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FERC Sets Another Hearing, In Oneonta By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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The DGA (Duffers’ Golf Association) played their 50th anniversary match Monday, Oct. 8, at the Leatherstocking Golf Course. The two members, Ed Badgely and George Erhmann, have played a different, unfamiliar course every year for a half-century.
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o arrest had occurred by presstime in the 5 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, assault of a female Bassett Hospital employee as she walked to the Harrison House parking lot after her shift. However, Village Police Chief Michael Covert said there doesn’t appear to be any connection between this incident and a similar attack in May. The male assailant was 5foot-4 or 5-foot-6, with teeth “in extremely poor condition,” in a sweat shirt and dirty blue jeans. Call any leads to 547-2500, ext. 202. CELEBRATE! This “Fall Into Cooperstown” celebration is gaining momentum/ SEE A3
CAREER FAIR: Springbrook will brief job seekers on opportunities with the county’s third-largest employer at a career fair planned 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 5588 State Highway 7, Oneonta (former St. Mary’s School).
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Perched above crumbling steps in the third-base bleachers, unconcerned Ida Pedroza watches a visiting team play in Doubleday Field Friday, Oct. 5.
As Anniversaries Near, Future Of Venerable Field Considered By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN ehind a $371,000 bid to repair the grandstand roof (with less than half that in the contingency fund)... Behind the yellow tape cordoning off 2,000 seats in the 10,000-seat ballpark... Behind plummeting usage of the field, from 354 games in
2007 to 270 this year... ...are big dreams and big ideas for venerable Doubleday Field as it approaches its 2020 centennial (and as the Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th nears in 2014). As the concrete third-base fans’ section cracks and spawls, why not replace it with state-of-the-art bleachers, like the smart aluminum set on the first-base side? Why not install offices, Please See DOUBLEDAY, A6
Village Trustee Frank Capozza and Chief Groundskeeper Joe Harris examine cracks and other deterioration in Doubleday’s cordoned off sections.
At New Dick’s, Perfect Running Shoe 4th National Outlet Opens At Southside By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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he ribbon was cut on Dick’s Sporting Goods at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5, and shoppers going through the new store’s entrance at Southside Mall found a surprise.
The Oneonta outlet, it turned out, is the first of the 506 stores nationwide to offer a “Gait Analysis” to help runners pick the exactly right shoe. “What a lot of people don’t realize is that everyone runs differently,” said The Freeman’s Journal Jessica Muesler, a Brooks Mall Manager Montanti, Oneonta Town Running Shoes representaSujpervisor Wood, and Dick’s LeBreck Please See DICK’S/A6 and Cooper cut ribbon on new store.
he Otsego County Board of Representatives zigged, and the Village Board here may IF YOU GO: zag. FERC HearAt their ing, 7-10 p.m., monthly meetWednesday, ing Monday, Oct. Oct. 24, Foot22, the village hills Performing trustees will Arts Center, consider a resolu- Oneonta. tion opposing the Constitution Pipeline’s “Alternate M” route along 1-88, a route the county board supported Wednesday, Oct. 3. “We feel that this pipeline is another example of greedy corporations privatizing the profits and socializing the risks,” said Trustee James Dean, who chairs the village Environmental Conservation Committee. The resolution – Dean’s committee Please See FERC, A6
Petitioners Urge: Save The Manor By LIBBY CUDMORE
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laire Cardinale didn’t expect to find herself in Otsego Manor at age 57, but when she did, the last thing she expected was to have to fight for the right to stay there. “I have my mind, I had my business, I was a hairdresser,” she said. “I ran the Cardinale salon at Fox Nursing Home. I paid taxes, and Otsego County is bailing on us. I’m not a very political person, I was never involved with anything like this, but the more I thought about it, the more Please See PETITION, A6
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SELLING RACING DUCKIES CCS 10th graders Leo Club members Aisling McGoldrick and McKenna Hage help sell rubber duckies at the Fly Creek Cider Mill during the Cooperstown Lions’ annual fundraiser Saturday, Sept. 30. The $100 grand prize went to Earl Reiter, Shelter Island. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
The New York State Historical Association and The Farmers’ Museum honored 10 staff members at the annual Recognition Luncheon Wednesday, Oct. 3, at The Otesaga. Front row, from left, are Robert Thompson (25 years of service), Mary Margaret Kuhn (15 years), Paul Kuhn (15 years), Catherine Brudzienski (15 years). Back row, from left, are Patrick MacGregor (20 years), Joseph Siracusa, NYSHA vice president, operation; Chris Mattson (15 years), Peter Wiswell (10 years), Dr. Paul D’Ambrosio, NYSHA president; Jane Forbes Clark, chairman of the board, The Farmers’ Museum; Joan Noonan (10 years), Barbara Fischer, NYSHA human resources director; Garet Livermore, vice president, education. Absent from photo: Meg Preston (15 years) and Christine Rossi (15 years).
SILVERA ELECTED: Terrell Silvera of Hartwick, a CCS graduate, has been elected president of the Student Government Association at Herkimer County Community College. He is a criminal justice major.
AT COLGATE: Benjamin Hale Campbell, a CV-S graduate, is among 757 students who entered Colgate University this fall as a member of the Class of 2016.
2 weeks of novelties at the farmers’ museum
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First, The Farmers’ Museum hosted Carousel Organ Association of America Rally the weekend of Sept. 29-30, and the sound of carousel organs was heard through the grounds. Here, Ron Johnson, who owns a rare ophicleide and plays brass in the Cooperstown Community Band, and wife Maureen examine the replica of a Wurlitzer #105 brought here by the Burl and Carol Updyke of Hunlock Creek, Pa.
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• 3 p.m. Boys, Girls, 7th/8th Grade (u14) Cooperstown Soccer Club’s Travel Teams play in the Broome County Soccer Association Spring League. Travel teams are organized by grade but eligibility is based upon age. For complete information about Travel Teams, please visit www.bluesombrero.com/ coopsoccerclub.
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LOCALS ‘Fall For Cooperstown’ Weekend Celebrates Local Bounty By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ith the tourist season officially over and the harvest beginning, the Village of Cooperstown and Growing Community invite village residents to join in celebrating local food, local shopping and local attractions. “It’s not Pumpkinfest or the Winter Carnival,” said Mayor Jeff Katz. “Whoever wants to play can play.” Main Street stores are planning sidewalk sales Saturday, Oct. 13. Also Saturday, music is planned, rain or shine, noon-8 p.m. under at tend in Pioneer Park. At noon, Ed Badgley and George Ehrmann play jazz; at 1, Tony Brower and Jesse Kohen do blues; at 3 p.m., it’s the Small Town Big Band; at 4,
various CCS musical combos; at 6:30, Phil Zenir and friends. There will be an open mike, and all local talent is invited to perform between the other acts. The Baseball Hall of Fame, The Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum will offer free admission to people with proof of local residency, including rides on the Empire State Carousel. The Fenimore’s “Tasha Tudor: Around The Year” exhibit will also be open. At 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione, author of “Can You Believe It: 30 Years of Insider Stories with the Boston Red Sox,” and Curt Smith, author of “Mercy!,” which celebrates Fenway Park, will be at the Hall of Fame to discuss their books and sign copies. In addition, Doubleday Field will be open for baseball, softball and touch football.
Also on Sunday, the Village Library will host a panel of four local authors, Lesley Diehl, David Krajicek, Glenn Nilson and Peter Troy. And for those who want to enjoy a fall weather walk, the first annual “Church Crawl” historical architectural tour begins at 1 p.m. at the Bassett Chapel. The weekend concludes a 4 p.m. Sunday with a 300-foot-long dinner table set down Main Street, where neighbors can gather to pass potluck dishes and eat. Participants are asked to bring their own table setting and a dish made of local ingredients that serves at least eight. Ommegang has donated several cases of beer and will be offering tastings throughout the weekend. “The biggest feedback I’ve gotten so far is that people are excited about it,” said Katz. “Every day, people tell me that they’re coming.”
ANGIE ERWAY NAMED PAUL HARRIS FELLOW Cooperstown Rotarian Angie Erway, left, thought she was being called to the podium Tuesday, Oct. 9, to announce that Mary Earl, right, was being named a Paul Harris Fellow, a coveted honor in the Rotary world. Instead, Earl turned the tables on her friend, announcing the surprised Erway was actually being honored. Erway is manager of the local SEFCU office; Earl managers NBT’s Cherry Tom Heitz/The Freeman’s Journal Valley branch. BLESSING OF THE BEASTS
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AT COLGATE: Benjamin Hale Campbell, a CV-S graduate, is among 757 students who entered Colgate University this fall as a member of the Class of 2016. He was selected from an applicant pool of almost 7,800 students from 50 states, 127 countries, and the District of Columbia.
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What Do You Think About Constitution Pipeline’s I-88 Route? Kuzminski: ‘Alternate M’ Opens Door To Fracking In State
Miller: Pipeline Not Fracking, Beneficial Editor’s Note: Here is Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller’s memo to county Board of Representatives chair Kathy Clark supporting “Alternate M,” the Constitution Pipeline route that would run along I-88.
Editor’s Note: Here are Sustainable Otsego Moderator Adrian Kuzminski’s remarks to the county Board of Representatives Wednesday, Oct. 3, before the board voted 9-4-1 to support the I-88 option for the Constitution Pipeline.
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tsego County is considering a resolution to support the proposed Constitution gas pipeline without any serious examination of the fuller implications of this project. As when we first heard of fracking, now we hear again of windfall financial benefits without any discussion of the costs involved, including negative impacts on property values and communities which might offset these benefits. The New York Times reported this past weekend that second-home sales in the shale gas region have plummeted out of fear of this industry. How many people want homes near wells and pipelines. Had the county considered this?
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Sustainable Otsego Moderator Kuzminski delivers remarks to the county board Wednesday, Oct. 3. County Board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, moderates.
It is naive to try to separate the pipeline from fracking. They are two sides of the same coin. An open pipeline is an invitation to frack if possible. What other harms are being
overlooked? Who is calculating the greenhouse gas methane emissions from the pipeline, its compressor stations, and so on? When Robert Harlem says that Please See CON, A8
ral gas by entities in our region are unrelated to whether hydrofracking should ever be allowed in Otsego County. Like all of Upstate New York, our local economy suffers from a declining private-sector economy. Virtually every government entity in the county confronts deficits as
favor the pipeline project along the Route 88 corridor. Pipelines cross New York State and much of our country. Indeed, the one along the Thruway is closer to the pristine Finger Lakes than that proposed along I-88 is to Lake Otsego. Safety records are such that related conHOMETOWN ONEONTA cerns should have no bearing on the proj- Oneonta Mayor Miller in his City Hall ect’s approval. Simi- corner office at Main and South Main. larly, I see the pipeline a result of stagnant revenue in the as being completely unrelated to face of rising costs. the decision on hydrofracking. The pipeline project will create Gas transmission through the short-term and long-term jobs, county and the possibility of rePlease See PRO, A8 sulting access to lower-cost natu-
ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST PROJECT? Send your opinions to info@allotsego.com by 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 CAROL KIEHN KIRKEY OTHER VOICES
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Eminent Domain Doesn’t Make Landowners Whole To the Editor: No doubt, you have received much response to your editorial of Sept. 27. I will not add my two cents on the wisdom of your positions, but here are a few corrections of the facts: • Because of eminent domain, landowners will receive only a small fraction of the free-market value for their easement agreement and insufficient protection in the agreement itself. In Pennsylvania, where landowners have both gathering lines and transmission lines, they received two to three times the fee for the smaller and less dangerous gathering lines because eminent domain is not granted for gathering lines. • “Open access” is a legal term that refers to the requirement as a federally permitted utility, that an interstate transmission pipeline must accept gas from any party provided there is excess transmission capacity, the gas meet
minimum quality standards, and the party can pay the fees. Originally Williams was clear on this point on its website, constitutionpipeline.com. But now it misstates the facts – possibly to increase support for the pipeline. When I asked Williams spokesman Chris Stockton about this at the Franklin “open house,” he equivocated. The question of getting gas out of the pipeline is more complex. As a utility, Williams does not own the gas it transports. While it will install a tap for a fee, someone would have to reach an agreement with Cabot or Southwest Energy to buy their gas – assuming all is not sold already. Also, this someone would have to pay a lot to build a distribution network from the tap to the users. • Assuming that such a distribution network is built, the price of the infrastructure would have to be paid Please See LETTER, A9 •F
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Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Judge Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum
Oneonta’s Carol Kirkey tells the county Board at its Oct. 3 meeting how Otsego Manor has helped her husband Terry. Listening county reps, from left, are Rich Murphy, John Kosmer (partially hidden), Kay Stuligross, Beth Rosenthal, Don Lindberg, Linda Rowinski (partially hidden), Ed Frazier and Keith McCarty. Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
For Kirkeys, Otsego Manor Has Been A Blessing Editor’s Note: Carol Kiehn Kirkey of Oneonta read this statement during the public comment section of the county Board meeting Wednesday, Oct. 3.
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y husband, Terry, has been a resident at Otsego Manor for the last four and a half years. He suffers from young onset Alzheimer’s disease and was diagnosed at age 52. As you are all aware, the numbers of younger people afflicted with this degenerative and fatal disease in this county and across the nation is rapidly growing. Before moving to The Manor, Terry spent two months at Countryside Care Center in Delhi. He received competent, loving care there, but we were delighted when our wait for a bed at The Manor ended. Not only did it mean an easier ride for my daily visits, but The Manor was/is a state-of-the-art facility whose mission promised to nurture and care for Terry both physically and emotionally. Staff have succeeded in carrying out that mission and Terry and I are blessed and proud to be part of that family. Terry was denied admittance to every skilled nursing facility (all privately operated) close to our home in Oneonta. He was young, strong, ambulatory and his decline would most likely bring difficult behaviors they chose not to handle. The Manor accepted Terry and staff have worked diligently to manage his care – no simple task given the com-
Cooperstown’s Rena Lull, whose mother, also Rena, is 92 and lives in The Manor, issues a plea for the facility’s preservation. Behind her is Tanya Shalor, Opportunities for Otsego Head Start coordinator.
plexities of his disease. True to the mission set forth almost 200 years ago in the days of the county poorhouse, The Manor has cared for Terry and me – we have a quality of life I never thought possible. And now it is for sale. It’s hard to understand why it can’t be saved from privatization. I have been in touch with all of you and thank you for your thoughtful responses. I have taken your advice and have spent time becoming better informed about the issues surrounding profitable opera-
tion of this remarkable facility. I don’t pretend to know enough to “save the day.” But I have learned that there are possibilities yet to be explored. If we are committed to keeping The Manor in county ownership, there is a daunting task before us. It will take strong, rational, conciliatory leadership from the county Board of Representatives, CSEA, and Manor administration to make difficult choices and to craft creative solutions to achieve this goal. It troubles me to hear from Manor officials that CSEA won’t budge, to hear firsthand that an administrator at The Manor is “done with this” and to learn that the county Board of Representatives passed a resolution to sell The Manor, a resolution that was not on the agenda for that meeting. Taxpayers in this county deserve better and many are willing to help. As you deal with this issue, please be mindful of the needs and wishes of county residents including those who currently reside at The Manor. I have already communicated my concerns about the future of the dementia unit, Serenity Place, which is the only unit of its kind in Otsego County. Communication is key as we proceed. Manor residents especially deserve the courtesy of regular updates in the days and months ahead – the insecurity of not knowing what will become of their home is a heavy burden to bear. Thank you for your attention.
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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Advertisement – Take Notice: Lost some time since, a Note of hand against Benjamin Parker, of eighteen dollars and fifty cents, payable on the first day of October, 1812, with interest, payable to Silas Peet, and believed to be negotiable; this is therefore to warn the public against purchasing said Note if it should be offered for sale, as the same has been paid. Silas Peet, Edmeston, September 29, 1812. October 10, 1812
asphaltic road oil is applied under a pressure of about 60 pounds. The result of spraying was immediately absorbed by the street and required no covering of sand or screenings to prevent tracking. In the demonstration Monday the surface of the street was dry enough in a very short time to travel over without tracking or smearing. The Standard Oil Company has applied road oil for cities, towns and country highways for the past three years with the greatest success. October 9, 1912
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The Common Schools’ Curriculum Questioned – How much of the practical business of life do the children learn in the common schools? What is learned that assists the labors of manhood? What do our common schools now teach that makes the man? Does the young farmer in the district school, and while he is receiving the only education he is ever to get, learn anything of Agriculture – and of the nature of sods and manures? – Anything that teaches him to distinguish the different earths, and their peculiar adaptations to the different grains and grasses? Does he learn anything of the best breeds of stock – of the best manner of raising, keeping, and fattening his cattle, sheep and swine? Is he taught that which makes his profession useful, profitable or honorable? October 9, 1837
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History of Cooperstown – When this book first made its appearance several weeks ago, we simply announced its publication, intending at an early day to give it a more extended notice. More than half the edition has been subscribed for or sold; and, as it contains considerable matter of interest to the residents of the county generally, as well of the village of Cooperstown it should and doubtless will have a sale throughout the county. The book embraces a great deal of information derived from our oldest living residents, which would have been lost to us a few years hence – also facts and dates gathered from newspapers and other sources, at no small cost of time and patience and labor. For all his trouble in preparing this work for publication, and outlay of money attending its printing, the author, Rev. S.T. Livermore, will receive very slight remuneration when the entire limited edition is sold. October 10, 1862
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Personal – Horace C. Hooker put his knee out of joint running in a game of foot ball last week and had to be car-
The fifth natural gas well to be drilled by the Sangerfield Natural Gas & Oil Corporation was “spudded in” last week on the Clinton Rehm farm in Pleasant Valley. Starting with a 10 and a quarter inch hole they will go down to bed rock and install an 8 and a quarter inch drive pipe after which a 6 and a quarter inch casing will be used. This fifth well is considerably to the north and west of the four wells previously drilled in the North Brookfield area, all of which are classed as good commercial wells. October 13, 1937
October 11, 2002 ried home. Two car loads of poles for the electric light wires arrived at the depot on Tuesday. The work of putting them in position will commence this week. Build an unventilated cesspool with which to connect water pipes in your house or store, and it is only a question of time when poisonous sewer gas will invade your building. Several buildings on Main Street above Pioneer connect with such cesspools; and will a portion of the property owners in that district now refuse to aid in sewering the same, and thereby endanger the health of many of their business associates? In no part of the village is a sewer more needed, and all the property was taxed for the main. October 14, 1887
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A demonstration of high pressure road oiling was given on Chestnut Street Monday by the Standard Oil Company of New York. This test was attended by President Barnum (Mayor of Cooperstown) and several of the trustees and citizens. The principal object of it was to show the many distinct advantages high pressure oil sprinkling has over the old gravity, or sprinkling, method of putting oil on streets. In the roads over which this test is satisfactorily made the dust and loose material are removed from the surface. Standard
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A Laundromat known as the “Busy Beaver Laundromat” will open on Friday, October 12 at 5 West Beaver Street, Cooperstown. The new concern, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gifford and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Reynolds is located in the building formerly occupied by Meadowlark Dairy. Mr. Gifford stated that the Laundromat will have eight 9pound washers, one 25-pound washer, and four 50-pound washers, all made by Westinghouse. The dryers have two heat settings and the washers are equipped with both a regular and delicate wash cycle. Refreshments including free coffee and donuts will be served on opening day. October 10, 1962
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The former Great American supermarket on Chestnut Street in Cooperstown will not be used to house prisoners after all, according to Otsego County Representative Joseph P. Franzese, R-Cherry Valley. The Otsego County Board on Wednesday last made official the purchase of the building and parking area from Great American for an amount not to exceed $525,000. “The county is desperately short of office space,” said Franzese, “and it’s just a question now of which offices to put into the building.” Franzese mentioned the county Office for the Aging, the Planning Department, code Enforcement and the Veterans’ Office as among the departments his committee is considering. October 14, 1987
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FERC Sets 4th ‘Scoping Hearing’ As I-88 Option Supported FERC/From A1 passed it unanimously Tuesday, Oct. 2 – was distributed to the Village Board at a special meeting Friday, Oct. 5, but no action was taken. Mayor Jeff Katz anticipates it will pass, although it will be too late to influence the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which ended its public comment period Tuesday, Oct. 9. “I thought the resolution was very well written,” said Katz. “My feeling it the board will support it.” He lamented the fact that a positive trustee vote would come too late to influence FERC, which had planned to close the public comment period Tuesday, Oct. 9. That same day, however, FERC (for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) announced it will hold a fourth “scoping hearing” on the project 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in the Atrium of Oneonta’s Foothills Performing Art Center. Three such hearings were con-
IF YOU GO: Fourth FERC ‘scoping hearing,’ 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, Foothills’ Atrium. vened in September, in Schoharie, Afton and New Milford, Pa., but that was before support began coalescing around “Alternate M,” the Otsego County route. FERC’s natural gas spokesman was out of the office this week, but Chris Stockton of Williams, the Houston-based pipeline company, said, “I think they want to give people who may be potentially affected an opportunity to be part of the proceedings.” At its monthly meeting, the county Board of Reps passed a resolution supporting the pipeline after hearing three hours of public comment, much of it negative. When 200 people showed up, the meeting was moved from the board’s chambers into the main courtroom at the nearby county courthouse to accommodate the
crowd. The motion, as amended by its sponsor, county Rep. Linda Rowinski, D-Oneonta, anticipates “new labor income in the region, new annual sales-tax and bed-tax revenue, as well as an estimated $3 million in property and school tax relief.” Some speakers – Oneonta businessman Tom Armao, a cofounder of the Citizens Voices pro-business group, and Christine Amos, Bank of Cooperstown vice president, among them – supported that view. Others, including Sustainable Otsego moderator Adrian Kuzminski, Fly Creek, and Otesgo 2000 President Nicole Dillingham, saw “Alternate M” as opening the region to fracking. And Kuzminski and others said they’re willing to take the issue to the ballot box. “Linda,” said Colleen Blacklock, who lives Oneonta’s Ward 5, which Rowinski represents, “I’m sure you have good intentions, but the road to
hell is paved with good intentions ... Pipeline equals drilling, period.” Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, seconded Rowinski’s motion. The weighted voting resulted in 3,621 ayes vs. 1,920 nayes. Pauline Koren, R-Milford, who said she supported the resolution, was absent, so her 626 points weren’t counted. Voting aye were county Reps. Clark, Frazier, McCarty, Lindberg, Powers and Schwerd, all Republicans, and Democrats Rowinski and Stuligross. Voting nay were Democrats Kosmer, Koutnik, Murphy, Rosenthal and Rothenberger. Meanwhile, Stockton said Williams has shifted its field teams to surveying “Alternate M,” one of 60 routes in all being reviewed. Fifty percent of landowners in the I-88 corridor have already allowed access to their property, while 10 percent have denied it, he said. Stockton said the county board resolution has some impact on both the company’s and FERC’s decision, but it’s too soon to tell
As Anniversaries Near, Future Of Venerable Field Considered DOUBLEDAY/From A1 storage, restrooms for fans and locker rooms for visiting teams underneath? (Price tag: an estimated $1.5 million, nothing these days, given Bank of America paid a $24 billion fine just a couple of weeks ago.) That would open up space under the grandstand that faces the parking lot; why not collaborate with the Hall of Fame to create a Doubleday Field satellite museum in that space? In fact, why shouldn’t the Hall assume ownership, care and development of the ballpark, since it’s been such an integral park of Cooperstown becoming baseball’s rustic mecca? “Nobody’s talked about that with me,” said Jeff Idelson, Hall president, who is also a member of the village trustees’ Doubleday Field Committee. Without making any commitments, though, he said he’d be delighted to discuss any and all issues related to Doubleday Field’s future. As Village Trustee Frank Capozza, Doubleday Field Committee chair, and Chief Groundskeeper Joe Harris conducted a tour of the facility the other day, the challenges were manifest, particularly along the third-base line. Although a state inspector last summer declared the section safe, and Troop 1254’s Nathaniel Wilcox striped all the steps yellow as his Eagle Scout project, much of the section is cordoned off to keep people out. The steps are patched and patched, but new spalling is evident. There are cracks and more cracks along all the retaining walls, and thick layers of moss at the far end of the deck threaten the unwary. There’s no rebar holding together the concrete base, and Capozza and Harris have concluded the structure, which probably dates back to the 1950s, is simply set on a mound of dirt. An estimate that dates backs a few years found it would cost $1.5 million to remove the whole section and replace it with modern bleachers, like those that line the first-base line. (They are no longer the ones from Fenway Park that Red Sox owner Tom Yaukey donated in the 1960s, Tom Heitz, Friends of Doubleday general manager, insists.) Capozza, Harris and Heitz – he was hired a year ago to help revive
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Chief Groundskeeper Joe Harris reviews records in his office beneath the grandstand, site of – perhaps? – a future museum.
the Friends, first by seeking to regain lost tax-exempt status – would like to see locker rooms and offices installed under the bleachers, as well as restrooms; “Men” and “Women” signs are the first thing visitors now see as they approach the grandstand from the north. Their fondest dream would be the creation of a Doubleday Field Museum in that freed-up space, perhaps a satellite of the Baseball Hall of Fame. (Steve Carlton pitched a game there in the ’60s that fueled his career, and there have been many notable episodes.) Already, the Friends have installed 1,000 pavers in front of the grandstand’s north end, and have a plan for a plaza that would have space for 1,000 more. The immediate challenge – repair of the grandstand roof that solicited the $371,000 bid – has been addressed for now. By not repainting the steel girders, but simply ripping off the shingles and replacing them, that cost has been reduced to the $100,000 range, and will probably be done next spring. But the Doubleday trio and Mayor Jeff Katz, himself a baseball fan and baseball writer, have greater ambitions than that. When Republican Chris Gibson and
“It’s a great addition to our community,” said Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood. “It’s another national retailer attracted to Oneonta and that will attract other retailers.” Luisa Montanti, Southside Mall manager, expressed amazement at how quickly the store came together. “Last time I was in here, it was a dirt floor!” she said. “And they’re two weeks ahead of schedule – they were scheduled to open Oct. 15” “This store is special because it’s close to home,”
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PETITION/From A1 I got upset.” Claire, along with several other residents, met with Maureen Culbert, a Life Democrat Julian Schreibman have Enrichment volunteer whose visited the village in their campaigns mother resided in Otsego for the 19th Congressional District seat, Katz has made a point of walking Manor until her death in 2009, to draft a letter sent them through the downtown, ending up at Doubleday, where he talks about to state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Governor the need for action. Cuomo, pleading for their The mayor’s been exploring other intervention to stop the funding option, but the CFA process privatization of Otsego (for Comprehensive Funding ApManor. “They’re afraid,” plication, the state’s main economicMaureen said. “This is their development tool right now) doesn’t seem to fit. Preserve New York grants home, and they don’t want to lose it. They see what’s aren’t big enough. “It’s a bit disappointing,” Katz said, adding, “There’s happening at Countryside” a hope, in the back of people’s minds, – the former Delaware that Major League Baseball will come County nursing home in Delhi – “and they’re frightto the rescue of Doubleday.” ened that they’ll be put out.” The hopes for that rescue are Cardinale’s first stay buoyed by two important anniverat Otsego Manor was for saries coming up. One, in 2014, is rehab, but when she returned the 75th anniversary of the Baseball home she found that her Hall of Fame. The other, in 2020, home health aide had been is the 100th anniversary of the first cut from 60 hours a week organized game played on the spot, to 23. “New York State between a town team and the Cuban wouldn’t put up the money,” Giants, the foremost Negro League she said. “It was more costbarnstorming team of the day. (The effective to have me here.” local team won, 9-8, and the Giants After a series of accithen performed musical acts for the dents that made it clear she crowd’s amusement.) Heitz is bullish about the possibili- couldn’t live on her own, she signed a waiver to put ties. A first step, completion of the paver plaza out front, is within reach, a lien on her home, and he said; it will cost about $50,000, and moved back to Otsego Manor. “Now they want people the Friends already have $40,000. to go back to home care,” In his heart of heats, said Heitz, she said. “And I have no who was Hall of Fame librarian for 12 years, he would like to see the Hall home. They took my house take ownership of the field and raise it and now they’re selling my home to other buyer. The to prime condition for the anniversacounty is making money off ries ahead. More likely, whatever happens will my home.” “It’s clean here,” said be “a partnership between the Hall of Fame and the village (i.e., the taxpay- Claire. “We’re well taken care of, the food is good— ers). The fuel for that partnership would be the people who come to Doubleday Field. “I’ve spent quite a bit of time there in the past year. There are more and more people walking up to have their picture taken in front of the grandstand. The only place where the camera snaps more frequently is in front of the Hall of Fame. “It’s just a lovely place to play, surrounded by houses, that gives people a sense of playing in their neighborhood ... The green grass. The houses. The church steeples. “There’s nothing like it.”
said Dan LaBreck, director of community marketing. “We started in Binghamton, and we’ve been very well received by this community. This is our 35th in New York.” Back at “Gait Analysis,” runners were hopping on a treadmill and running for a minute while Muesler was recording their strides on video and examining the tape to determine which type of shoe would work best for each “foot strike.” Runners can test out the shoe on a small track and take note of the local fun
we’re not eating caviar, but it’s a nice home.” Claire has a small, private room, where she keeps her parrots, a TV and photos of her family. “I’m Italian,” she said. “My family was raised close. My mother, sisters, nieces and nephews all come out to visit me – to move someone, to take them away from their family, you might as well kill that person.” For Maureen, one of the greatest unknowns in the potential sale is cuts in care. “In order for (a private entity) to make a profit, they have to cut personnel and equipment,” she said. “All those things negatively affect care.” As of Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 9, 13 pages were filled with signatures – more than 300. Anyone interested in signing petitions may stopped by the Manor’s lobby, and Cardinale is looking for other sites to have petitions placed as well. Wheel-chair bound, she’s considering leading protests outside the County Office Building in Cooperstown to help dramatize the residents’ future plight. Already the drive is getting some response, with Seward offering to do what he might. “As a county resident, I’ve had both family and friends at Otsego Manor,” he said. “It’s certainly a facility that every resident can be proud of, and I stand ready to work with the board to maintain that quality facility.”
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if “Alternate M” will rise to the top of the list. The decision will be made by the time the company files its application with FERC, shortly after the start of 2013, he said. While Cooperstown may zag, other communities were zigging. The Worcester Town Board – the “Alternate M” would pass through the town – has likewise passed a supporting resolution. Town Board member Dave Parker said three property owners would be affected; two are agreeable; the third is in conversations with Williams, the Houston-based pipeline company, to move the route out of a cornfield to run along the property line. A pro-pipeline resolution is also being considered in the neighboring Town of Maryland. The Town of Unadilla, also on the route, has opened conversations with the Leatherstocking Gas Co., a Mirabito-Corning partnership, to get natural gas if the Constitution comes through, Parker said.
runs and races on the Community Event. “We just wish we’d known about the Pit Run this weekend,” said store manager Daryl Cooper. “We would have been down there.” The store also offers a Golf Simulator to try out clubs, and an archery range for people to try out bows. “In the two days since we opened, the Outdoor Lodge section has been our most popular market,” said LaBreck. “Tree stands have been flying out the door.”
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George Macaluso, right, and Russ Mavey were among runners representing Cooperstown in the event, which drew runners from Unadilla to Hartwick to Worcester.
REMEMBERING 19TH ANNUAL RICKY ‘PIT’ PARISIAN MEMORIAL RUN
Josh Edmonds, of the Cooperstown running family, accepts the first place plaque after winning the Pit Run 10K in 31:47 Sunday, Oct. 7, in Oneonta. Josh, 24, has had plenty of running partners over the years in brothers Ben, 26, Peter, 22, Caleb, 20 (now running at Liberty University, Josh’s alma mater) and sister Heidi, who turned 13 Oct. 10, not to mention dad, Dr. Lee, and mom Jean. Back in Otsego County after college, Josh is a partner in a contracting firm, Simple Integrity.
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Amanda Lopiccolo lopes toward the starting line at the 19th annual Ricky “Pit” Parisian Run on Oneonta’s Main Street viaduct at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 7. Her warmup must have worked: Lopiccolo, who won the female category in 2010 and came in second in 2011, won first place in the 10K event once again, finishing in 37:51, 10th overall. Her husband, Matt, SUNY Oneonta track coach, finished eighth in 37:25.
Kathleen Galland-Bennett, third from left, battling a cancer diagnosis since April, nonetheless ran the Pit Run with her Cooperstown pals – from left, Laura Kilty, and Christine McBrearty-Hulse. She plans to run Nov. 4 in the New York City Marathon. Mom Cheryl Rock, Cooperstown, and daughter, Erin, 9, participate in the Parisian Run to prepare for the 5K Coop Loop, Sunday, Oct. 28, at the Clark Sports Center. Registration begins at 10:30 a.m.; the race starts at 12:30.
After Cooperstown’s John Raymond finished the 10K event (51st, 43:57), he settles twins Gabriella and John Luke, 5, down to feast on Brooks BBQ chicken. Owner Ryan Brooks said his crews were preparing 1,500 chicken halves for the event, 100 more than last year.
Charles Hollister, Cooperstown, finishes third in the 5K event with a time of 19:08. Eli Townsend, Delhi, took first place in 18:09. Cooperstown runners in the top 100 in the 10K included Andrew Rock (26th, 41:13). George Mitchell, right, expresses thanks to Sid Parisian and other Pit Run organizers for dedicating the 16th Pit Run to his longtime associate Jim Elting, the Bassett Healthcare orthopedic surgeon who died in August.
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Kuzminski: ‘Alternate M’ Opens Door To Fracking In State CON/From A4 natural gas is cleaner than other fossil fuels, he’s ignoring peer-reviewed research which concludes just the opposite. For the county to proceed without any systematic evaluation of the cons as well as the pros of this pipeline is highly irresponsible. The county appears to be responding to the interests of one group of constituents while ignoring the rest of us. Gas has been available in Oneonta for decades, but where’s the boom? As shown by the FERC hearings held elsewhere, concerns about harms from the pipeline, like all aspects of shale gas production, run wide and deep. Concerns about shale gas production have
been reflected in the numerous surveys, petitions, polls and other well-documented responses collected in town after town in Otsego County in support of moratoria and bans on this kind of industrial development. Seven towns have banned fracking. The sentiment of most Otsego County voters seems clear: the gas industry is not welcome here. The county Board of Representatives risks the wrath of these voters if it supports the gas industry by passing this resolution under these circumstances. What the county should do is call upon FERC to extend its deadline for public comment and to schedule a public hearing in Otsego County.
PRO/From A4 facilitate economic growth, provide important revenue to county government and provide the opportunity for residents to benefit from lower cost energy. Given the lack of legitimate risks, and separation of pipeline approval from the hydrofracking issue, I see no basis for the county not approving this project. Further, I believe it would be financially imprudent for the county board not to approve the pipeline, given the amount of tax revenue that would be forgone.
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‘Alternate M’ Unlikely, Writer Says, For A Lot Of Reasons LETTER/From A4 by increasing the price of the gas, making it less of a bargain – especially for homeowners. • Williams is strongly against Alternate Route M. It was clear about this at the first Franklin meeting, the one that preceded the open house. (My guess that its
preferred route is cheaper to build and easier to get all the easements and permits.) Ultimately, the choice of the route is up to the five FERC commissioners. In the past, they have chosen an alternate route, but it is very rare – a FERC rep at the open house could remember only one. I have not been able to
get a handle on what goes into their decisions. Clearly the relationship between FERC and utility companies is not always adversarial. • While pipeline technology has improved, we are still at the mercy of the subcontractors who have the incentive to cut corners. Inspection of the Millennium
Pipeline, only a few years old, found three leaks. The leak that triggered PHMSA ordering this inspection was due to a piece of pipe, which failed visual inspection, later being added to the pipeline anyway – waste not, want not. It takes spark to turn a small leak into a conflagration hundreds of feet in all directions. • While building the Constitution is not depen-
dent on drilling gas wells in New York, unquestionably the pipeline would become the locus of future drilling, should it ever become profitable here. The drilling in northern Pennsylvania counties of Tioga, Bradford and Susquehanna is concentrated along the Tennessee #300 Pipeline there, and the applications for permits by Chesapeake and Talisman for horizontal shale wells
in New York are along the Millennium Pipeline. Of course, existing maps of isopacs, depths and thermal maturity make it unlikely that drilling would begin in most of Otsego County. Probably by coincidence, the best chances to profit from drilling is southernmost Otsego, just where the pipeline would run. BRIAN BROCK Franklin
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Hohensee Cares, Brings Double Perspective To the Editor: Tom Hohensee has been expressing his concern and caring for Town of Otsego residents long before his decision to extend that service by seeking to become a representative of the Otsego Town Board. His long-term involvement as a board member of both LEAF (Leatherstocking Education on Alcoholism /Addictions Foundation) and Cooperstown Youth Soccer clearly demonstrates community activism and involvement. Early on in our efforts to make the town board aware of the dangers of fracking, when people were wondering what all the fuss was about or being skeptical about stopping the most powerful industry on earth from fracking in New York State, Tom was in there making phone calls and collecting names on petitions to present to the
town board to give our concerns the gravity and seriousness they demanded. Beyond his record of commitment to our community, Tom Hohensee brings a unique opportunity to Cooperstown and Town of Otsego residents. He has lived in the Town of Otsego many years and recently has moved to the Village of Cooperstown. This dual perspective enables him to inform the town board from both vantage points, bringing balance in decision making, synergies in government and avoiding misunderstandings. It is a privilege for me to be able to support Tom Hohensee for Otsego Town Board member. Please consider voting for him on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 6. JOHN KOSMER Fly Creek
Russo Looks For Government Efficiencies To the Editor: When my wife and I moved here 13 years ago to begin our careers and raise our family, I never dreamed I would be seeking public office. My decision to run for councilman in the Town of Otsego was not made lightly. In my view, public service is an honorable calling. As a health-care professional, a combat veteran, a community volunteer, homeowner and parent, I firmly believe one should and must give back to the community. My goal is to represent the best interests of all residents of our town and village.
I am opposed to fracking and as a member of the town board I will not support it. I will also be a good steward of the taxpayers’ dollars and ensure that all town spending be as economical as possible. We need to provide necessary services in an efficient manner, eliminate waste, and explore innovative means of doing so. I will work hard to create the type of community in which everyone can thrive. I would appreciate your vote for Otsego Town Board on November 6. PAUL RUSSO Cooperstown
Joy Kills Sorrow Saturday, December 8–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel Joy Kills Sorrow is hard to categorize–a string quintet? a bluegrass band? folk troubadours? indie-rock hipsters? They’re that and more! Virtuosos all, each member of JKS was conservatory trained, either in jazz or classical music, and Concert Series can’t wait to share their award-winning sound, a sound all their own, with Cooperstown.
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Saturday, January 12–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel Annie & the Hedonists skillfully perform a mix of acoustic folk, torchy blues, standards, bluegrass, gospel, and early jazz (with some honky tonk thrown in for good measure). One reviewer described Annie Rosen’s vocals as “sultry, blues-tinged and honey-voiced.” This eclectic band offers something for everyone.
BritishMania Friday, February 8–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel To usher in Winter Carnival 2013, BritishMania invites you to take a trip back to the experience of seeing the Beatles, from the live early years at The Cavern Club in Liverpool to the hard-to-reproduce “studio years” of Sgt. Pepper! Using authentic period gear and costumes, BritishMania is a truly authentic Beatles Tribute Band and Concert Series can’t wait. Yeah, yeah, yeah!
www.cooperstownconcertseries.org Tickets: 547-1812, or at Ellsworth and Sill, Church & Scott Pharmacy, or the Fly Creek General Store. Any remaining tickets will be available at the door. Ticket prices are $20 for adults, $15 for Senior Citizens, $5 for students, and children 12 and under, free when accompanied by a paid adult. Cooperstown Concert Series programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. The Concert Series is a member of the ArtsOtsego Alliance. OCAA is supported by Otsego County Occupancy Tax Revenues and SEFCU. The Cooperstown Concert Series thanks Senator James Seward for his support with legislative initiative funding. Other support profided by the Cooperstown Event Services, Don Olin Reality and the Otesaga Resort Hotel.
The Sweetback Sisters Saturday, November 3–7:30 PM Brewery Ommegang The Sweetback Sisters, combine family-style harmonies that recall the best of country music (Everly Brothers and The Judds), as well as spirited rockabilly energy. Self-described as a “renegade retro band that mixes up country, swing and honky tonk,” The Sweetback Sisters will make you think The 1950s married The B-52s.
Steel Wheels Saturday, March 9–7:30 PM The Otesaga Resort Hotel A true Americana band, blending blues, bluegrass, old time sing-alongs, and foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes, all infused with passion and an authentic backwoods feel. The Steel Wheels are guaranteed to close out the Concert Series season in memorable style.
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MLS#84020 – Lrg Fly Creek colonial. 4 BR, 3 ½ baths, master suite w/walk-in closet & lrg bath. Lrg eat-in kitchen w/ double pantry closets, wood flrs on 1st flr, and a full finished basement w/full bath and outside entrance to ground level. $270,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201
MLS#85750 – Center-hall colonial w/3200 sq ft of living space, 4-5 BRs, 3 full baths on over 10 private acres in the Cooperstown school district. Lrg unfinished 3rd flr bonus rm. Insulated walk-out basement w/radiant heat. Custom ceilings, 2-sided fireplace and eat-in kitchen with pantry. $349,000 Call Chris @ (607) 376-1201
MLS#84002 – Fly Creek 58+ acres on State Hwy 26. Cooperstown Schools. $135,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 1-603-247-0506
MLS#85388 – Rustic and roomy home on a private acre in Oneonta school district w/easy access to Cooperstown, Oneonta, & I-88. The 4 BR, 2 bath, custom design features an open flr plan, cathedral ceilings, 2 fireplaces, 3 levels of living space including a full finished basement, and lrg workshop. Pond, 4 storage sheds, & more. $149,900 Call Tom @ (607) 435-2068
MLS#84179 – 4 residential buildings: single-family home w/in-law apartment, 3-bay lrg workshop, remodeled single-wide, and a newer double-wide. Small pond. 199 acres +/-. Much equipment included in sale. Call Frank 607-435-1389 for Details
MLS#82720 – This 3 BR home is situated on a nice corner lot in a great location. Close to school and shopping. With some TLC would make a great starter home. Owner needs to find suitable housing. $85,000 Call Linda Wheeler @ (607) 434-2125 MLS#86317 – Perfect country retreat for vacation or year-round living. 3 BR, 2 bath charmer on 34 acres with swimming pond. $269,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603 MLS#86271 – Oneonta 2-family home with 2 beds up & 2 beds down. Residential neighborhood, short distance to Boys & Girls Club. Short sale and Bank must approve offer. $92,300 Call Frank 607-435-1389
MLS#85244 – Charming 4 BR farmhouse set on an oversized lot. Hardwood flrs, enclosed side sunporch, lots of storage space, and spacious rooms w/high ceilings. Needs some TLC. $59,900 Call Tom Platt @ (607) 435-2068
MLS#86367 – Charming late 1800s farmhouse and three barns on 79 acres overlooking the Otsdawa Valley! 2 ponds, pastures, fields, and a hen house! $299,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
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MLS#84430 – Back on the market–Some of the last vacant lots available on Gifford Hill Rd! All kinds of possiblities! Only minutes to Oneonta and Cooperstown. Enough road frontage for 10 bldg. lots if subdivided. All offers considered. $214,999 Call Linda Wheeler @ (607) 434-2125
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MLS#84612 – Location, seclusion & views! Close to Oneonta & Delhi, convenient to schools, hospitals & shopping. Secluded move-in condition home on 10.8 acres. $229,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633
MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid contemporary build ideal for working living & playing in the Cooperstown area. Within minutes of the Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring offers! $245,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633
MLS#84923 – Cherry Valley renovated 3 BR, 2 ½ bath farmhouse on 3.2 acres. Country kitchen w/stainless steel appliances, formal DR, 2 fireplaces. Fencing, run-in shed and barn for horses or livestock. $250,000 Call Michelle @ (518) 469-5603
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MLS #85182 – Village Victorian Beauty! A totally renovated home with off-street parking. Would make a GREAT rental! $159,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ (607) 434-1061
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Exclusively offered at $260,000 The convenience of living in the village with all of the advantages of country living. The only neighbors you’ll see are the deer and wildlife. Privacy with a valley view. A short two block walk to the fine restaurants, shops and library in the village of Cherry Valley. This low maintenance home offers 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room with fireplace, formal dining room, kitchen and laundry room, roofed front porch, side stone patio plus an attached two car garage. Much more to see when you visit this move-in ready home.
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Renovated CountRy FaRmhouse
Wonderful renovated farmhouse with a new addition on 2.46 acres just minutes from the village of Cooperstown, Bassett Hospital and the Cooperstown schools. Hardwood floors throughout. The living room has a fireplace, built-in bookcases and deep window seats. The new kitchen has an open floor plan with exquisite artisan woodwork cabinets, a dining area, fabulous lighting and French doors that lead to a flagstone terrace. There is a den and a full bath on the first floor as well and an inviting front porch. Upstairs is the new master bedroom, two additional bedrooms, a large laundry room/dressing room, plenty of closets and a full bath. There are stone walls, raised bed gardens, plenty of perennials and Invisible Fence has been installed surrounding the home. There is also a barn with a one bedroom apartment with a porch for sitting or grilling with a view of the pasture, new 2009. The lower level of the barn could have stalls and the paddock is fenced. There is a separate shed for bikes and kayaks. The Cooperstown school bus stops at the stone steps. This home is inviting, light, tastefully renovated and in move-in condition. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $349,000.00
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