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Drama, Humor Punctuate Firefighting History By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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ith Cooperstown celebrating 200 years of firefighting Friday-Saturday, July 5-6, historian Doug Preston shared a little secret: His definitive history of the department happened by
happenstance. “I’ve been a railroad buff all my life,” he said. When he arrived at the Cooperstown Graduate Program in 1969, “my first thought was to write about the railroad – but somebody had already beaten me to it.” When he learned 1930s Ahren’s Fox ladder truck was just then being re-
tired and replaced by a top-of-the-line American LaFrance Aero Chief, “it made me wonder what else there was about the history of the fire department,” he said. From that question came Preston’s two-volume, Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal 560-page thesis, “The Preston holds up the 1970 Clang of the Bell, Wail of American LaFrance calenthe Whistle,” a CGP thesis dar that featured Cooperpublished in 1974, much stown’s new Aero Chief.
THE GREAT RAINS OF 2013 The Freeman’s Journal
Baseball historian Tom Heitz addresses the 140 Tauck Tour visitors at a wrap-up session Sunday, June 30, at The Farmers’ Museum.
Tour Celebrates Documentaries Of Ken Burns COOPERSTOWN
ROUTE 31 COLLAPSES, SSPCA IS SUBMERGED
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You can see how high the water rose in the SSPCA’s isolation building by the line on Sally Fullington’s jeans. The Westford woman and Edy Parisian, Oneonta, left, were among the first volunteers at the scene of flooded Susquehanna SPCA Friday, June 28.
ourism promoters have been waxing enthusiastic at a novel 140-visitor tour group that spent Thursday-Saturday, June 25-27, experiencing documentarian Ken Burns’ famed 18-hour “Baseball” on site here. The visit was one of four events high-end Tauck Tours of Norwalk, Conn., is putting together around Burns’ famed documentaries, according to Tauck events manager Brenda MacKellar. Burns met with the group in the Hall of Plaques at a Friday reception. S-O ENDORSES: Sustain-
able Otsego will introduce “several” candidates it is endorsing for the county Board of Representatives at a press conference at noon Tuesday, July 9, at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown. FABULOUS NUPTIALS:
The Fabulous Beekman Boys – Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge – were wed Friday, June 28, on their Beekman Farm in Sharon Springs. ATV FATALITY: Town of
Richfield farmer Paul J. Szeflinski, 75, was killed when thrown from his ATV while herding cows near Walters Way, off Route 28 near the octagon barn, at 8 p.m. Sunday, June 30.
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10.2 Inches Fell In June, Compared To 1.54 Last Year By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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t’s been only nine months since flood damage from 2010 was repaired and East Lake Road reopened. Now, another section of the road, a quarter-mile south, is gone, washed out by the Friday, June 26, deluge. The storm that dropped as much as 3 inches overnight also pushed Oak Creek over its banks in Hartwick
Seminary, flooding the Susquehanna SPCA shelter. Five kittens in the isolation building out back drowned, and two cats were hospitalized with water in their lungs. The warm, moist front is still hanging over the region and is expected to until Friday the 5th, with isolated thunderstorms hitting and running, a downpour here, a watery battering there. In 2012, Cooperstown’s June rainfall was 1.54 inches. This June, it was 10.2 inches Please See RAIN, A7
Ted Peters Jr. of Cooperstown was among the curious who drove up East Lake Road Friday, June 28, to take a look at the latest subsidence.
written while he was working at the Fort Pitt museum in Pittsburgh, Pa. “I did what research I could and wrote questions to look up when I went back to Cooperstown,” he said. “I had at least five boxes of 4-by-6 cards.” The history of organized fire fighting in Cooperstown began in Please See HISTORY, B4
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embers of the county Board of Representatives and its IDA (Industrial Development Agency) planned to meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, to discuss privatizing the Economic Development Office, bringing it in line with Saratoga County’s muchpraised effort. For report, check WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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y press time, a possible resolution of the merchant lawsuit to have on-street paid parking thrown out appeared unlikely. Plaintiff Brenda Berstler and her lawyer, Jim Konstanty, had met with Mayor Jeff Katz, the Village Board and Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh for a half-hour Friday, June 26, in Council Chambers. The trustees then conferred separately for 90 additional minutes. Katz declined to talk about particulars, but said he still favors waiting until September, when a full summer of data is in hand, before adjusting the system. Konstanty called the session “a productive meeting” and said he expected a communication from the village, “in writing – I would hope in the next day or two.” Tuesday, July 2, however, Tillapaugh said he had received no such directive from the mayor. Konstanty said the mayor required him and Berstler to sign a confidentiality agreement to give no particulars about what transpired.
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Stars Aligning On Recreating ‘Hops Hub’ In Otsego County
alk is cheap. So it’s inspiring to see GOEDC, the Oneontabased economic-development entity, seize the initiative on turning Otsego County’s sole city into a “hops hub.” Knowledge is power. And Hartwick College Professor Carli Ficano is providing the data to power the hops-hub initiative. At GO-EDC’s latest meeting, Wednesday, June 26, at the Hampton Inn, Ficano presented the facts that show a hops hub is not a pipe dream. Indeed, it makes perfect sense. GO-EDC’s Al Colone, quoting Cornell Professor Michael Tomlan’s definitive “Tinged With Gold,” (University of Georgia, 1992), points out that in 1891, Otsego County produced 4 million pounds of hops on 9,000 acres. But Professor Ficano (assisted by intern Dawn Riv-
ers) made it specific, showing that in terms of latitude, temperature, rainfall, daylight, soil type and soil Ficano depth, this neighborhood is ideal for growing hops. • What stunned Colone is the amount of idle land: 7,498 acres on 185 farms in Otsego, 1,909 acres on 94 farms in Delaware. “That’s scary,” he said. Yes, scary, but also an opportunity. The Ficano Study further identified “barriers” as startup capital, cash flow, access to processing infrastructure – a common hops harvester, for instance, like one in Madison County – and “risk aversion/independence.” Barriers, yes, but not barriers that can’t be overcome. Most exciting is the
“rough proposal” the professor posits: A six-farm pilot cooperative that would grow from six to 30 acres over the next five years. The idea would be to duplicate the concept as often as demand – from farmers and the market – requires. What’s further is the action agenda. By summer’s end, the rest of the study – looking at barriers to local hops production – will be complete. The idea is not information for information’s sake, but information in the service of results. • Also encouraging is the connections that are forming. In addition to the GOEDC piece, Oneonta City Hall has contracted with Professor Tomlan’s Design Connect program, and his graduate students have been developing plans for the former D&H yards between Fonda Avenue north and south. “We have 250 acres
county Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, are working on privatizing and energizing local economicdevelopment efforts, you have to hope this is part of a piece. While everybody agrees that Upstate in general and our delightful county in particular needs economic development, we’ve been hindered by our state of mind. Forget the liabilities. The Freeman’s Journal Identify our assets and act Hartwick Prof Carli Ficano’s PowerPoint focused on them. Colone and FicaGO-EDC on the possibilities of a “hops hub” in no and Miller and Schwerd Otsego County. are part of a piece: Forget what we can’t do, figure out of vacant land right in the attended Ficano’s presentawhat we can, and do it. middle of the city,” Colone tion, and that among them As it happens, the state’s observed. were state Sen. Jim Seward, Farm Brewery Act is requirThe plan – it is being fur- R-Milford, and Ridge Haring in-state brewers to use ther fleshed out by a Design ris, representative U.S. Rep. in-state hops (the stick), and Connect student assigned Chris Gibson, R-19, is most is using the CFA process to City Hall this summer promising. – Governor Cuomo’s single– identifies beer and food • application economic-develprocessing, and an intermoComing together at the opment process (the carrot) dal (truck/rail) center. same time as Oneonta – to help that happen. The That two dozen people Mayor Dick Miller and stars are aligned.
LETTERS: PAID PARKING
15 Minutes Of Free Parking May Encourage Customers To the Editor: I read The Freeman’s Journal article about the lawsuit over paid parking in the village. I note that the action is a Section 78 challenge of the law on procedural grounds; that if, in fact, the law was improperly enacted, the village can correct the wording and re-adopt the law. I also noted that the merchants’ complaints were about losing local customers for frequent trips. If, in fact, the shops that cater to the locals are seeing a fall-off in local business, then one solution could be to give 15 minutes free parking – which should be sufficient for most quick trips. If local patrons want more time,
they can pay for it, like the tourists. This should not complicate enforcement as long as a sticker is required – the first 15 minutes on the sticker would be free. We have gotten season parking passes for our cars and would encourage other residents to do the same. They are inexpensive - the cost of two days parking on the meter. And they help the village address its needs. Rather than eliminate paid parking, I would encourage the village to extend it to more streets, where disruption of retail business is not an issue. JAMES L. NORTHRUP Cooperstown
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Contrary to what village officials are claiming, the effects of paid parking have been instantaneous and unmistakable to business owners – virtually every respondent To the Editor: which the merchants claim reported an immediate negative impact I am sorry the to have lost thousands of on sales and customer behavior. For Cooperstown merchants are dollars in revenue. Three example: experiencing a decline in weeks is hardly a fair test. • Savor NY has lost 20-80 percent business, but is paid parking The merchants blame of its daily sales compared to 2012 really the cause? Paid park- their losses on reduced local since Memorial Day, jeopardizing the ing had only been in effect business. Have local resistore’s future. from Memorial Day, May dents really spent that much • Village Cobbler’s positive growth 27, to June 20, a matter of money in each of those trend abruptly ended with paid parkthree weeks and three days, stores in a three-week ing, with sales now trending negawhich is the time period in Please See LETTER, A6 tively. • Reid’s Barbershop reports the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME loss of hundreds of dollars in weekly revenue since paid parking. E-MAIL THEM TO info@allotsego.com • Rudy’s Liquor Store, one of the village’s most venerable shops, is losUNDE FO ing $100 a day in sales versus 2012 D R since Memorial Day. • Tin Bin Alley has experienced a Cooperstown’s Newspaper For 205 Years $2,000 sales decline between Memorial Day and June 20 compared to last year. James C. Kevlin Mary Joan Kevlin • Willis, Monie Books went from Editor & Publisher Associate Publisher positive sales increases in May to Tara Barnwell negative sales in June. Advertising Director • Muskrat Hill reports a revenue loss of $8,000 in just three weeks since the Bob Block advent of paid parking. Director, New Business Development • Stagecoach Coffee, after doubling Thom Rhodes • Susan Straub Libby Cudmore its seating capacity in February, has Advertising Consultants Reporter seen the sales momentum from its expansion drop by $250 a day. (Sales of Ian Austin Kathleen Peters Sean Levandowski Tom Heitz its “loaded oatmeal” cookies, a daily Photographer Graphics Webmaster Consultant favorite for regulars, have dropped OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR nearly in half, a bellwether indicator of Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District absent locals.) • Sal’s Pizzeria claims to have lost Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year. First Class Subscription, $130 a year. local support and is unsure whether area customers will ever return. Locals Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 tell Sal’s they are being “punished” Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080. for being local and simply will not use E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Contents © Iron String Press, Inc. paid parking. • Danny’s Market reports that Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown
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“regular customers are not coming in for small items that they would have gotten before ... like bread, coffee, baked goods.” • Even Paterno Brothers, a baseball store that caters to tourists, has seen a 20 percent drop off in sales from last year. Tourists have apparently told them they will visit less or not at all because of paid parking.
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Sales declines have been most immediately felt in stores that cater to local residents, particularly Upper Main shops that have built up businesses in an area largely skipped by tourists. Upper Main should be seen as the “canary in the coal mine,” sending an early warning of a widespread calamity about to happen throughout the village.
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The going-in expectation held by our mayor and trustees that area residents will continue to shop downtown by purchasing a parking permit or readily paying a few quarters to park is clearly not happening. Without exception, every business polled describes loyal customers, in large numbers, stating their future intention to avoid shopping downtown during paid parking. “See you in the fall” has become a familiar parting rejoinder. Sadly, just plain common sense could have predicted this reaction. It’s not the money per se, but rather the resentment of having something suddenly taken away that has always been available. To fully appreciate this reaction, just imagine, for a moment, if businesses outside the village with parking lots ( e.g. Ace Hardware or Church & Scott) installed Pay & Dis-
play machines. The resulting catastrophe is so self evident it’s laughable! How could any thoughtful person assume that local customers wouldn’t react the same way on Main Street?
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Merchants express a total lack of confidence in our elected Village officials regarding their support and interest in the business community. “Disdain”, “unsympathetic”, “they don’t care”, “nonexistent and misinformed”, “they’ve never had a business”, “support? ...none!”, are typical characterizations of their leadership.
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Merchants are deeply concerned that paid parking will inevitably affect the quality of life in the Village of Cooperstown. One business owner observed that there were an unprecedented eight vacant store fronts last winter (and for the first time in memory half that number still unrented a week before July Fourth). Another stated, “What most do not understand is the interdependence of commercial and residential sectors.” Many voiced the opinion that commercial property values will decline, thus decreasing the village tax base and future revenue. Several proprietors who own their buildings are already considering seeking a lower tax assessment.
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HISTORY/From A1 1813 with the purchase of a hand-pumped fire engine, thus forming the Fire Engine Company of Cooperstown. In 1815, the #2 Engine Company was formed with a second engine donated by Judge William Cooper’s heirs. The burning of the county courthouse in 1840 prompted the formation of the Neptune Engine #3. In 1871 the Phinney Hose Company was founded. In 1872, with tensions boiling between the four companies – fights were breaking out at fire scenes – the village amended the charter to gather all four companies into one fire department. Preston’s father, Robert, was a member in 1934-1942.
But within the stories of destruction, he also found levity, including one from the early 1900s. Two companies were having annual banquets the same night, on at the Fenimore Hotel(where the Cooper Inn is now) and the other at the Hawkman House (site of the post office). Village trustees were invited to both. “The trustees took in one banquet, then had to waddle down Main Street to take in the second,� said Preston, laughing. Now living in New Hartford, Preston wrote the introduction to the commemorative bicentennial program the fire department will be selling. “There’s been a lot of changes,� he said. “But I’m still invested.�
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5
BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
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Advertisement: Vaccine Matter – The subscriber having been appointed by the President of the United States, Agent for Vaccination gives notice that genuine vaccine matter will be furnished to any physician or other citizen of the United States, who may apply to him for it. The application must be made by post and the requisite fee (five dollars) on the current bank paper of any of the middle states forwarded with it. When required, such directions, and how to use it will be furnished with the matter, as will enable any discreet person who can read and write to secure his own family from the small pox, with the greatest certainty and without any trouble or danger. July 3, 1813
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and to give exhibitions of professional golf. He has also built a court golf course on the grounds of the O-te-saga, and is making a complete golf course with the correct space allowed to the nine holes at the Country Club. This is done by filling in a large part of the swamp to the south of the club. During the winter he gives professional exhibitions of golf throughout the popular southern resorts. July 2, 1913
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Mr. Fenimore Cooper has a letter from Mr. Greenough, the sculptor, of a date as late as May 6, 1838, in which that gentleman, speaking of the statue for the rotunda of the Capitol, says: “The statue of Washington, after cruel delays, from Cholera, quarantines and the state of the roads, is now in full progress. The marble promises well and we are near the surface. The block weighed 130,000 pounds when we commenced on it. It is fast losing its chips.” July 2, 1838
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If the politicians would stop their war cries long enough to study the real needs of the country they might find better material for their campaign tracts than now fills the sheets sent out broadcast over the land. Here is a man with stout lungs crying out for “protection to home manufactures,” when anyone not wholly blind ought to be able to see that what manufactures need most is a wider market. There is not a leading industry in the United States that cannot, under a very moderate tariff compete successfully on our soil with any foreign producer of similar goods if the home demand is large enough to exhaust its capacity. It is not more protection, but rather more customers that is the crying want of American producers of all classes. July 6, 1888
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Summary of News: The Seminary – The success with which Miss Butts has for several terms conducted the Musical Department at the Seminary, and her popularity as a teacher was acknowledged in the large audience in attendance at the concert on Tuesday evening last. The exercises on that occasion reflected credit alike on the young ladies who participated and their accomplished instructor. Some of the pieces were exceedingly well-executed and even the youngest scholars in the class showed considerable proficiency in Music. When three pianos, six hands, are played in correct time, by young Misses, the evidence of good training is conclusive. The examination of classes occupied two days, and the Exhibition came off on Wednesday evening. July 3, 1863 Free tion a g blig no o gy savin ! r n e o en uati eval
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Rev. Canon George Frederick French of the Christ Episcopal Church in Cooperstown ended three decades of community service with his retirement on July 3. Starting with his arrival at Christ Church on August 10, 1955, Rev. French provided leadership for parish projects including the construction of the parish’s Christian Education Center on Fair Street which was dedicated in 1969. July 6, 1988 Scenic Country Setting for Your Golfing Pleasure
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A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL
Village Needs Revenues And Deserves Them For Providing So Much To Region To the Editor: It is obvious that some people regard paid parking in Cooperstown as a threat to civilization as we know it. A few merchants, some of them residents of the village, have even initiated a legal action against LETTERS the village – an action analyzed and condemned by Bill Miller and Steve Mahlum in a thoughtful letter in The Freeman’s Journal of June 27. Miller and Mahlum identify themselves as “local taxpayers and residents.” As such they represent the overwhelming majority of village residents: They derive no financial benefit from tourism. They just live here. And they pay village taxes, which are higher than town and county taxes and gaining on school taxes.
Cooperstown mayor Jeff Katz and the village finance committee analyzed this situation in their letter to The Freeman’s Journal of June 20. The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, an internationally famous attraction, is located on the main street of a village of about 1,900 residents. That same village is also the resident home of the area’s largest employer, Bassett Healthcare, and of the Otsego County government. The effect on village services, including infrastructure, is notable and expensive. It would be impossible to name another community of this size that bears such a burden. As the mayor noted, the village name has been exploited (by the Hartwick Seminary Dreams Park and the Oneonta All Star Village, among others), which is legal and to the direct benefit of some vil-
lage residents. And the financial support of the area’s major attractions is borne by village taxpayers, who are not compensated for the vast income that they generate for the region. This distribution of tax monies is also legal, though grossly unfair. To anyone familiar with the recent history of the village the mayor’s analysis rings true. I would note, however, that the library, supported almost entirely by village taxpayers, does receive more financial support from the towns of Otsego and Middlefield now than in the past when the village paid $85,000 and the towns paid $1,000 and $200 respectively. In addition, the village expenditures on infrastructure are not new. Mayors Hollis and Woolson built a reserve fund for streets that was used in the late 1990s
for a complete reconstruction – including sewer and water line repair – of Main Street, as well as Susquehanna, and streets in Lakeland Shores and other sections of the village. And, of course, the village has six public parks, which must set a record for such a small community. But the basic element in all this is the central fact that Cooperstown is primarily a residential community, and to a notable degree it is a retirement community. The overwhelming variety of the residents simply live here. Some commute to their jobs; some are able to work at home; a great many are retired. A few years ago, on the basis of personal knowledge, I made an off-hand list of 15 couples who had moved to Cooperstown in their retirement. Some of those
are still with us; some have passed on. A present-day list would be far longer, and some of the retirees hold village positions. It is not a dramatic fact, but it speaks to the nature of this community. Some of the retirees supplement their income with rentals; most do not. Some think that the paid-parking system could be improved (lower fees, simpler machines) but most of those I’ve talked to are in favor of paid parking or indifferent. As one of the semi-retired (though aged, I am still an adjunct lecturer in the Cooperstown Graduate Program) I support the village effort and have purchased a residential parking permit, even though I usually approach Main Street and vicinity on foot. WENDELL TRIPP Cooperstown
Other Factors, Not Just Paid Parking, May Be Contributing To Lower Revenues Downtown LETTER/From A4 period? But local shoppers can continue to shop without feeding the parking meters. All anyone – and that means anyone, not just local residents – has to do is purchase a permit for $25 at the Village Office and that entitles them to park anywhere they can find a spot and there is no extra charge. The permit can be used as often as desired for the time that the Pay & Display meters are in operation from Memorial Day in May through Labor Day in September. From 6 p.m. to
9 a.m. there is free parking. Handicapped accessible spaces and 15 minute spaces are exempt from paid parking. Please, everyone, read that again, so that you are familiar with the rules and do not continue to promulgate false information. I believe the disgruntled merchants are defeating their own purpose by being so negative and passing these disgruntled, negative feelings on to their customers. They are encouraging them not to use paid parking and so they are actually
losing them as customers. Wouldn’t it be better if they educated themselves and their customers on the benefits of paid parking to everyone? Mayor Jeff Katz and the Village Board’s Finance Committee issued a 10-point explanation of financial forces behind the decision to implement paid parking on parts of Main and Pioneer streets. This was published in the June 20 issue of The Freeman’s Journal. I urge everyone to read this. Have the merchants thought that the decline in
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In any event, demonizing the mayor and the trustees and making it seem as though they are putting in paid parking for their own personal gain is hurtful and insulting. And suing them because of what they have
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MERCHANTS/From A4 to the business community are included. Using the mayor’s own numbers, on-street paid parking is projected to generate $160,000 annually once the machines are paid off. This represents less than 3 percent of the village’s annual $5+ million budget. Did it ever occur to the board to seek ways to trim this amount out of the budget rather than jeopardizing downtown? (Our previous mayor and board shared the belief that such savings were possible and necessary.). The annual losses incurred by local business will dwarf the amount collected by parking machines. We have yet to officially hear back from Cooperstown’s corporately owned establishments: CVS, the four downtown banks, the
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crevasse, just beyond Pathfinder Lodge, will probably cause the most middle-term inconvenience. “This one is a little more extensive and will be a little more costly,” said county Highway Superintendent Ron Tiderencel. “Last time, there was a ‘shelf’ we could build on – this just drops straight down by the lake somewhere.” Oversaturated ground caused a landslide, taking the road down with it. “The bank just slid right down,” said Tiderencel. He said the road will be closed “indefinitely,” at least for the rest of the year:
Lot model blow out sale!!!. Single, sectional and custom modular homes by Ritz-craft and Titan Homes. www. hawkinshomesLLC.com 46 King Road, Harpursville, NY 13787, (607) 693-2551. F 98O 1986 Titan double-wide in Oneonta Senior Park. New roof in 2011, carport, shed, appliances included. Price reduced to $47,500. Call Kathy at (607) 433-9790 3ClassJuly19 2011, ca HOMES FOR RENT Available June 1: yearround lease $1250./mo. plus utilities. 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, just 3 blocks from everything: hospital, Main Street, school, shopping! 1823 home, fully restored and updated with new kitchen/stainless appliances, washer/dryer. Contact: Ashley-Connor Realty (607) 547-4045 TFN HOUSE FOR RENT VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN. Large 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath with new kitchen, hardwood floors, nice 2nd level deck and good size back yard. Close to all amenities. $1800 per month including all utilities. Tenant is responsible for phone and internet only. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954 APARTMENTS FOR RENT APARTMENTS Main St. Cooperstown, 1br/1ba, parking, all utilities plus tv included, no pets, no children, $600/mo. Sec. and last month deposit required. Call Ted 518-488-7560. 3ClassJuly12 Luxury 1 bdrm apt. on Canadarago Lake. Walk-in closet, w/d, new kitchen w stainless steel appliances,
large living room, private entrance, utilities incl. Deck overlooking lake. Dock space avail. $975 mo. 607437-2936 3ClassJuly 5
“We want to get it done as soon as possible. Best-case scenario, it’s a dirt road by the middle of winter, worst case, it’s sometime late next spring.” In Hartwick, the fire department kept busy from 5:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., including evacuating a house in Hartwick. “Water was just running into the cellar, four feet deep,” said chief Mike Basile. “It was absolutely devas-
tating,” said SPCA shelter manager Liz Mackey. “If we had known anything, we would have been here in an instant, if it was 1 a.m., 3 a.m. We’d do anything for these animals.” Cleanup has begun in the shelter, and volunteers are invited to “show up ready for work.” The board also has plans to meet and reevaluate the structures for future flash flooding.
MULTI-CATAGORY AUCTION Thursday, July 11, 2013 4:30 PM 350 Main St. Otego, NY
Over 320 lots to be sold unreserved : 18th & 19th C. Furniture, Outsider / Folk Art, Tintypes / Card de Vista of Schoharie Co. plus other Photographica, Decoys, Blue Decorated Stoneware, Quilts, Oriental Carpets, Paintings, Prints, Hummel Collection, Lighting, Interesting Accessories plus WONDER Box lots. View Order of Sale at
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LAND FOR SALE LAND FOR SALE: Cooperstown, 25 minutes. Choice 7-acre view site. Affordably priced at $19,900! $1,900 down, $280.50 month, 7-year mortgage. MUST SEE! 845-551-5541 own/bkr. 3ClassJuly5 RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT 2000 SQ FT COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT. Located in Cooperstown on Railroad Avenue. Wide open floor plan with phone, high speed internet and power connections spread throughout the space. Electric, Heat and Garbage are included in the asking price of $1800 per month. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954
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Reginald Clarence Scanlon, 63; Known to Friends as ‘Skip’ WEST EXETER – Reginald Clarence Scanlon, 63, a lifelong resident who was known as “Skip” to friends and family, died Sunday, June 30, at his home. Skip was born on Aug. 13, 1949, in Tupper Lake, son of Reginald T. Scanlon and the late Betty J. Wellington Scanlon. A lifelong area resident, he was raised and educated in Herkimer. Following a 23-year courtship, he married the former Carol K. Hume on Aug. 11, 2001, in Bridgewater. They made their home in Bridgewater until 2003, when they moved to West Exeter. Mr. Scanlon was employed by the village of Herkimer. He first worked as the superintendent of the Oak Hill Cemetery Association and then moved on to the Department of Public Works, spending 10 years with the street department and the past 11 years with the water department. He retired on Dec. 31, 2011, after more than 21 years of dedicated service. He had a strong love for the outdoors and in his leisure time enjoyed hunting. When he was at home he found much relaxation and satisfaction in carpentry and woodworking. Surviving besides his wife, Carol, are three sons and their wives, Shawn Ber-
June K. Raffaele, 95; Moved to Cooperstown and Traveled the World
COOPERSTOWN – June K. Raffaele, 95, a former berick and wife, Erica Hut- resident of Cooperstown ton of Niskayuna, Robert who enjoyed traveling the Piersma Jr. and wife, Cisco world, passed away Monday of Cassville, Brian Piersma afternoon, July 1, 2013, at and wife, Teresa of Oriskany The Loudonville Home for Falls; a daughter, Kimberly Adults. Baker of Edmeston; his Born June 13, 1918, in father, Reginald T. Scanlon The Bronx, June was one of West Winfield; two broth- of eight children of Andrew ers and their wives, Dennis Jacob and Loretta (Seifried) Scanlon and wife Sandy Kieffner. Raised in Queens, of Liverpool, Todd Scanshe graduated in 1931 lon and wife Barb of West from St. Margaret Catholic Winfield; one sister, Sue School, and in 1935 from Bongiorno of Herkimer; two Grover Cleveland High brothers-in-law, Dennis E. School. Hume and his wife, Mary of On Nov. 23, 1939, June Mount Vision, Bruce Hume of Edmeston; two stepsisters, Josephine Boswell of West Winfield, Mitzi Decker and her husband, Darryl of North Dakota; 13 grandchildren, Taylor Berberick, Keith Baker, Kevin Baker, Codi Baker, Geoff Hutton, Kody Hutton, Ashleigh Hutton, Amber Piersma, Arjay Piersma, Kyra Piersma, Daniel Piersma, Brett Piersma, Bradley Sweet; several nieces, nephews and cousins; as well as his canine companions, Sassy and Ollie. Calling hours for Mr. Scanlon will take place from 3-7 p.m. on Wednesday at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, 40 West James St., Richfield Springs. A funeral service will follow at 7 p.m. Interment will take place later at a time to be announced.
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married John C. Raffaele in Queens. The Raffaeles lived on Long Island, where they were June members of Raffaele St. Kilian Roman Catholic Church, Farmingdale. While June cared for home and family, she also worked as a secretary for Kimball Systems, a manufacturing facility in Farmingdale. In 1990, John and June decided to move perma-
nently to Cooperstown; however, during this process John became ill and died on Jan. 15, 1991. June lived at Old School Court, and was a communicant of St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake” Roman Catholic Church. In later years, June enjoyed travelling, to shrines in Canada, to the The Vatican in 2000, and on a Mediterranean cruise to mark her 90th birthday in 2008. June is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth J. and Carole Raffaele of Centereach, L.I., and Bob and Betty Raffaele
of Colonie; two daughters and one son-in-law, Dorothy Martin of Baldwinsville, and Marylyn and James Maher of Hartwick; 11 grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Calling hours are 3-7 p.m. Friday, July 5, at Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home. The funeral mass is at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 6, at St. Mary’s “Our Lady of the Lake,” with Fr. John P. Rosson, pastor, presiding. Interment will follow in Fly Creek Valley Cemetery.
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MLS#89370 - 4 BRs, 1½ baths, spacious open eat-in kitchen, formal DR, formal LR w/fireplace, family room/sunroom w/open-beam ceiling, skylights. Back deck w/large yard bordering creek. Second floor has 4 BRs, full bath, laundry. Bonus room over 2-car attached garage. $159,900 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#88039 – 3 BR ranch is close to New York Central Mutual and Chobani! With oversized garage and shed, make this farmette go to work for you. $119,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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MLS#87366 - 19th-century farmhouse w/some renovations complete and ready for a new owner. 18 acres of meadows and rolling hills w/trout stream, barn, garage and pond. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#87451 - Country home w/many improvements: new windows, siding, heating system, coal stove and insulation. Cooperstown school district. Seller is very motivated. $120,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#89079 - Beautiful views from this 3 BR, 2 bath, double-wide on 1.76 acres in Roseboom. Replacement windows, carpets in good shape. Newer kitchen cabinets. $59,900 Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)
MLS#87978 - 4-5 BR home, on over ½-acre fenced lot w/ 2-car, 2-story carriage barn. One BR on 1st floor, 2nd floor laundry, walk-up finished 3rd floor, private deck, large front porch, original woodwork, spacious kitchen, natural gas fireplace in LR, newer windows and roof on house and garage/barn. Convenient to Cooperstown and Herkimer. $159,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#88997 - 3 BR, 2½ bath home on 56.4 acres w/ panoramic views. Large LR w/stone fireplace, eat-in kitchen, formal DR, master suite w/sunroom, family room, decks, patios, 2 ponds, barn and 2½ car garage. Includes 2 parcels and surrounding acres also available. $875,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#88511 - 3 BR well maintained village home on 1.58 acres bordering a stream. 2-car/2-story carriage barn, paved driveway. Spacious kitchen w/sliding door to deck. First floor BR, full bath, and laundry. 4-season sunroom. $139,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#85130 - 5 BR Greek Revival on 2.25 acres (both sides of rd) w/many original features and great potential. Eat-in kitchen, formal DR and spacious LR w/fireplace. Unique barn for animals or studio. Includes parcel 116-1-6.37. $67,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#89408 - Own a piece of the lake without the high taxes. Well maintained, partially furnished, year-round home has 3 BRs, 2 baths and enclosed porch. Includes heated knotty pine bungalow w/48’ of private lakefront. $199,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#88787 - Canadarago Lake views! Cozy home has had major renovations. Detached garage w/a circular driveway. Situated next to the public boat launch. $120,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#87472 - Totally rebuilt year-round Canadarago Lake home. Views from every room. Modern kitchen w/ upgrades. Access to 40’ dock from family room deck. Move in NOW. Rentable at $2,500 per week during the summer. $389,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#84867 – Early 1800s 3 BR, 2 bath Federal farmhouse w/wide plank floors, original woodwork, doors and hardware. 2 fireplaces, hand-hewn beams on third floor, updated baths, 1st floor laundry, newer furnace, updated electric, 2-car attached garage, newer barn/workshop. Brick patio, pool and chicken coop all on 5+/- acres. $139,900 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#88349 - Rustic cabin on 1.25 acres w/stream along the wooded property line. Large woodstove in LR, 2-car garage, w/plenty of storage. Close to Cooperstown & Oneonta. $70,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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New Listing! MLS#89734 - 12.63 acre parcel in Springfield w/845’ of road frontage and wonderful views. Privileges on Otsego Lake, only available to people in Springfield. Can be subdivided again. Perc test done, electric at corner. $39,900 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#89912 – 104 acres w/panoramic views of the Cherry Valley hills, Mohawk Valley and the Adirondacks. This property has it all: fields for livestock or crops, woods for hunting and recreation, and excellent sites for your dream home. Easy commute to Albany or Cooperstown. $249,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#89549 - Original 1840 farmhouse in Fly Creek on 5.13 acres. Fly Creek flows through property. Spacious lawn w/over 200’ on Cty Hwy 26. Mature trees, hardwood floors, new furnace, paved drive, 2-stall garage. $269,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $199,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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Charming 4 BR home has been very well maintained and updated. Spacious entry, gorgeous hardwood floors, natural woodwork, and custom-built kitchen. Convenient first floor laundry. Recent updates include a newer roof, windows, and siding. Detached 2½-car garage w/electric offers plenty of room for your projects. Located close to park, school, and college.
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The Benjamin D. North House is situated on 16 acres overlooking an apple orchard. Meticulously maintained, original floors, doors, moldings and 3 fireplaces. Kitchen features all the modern conveniences, whole house generator located in the smokehouse, and 2-story barn in great condition.
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This charming country house sits on 2.33 acres. The current owners have lovingly maintained the home, all mechanicals are in excellent working order. Many original farmhouse details. Master BR on first floor, LR, kitchen w/center island, formal DR, charming bath and ½ bath. Amazing side yard of perennial flower beds, fenced vegetable garden. A study off of LR overlooks the gardens. Separate entrance leads to a 2 BR apartment on the second floor w/full kitchen and bath. The apartment could easily be incorporated back into the main house. Sitting porch, private screened back porch, detached 3-story, 2-car barn w/workshop space and horse stalls. Within minutes of the village of Cooperstown. Cooperstown school district. You will want to linger and enjoy the beauty and serenity offered here. exclusively offered by Don Olin Realty at $379,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com 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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