 1. Banish chips, scuffs and the like with a fresh coat of paint. 2. Brighten, polish and replace all trims. 3. Replace furry, drippy, noisy or broken HVAC systems. 4. Mend and tend to your fences, gates and screens. 5. Fix doors, cupboards and drawers. 6. Have everything cleaned and washed. 7. Get rid of old papers and shred anything with sensitive information.

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(7122) A real tempter w/ 50’ of private lake frontage with sweeping views. You will love the charm of this unusual, 2-bedroom Cottage. Ideal features include bright & open layout, woodstove, and storage shed. Some new windows, knotty pine paneling, gas heat. Large lake view deck. New septic. Parking for 3-4 cars. Well-maintained. Priced lower than assessment. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $195,000

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