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HAGER HOPS SHOWS ITS COUNTYWIDE REACH
In Brewery, Hop Yard, Golden Era Returning Louis Hager III, center, answers questions from NEHA visitors during the Saturday, Aug. 2, tour of the 10acre hop yard in Pierstown, the biggest in New York State. Hager, a member of the Anheuser Busch family, and his sister, Alicia, behind him, have overseen planting of 11,000 hops vines near where the first hops were grown for the St. Louis behemoth in the 19th century.
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Cooperstown Farmers’ Market manager Lynn Weir decorates the venue for “Local Foods, Local Spirits,� 5:307:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, in the Pioneer Alley building, celebrating the bounty from local farms.
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hough mum about particulars, the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 5, announced a “major museum announcement� for 1 p.m. the following day. In addition to Hall President Jeff Idelson, participants in a conference call with the media were Tom Werner, Red Sox chairman; Greg Foster, CEO, IMAX Entertainment; Bob Bowman, CEO, MLB Advanced Media, and Arny Granat, Grand Slam Production. Read details at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM BOAT HISTORY: CGP professors Cindy Falk and Will Walker will discuss the history of boats at the Otsego Lake Association’s annual meeting 8:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, at 759 East Lake Road. BERRY SALE: The Cooperstown Presbyterian Church Living Waters Mission Team’s annual organic bluberry sale is underway, $4 per pint. Place orders at 547-8401, 547-8151 or 287-7036.
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he tour began with news. The day before, Friday, Aug. 1, Northern Eagle Beverages had broken ground behind the former Soccer Hall of Fame on an 82,000square-foot complex that will house
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Northern Eagle Beverage President George Allen details plans for the new Cooperstown Brewing plant in West Oneonta. With him is Cooperative Extension Agency Steve Miller, Morrisville.
Cooperstown Brewing Co., company President George Allen told 110 participants at the 2014 Northeast Hops Alliance Annual Field Day. “Our goal is from dirt to beer,� announced Allen, standing in the midst of balers, a dryer and a pelletizer in the current 7 Railroad Ave. plant in Oneonta that is also the Northern Beverages’ distribution center. Please See HOPS, B7
Concert Cancellation Fallout Felt
A couple from Michigan got the news at the Clark Sports Center driveway: Concert cancelled.
Couple Drives From Michigan To Discover No Pops, Paul Simon By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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t first, it was just phone calls. “We got a lot of calls
asking where people could park for the concert or when they could set up their lawn chairs,� said Val Paige, director of the Clark Sports Center. “Obviously, they didn’t know the concert was cancelled.�
But then, a couple from Michigan came in. Even though calls went out to inform ticket holders that the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th anniversary concert, which was set to Please See FALLOUT, A7
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Mayor, Council Must Clear Air Before Hiring City Manager
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t invites cynicism. Reading the findings of Oneonta’s Charter Review Commission shows that, in two years, Mayor Dick Miller and Common Council have done little or less to implement the state-of-the-art City Charter overwhelmingly adopted, with optimism and idealism, by city voters in November 2011. No transition plan was developed to shift from a decentralized system of multiple department heads reporting to multiple Common Council committees to the anticipated streamlined system, where elected officials plan and set policy, and a trained executive implements through City Hall professionals. At least one council member flouts it, telling the review commission, “It (the charter) doesn’t pertain to my job.” Many in City Hall say they haven’t read it. In one way, the review commission reports, city government actually is moving into the back rooms.
Don’t take our word for this. Read the full Charter Review Commission report at www.allotsego.com and decide for yourself. • Hanging over all this is the worry of a betrayal of the City Charter ethos: that Mayor Miller has preselected a candidate, City Treasurer Meg Hungerford, as the next city manager, which would make the recruitment process a charade. One newspaper article the other day intensified the worry. It reported HungerThe Freeman’s Journal ford expects department Mayor Miller, foreheads to report back to her ground, acting City at the end of September on Manager Meg Hungerways to shrink a surprise ford, and Council mem$400,000 budget gap. The ber David Rissberger. next city manager is expected to be named Sept. 2; Typically, it seems, Comselection is still supposedly mon Council committee ongoing. meetings aren’t announced, When Common Council and any minutes kept July 21 declined to expand aren’t made public. But the search committee to innow, committee decisions clude experts from the pubare lumped into one vote lic, much was made about at twice-monthly Compreserving “confidentiality,” mon Council meetings and as if only loquacious elected rubber stamped with little officials could be trusted to discussion.
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ensure it. “Confidentiality” is not a virtue in itself, it’s a tactic. If applied to ensure a quality candidate pool, it’s a good tactic. If applied to shroud matters that need to be public, it’s a bad one. Remember, a gag order on discussion was also imposed when City Manager Mike Long suddenly departed. So we don’t know why that happened. And now, we can’t know if Long’s successor – someone, it is hoped, with academic training, expertise in how the larger world works, vision and helpful contacts – is being objectively recruited. Has the search been irreparably compromised? Only the mayor and council members know the answer right now. If yes, they simply must start again from scratch: Reconstitute a broad-based search com-
mittee, re-advertise, begin interviews again and make a decision that all can have confidence in. The delay would only be a couple of months, the City Charter would be affirmed, and the Miller Administration’s positive momentum in so many other ways would go forward on a firm foundation. Regardless, Common Council should digest the review commission’s report and act on it before the next city manager is hired. Currently, the mayor intends that the hiring happen first • Bill Streck, retired Bassett president/CEO, spoke to the Cooperstown Rotary Club Tuesday, Aug. 5, and, as you might expect, he was funny, insightful and humane. At the conclusion, he shared a quote from T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia) that hung in Streck’s office for his 30-year tenure: “All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty resources of their minds
wake up in the day to find it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” Miller, of course, is a dreamer of the day, which is great when he’s right, in understanding where city finances are going, in grantsmanship (with Mike Long’s help), in reforming the police department, rethinking the fire and park departments, making the 320-student Hillside Commons a reality in the face of strong opposition, and much more. All this positive ferment has brought people of good will, many tilting younger, into city government. Some are disillusioned now. Mayor Miller needs to step back, convincingly erase any mistaken impressions, correct course where the impressions are not mistaken, and recommit to the City Charter and the common dream that brought him, and all of us who followed, this far.
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To the Editor: tial streets. Nor were village residential changed since the last time the village The Village of Cooperstown has ne- streets designed to accommodate them. looked at the problem five years ago. glected to prohibit very heavy vehicles They use the state and county roads There was no South Lot to accommofrom any of its residential streets. by right, they use village residential date highway buses arriving from the Consequently very heavy vehicles, streets entirely at the village’s discresouth. The bridge at 11C was too low toxins. tion. to accommodate buses, the new bridge Unfortunately, some resi- including logging trucks and highway buses, use any residential street with The village can control very heavy does that. Birnie has been hired to run dents have also confirmed vehicle traffic without impacting deliv- the trolleys – for better service and that their private wells have impunity. The results are predictable: a moon- ery of goods to merchants or Bassett. access to Birnie’s fleet of shuttle buses been similarly contaminated scape of potholes, near misses, and Without impacting public transit, and ADA vans. and 16 boil water orders traffic jams at intersections. The interschool buses, EMS or construction The village now has those tools to have been issued since section of River and Lake is Exhibit A work. But the village has to act, or its work with to solve the highway bus 2002. This information of the village’s neglect. residential streets will continue to be problem – as step one in reducing very is not being provided to The highway buses are the worst ruined by uncontrolled heavy vehicle heavy vehicle traffic from residential frighten residents but to give problem. At 40 feet, 40,000 pounds traffic. streets. them information so that As the newspaper pointed out in its CHIP NORTHRUP they are better able to decide and three axles, highway buses were never intended to be used on residencoverage of the bus petition, much has Cooperstown the future of their drinking water. Because the Fortin site is selected based upon its ability to provide a large volume To the Editor: to ban motor coaches by coaches from Cooperstown stown’s vital tourist indusof water and because the Evidently what was origi- residents who feel their little altogether. Instead motor try, but also at those who site will be protected with a nally a petition by local resi- corner of the world is under coaches will be required choose motor coach travel large buffer zone, the water dents to ban motor coaches attack, it is hard to justify to unload their passengers based on age or physical quality and quantity will be from River and Lake streets banning such vehicles on at the north or south troldisability. superior to that of the wells residential streets where ley lots so the passengers To ask either group currently sited on Southside. has turned into a petition to ban motor coaches residents have raised a hue can then take the trolleys to give up what is norMunicipal water would entirely from the Village of and cry and not on other to their destinations within mally door-to-door service, provide additional safety Cooperstown. streets. the village. The unloading switching instead to addibenefits to the residents beThe original concept of Thus, it appears, in what or loading of motor coach tional unloading and loading yond water quality. A water passengers would be banned from bus to trolley and from tank and fire hydrants would getting motor coaches off of might well be an attempt to River and Lake streets tends overcome claims of such from Main Street. trolley to destination, is be installed throughout the to smack of NIMBYism at NIMBYism, the goal is To even consider such a quite beyond the pale. district providing important its best. And while it is easy now, according to the petiproposal seems to take diIn addition, why would fire protection to property to understand the desire tion on line, to ban motor rect aim not only at CooperPlease See BUSES, A6 owners and likely lowering their insurance rates. Gravity powered water supplies Please See STAMMEL, A6 CATHE ELLSWORTH
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To the Editor: Thank you to Dan Buttermann for his recent letter in support of the proposed Southside municipal water project. It’s important that local officials show leadership on this issue. He brings up important points in response to the questions raised by Al Colone in his recent submission and I would like to build on those points. The need for municipal water is clear. Until the 1980s, Southside was mostly open farmland. Since that time development has surged, resulting in a complicated patchwork of septic systems and private and public wells. This uncoordinated development has left consumers of this water at risk. Since 2007, the state Department of Health has repeatedly expressed its concerns about water quality, noting that 25 of the 27 public wells it has tested on Southside have failed, many of them with coliform, benzene or other chemical
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Miller’s – Hamburgers, Pies, And Memories
ver the years we have talked about a well known and much loved restaurant, Miller’s, located up the west side of Otsego Lake. At one point someone asked if we had the recipe for their relish. We didn’t. But five of our readers did. We also were asked if it was possible to figure out exactly where Miller’s was located. Fortunately, once again our readers came to our aid in pin pointing its location. Connie Wallace sent the following e-mail: “I remember Miller’s well. It was south of Thayer’s and north of the Hickory Grove Inn, possibly about half way between the two, on the lake side of the road.” We also received a call from Charles Root, confirming the same location. He also noted that parking for the restaurant was across the road and rather limited. We must
taken down and replaced with a sign that says, “Thayer Boathouse Biological Field Station,” is a yellow garage with a wooden deck from the road to the garage doors and a sign, on its south side, which says “Sunny Hour.” And that is where we think Millers used to be. But since we have not written about Miller’s for a quite a while, we were somewhat surprised when we received, the end of June, an e-mail from Betsey Sheldon Moore, who said when searching online she came across what we had written about Miller’s in one of our columns. It turns out that her grandparents, Harrison and Bertha Breeze Sheldon, owned the restaurant from about 1947 until probably 1957. She wrote: “I spent many happy summers at Please See MILLER’S, A6
The caption on this vintage postcard reads: “Miller’s was known for great food and delicious pies. You could even get your gas tank filled there.”
say we have always wondered where people parked while eating. At the time we motored up the lake to see if we could find the former home of Miller’s. Midway between the Hickory Grove, that we note is now called Lakeside Lodge, and Thayer’s, which seems to have been
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
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Knight, who is at present living in Cooperstown. He studied under George DeForest Brush, Willard Metcalf, and Frank V. DuMond. He is famous for his animal paintings in The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the Field Museum of Chicago and Washington, D.C. Mr. Knight has in the exhibition a number of his animal paintings and sketches. One which should be of great interest is his original sketch of Su-Lin, the Giant Panda. August 9, 1939
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Births: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Wilson, Hartwick, became the parents of a daughter, Lynn Renee, weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces at birth on July 28. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Lambert, Cooperstown, became the parents of a son on July 29. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces at birth and has been named Michael John. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hyde Clark, Cooperstown, RD 1, became the parents of a daughter on July 31. She weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces at birth and has been named Mary Townshend Hyde Clark. August 5, 1964
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The Great West – It is remarked that the Mississippi Valley, that is to say the country drained by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, has been estimated at 1,400,000 square miles in extent. Massachusetts has a population averaging 82 to the square mile. Were the great valley as thickly populated, it would contain 134,800,000 souls, about seven times the present population of the United States and one seventh of the probable population of the globe. Or, at two hundred to the square mile, which is the rate of population in Great Britain, the Mississippi Valley would sustain 280,000,000, nearly three-eighths of the entire population of the globe. August 5, 1839
125 YEARS AGO
Point Judith was truly a point of attraction on Thursday evening of last week, when Mrs. Alfred C. Clark there entertained a party of young people. The military band and the Cooperstown orchestra, for dancing music, were both in attendance. Kingfisher Tower was beautifully outlined by hundreds of colored lights; the shore, for some distance, was lined by torches and tripod lights; and the cottage and dock were brilliantly lighted – the whole presenting a fairy-like scene of beauty, which claimed the admiration of scores of villagers who went up on the steamers and in row boats to view it. The night, being dark, was very favorable for this artistic and beautiful display. August 9, 1889
August 5, 1864 supposition that he was a spy in the employ of the English or French governments. August 12, 1914
75 YEARS AGO
This seems to be a banner year for the Cooperstown Art Association whose annual exhibition opens Saturday morning at 9 o’clock at the Knox School. Not only the number of entries has been greater than heretofore, but exhibitors include such well known people as Charles R.
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Professor Kennington L. Thompson of Jersey City, the son of Mrs. Charles P. Thompson of this village, and a former Cooperstown boy, has been arrested near Munich, Germany, as a spy and is being held in prison at that city. The dispatch does not disclose the whereabouts of Mrs. Thompson. Professor Thompson and wife left for Europe early in July and intended to take a course of lectures in Munich. He carried a camera and this may have led to the
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25 YEARS AGO
The Susquehanna S.P.C.A. has scheduled its fourth annual dog show for Sunday, August 13, at Lakefront Park. Among 17 categories of Dogs competing will be the “Whatzit? Class.” Dogs in this group should, with a little imagination, resemble something other than a dog such as a meatball, a mop, or a paint roller. Bring your “Whatzit?” and let the audience try to guess. Judging the competition will be Gwen Ermlich, Hope Hartenbach and Susan Pierro. August 9, 1989
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Highest Temperature...................................................87°F (July 2) Lowest Temperature..................................................46°F (July 25) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................75.7°F Average Minimum Temperature..............................................54°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................64.9°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................6.67″ Most Precipitation in One Day...................................1.09” (July 8) Thunderstorms......................................................11 (16 for 2014) Snow....................................................................0 (50.9” for 2014) Most Snow in One Day....................................................................0 YTD Precipitation....................................................................28.42” Number of Days at or below 0°F........ ...................0 (20 for 2014 ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.........................0 (113 for 2014)
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Fortin Park Water Plant Means Safety, Jobs STAMMEL/From A4 are also not subject to the same risk of power outages, ensuring a steady and predictable stream of water. The potential economic benefits of this project will be a boon to our area and will bolster town, city, school and county budgets. At the “Seward Summit” of this past fall, we were repeatedly told by the expert speakers that one of our best local assets is our clean and abundant water. This resource is not helpful to our local economy unless the infrastructure is provided to transport it to homes and businesses. Building this infrastructure is an important and forward-looking investment in our local community and economy that will pay large dividends. Mr. Colone wrongly opines that this project will only bring minimum wage jobs. Expanding infrastruc-
ture to a region in no way dictates what kind of development will take place. Any future development will likely be a mix of business and residential and will be guided by careful local zoning and by the free market. This development will in turn bring in more tax receipts, lowering the tax burdens on existing residents and businesses throughout the town and school district and further improving the local economy. The project proposal is not something that the Town is rushing into and comes as the result of years of research and planning. It has been the subject of numerous public hearings and discussions since the idea was first floated in 2007 and has been endorsed by the recently updated Town Comprehensive Plan. Residents of the proposed district were polled and a majority expressed interest
in the project. Town government, primarily Supervisor Wood, then secured millions of dollars in grants and low- or no-interest loans for the project. Over the years a number of different project alternatives were considered and are fully detailed in reports by Lamont Engineering. Eventually, the Town determined that the cleanest, most plentiful, and cheapest source of water would be a well sited in Fortin Park. Fortin Park is also ideally situated to provide water development to the Emmons and the East End of town. furthering a comprehensive region-wide focus. Additional system interconnects can be considered at a later time. Recently, a volunteer committee reviewed the selection of the well site and decision not to purchase more expensive water from the city and determined that
the town made the right decision. The plan has been endorsed by both environmental and business groups as smart development. The town has repeatedly shown itself to be just as, if not more, adept than other local governments in managing its budget. It manages multi-million dollar budgets and consistently operates in the black with minimal tax increases. I have no doubt that it will ably manage the funding of this project with the same integrity and transparency. Additionally, the Town already manages the Woodland Water District in the East End of town so it has experience in this regard. Now it is up to the people to gather all the facts and decide for themselves. The information is available and ANDREW STAMMEL Oneonta Town Board Member
Banning Buses Would Be Blow To A Vital Industry BUSES/From A4 a motor coach company choose to book trips to a destination which is so restrictive for the simple reason that some locals, who evidently do not need worry about the viability of Cooperstown’s tourist industry, don’t like it. It would seem to be the absolute height of arrogance. Hopefully the time has come when the Village Board will interject a bit of
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Miller’s – Hambugers, Pie, Memories MILLER’S/From A4 the lake, arriving as soon as school was out from wherever we were living and leaving only when my parents came to retrieve me on Labor Day! “My grandparents lived year round in the house just down the hill from Miller’s. I was allowed to wait tables for the breakfast crowd, many of whom were local and came every day bringing gas cans for their boats to be filled while they were eating. “I helped my grandmother make those fantastic pies, lemon meringue, banana cream, rhubarb, blueberry. Several times every summer, a call would come early in the day from the Clark (or the Busch) estate. They ordered lots of hamburgers, potato salad and pies. About 6 p.m., their wooden boat would arrive at the dock and we would hand deliver the goodies into the galley of the boat! It was very exciting for a 6th grader! “The road side of Miller’s was screened in and had a large soda cooler at the right end. The year Dizzy Dean was inducted into the Hall of Fame, he stopped in and bought root beer. The lake side had sliding windows that were screened and were left open if at all possible. My grandfather maintained glorious window boxes with tuberous begonias and vinca. They always looked great! “Our closest neighbor, down at the lake level, was Charlie Wicks, the Cadillac dealer. I hung out with his daughter Katy. They lived in town, but spent most summer nights at the lake. When the hurricane hit in the mid-50s, I was at their house when the wind took down two huge evergreen trees on either side of the path to their dock! “Miller’s was closed one day a week so that we could re-provision. We always went into town to the meat locker. I remember
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Cooperstown Feels Concert Cancellation Fallout CONCERT/From A1 feature Paul Simon, the Boston Pops, Randy Newman and Hunter Hayes, had been cancelled two weeks before, those calls didn’t go out to people who’d planned to take advantage of the free lawn seating. “The Hall of Fame team contacted a small group of constituents whose support and participation was vital to the execution of the Concert,” said Brad Horn, the hall’s VP of communications & education. “Some people didn’t know,” said Paige. “We put signs at the end of the driveway with the address of the concert’s website.” The website, www.cooperstownconcert.com, tells visitors that ticket refund information will be available shortly. But in the three weeks since the concert was cancelled, no refund information has come forth from concert promoter Loren Harriet, who cancelled the concert without explanation. The Michigan couple
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two weeks — most of them came in for the opera and left the next day. They were disappointed that the concert was cancelled, but we were able to rebook those nights.” So as not to compete with the concert, the Glimmerglass Festival only performed one show, “Ariadne in Naxos,” on Aug. 2, instead of the usual two, effectively sacrificing as much as $55,000 in revenue. Even one of the concert’s bands was left seemingly empty-handed. Moonalice, a jam band from San Francisco, was slated to play an earlier show as part of the Cooperstown Concert. “They’d paid their own expenses to play here,” said Ellen Pope. “They were bummed about not coming.” But with some quick thinking from Otsego 2000, the Cooperstown Chamber and Brewery Ommegang, they put together an event designed to bring people downtown and enjoy the night. Moonalice would come and play in the Lakefront Park bandstand, and the Clark Sports Center loaned the use of their inflat-
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MLS#95402 $119,000 Great Location and Price! Solid Victorian has antique charm and modern upgrades. Can be singlefamily w/apartment or 2 separate units. Priced to sell. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#95935 $99,000 Low Taxes! Year-round, comfortable, relaxing home w/lake views and deeded access to the lake. Only 15 minutes to Bassett and Cooperstown. Call george (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512
$298,000 MLS#94433 Lovely Village Colonial! Spacious, charming, 4 BR, 2½ bath Colonial features cook’s kitchen w/5-burner gas cooktop, double convection ovens, 6’ x 4’ butcher-block island, and walk-in pantry. Home has original hardwood floors, elegant study w/built-in floor-to-ceiling glass-front bookcases, formal LR, DR, family room. Tranquil master suite,walk-in closet w/built-ins, double vanity bath and an original Kitty Johnson mural on 2nd floor. All of this sitting on a large lot w/an 1812 Carriage Barn. Call today! $249,900 MLS#95177 New to the market! This wonderful 5-BR, 2½ bath home in the Oneonta school district sits nicely back from the road. It is a well maintained, spacious family home in an idyllic setting, surrounded by 15 acres. Upgrades include: large master BR suite on first floor, handicapped access, new roof and windows, newer appliances. This is a rare opportunity to live close to a major, up-and-coming city with an emphasis on sustainability, and a huge network base for farm-based homesteads. This property would be perfect for a farmstand, for growing hops or grapes, raising beef, or even a tilapia farm. Create your boutique farm living lifestyle!
Beautiful ranch home located in the town of Oneonta. This home features 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Master bedroom has private bath and walk-in closet. This home has an open floorplan with gas fireplace, finished basement and fenced-in yard. Close to park, shopping and I-88. $275,000 MLS #95843
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TimberPeg Lake Home
607-547-5740•607-547-6000 (fax) 157 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326
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prestige estate on 80 aCres
Cooperstown Village
(7836) Welcoming 4 BR, 2 bath residence boasts a deck, spacious yard, new hardwood flooring and carpeting, newer eat-in kitchen w/granite countertop, laundry. Spacious LR, formal DR, family room w/woodstove, first-floor master suite. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$289,500
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entiCing Cooperstown Home
(7862) Historic 1840s Colonial w/rolling hills views on 80 acres. 4 BRs, 2+ baths, gracious LR, gas fireplace, formal DR w/access to the stone front porch. Custom kitchen w/ professional stove, double ovens, butler’s pantry. Custom closets, wide pine plank flooring. Heated 2-car garage, professionally landscaped. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$775,000
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(7408) Engaging 4-BR, 2-bath home near sports center and school. Formal DR, hardwood flooring, private office, pantry, laundry/mud room. Newer appliances, zoned hot water heat, 2-car garage, new roof. Comforts galore! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$225,000
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The Pines is a contemporary Timberpeg post-and-beam, Craftsmanstyle home w/upgraded building materials, beautiful lake views and 100' deeded frontage on Otsego Lake. White cedar shingles, red cedar clapboards are stained to quietly fit the environment. Open-concept plan leads to seamless transitions throughout. First level: kitchen, DR, LR w/gas bluestone fireplace, den/study. Terrace level: game room, media room, and pub-style taproom. Second level: 3 BRs, study/den, raised loft, master bath, guest bath. Kitchen has island, SS appliances, granite countertops. Covered porch across front and side, wood-burning stove in basement, new Bio Mat septic system. Gradual stairs from terrace to lakefront, aluminum boat dock, gazebo, beautifully landscaped property w/perennials, firepit. Detached 2-car garage: upper level has additional BR and possible additional living space. This is a beautifully designed and built year-round lake home.
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