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he county Board of Representatives, having preserved Cooperstown DMV office and the “Gathering Place” senior site in Oneonta, is taking its 2015 budget to public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the County Office Building. The funding was restored at a budget session Thursday, Nov. 20, reducing a 2.4 percent tax cut to 1.7. Review the budget at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
5 NEW LAWS: The Cooperstown trustees Monday, Nov. 24, approved five new laws, including two governing tourist rentals in the village. Details at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
BUDGETS AWRY: By as much as 60 percent, the Otsego Town Board overestimated, and occasionally underestimated, revenues in four budgets, state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says in an audit released in recent days. Details at
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HARTWICK hen Beth O’Brien saw one little body on the sonogram, it was a thrill. When she saw two more, it was a miracle. “I was in shock, but I knew we were so blessed,” she said. “I thought poor Robert was going to pass out!”
Fundraiser Will Assist Injured Jerry Colgate
The O’Brien family – Beth and Robert, and daughters Hannah, 2 and Abigail, 5 – grew by three on Sept. 30, when Beth gave birth to three healthy baby boys, Hunter, Noah and Lucas. “I grew up an only child, so I always wanted a big family,” said Beth. The odds of having identical triplets are one in 60,000. And although the Tallman family of Hartwick and the Catan family of Oneonta also have triplets, the O’Briens’ are the only set of the same gender. After suffering a painful miscarriage, Beth and Please See TRIPLETS, A7
Rollins Photos Snapped Up By Thousands By JIM KEVLIN
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PARKING SHIFT: 200 Bassett employees are now parking at former Gary Enck auto dealership in Hartwick Seminary instead of the Clark Sports Center, where construction is due to begin soon on an expansion.
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hen her daughter Elizabeth was 2, Frank Rollins came by Linda Cunningham’s house to tune the piano, a side business (along with his photography.) Elizabeth was entranced, peering through the bars of her crib while Rollins tightened a string, struck a key, loosened the string, struck a note, until the job was done. Thereafter, Rollins, who taught voice at CCS Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Linda Collins holds up a portrait of daughter Eliz- for 30 years, beginning in 1957, followed his abeth she discovered among the 10,000 Frank new friend with interest, capturing her image as Rollins photos made available for purchase. Please See ROLLINS, C1
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LOCALS Cherry Valley Lumberjack At International Contest CHERRY VALLEY
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athan Waterfield of Cherry Valley was on the four-person U.S. team that competed in the 2014 StihlÂŽ TimbersportsÂŽ World Championship Nov. 14-15 in Innsbruck, Austria.
Team USA, the top four U.S. lumberjack athletes, also included Arden Cogar, Jr., West Hamlin, W. Va., Dave Jewett, Pittsford, and Jason Lentz, Diana, W. Va. The team competed in a relay event and finished third overall, behind Australia and Canada, respectively.
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he Cooperstown KOA Campground in the Town of Springfield has been awarded the 2015 KOA President’s Award by Kampgrounds of America, the world’s largest system of family-friendly campgrounds. The award was presented Friday, Nov. 14 at KOA’s Annual International Convention in Charleston, S.C. KOA is celebrating its 52nd Anniversary in 2014. The KOA President’s Award goes to campgrounds that receive high scores in customer service from their campers, and also top scores in KOA’s annual Quality Review.
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This Christmas, Shop Local – For The Fun Of It!
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hopping local isn’t simply a feel-good decision. It’s essential to the economic wellbeing of our Otsego County neighbors and ourselves. In recent days, that’s been dramatized by the debate over whether the county should close the Department of Motor Vehicles Office in Cooperstown. The office was under threat because local drivers have opted to renew their licenses in Albany via the Internet. • Earlier this year, Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnot
Gardner estimated $523,618 in online license renewals cost the county $63,500. As the problem continued this year, the county Board of Representatives considered cutting two DMV jobs, saving an estimated $100,000 in salaries and benefits. Folks, those two salaries were going to local friends and neighbors, who spent that money locally, to everyone’s benefit. Local auto dealers also weighed in on the debate, arguing the local offices’ efficiency helps them speedily process the paperwork to get the car you just bought
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quickly and conveniently into your hands. Send the paperwork to Albany? Good luck. Folks, get out of that chair. Navigate and perambulate to your local DMV office. You’ll enjoy the fresh air and scenery. You’ll run into friends. Good times. The online experience is a limited one, and damaging to localities. • Also last year, going into what’s usually a shoppingheavy fourth quarter on our Main Streets and Southside Mall, county sales-tax revenues were running 3.5 percent ahead of the year before. So many local shop-
pers went to the Internet, however, sales-tax income had dropped to a 1.3 percent bump by year’s end, according to county Treasurer Dan Crowell. That represented a loss of an anticipated $600,000, he said. This year, sales-tax revenues are 4.02 percent ahead. But if local shoppers opt out as they did last year, that will translate into a $1.1 million loss in revenues, Crowell said. Online retailers are supposed to charge and return the appropriate sales tax to localities, but that isn’t happening routinely. But that’s going to take a while to straighten out, if it ever is.
• This editorial isn’t being written to make you, online Christmas shoppers, feel guilty. More to the point, you’re missing the fun. “I don’t think it’s even the same experience,” said Luisa Montanti, who spent years in retail before becoming Southside Mall manager. “We shoppers love to spend our money, but we also like the experience of going to the store, talking to the store clerk, trying things on and picking out the right color.” Plus, how often do you get something in the mail and have to send it back. How aggravating is that?
Any convenience from online shopping goes out the window. In the weeks between now and Christmas, Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal are going to feature fun local gifts, starting in this edition with Riverwood’s Todd Gibbons in Cooperstown and Monkey Barrel’s Kristian House in Oneonta. These are real toy stores, run by real aficionados of fun. Check ’em out. Novelty is one aspect of Christmas, and novelty is what our serendipitous local merchants can deliver under the tree on Dec. 25. Partake!
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To the Editor: Thank you for publishing the front page BOCES report regarding the forecast for dramatically declining school enrollments. It was refreshing to see your attention to the realities we are facing that also include declining state aid and out-of-scale school taxes. A plan to deal with this needs to be published next. RICK HULSE SR. Cooperstown
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boys sat on the wooden settle shelling corn for popping, and picking out the biggest nuts from the goodly store their own hands had gathered in October. Four young girls stood at the long dresser, busily chopping meat, pounding spice, and slicing apples; and the tongues of Tilly, Prue, Roxy, and Rhody went as fast as their hands. Farmer Bassett, and Eph, the oldest boy, were “chorin’ ‘round” outside, for Thanksgiving was at hand, and all must be in order for that time-honored day. To and fro, from table to hearth, bustled buxom Mrs. Bassett, flushed and floury, but busy and blithe as the queen bee of this busy little hive should be. “I do like to begin seasonable and have things to my mind. Thanksgivin’ dinners can’t be drove, and it does take a sight of victuals to fill all these hungry stomicks,” said the good woman ...
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IXTY YEARS AGO, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a houseful of sturdy sons and daughters growing up about him. They were poor in money, but rich in land and love, for the wide acres of wood, corn, and pasture land fed, warmed, and clothed the flock, while mutual patience, affection, and courage made the old farmhouse a very happy home. November had come; the crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest that rewarded the summer’s hard work. The big kitchen was a jolly
place just now, for in the great fireplace roared a cheerful fire; on the walls hung garlands of dried apples, onions, and corn; up aloft from the beams shone crook-necked squashLouisa May es, juicy hams, and Alcott dried venison – for in those days deer still haunted the deep forests, and hunters flourished. Savory smells were in the air; on the crane hung steaming kettles, and down among the red embers copper saucepans simmered, all suggestive of some approaching feast. A white-headed baby lay in the old blue cradle that had rocked six other babies, now and then lifting his head to look out, like a round, full moon, then subsided to kick and crow contentedly, and suck the rosy apple he had no teeth to bite. Two small
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Editor’s Note: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), celebrated for the classic, “Little Women,” was the prolific author of 14 novels, dozens of short stories, and many other essays and tracts. Here, for the holiday, is “An Old Fashion Thanksgiving.”
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ing tickets for the Village of Cooperstown. These raises come as a slap in the face to our fulltime, year-‘round highway crew members who are living on the edge of poverty. One crew member spoke at the budget meeting, outlining our pay rates as compared to adjacent towns. It is pathetic that our men are paid a wage so low that they are forced live on the edge of poverty and elected officials and part-time office help receive huge wages. The primary role of the supervisor and Town Board members is fiduciary. It seems their number one concern is the amount of solar panels needed on the Town Office Building and the relentless anti-hydrofracking drum beating. In light of all the recent court decisions defending home rule, you would think that they could clear their heads and think about their primary job – money management! SHEILA ROSS Fly Creek
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To the Editor: Now is the time of year when towns approve their annual budgets for the coming year, and Town of Otsego residents should be aware of what was approved on Nov. 12. Raises have been awarded to some elected officials and part-time administrative employees, yet our hard-working, fulltime, highway crew starts at a very low hourly wage, which has cost the town some good employees as they have sought better pay with neighboring Towns. Our town clerk is scheduled to receive a raise to $26,339.00 per year for only 16 hours of work a week, plus a monthly board meeting! The assessor will receive $27,000 for office hours of one day a week for our town with a population of 3,900, compared to the Town of Oneonta at $20,808 with a population of 5229! The Town of Otsego’s parttime court clerk is to receive $23,000 PLUS an additional $4,000 for yet another parttimer to help process park-
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Thanksgiving and Hospice: Blessings Abound
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year. First Class Subscription, $130 a year. Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080. E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Contents © Iron String Press, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown 40 Main St., Cooperstown NY 13326-9598 USPS Permit Number 018-449 Postmaster Send Address Changes To: Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326 _____________ Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Judge Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum
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hanksgiving is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Hospice, too, is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Thanksgiving comes once a year. Every day we are privileged to offer a wide variety of “Thanksgivings” to our Hospice families. Personally, one of my most memorable Thanksgivings was my father-in-law’s last Thanksgiving. We traveled to Hagerstown, Pa., just as we traditionally had for many Thanksgivings in the past. My father-in-law, a
Hospice patient for eight months, was happy to be “home” to celebrate this special family holiday. He was in his comfy flannel PJs and his well-worn plaid bathrobe. He wanted to get dressed for dinner, so we helped him get – according to his term – “presentable.” He requested his favorite Pennsylvania Dutch holiday treat, “hog maw” (cabbage, potatoes and sausage stuffed in a pig’s stomach and roasted to a deep golden brown). As awful as this may sound, it truly is delicious and filled the house with a mouthwatering aroma, he loved it! His wish was made possible because he was able to be “at home” because of the excellent care his Hospice Team gave him.
This experience inspires me to remember at all times that our Hospice is here to provide Hospice families with their “Thanksgiving,” regardless of what time of year it is. Our goal is to help patients and families “Feel Better” so they can “Live Better.” This can often result in people living longer than those who do not use Hospice. Because so many people have caught on to using Hospice much sooner, they not only have the time, they have the “quality of time” needed to benefit from the opportunity of making their “Thanksgivings” possible. In life, we only get one shot at making these beautiful, lifelong memories – it is our privilege and Please See BLESSINGS, A7
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175 YEARS AGO
(Ed. Note: John Holmes Prentiss, editor and publisher of The Freeman’s Journal, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives) The discharge of public duties will require the attendance of the editor at the Seat of the National Government for some months to come, during which time the management of the concern will be in the hands of Mr. Stephen G. Holroyd, who is a practical printer, well qualified to superintend the business of the office. November 25, 1839
manders may exceed their authority and, as the blockade tightens, there will, inevitably, be questions involving our rights. But, a determination on the part of the people not to become engaged in Europe’s war will keep us steady.� November 29, 1939
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50 YEARS AGO
A $625,000 libel suit brought by Mrs. June Dieterle of this village against Mrs. Isabel Moore the author, and Universal Publishing, distributor of the controversial novel “The Sex Cure,� has been reported settled, and litigation terminated. Mrs. Dieterle filed the suit in 1962 against Moore, who wrote under the pen name “Elaine Dorian,� and her publisher, claiming that she had suffered mental distress and damage to her reputation because of the book, which she alleged, the author based on her private life in Cooperstown. November 25, 1964
150 YEARS AGO
Is the policy of the Administration “Peace� on a fair and liberal basis? The great majority of the people, North and South, earnestly desire Peace; but can the rulers at Washington and Richmond agree on terms? Peace on the basis of the “extermination of slavery� appears to be the program of the Administration. The abandonment of slavery was insisted on by Mr. Lincoln before the election; and now that the people have sustained him at the polls, it is not likely that he will waive that point. A heron or crane was caught near here a few days since, in a trap set for muskrats. He weighed but four pounds, two ounces, and only two pounds when dressed, and yet was in good condition. He measured six feet, one inch from tip to tip of wings; length of wing, eighteen and one-half inches; of legs two feet; of bill, eight inches; of neck twenty-two inches. The skin has been stuffed. November 25, 1864
100 YEARS AGO
One of the busiest places in Cooperstown Saturday afternoon was the headquarters of the Cooperstown War Relief Association situated in the Schrom Block at 33 Main Street where the class in bandage making met with the president of the association, Miss Florence Virginia Sill, to aid in carrying on the humane work of relieving the war sufferers. The Cooperstown boxes will be shipped to three points: The Belgian box to Pierre Mali, Belgian Consul at New York City; the Red Cross box to the American Red
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Members of the Board of Directors of the Otsego County December 1, 1814 Tourism Bureau are: Richard McCaffery, President (Cornell Cross at 29th street, New York City, and the box to be filled Cooperative Extension); Al Colone, Vice President National Soccer Hall of Fame); William Guilfoile, Secretary (Nawith clothing, etc. for the children of the unemployed at tional Baseball Hall of Fame); and Esther Miller, Treasurer Schenectady will be sent to the Needlework Guild at Sche(Holiday Inn, Oneonta). nectady. November 29, 1989 November 25, 1914
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Members of the Cooperstown Rotary Club last Tuesday heard a powerful argument against the entry of the United States into the war in Europe presented by the Hon. Smith L. Multer of South Orange, New Jersey. “No fool proof statute can be placed on the books of the government that will keep us out,� he said. “How can we keep out? There is just one way, and that is the will to peace. Incidents will arise that will excite our emotions. Overzealous com-
Fenimore Art Museum will take on a new look this season, thanks to the efforts of the Lake and Valley Garden Club of Otsego County and the Norwich Garden Club and Oxford Garden Club of Chenango County. “We hope that area garden clubs will help us continue the tradition the Lake and Valley club began over 20 years ago,� said Suzanne Kingsley, president. November 26, 2004
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JERRY/From A1 about him,” said Mikal SkyShrewsberry, the former CCS board member. “I met him a few times, and he’s a very nice man.” She knew she had to do something to help raise money for his recovery, and began to make some associations. “I knew Amanda Braswell used to work with Jerry at Danny’s Market, and she runs Jerry’s Place in Hartwick – it all just clicked.” So 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, the #LiveLikeJerry campaign will be the focus of the “Give Back Wednesdays” event that Jerry’s Place has begun hosting weekly. Each week focuses on a different local charity, and next week, 10 percent of the proceeds, whether from an ice cream cone or a burger and fries, will go towards Colgate’s ongoing medical care. Though Colgate remains in serious condition, last week, doctors at UVA began bringing him out of the medically induced coma he’d been in since he was struck by a car while walking home in the early hours of Sunday, Nov. 9. But he continues to improve daily, his friend Kari Gaviria reported. “He opens his eyes on occasion and squeezes your hand,” she said. “He’s making strides every day towards recovery.”
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Family Has 3 Reasons To Give Thanks TRIPLETS/From A1 Robert decided to try one last time for another child. In April, they went to get the first ultrasound at Bassett Hospital. “They showed us one healthy baby and then, suddenly, there were two, and then another! I was thrilled, then excited, then I was terrified!” “You have so many mixed emotions,” said Beth. “But the girls took the news like champs. Hannah offered up her crib, and Abigail took the ultrasound pictures to show-and-tell.” “I love them,” said Hannah. “We’re going to play tag!” said Abigail. The girls help put their brothers into their swings, sing lullabies, help put them down for naps and give them check-ups with their play doctor kits. “When we first got home, Hannah didn’t understand why the boys couldn’t go on the slide,” said Beth. Bassett doesn’t have a neo-natal intensive care unit, so Beth’s care was transferred to Albany Medical Center. Though the preg-
nancy was mostly worryfree, at 29 weeks she began having blood flow problems. “They thought they were going to have to deliver them within 24 hours,” she said. “I was terrified.” The problems ceased, but the doctors decided to induce labor at 33½ weeks. “Each baby had their own team, plus mine,” she said. The babies were delivered by C-section – Noah, then Hunter and lastly, Lucas – but because of tests doctors had to run, it was an hour before the proud papa could even hold Noah. “I was sent to recovery, and it was 12 hours before I could see them,” Beth said. “I was crying, trying to negotiate with the doctor to let me see them. Finally, I said, ‘You can either take me to see them or I will go myself.’ They got me in a wheelchair and took me to see my children.” Noah and Hunter weighed just over 4 pounds at birth, while Lucas weighed 3 pounds, 14 ounces, and they had to be incubated for the first few weeks. Noah and
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Hunter came home after two and a half weeks, with Lucas making his arrival a week and a half after that. “We’re so relieved to have everyone home,” said Beth. And yes, the parents can tell the little ones apart. “Hunter’s right ear sticks out a little bit, and Noah’s doesn’t,” said Robert. “Lucas’ face is a little smaller than the other boys.” And the community pitched in when she brought the new babies home, bringing toys, clothes and gifts. “We went to the Fly Creek Cider Mill, and they watched the boys so we could shop,” she said. “At Price Chopper, they offered to shop for me, because the carts only have room for two, and I don’t have a stroller for three yet!” The proud grandparents, on mom Beth’s side, are Patricia Morgan of Cooperstown and Robert Booker; on dad Robert’s side, Richard and stepmom Marcelle O’Brien of Milford. (Robert’s mom was Deborah O’Brien, who passed away in 1989.) While in the hospital, Beth befriended a woman who had lost her infant son, but who made the triplets pumpkin hats for Halloween. “Hannah and I were pumpkin princesses, and they were the pumpkins!” said Abigail. Because daddy Robert is a hunter and the fire chief of Hartwick, the boys received plenty of camo and firemanthemed presents, and the Community Bible Church of Toddsville has been bringing meals over weekly. “They have a schedule of who’s bringing us what through December,” said Robert. “The support has just been tremendous.” And though they’re not quite the size of a full-term baby, the boys are already rolling over, holding their own pacifiers and turning their heads to see the world around them. “Everyone always asks if it’s rough,” said Beth. “But right now, they’re all doing great.”
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MLS#95966 $199,900 Unique Tudor! Short walk to HS or SUCO campus. 4+ BRs, 3 baths, cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors. Call William Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.otsegocountyliving.com
MLS#94316 $325,000 Hunters! 160 acres w/22,000 sq ft bldg that has finished hunting lodge space. Great place for any type of business: antique, auction, restaurant, retail, etc. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#96570 $239,900 Investment Potential! Positive Cash Flow! Pristine lakefront home w/4 BRs, 2 baths is completely renovated and furnished. Call William Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
MLS#95638 $167,500 Otego 3-Family home on 2.17-acre village lot. Has a country feel. Nice views! Live in one as the current owners do, or rent all 3 units. Off-street parking. Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)
MLS#94842 $149,000 Best Buy Near Cooperstown! Seclusion and outrageous views! 3 BR, 2 bath home on 26+ acres. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/710440
MLS#95904 $629,000 Center-hall Colonial w/wood floors throughout, LR w/fireplace, DR w/original cupboards, covered porch. Downstairs: 2 BRs, 2 baths. Upstairs: 4 BRs, 3 baths. Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)
MLS#97561 $109,000 A Value! Village of Richfield. Walk to everything. 4 BRs, DR, sun room, LR and family room. Large backyard, raised deck. This is a family home! Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#97251 $44,000 Farmland Sacrifice! Rushing trout stream, gorgeous level fields and incredible views. 15+ acres. Nothing like it on the market. Priced to sell immediately. Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#96562 $479,000 Welcome Home! Stunning remodeled 4-BR, 2½ bath home located on over 150 acres. No expense spared! Call Kristi J. Ough @ (607) 434-3026 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.kristioughhomes.com
MLS#96754 $150,000 Lake-View Ranch! Public water and sewer. Away from road on 6+ acres w/great views of sparkling Canadarago Lake. Large basement, garage and barn. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512
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MLS#93761 $195,000 Queen Anne Victorian on an oversized lot. Original ornate woodwork, spacious rooms, hardwood floors, 10’ ceilings, master suite, stained glass windows. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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MLS#97327 $99,000 Money-Making Potential or owner-occupied. Updates include new roof and vinyl replacement windows. Don’t miss out! Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#96161 $75,000 What a Buy! Private 22 acres w/cabin, lake rights. Spacious BR, 2 bath is close to I-88. Large Enjoy the4great viewshouse of Canadarago Lake. Hunt, backyard, shed. Make your camp, fish,workshop/garage, hike…deer andsmall turkeys galore! appointment today. Priced@to315-520-6512 go this week! Call George (ROD) Sluyter Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
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MLS#97402 Rare Cooperstown Area Land! Owner must liquidate! 138 spectacular wooded and open acres w/views. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.cooperstownland.com
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MLS#94835 $177,777 3-4 BR tri-level home on 25+ acres mostly wooded. Country kitchen, open floorplan, master BR w/walk-in closet. Gilbertsville-Mount Upton school district. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#96917 $129,900 3-BR, renovated Cape. All new: roof, vinyl siding, doors, windows, appliances, baths, flooring. Large rooms, master suite w/ ½ bath, covered porch and patio. Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#97213 $42,000 1,200 sq ft, 2 BR, 1 bath home on a corner lot in the Cooperstown Village home. Seller 2-car pays closing village of Morris. Close to school. garage.costs (up to Call$3,000 Frankw/acceptable Woodcock @ offer). 607-435-1389 (cell)
MLS#92041 $334,999 Hunters/Outdoorsmen! 69 +/- acres w/waterfall. 2 separate homes. Close to 100s of miles of groomed snowmobile trails, Otsego Lake, golf courses. Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#97019 $89,000 Great Location! Solid home w/newer floors and many custom revisions. Two pellet stoves and gas fireplace. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/740477
MLS#96795 $184,999 Center-hall Colonial w/3 BRs, 2 baths, open floorplan, fireplace, newly landscaped yard. Centrally located in Oneonta close to everything. Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#93004 $224,900 Selling Way Under Value! 25-acre horse farm in Morris. 3-BR, 2-bath ranch, large barn, fenced pasture. Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.morrishorsefarm.com
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$149,900 MLS#97376
This 3 BR Oneonta home is pristine! If you love the warmth of hardwood floors and natural woodwork this home is a must-see. Only the second owners of this home,the sellers have kept as many of the original features as possible, even having cabinets made for the kitchen and bath to coordinate with the Granny cupboards originally made for the house. Home and 1-car garage sit on a double city lot which has been nicely maintained and has stone patio, perennial gardens, mature trees. Call today!
Just outside Oneonta, this 4-family home is a great investment. All apartments in good condition. Three 2-BR apartments and one 1-BR apartment. Large lot, separate electric services, ample parking. Newer roof is an added bonus. Priced for quick sale. MLS #97443 $72,500
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COOperstOwn DutCh COlOniAl (7925) Gorgeous 4 BR, 2+ bath Colonial on a tranquil street. This highly desirable residence offers elegant gardens, full landscaping, stone wall, deck. Large rooms, formal DR, woodstove, family room, eat-in kitchen w/cherry cabinets, quartz countertop. Come home to an air of comfort and welcome. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive—$479,000
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(7874) Superbly kept 3 BR, 2+ bath contemporary Cape w/valley views on 3.50 acres. LR w/vaulted ceiling and gas fireplace, den/office, main-level master BR, formal DR, eat-in kitchen w/island, sun room, wrap-around deck, 2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive—$479,000
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(7892) Elegant 3-BR residence offers newer great room w/fireplace, skylights, beamed cathedral ceiling. Formal DR, 1 full/2 half baths, den w/fireplace. Custom kitchen w/island. Stone walls, large front porch, inviting backyard, 2-car garage. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive—$549,000
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Looking for Offers !—This very early post-and-beam farmhouse sits on 1.97 acres. The 2,300-sq-ft home offers formal entry w/sidelights and transom, open staircase, LR w/fireplace and closet area, full bath, DR w/plank wainscoting, original walk-in Butler’s pantry, partially renovated full bath, and kitchen area w/exposed beams, back staircase, plank walls, solid doors. Upstairs are 2 BRs w/en suite baths and closets.The hallway has several closets including walk-in linen area. Over the kitchen is a large playroom, office or master BR w/multiple built-ins and views of Otsego Lake. Wide pine floors, some beamed ceilings, 9/9 windows and some replacement windows. Attached 1-car garage w/walk-up attic. Cut-stone building w/oven, small older barn, and cement in-ground pool w/dressing cabana, slate patio. This property has not been lived in for several years and while the house mechanics seem fine, it needs some TLC and is being sold “as is”. Otsego Lake rights at Springfield Public Landing. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty— REDUCED $225,000
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