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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, September 5, 2013
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As Merchants Lament, Mayor Hails Revenues Parking Fees Garner Less Than Budget
Ommegang Issues 2nd TV Spinoff
By JIM KEVLIN
1,000 Inaugurate Brew Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
Caitlin Kelly, right, has become a partner in the Celtic Dancers of Hartwick, proprietor Kathleen O’Donnell announced as the performance began Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Arts & Crafts Show/OTHER PHOTO, A2
Affirmation Of Frack Ban Argued Anew
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ew York’s highest court – the Court of Appeals – has agreed to hear Cooperstown Holstein Inc.’s appeal of a lower court ruling upholding the Town of Middlefield fracking ban. The ban – and the Town of Dryden’s, which is included in this case – was affirmed by the state Supreme Court’s Appellate Division in the spring. In an e-mail, anti-fracking lawyer David Slottje said, with motions and counter motions, the case may not be argued until next May. GOP PRIMARY: John Schallert is challenging incumbent Town of Otsego Highway Superintendent Shawn Mulligan in the Tuesday, Sept. 10, Republican primary. Polls are open noon-9 p.m. Eight other towns have GOP primaries for town offices. CIDER SEASON: The Fly Creek Cider Mill’s Boomer & Boschert press will begin pressing apples for the 157th year this Saturday, Sept. 7.
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inter is coming. That’s part of the feeling of Brewery Ommegang’s Take the Black stout, the second in a line of “Game of Thrones” beers commissioned by HBO to accompany the hit TV show. “It’s a good beer for cold The Freeman’s evenings,” said Oneonta’s Journal Josh John TuchowsRivenburg, ki as he drew New Ber- samples for lin, samthe crowds ples the gathered at the new brew. beer’s debut Monday, Sept. 2. The beer, a Belgian-Russian imperial stout, was brewed with chocolate malt and roasted barley, spiced with licorice root and star anise. The name comes from The Night’s Watch, which guards the Westeros Please See BEER, A3
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hile merchants lamented their summer of discontent, Mayor Jeff Katz reported the first season of pay-and-display (P&D) machines generated $169,672.85 in new revenue for the village. While that Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal. would offset the equivaVisitor Judith Young of Ocean, N.J., tells Pioneer Patio owner Rich Busse Mayor Katz how the first three years of Pay & Display machines in Asbury Park were “a lent of a 10.6 percent property-tax hike, disaster,” but towns there see P&Ds as a way to recover from Sandy. it was $20,000 less than the $191,000 the village had budgeted, Katz said in an interview following a press release of Tuesday, Sept. 3. On-street paid parking ended on Labor Day, the 2nd, but continues in Doubleday Field through Columbus Day weekend. Since the machines cost $103,840, and “processing and communication costs” amounted to another $1,800, Virginia Weiler relates or $50 per each of the 12 With son Mike back at college, Mickey’s Place how husbands hurried machines, the village cleared owner Vinnie Russo does double duty at Hey, Getwives out of Muskrat a little more than $64,000, or cha Hot Dog in the store’s basement. He reports Hill when the meter Please See PARKING, A6 Mickey’s business dipped by “single figures.” was about to expire.
Swimmer Crosses Lake For Anti-Fracking Cause
IDA REPORT DUE ON PRIVATIZING EC-DEV
By LIBBY CUDMORE
Doug Gulloty, interim director of the county IDA, is due to recommend a future structure for economic development when the Industrial Development Agency’s board meets at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at 242 Main St., Oneonta, the former city hall. Public welcome. The IDA and county board are considering partly privatizing economic development in the wake of county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis’ resignation.
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J Esther-Williams-like, Dana Leonard prepares to start her Aug. 29 swim across Glimmerglass.
ust because she hadn’t swum all summer wasn’t going to keep Dana Leonard from swimming Otsego Lake Thursday, Aug. 29. “I wanted to prove to myself that I could,” she said. “Just doing it made me not doubt myself.” Leonard, who runs
Origins Café at her parents’ Carefree Gardens with her sister, Kristen, decided only a few days previous to swim the lake. “The moment I got in the water, I didn’t question doing it,” she said. With prevailing north winds, most swimmers go north to south. But Dana started at the Lakefront Park docks and ended her 9.2mile swim 6½ hours later at the Otsego Golf Course. Please See SWIM, A7
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
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Cooperstown, Remove P&D Machines. And Oneonta, Beware
o a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. It’s an ironic formulation, of course: Not every problem is a nail; the hammer has limited use. That might help understand what’s gone wrong with embracing pay-and-display (P&D) parking machines. The Village of Cooperstown has done so with perhaps devastating effect; it’s too soon to tell. But even the City of Oneonta’s toe-in-the-water approach seems to be headed for failure. Accompanying this editorial are three photos, taken Friday, Aug. 30, on the three floors of Oneonta’s downtown parking deck. The sunny top deck was half full. The Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal cool covered middle deck was three-quarters full. In the bottom At 10:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, the top two floors of Oneonta’s municipal parking deck, at left, were well populated with parked cars. In the bottom deck, at right, where there is a deck, where a P&D machine was pay-and-display machine, only one car was parked. installed a few months ago, was one car. hope it works, buy a ticket, return stown. From the front window of mall is being planned there as well That was even the case durto your car, put it in the windBatter’s Up, the former TJ’s, only – that may have been the unining Foothills’ Sunday, Aug. 18, shield, then go into the bank or the two locals were observed on Main tended, if inevitable, consequence. reception where the main theater coffee shop. It complicates simple Street over 45 minutes, (the time • was named in honor of Gene BetWendell Tripp, the former tasks; you’ll avoid it if you can. it took to savor a tuna melt, an extiol and his family: The Foothills mayor (and NYSHA executive Rod Torrence, Stagecoach cellent one). One, coincidentally, parking lot was full; on-street Coffee proprietor, observed a few was Torrence, out for his noontime director) had it right: Demand spaces were all taken, and nobody months ago after returning from for parking space in downtown walk; the other was former TJ’s parked in the deck’s bottom level. Cooperstown is simply greater Niagara-on-the-Lake, often held proprietor Ted Hargrove, going The conclusion, separate from than supply. (The Baseball Hall up as a model for Cooperstown: back and forth to the CVS for a Cooperstown’s heated debate, is of Fame may be the only major That Canadian village, famed for few grocery essentials. clear: Pay-and-display machines attraction in the nation that does its Shakespeare Festival, is tourist Was the goal of the Village drive people away. not have any parking dedicated friendly, but residents have abanBoard to make downtown a tour• to visitors.) Until the supply is doned it. Strip malls have popped ist-only preserve? Certainly not. That’s logical, when you think increased – it’s time to revisit the up on the periphery to serve the And yet, in combination with about it. Instead of running into locals, who have no use for the traffic tie-ups caused by roadwork parking-deck idea – the challenge the bank or picking up a quick cup tchotchkes downtown. will continue. at the village’s south end and of coffee, you must find a space, The other answer is to reduce That was evident the other expanded offerings in Hartwick find the nearest P&D machine, demand, and that seems to be hapSaturday in downtown CooperSeminary – word is a new strip LETTERS
Work On Regulatory Solutions To Natural Gas Issues To the Editor: Let’s remember that Letters to the Editor should reflect something of community concern, not an individual’s opinions of another. Larry Bennett of the Brewery Ommegang’s in his of Aug. 16 did little to advance a meaningful discussion. What’s at stake here is the health and vibrancy of our region. Safe development of natural gas will give us jobs and will allow landowners to realize the value of their investment without compromising the community’s environment, wellbeing and values.
If there are proven negative impacts, they have to be considered along with the potential benefits and mitigated and regulated. Instead of diminishing the seriousness of the discussion, we need to take ownership of our own energy footprint. We need to fess up to our own relationships with natural gas and its products. Let us work on regulatory solutions. Natural gas is important. President Obama has advocated for natural gas development as a way to loosen the ties from unstable foreign govern-
the businesses that make them – which is one of my favorite topics anyway. I also got a cool apron with the image of one of the great food paintings from local artist Kathy Minnig. The event was fantastic. Both the food and the beers, wines and liquors that went with them were amazing •F
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ments while using an American-made product. Switching to natural gas has already significantly reduced CO2 and sulfur emissions in Pennsylvania. This according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the transition to natural gas (among other solutions) “represented between $14 and $37 billion of annual public health benefit.” It is time for dialogue. UNI BLAKE Schenevus
Central NY Horn Of Plenty, Farmers’ Market Fundraiser Proves To the Editor: Friday, Aug. 23, I had the honor of being a guest expert for Cooperstown Farmers’ Market’s Local Foods Local Spirits Cocktail Party at Templeton Hall – a pretty cushy job, since my role was to eat, drink and encourage discussion about the value of local foods and
pening in undesirable ways. At the August Village Board meeting, it was noted that, due to lack of parking, rents in downtown apartments are depressed. And that Bassett Hospital is moving non-patient services away from the village. (Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets & Buildings chair, said that’s not due to lack of parking, but you have to wonder.) • Cooperstown may already have done itself considerable damage – let’s hope Savor NY’s closing isn’t the first of many. In Oneonta, where a limited experiment is underway, it’s not too late to adjust. Given that the city’s downtown is rebounding nicely, and the $8 million Bresee’s redevelopment as stores, offices and housing is due for completion this fall, it’s not the time to do anything that will drive people away, as P&D machines, we’ve learned, do. There in a need in Oneonta is for long-term parking – three or four days, if people go away for a long weekend. So set aside a dozen spaces in the bottom deck (next to the Trailways terminal) for that purpose; the sole P&D machine would work for that limited purpose. The problem’s a thumb tack, not a nail. In Cooperstown, the trustees should remove the P&D machines and rethink the whole issue. Since revenues have covered the cost of the machines, no harm done. The nail wasn’t the problem; the hammer isn’t the solution.
– all from within 50 miles of Cooperstown. The vendors from the Farmers’ Market and other friends of the market provided the meats, cheeses, produce, breads and other great, local ingredients. Templeton Hall’s Lucy Townsend created an amazing array of small plate dishes to fill four food and beverage stations. It started with a cheese and charcuterie table with a selection of artisanal cheeses, cured meats, breads, savory pastries, and condiments. The next station was focused on vegetables, from a greens salad to veggie spreads to a chilled cucumber soup. The next table was a cluster of meat dishes spanning the back wall. The duck with bacon jelly was brilliant. The meat dishes paired nicely with the dry red wines and heartier beers on the table. Last on the food tour was the dessert station. Options ranged from simple
and sweet melon to a peach basil tart that was my wife’s favorite thing (which is impressive since it didn’t involve chocolate). Tiny waffles with maple cream were another tasty morsel. New York definitely does sweet wines well, so there was a range of dessert-like beverages. I had never had Magpie Farms Mead before. At the bar were local gin and vodka as well. The entire event was a testament to how much great food and drink is available in our region. All proceeds from the event are going into sustaining and improving the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market. Lyn Weir did an amazing job organizing this event. I can’t wait to participate in the second next summer. DEVIN S. MORGAN Cooperstown Morgan, an intellectual property attorney, writes about the craft food and beverage industry at www. eatdrinklaw.com/blog.
Reminder: Sept. 10 Is GOP Primary Day To the Editor: Tuesday, Sept. 10, is primary day. Please support me in supporting John Schallert for highway superintendent. John cares about the Town
of Otsego; he has live here all his life. This is a Republican primary; the polls are open from noon to 9 p.m. SHEILA M. ROSS Fly Creek
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Paid-parking foe Brenda Berstler closed her Savor NY store, 171 Main St., Cooperstown, on Labor Day.
Merchant Chooses To Invest In ‘Vital, Welcoming’ Town Editor’s Note: Savor NY proprietor Brenda Berstler, who led the lawsuit against the Village of Cooperstown’s paid-parking law, posted this statement on savorblog.com on deciding to close her downtown store.
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he Savor New York or a sluggish economy. But that isn’t the truth. We’re store at 171 Main Street, Cooperstown, closing our doors because the Cooperstown village will close after Labor Day mayor and Board 2013. We are not of Trustees have regoing out of busicently implemented ness. In fact, to decisions that render demonstrate our the village a poor commitment to to choice for business our valued custominvestment. ers and American Cooperstown has producers, we have always been a busiexpanded from ness challenge. It’s Savor New York to Brenda in a remote location, Savor USA, a major Berstler has a short selling acceleration and an season, and mercuexciting one. rial weather. Up to this We are closing our flagship store because factors in point, those challenges had been balanced by a special Cooperstown have made it quality of life. unreasonable to stay there. However, the current Our quality American-made village government’s open products, gift baskets, corhostility to Main Street porate gifts, and wedding businesses, together with favors are available online a casual attitude toward at www.savorusa.com, at our locations in Albany and drug and alcohol laws, and questionable judgment, has Herkimer, or by phone. made Cooperstown a less We could say that we desirable location. Savor are leaving Main Street USA chooses to invest in because of recent floods, a waning interest in baseball, venues that embrace a vital, welcoming Main Street.
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Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Accident – On Monday morning last, a son of Mr. William Fairchild, of this town, about five years of age, was either thrown out of a cart, or in attempting to jump out of the same, broke his neck, which occasioned instantaneous death. Communicated – Died in this town on the evening of the 2nd September, of the Typhus fever, Mrs. Hannah Flint, wife of Moses H. Flint, aged 28, the 25th of June last, leaving four small children. She was resigned to her fate, and closed her eyes in the sleep of death, under a conviction that she should rise in the morning of the resurrection to enjoy a happy immortality. September 4, 1813
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75 YEARS AGO
Sangerfield Natural Gas & Oil Corporation has instructed its drilling contractors, Streeter & Harris of Bradford, Pennsylvania, to move their drilling rig to the Rehm farm this week. The fifth well of the company is located on the west side of the swamp near Pleasant Valley. Work on this well will be pushed vigorously. The wells on the Raffauf and Sweet leases, both near Four Corners at North Brookfield, have been cleaned and will be tested periodically. The locations of the first four wells of the company now are plainly indicated by black and white signs posted along Route 12. September 7, 1938
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Simultaneous Temperance Meetings are to be held in every county in the State of New York, on Tuesday, the 11th of September next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon. The great object of these meetings is to discuss the evils of, and remedies for intemperance, our Excise Law, and, to act together and efficiently in petitioning our next legislature on this subject. We are requested to mention, that the meeting in this county, will be held in the Presbyterian Church in this Village, at the time above mentioned. September 3, 1838
150 YEARS AGO
That Bridge – We are glad to learn that an effort will soon be made to replace the miserable hemlock bridge which spans the Susquehanna at this place by a stone or iron structure, with proper side tracks, &c. If the two towns interested will appropriate $500 to $1,000 apiece, private subscriptions to the amount of several thousand dollars can be procured to carry out this desirable improvement. It is certainly to the interest of the taxpayers of Middlefield and Otsego to make a comparatively small appropriation which will ensure the building of a bridge not likely to require further outlay for many years, and which will last a century. September 4, 1863
125 YEARS AGO
A “trust” is a combination of the manufacturers of a certain article to put the price of the same to as high a point as possible. It is a conspiracy against the consumer. It is a new and dangerous invention to rob and oppress the masses. It is as thoroughly dishonest as can be – a device to make a
September 5, 2003 few people rich at the expense of the many. These “trusts” in many cases, are made possible only by the operation of a high protective tariff, and hence are favored by the Republican Party, which sustains that policy. The Mills Bill deals with trusts so vigorously that they and their representatives in Congress fought it at every stage of its progress and are fighting it still in the columns of Republican newspapers. September 7, 1888
100 YEARS AGO
County Superintendent Lewis of Otego was in Cooperstown Friday in attendance at a meeting of the town boards of Otsego and Middlefield, which met for the purpose of considering the construction of a new bridge over the Susquehanna River. The bridge is intended to replace the present antiquated iron structure which spans the river between the two towns opposite the old Dorr Russell property, now known as the Iroquois Farms. E.S. Strong, who represents the Owego Concrete Company, presented to the boards a plan for a solid concrete bridge of 38 feet span, 24 feet wide with two sidewalks, and a 16-foot roadway, and with the top of the arch 19 feet above the average or natural surface of the water. September 3, 1913
Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, Physician-in-Chief at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital since 1956 has resigned, effective last Saturday to become Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. In his new post, Dr. Thomas will have teaching and consulting duties, and he will continue to be actively engaged in working on problems of radio-biology, hematology, and transplantation. At the School of Medicine Dr. Thomas will be part of a three-man team selected to develop and direct the establishment of the present U.S. Public Health Service Hospital as a West Coast Center for advanced medical research and specialized patient care. Dr. Thomas will be particularly concerned with the construction of radiation facilities which will handle all the research and clinical needs of the new center. The radiation facilities will include dual cobalt 60 units similar to those at Bassett Hospital. September 4, 1963
25 YEARS AGO
Members of the Leatherstocking WGA (Women’s Golf Association) held their end-of-the-year banquet last week at the Homestead Restaurant in Colliersville. Several awards were presented during the banquet. Dolores Peterson was honored as the Most Improved Golfer for 18 holes; Sue Kolski was Most Improved Golfer for nine holes. Ringer Score winners were Martha Vaules, Dot Gardner, Jean Hoyt, Gayle Smith, Mary Lou Spence, Shirley Kinney and Helen Winne. Winners at the Ryerson Tournament in August included Dolly Peplinski, Janet Bailey, Judy Ryan, Janet White, Martha Vaules and Dot St. John. September 7, 1988
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 2013
First-Year P&D Revenues Fall Below Projections, But Machines Paid For PARKING/From A1 the equivalent of a 4 percent tax increase. If the P&D machines continue next year, however, the initial cost of the machines will
not figure in the tally. Meanwhile, interviews with downtown merchants on Labor Day found general disaffection with, not just the P&D machines, but with
lawlessness associated with the Furthur concert. “By and large, the concerts have been positive. It (Furthur, the Grateful Dead success band) was just not the right
one,” said Vinnie Russo of Mickey’s Place, who reported a “single-digit” dip in business over the summer. Comments also focused on the living-inductee-less Hall of Fame Induction (a couple of people also questioned the steel fences that kept people from crossing Main Street that Saturday) and rainy weather early and late in the season. “If we find out this is the way it’s going to be, I’d consider selling this property and just having an Internet business,” said Will Monie, proprietor of Willis Monie Books, 139 Main St. Paid parking and the other setbacks “cost everyone down here 20 percent of their business,” estimated Rich Busse, who operates Pioneer Patio, several shops, and opened Smalley’s Souvenirs & Sandwiches this summer. Going forward, Mayor Katz said that drilling down into the data may determine whether P&D machines on upper Main might better be placed elsewhere, or whether the time on-street
paid parking is in effect – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. – should be adjusted. He expressed satisfaction that, anticipating paidWill Monie said his Inter- parking net business revenue, made up for the village bricks-andcommore losses. pleted the WalnutChestnut reconstruction, and plans to resurface Susquehanna Avenue, part of Delaware, and perhaps Nelson and Prospect this fall. Repeating the word “con-
structive” several times, he said the Village Board will be seeking feedback through a questionnaire, perhaps with dedicated e-mail address, or at a work session that the public would be encouraged to attend. “We recognize that some Main Street businesses have voiced their concerns, and we value them and their input,” his press release read. “The Village Board is charged with representing them, and many others – residents, property owners, Bassett, the Hall of Fame and many more parties and interests. “It is our desire to balance the needs of all who contribute to the well-being of our village.”
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Home of the Week Village Family Home— This 2,600+/- sq. ft. home in the Village of Cooperstown is centrally located and within easy walking distance to downtown, schools, Sports Center, grocery store, and hospital. Outside are a large wrap-around front porch, rear deck, oversized yard with goldfish pond, and a carriage barn with upstairs storage. Inside there is a large living room, dining room, den/office, laundry area, full bathroom, and a recently re-modeled kitchen. Completing the downstairs is a new bonus room addition for the kids or guests. Upstairs are 3-4 BRs, one full bath, one ½ bath, and a spacious walk-in closet. All of the appliances are updated. This is a nice, family friendly home.
Exclusively Offered by Ashley-Connor Realty Now $209,000.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
Younger Leonard Sister Swims Otsego Lake For A Cause, Plans Further Steps SWIM/From A1 “In the first couple hours, the current was strong against me,” she said. “I was wishing I had gone the other way. But as it went on, I felt better. I took the time to re-learn how to swim at a comfortable pace.” Kristen and the sisters’ aunt, Deb Taylor, were part of the cheering squad. Cousin Blaire and a friend from college rode alongside in a boat. “I had a good support crew!” she said. The swim is just a piece
in a larger picture. “One of the main reasons I did it was to bring awareness to my anti-fracking ‘Save Our Beer’ campaign,” she said. “I want to show the effects of clean water on drinking good beer.” Shortly after the swim, she launched the campaign on Facebook, garnering 200
dack Marathon, then on a cross-country bike trip from Florida to California. But she won’t forget what
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MLS#88645 – Amish barn shell w/3.34 +/- acres surveyed, views, waterfront, driveway and electric. $58,000 Call/Text Eric Lein @ 607-483-1236 (cell) MLS#88688 - Country farmhouse overlooking Canadarago Lake on 32 acres has new rental unit w/private entrance. 7 BRs, 4 baths, formal LR and DR, family room and sunroom. Large barn, workshop, garage, 2 ponds and patio w/pool. $495,000 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#89316 - Move-in ready 4 BR, 2 bath Cape on over 8 acres in Cooperstown School District. Open floorplan w/kitchen, full bath and 2 BRs on 1st floor. Master BR w/skylight and cathedral ceiling. Family room, office, laundry room, wrap-around deck, pool, 2-car garage. $224,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#89098 – Otsego Lake front home sits on 1.23 acres. 4400 +/- sq ft of living space. Beautiful home and location. $850,000 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)
MLS#91011 – New price! This extremely well maintained home is a Dreams Park rental within walking distance to Dreams Park! $299,999 Text/call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) or Bradley Vohs, II @ 607-434-9234 (cell)
MLS#89932- Country living in this 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage! New roof, new kitchen. $69,900 Call Gabriella Vasta 607-267-1792 (cell) MLS#83636 - Custom-built home offers 3 BRs, 3 baths, and 3 floors. Open floorplan w/loft and cathedral ceilings. Gourmet kitchen w/tile floor, SS appliances, granite countertop. Master BR suite w/master bath. $324,900 Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607- 434-3026 (cell)
MLS#89408 - Well-maintained, year-round, 3 BR, 2 bath home features large furnished LR, DR, furnished family room and enclosed porch overlooking the lake. Knotty pine bungalow on the lake w/woodstove heat, and 48’ of private lakefront. Attached garage. $199,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#89246 - Professionally restored post-and-beam, 3 BR, 2 ½ bath home on 16.11 acres w/breathtaking views. Beamed ceilings and pine floors in great room, country kitchen, studio, family room, library/den. Workshop, pole barn w/ 2 horse stalls, stocked pond, orchard, pasture and woods. $399,900 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#89527 - Move-in ready home on 1¼ acres w/¼ acre of Canadarago lakefront property. 4 BRs, w/bonus BR over the 2-stall garage. The T-shaped dock is one of the best on the lake. $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#86051 - Panoramic views and privacy with this custom 3 BR, 3 bath new home. Energy-efficient. Offered w/10 acres but more acreage available. $295,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#84430 – Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Road! Parcel includes 4 other parcels to be sold together. Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown. Enough road frontage for 10 building lots if subdivided. All offers considered. $211,999 Call Linda Wheeler @ 607-434-2125 (cell)
New Listing! MLS#90906 – 3-4 BRs, 3 baths, 4+/acres, 2-car garage, Cooperstown Schools! Woodburning fireplace, sunroom w/skylights and pellet stove. Laundry, central air, covered stone patio, deck. Finished basement, large fenced yard. $199,900 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#88224 - Wonderful country home w/4 BRs, 2 baths, newer kitchen. Great yard, garage w/workshop. $189,000 Text/call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell) New Listing! MLS#90825 - 3 BR, 2 bath home w/completed first floor, and options for 2nd floor and lower level finishing. Sited for passive solar, slate entry, hardwood floors, crown molding, cherry kitchen w/island, gas fireplace, french doors to deck, slider to patio. Master BR w/2 closets, laundry, bath. 2-car garage w/workbench. Close to Cooperstown. $329,000 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
New Listing! MLS#90997 - Dar-Stan Stables sits on 222+ acres w/spectacular panoramic views. Horse farm w/barns, house and privacy. $750,000 Text/call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
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MLS#89638 - Absolutely move-in ready, this very well kept 3 BR, 2 bath home sits on 5.24 beautiful acres with State land across the street. $159,000 Text/call Sharon Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#89554 - 2 BR, 1 bath home features wood floors, wood fireplace, newer kitchen, roof and windows. Master BR w/2 closets. Otsego Electric Co-op. Back deck, front porch, private setting close to Cooperstown. $84,900 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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Newly renovated cottage by the lake w/lake views! This 2 BR home has been completely renovated w/new kitchen, bath, flooring, well, hot water heater, roof, windows and siding. Sit on your front deck and enjoy your views of the lake. Lake access for fishing, swimming, canoeing or just floating on a hot summer day. Live here year-round or make it your summer retreat. $69,900 MLS #88816
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Wonderful 3 BR Middlefield home sitting on 5+ acres. House sits back off road in an opening in the woods and offers great privacy. Lovely wrap-around covered front porch and breezeway to adjacent garage greet you. Large open kitchen w/island flows into DR. Solid oak floors throughout, w/ceramic tile bath floors. Large master BR w/2 closets, and ¾ bath. Oversized garage, walk-up second floor. Cooperstown Schools! $339,000 − MLS#90926
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(7774) Find a fabulous future in this 3 BR/2 bath countryside wooded-lot ranch on a quiet street. This intriguing home provides vaulted ceilings, airy and bright floorplan, eat-in kitchen w/gas range, walk-out basement, 2-car garage, decks, power awning, mature trees. Discover great looks as well as great living! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$169,000
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(7525) Exhilarating 3 BR/2 bath lakefront ranch with widespan views and 238' of private lake frontage. This gracious residence boasts cathedral beamed ceilings, a large lake-view deck, large family room, 2 fireplaces, airy and bright floorplan, new carpeting, kitchen w/eating bar, sauna, 2-car garage. Impressive easy access lakefront and beautiful features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$619,000
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Beautiful Contemporary
Spacious, 3000 sq ft, 4 BR, 2½ bath w/open floorplan and sunlight galore. Large family room/bonus room is downstairs w/½ bath and perfect guest BR. Large back deck off of the DR overlooks the rolling hills. Ample storage throughout, attached 2-car garage and more. $229,900 MLS#90265
Built in 1794, Stone Mill Acres is an historic homestead w/9.51 acres of fields and woods in Fly Creek. Postand-beam farmhouse has been totally modernized without sacrificing any charm. Kitchen w/chef-style gas range and room for casual dining. Laundry w/½ bath and pantry, family room w/ vaulted ceiling, exposed beams, tile floor, radiant heat and lots of sunlight. Embossed tin ceilings in LR, DR and kitchen. 2 BRs on the second floor. Bath recently redone. Detached 2-car garage has attached room w/bath. Solar panels, small barn w/second story, chicken house, garden shed. Wooded recreation site w/fire pit and picnic spot. All the amenities of urban living in the charm and beauty of the 19th century. exclusively offered by don olin realty at $349,000
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PUBLIC NOTICE APPLICATION OF NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC AND NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION FOR A CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED FOR THE EDIC TO FRASER TRANSMISSION LINE AND NEW SCOTLAND TO LEEDS TO PLEASANT VALLEY TRANSMISSION LINE In accordance with Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION, LLC and NORTH AMERICA TRANSMISSION CORPORATION (together “NAT�) is providing notice that on or about October 1, 2013 it will file an application with the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC� or “Commission�) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for two 345kV overhead transmission line segments. The segments will work together to relieve congestion on the New York power grid and provide other benefits that are being proposed in response to the Governor’s Energy Highway Blueprint initiative. NAT will be filing initial application materials as described in Appendix A of the Commission’s April 22, 2013 Order in Docket 12-T-0502. The two transmission line segments are the Edic to Fraser Transmission Line and the New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line, together known as the “Project�. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Edic to Fraser Transmission Line will involve the construction of the approximately 80 mile, 345kV Edic to Fraser overhead transmission line in the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Schuyler, Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden; construction of a new series compensation station, which will occupy approximately 10 acres adjacent to the new Edic to Fraser transmission line along the route; and modification of the existing Edic and Fraser Substations in the Towns of Marcy and Delhi to accept the new transmission line. The series compensation station site will include an approximately 4-acre fenced site that includes a control house, circuit breakers, switches and communication equipment, with the remainder of the site reserved for access roads and site drainage. The New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley Transmission Line will involve the construction of the 65 mile, 345kV New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley overhead transmission line in the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park; and modification of the existing New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations in the Towns of New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley to accept the new transmission line. The existing footprints of the Edic, Fraser, New Scotland, Leeds and Pleasant Valley Substations are not expected to change. Construction, operation and maintenance activities will require NAT to acquire property rights along the Project right-of-way for the proposed transmission lines. The Project is planned to be built utilizing steel monopole structures. Other structure types may be utilized to reduce visual impacts of the Project. The Project is subject to Article VII of the New York State Public Service Law, and NAT must receive a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need from the Public Service Commission before constructing the Project.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19-20 2013
Heegan, Otsego Chamber Awarded Top 2013 Laurels From NY Business Council ALBANY
services to bring value and awareness to the quality of ith a memberlife we have to offer here.� ship growth of The award was an28 percent, the nounced Friday, Sept. 13, Otsego County Chamber and will be presented at of Commerce has won The The Business Council’s anBusiness Council of New nual meeting on Thursday, York State’s “Chamber of Sept. 26, at The Sagamore the Year� Award. on Lake George. “Under the leadSince Heegan ership of Executive was appointed a Director Barbara year ago, Otsego Ann Heegan, the chamber memberOtsego County ship has added Chamber of Com115 new members, merce has thrived, reaching 520 total. showing that hard The chamber was work, commitment cited for creating to membership, and “an atmosphere Heegan strong leadership which attracts incan grow an orgavestments; builds a nization,� said Business positive, forward-thinking Council President/CEO business community and Heather C. Briccetti. partners with government “We are honored to regroups, individuals and ceive this prestigious award institutions.� as an organization working Briccetti also cited the hard on the behalf of our chamber’s internship promembers and the busigram with SUNY Oneonta, ness community of Otsego a workforce-development County,� said Heegan. partnership with Broome “We are dedicated in bring- Community College, and ing growth in our member- the chamber’s seminars and ship by creating member membership programs. to member programs and
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Ron, Marti Jex Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage Ronald Jex, Lockport and Marti Huntress, Vineland, N.J., were married on Sept. 15, 1963, at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, Vineland, at left.
PROPOSED ROUTE During the course of the Article VII proceedings, alternate routes not included in NAT’s application or affected by the proposed primary routes may be offered without further notice by publication. In addition, the Public Service Commission may, without further notice by publication, approve a route for any of the circuits that traverse municipalities not presently affected by the proposed primary routes. The proposed route for Edic to Fraser will parallel the south side of NYSEG’s existing Edic to New Scotland 345kV transmission line for the first 7.2 miles after exiting the Edic Substation through the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield and Schuyler at which point the route traverses generally north to south for approximately 6.3 miles through the Town of Frankfort where it connects to the existing Edic to Fraser 345kV transmission line corridor. The remaining 66.5 miles of Edic to Fraser will be built adjacent to the existing corridor in the Towns of Frankfort, Litchfield, Columbia, Richfield, Exeter, Burlington, New Lisbon, Laurens, City of Oneonta, and Towns of Otego, Franklin, Delhi and Hamden to the Fraser Substation in the Town of Delhi. The proposed route for New Scotland to Leeds to Pleasant Valley begins at the New Scotland Substation in the Town of New Scotland and parallels the existing New Scotland to Alps 345kV transmission line for the first 0.7 miles to the east side of the CSX RR ROW, then turns south adjacent to the RR ROW for approximately 1.3 miles and traverses 0.62 miles to the southwest to join the New Scotland to Leeds 115kV transmission line corridor. After joining this corridor, the route parallels the existing line 11 miles through the Towns of New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans and New Baltimore. The route continues on a new corridor for approximately 2.1 miles roughly 0.35 miles east of the existing lines before rejoining the existing corridor in the Town of New Baltimore at which point the route parallels the existing New Scotland to Leeds 115kV line for the remaining 10 miles through the Town of Coxsackie into the west side of the Leeds Substation in the Town of Athens. The route exits the east side of the Leeds Substation and parallels the existing Leeds to Pleasant Valley circuits for the 40 mile route through the Town of Athens, Village of Athens, Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Hyde Park. The lines will be built on new rights-of-way that will generally be 160 feet wide. The precise proposed routes are described in Sections 2 and 3 of NAT’s Phase A Application filing and will be posted on NAT’s website at www.nat-ny.com beginning October 1. ACCESS TO ARTICLE VII FILING Once NAT’s application is filed with the Public Service Commission, copies of the application will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the following libraries: Utica 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ (FOFTFF 4USFFU 6UJDB /: t 5IF 'SBOL + #BTMPF -JCSBSZ /PSUI .BJO 4USFFU )FSLJNFS /: t 7JMMBHF -JCSBSZ PG $PPQFSTUPXO .BJO 4USFFU $PPQFSTUPXO /: t $BOOPO 'SFF -JCSBSZ &MN 4USFFU %FMIJ /: t "MCBOZ 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 8BTIJOHUPO "WFOVF "MCBOZ /: t $BUTLJMM 1VCMJD -JCSBSZ 'SBOLMJO 4USFFU $BUTLJMM /: t )VETPO "SFB -JCSBSZ 4UBUF 4USFFU )VETPO /: t "ESJBODF .FNPSJBM -JCSBSZ Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. In addition, copies of NAT’s application also will be available for public inspection at the Department of Public Service Offices in Albany (Office of Central Files, 14th Floor, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12223) and will be posted on the Public Service Commission’s website (www.dps.ny.gov). This notice and a copy of NAT’s application filed with the Public Service Commission will be served upon the chief executive officers of Oneida, Herkimer, Otsego, Delaware, Albany, Greene, Columbia and Dutchess Counties and the Towns of Marcy, Deerfield, Columbia, Frankfort, Litchfield, Schuyler, Burlington, Exeter, Laurens, New Lisbon, City of Oneonta, Towns of Otego, Richfield, Franklin, Delhi, Hamden, New Scotland, Bethlehem, Coeymans, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Athens, Village of Athens, and Towns of Greenport, Livingston, Clermont, Milan, Clinton, Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, the municipalities traversed by the proposed routes. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE For information or assistance concerning the NAT’s application, interested persons may contact the following: Hon. Kathleen H. Burgess | Secretary to the Commission, New York State Public Service Commission | 3 Empire State Plaza | Albany, NY 12223-1350 | Phone: 518.474.6530 | Fax: 518.486.6081 | E-mail: secretary@dps.ny.gov NAT Contact: Lawrence Willick | Phone: (636) 532-2200
Now celebrating 50 years of marriage, the couple has lived in Cooperstown for 41 years and have two daughters and five grandchildren.
HAPPENIN’
OTSEGO
Sunday, September 29 (contd.)
FESTIVAL -- 12-6 p.m. “14th Annual Jewish Music & Cultural Festival,� features the Guy Mendilow Ensemble. Jewish Community Center of Syracuse, 5655 Thompson Road, Dewwit. Info, (313) 682-8489, (315) 446-7810.
Monday September 30
MEETING -- 7 p.m. Abner Doubleday Civil War Round Table discusses the 150th anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. New members welcome. Upper Susquehanna Cultural Center, State Highway 28, Milford. Info, jtgralinski@gmail.com.
Wednesday October 2
AL-ANON -- 7:30 p.m. Group meeting every Wednesday. Otsego Manor, Phoenix Mills Crossroad, near Rte. 28, Cooperstown.
Friday, October 4
RUMMAGE SALE -- 10 a.m.4 p.m. Rummage and bake sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. BAG SALE -- 9 a.m.-Noon. Rummage sale with Christmas bazaar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286.
QUILTS -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “The Quilter’s Bee,� more than 150 of the finest examples of quilt making. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2780, albud@citink.net. TRIBUTE BAND -- 8 p.m, The Jerry Garcia Project. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, www. oneontatheatre.com CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Otsego Dance Society continues its schedule. Hilton Baxter calls; music by Uncle Joe & the Rosebud Ramblers Suggested donation: $8 adults; $4 students, teens; free 12 & Under. Presbyterian Church, corner Pioneer and Church streets, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 9658232, www.otsegodancesociety. blogspot.com
Saturday October 5
OKTOBERFEST -- OCCA program exhibits, food, vendors, polka music. Joseph L. Popp Jr. Butterfly Conservatory, 5802 NY 7, Oneonta. Info, Travis Sauerwald, (607) 282-4087. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9-11 a.m. Bag Sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Kathy Jagels, (607) 547-9075. RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rummage sale with Christmas baazar. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4286. QUILT BEE--10 a.m.-5 p.m. Donation of $5. 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 7832780, albud@citink.net.