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Hartwick Turns Tables On Longtime Fans Avanzanto Brothers Fed Generations, Helped Save Division I Soccer, Now College’s Citizens Of Year By LIBBY CUDMORE
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inne and Tony Avanzato were surprised when, a few years ago, a case of wine, donated by Dr. Jim and Karen Elting, fetched $3,600 at the wine tasting and auction they hold each
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With those shades, Lily Allen, 5, Otego, was ready for the bright sunshine and hot cars at the Sept. 6 Fabulous First Friday on Muller Plaza. With her is grandmom Sherri Allen.
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ean Eldridge of Shokan, Ulster County, may announce his candidacy for Congress when he appears at the Otsego County Democratic Dinner Saturday, Sept. 14, according to county Chair Richard Abbate. The featured speaker is state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, and Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy may also be in attendance at the Country Inn & Suites, Hartwick Seminary. Eldridge has been considering a challenge to U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19.
PUNT TIME: The City of Oneonta’s qualifier for the national NFL Punt, Pass & Kick contest for boys and girls (ages 6-15) will be 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, at Neahwa Park’s Field #4. Get forms at rec office or at www.oneonta.ny.us/recreation.
year to benefit Hartwick College athletics. But not as surprised as they were at this year’s auction on May 9, when Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich announced the brothers will receive Hartwick College Citizens of the Year award Please See AWARD, A9
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MYSTERY TOUR: “Looking Up! A Tour of Downtown Upper Floors,” is 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15, sponsored by the Greater Oneonta Historical Society. $8, or $5 for GOHS or MSO members.
Vinne Avanzato, foreground, and brother Tony are Hartwick College’s Citizens of the Year for 2013.
County Board Chair Continues To Seek Ways To Add Jobs By JIM KEVLIN
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Ranging from funny to biting, Sherman Alexie, whose novel, “Flight,” was SUNY Oneonta’s first “common read” – it was assigned to all freshman – shared the Native American experience in “Without Reservation,” delivered to 1,000 attendees at the Alumni Field House Tuesday, Sept. 10. At right, freshman Emmi Albarano was the first to question Alexie.
The Otsego County board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee planned to discuss it next step to upgrade economic development Wednesday, Sept. 11. DETAILS AT WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
Fox Patients Gain Access To Medical Charts First Full-Time Director By JIM KEVLIN
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At SUNY Gender Center By LIBBY CUDMORE
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is happy to chat with his fellow passenger. “When I tell people what I do as a gender and sexuality educator, I’ve had some say, ‘I had no idea I could live life other than how I’ve been living it’,” he said. “That even a stranger on a plane could share that secret with me tells me the impact Please See DIRECTOR, A8
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SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski welcomed the five new deans with a wine and cheese reception on Friday, Sept. 6 in Morris Hall. Behind her, from left, are Dr. Wade Thomas, Arts & Communication (interim); Dr. Susan Turell, Social Sciences, Dr. Venkat Sharma, Mathematics; Dr. David Yen, Economics & Business, and Dr. Richard Lee, Education & Human Ecology (interim).
Fox Patients, Check Your Charts CHART/From A1 new system. “I love it a lot. I use it a lot, almost every week,” said Roy Straka, 70, Sidney, the star of a TV ad rolled out in recent weeks encouraging people to use the system. A pilot program to phase in My Chart – it’s an outgrowth of the quality-control piece of Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act – began last October, but the service became available in August to patients of Fox Hospital and all other Bassett affiliates. The next step is to make it available to “proxies,” said Karen Huxtable, Bassett spokesperson, so parents soon will be able to check their children’s records. Cohen himself seems a bit in awe at how well My Chart works. He tells the story of a patient who arrived at Tri-Town Regional Hospital in Sidney, complaining of stomach pains. He was administered an ultrasound, and the results were on his My Chart page before he got home. “That was very impressive,” said Cohen. My Chart is particularly helpful to snowbirds, he continued, who can immediately make their medical record available to a physician in
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he Otsego County Industrial Development Agency (IDA) says it doesn’t want to aggressively pursue industrial development. Fine (actually, not fine), but nobody has to accept that decision. And not everybody has. Wednesday, Sept. 11, the county board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee, in the face of the IDA’s retreat, planned to go back at exploring how best to do economic development. Not rashly, but sure-footedly. “I want to do it right,” said Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the county board chair, undeterred, in contemplating Wednesday’s discussion. (This edition went to press the night before, but go to www.allotsego.com to come up to date.) What’s at stake is a choice: more of the same (reactive), or trying to replicate the Saratoga Miracle (pro-active), where an aggressive IDA, over 25 years, turned a sleepy spa town into a rare Upstate enclave of prosperity. As we’ve learned since discussions began a few months ago, that means creating an entity that will take Otsego County’s assets
– I-88, access to rail, proximity to East Coast markets, an educated workforce from two colleges – to the region’s and nation’s board rooms, and come back with jobs. • After the IDA voted Thursday, Sept. 5, to retreat from the pro-active role, two options immediately came to the fore: • One is to wake up the Otsego County Development Corp. (OCDC). It’s an arm of the IDA and has $300,000 in revolving loans and $150,000 in “ready cash” to apply to the task at hand. (Its interim chairman, Rob Robinson, said the pro-active concept requires $400,000. Really?) • Two is “Oneonta, Inc.,” proposed by Mayor Dick Miller as the pro-active strategy came into focus. That makes sense, because only the city has sufficient municipal water and sewerage to do development in the short and middle term. Plus, centralized growth is smart growth. The city could take back the $70,000 it contributes to the county effort and get started. In his report to the IDA Thursday, Sept. 5, interim executive director Doug Gulotty envisioned
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Gulotty envisions the IDA as the hub of economic-development activity. But if it is unwilling to pay a pro-active role, it can only be a spoke.
the IDA as the hub to a range of spokes – the chambers, Main Street Oneonta, the Executive Service Corps, the colleges, the municipalities – that want a role in economic development.
Sorry, that won’t work. The idea is not to put together a debating society, with IDA as moderator, but an action-oriented, results-focused cadre. (Certainly, all bright, high-energy individuals dedicated to the task should have a seat at the table.) Gulotty said the IDA, with its bonding power and ability to exempt projects from sales tax, comprises “75 percent” of economic development. Given that we have the same number of jobs in Otsego County as in 1990, only the additional 25 percent matters. Regardless, going forward, the IDA must be the handmaiden to whatever entity does take the lead. An important handmaiden, for sure, but it lacks the attitude – and the mandate; it is an appointed board – to be more than that. • One thing that’s become clear in the conversation so far: Economic development in Otsego County is cozy and clubby. (IDA members serve at the pleasure of the county board, which should begin rotating them off and bringing in new blood.) The purported leaders are comfortable in sharing the cheap
money with members of the club, but not with bringing in major players from elsewhere who might shake things up and grow the economy. They say they want jobs and growth, to allow their children to stay here, raise families and prosper, but talk is cheap. Maybe this is unfair. If so, the economic-development leadership has a chance to prove it. This is a historic crossroads. The energy is there to do more. How to do so has come into focus. Our county (geographic) needs action, as dramatized in the $7 million shortfall in the county (governmental) 2014 budget. Otsego County’s an under-achiever, as emerged at Senator Seward’s 2012 summit at The Otesaga. There’s money aplenty to start – in the IDA (which has $250,000 in fees due from 250-student Hilltop Commons, the housing project near SUNY), OCDC, the city share, one of those $250,000 grants Seward has been handing out, even in existing county allocations. Let’s start. Let’s not let the opportunity slip away.
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Lusins Tells Bennett: You’re Anti; I’m Pro To the Editor: I’m glad you’re on point again, Larry, talking about economics and community contributions instead of personal attacks on me. It’s a welcome change. As I said, Ommegang is an excellent product. The company provides local employment directly and indirectly. It provides waste products for local farmers, research and development at the state universities. Terrific! No sarcasm intended. Where you (and others) go off the rails is the fact that gas development in our county will provide economic benefit to thousands, directly and indirectly, whereas Ommegang provides benefits to a limited number according to seasonal needs. My vision of Otsego County is thousands of people getting at least a 30 percent discount yearly on their home-heating bills through gas distribution. My Otsego is a county where gas wells contribute directly to the county, towns, schools, libraries and emergency services through
ad valorem taxes. My Otsego is a county of opportunity where good jobs abound and enterprise flourishes. My county is a county where young working families can make a good living and a future. I envision landowner royalties that will permit local farmers to upgrade equipment and productivity. All of the above will spur local support of charities and the arts. Check the uptick in charitable giving in Pennsylvania. The giving of waste products is laudable. The potential giving of a gas developed Otsego is far greater. So what’s the real deal? You’re anti; I’m pro. We both want Otsego to prosper. My side of the aisle looks at a cost-benefit analysis and accepts gas development as a gift to the entire populace. I’m glad your company contributes to the general welfare of the community. I wish you could see the greater good that gas development would bring to that same community. MARIE LUSINS Oneonta
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Paid Parking Aims To Help Downtown Oneonta Rentals To the Editor, While I almost always concur with your editorial position on various topics, your opinion as expressed in last week’s edition as it relates to parking in Oneonta is ill informed. The setting aside of 70 spaces in the lower level of our parking garage is not a “toe in the water” experiment. In addition to working to build retail, dining and entertainment traffic in downtown Oneonta, the City has a specific strategy to increase secondand third-story occupancy in the buildings on Main Street and those streets
intersecting it. Residents and landlords asserted to the City that they wanted, and would pay for, spaces that would allow for round the clock parking, which would not require moving vehicles early in the morning. The installation of the muni meters in the lower level of the garage is a specific City strategy to build a more vibrant downtown through responding to that need. If, after the winter months, those who indi-
cated that they would use those spaces haven’t done so, we will re-evaluate. There are enormous numbers of free parking spaces in downtown Oneonta, not only in the garage but in the recently improved Dietz lot and on Main Street. That won’t change. If everyone who bought a ticket for a performance in the Bettiol Theater drove their own car to get there (unlikely), they could all park free within a five minute walk of the front door. Try doing that in almost any city you can think of. DICK MILLER Mayor, City of Oneonta
Be Careful What You Wish For: Smooth Streets Encourage Speeders To The Editor: I hope this was a mistake or misquote in the Sep. 5 edition where Mayor Katz said that revenues from parking may allow the village to resurface Nelson Avenue and Prospect Place. Please! Stay away! Since Nelson was repaved some years ago and Prospect some years later, both roads have become thoroughfares for a fast cut to or from Lake to Main. There is nothing wrong with either road. Just ask
the speeders who use what used to be comfortable, quiet residential Village streets. Prospect Place is narrow where vehicles can hardly meet, has a sidewalk on one side only and no green space between the road and the sidewalk. Watch out, residents of Susquehanna. You may be looking forward to a nice smooth roadway but you better do a safety check first, backing out of your driveways or having your children ride their bikes because
you are set to become the next speedway. Those potholes are what keep drivers at the speed limit. Yes, it is 30 MPH in the Village. And where are the police? They sit in the fire house parking lot where drivers are decelerating for a red light or just starting to accelerate when the light turns green. Unless you are installing speed bumps which progressive residential areas have around the country, don’t bother with Nelson and Prospect.
There must be a better use in the Village for these funds. How about contributing to the repair of 22 Main St.? MAY-BRITT JOYCE Prospect Place resident
If Spaces Are Full, Parking Plan Works
To the Editor: Last week’s editorial page photos of the parking garage in Oneonta addresses the core issued of paid parking – the occupancy rate of paid spaces. If they are full, then paid parking is working. If Mayor, Village Board Deserve Praise For Hanging Tough they are empty, it’s not. The same logic applies to To the Editor: to the torrent of criticism and, in some paid parking in Cooperstown. Susquehanna Avenue has been re-surcases, unreasonable and selfish opposition If the occupancy rate of paid faced! Anyone driving along this street can directed at them and the program. parking spaces remains high, now do so without fear of breaking an axle I doubt that I am alone in hoping that then paid parking is working. or puncturing a tire. Paid parking made it they will continue in their resolve, so that Clever merchants will possible. the proceeds from next season’s paid parkfigure out how to sell to The mayor and the village trustees ing program will be available for other whoever paid for that parkare owed a debt of gratitude from all us necessary village repairs. ing space. Cooperstown residents for their steadfastJOHN A. RUDY CHIP NORTHRUP ness in sticking with the paid parking proCooperstown Cooperstown gram this season and for not buckling under
John Kosmer, Voice Of Reason, Conscience, Repeatedly Derided To the Editor: And so, having ripped Otsego Manor away from its owners (us), the majority of the county Board is still crying over deluging red ink and threatening more cuts. Dear Lord, don’t these myopics know that their first responsibility is ETHICAL, not fiscal? Medicine dropped bleeding people to cure them a long time ago; some-
body noticed that too many died from the therapy. But our board slashes on. Open another vein, cut more services. That will do the job! One strong voice on the board has spoken out steadily for ethics and common sense: for weighing the public interest (and public will) against constricted funds. John Kosmer has been the voice of reason and conscience on the board, and other
members have repeatedly derided him for it. Shame, shame on them! Well, friends, now is the moment of truth. Re-elect John Kosmer resoundingly. And as for the others? Bounce them out. Send them back home, or to wherever clowns go to retire. JIM ATWELL Fly Creek
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
125 Years Ago
Most of the stores owned by our Hebrew merchants were closed last Thursday night and they and their families observed the inception of the Jewish New Year. Thursday was the first day of Fishri, the first day of the year 5649, according to the reckoning of the Jewish calendar, and from then until after the tenth day of Fishri ensues the most solemn period of the year. Rosh Hashohah, day of remembrance, is celebrated with imposing ceremonies in the various synagogues. The penitential season which this day opens culminates on the 15th of September, which is the Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur – a day of a resolute fast and the holiest of the year. Stores will close on Friday night at sundown and remain closed for 24 hours. September 1888
40 Years Ago
The city’s new Wilber Park pool created a big splash in its first season of use and made it through the summer with just a few minor problems, Assistant City Engineer Bruno Bruni said. “The main pool held up fine,” Bruni said, adding, “The wading pool was the one that gave us the most problems.” The wading pool was closed twice because of a broken part in the filtration system and on another occasion when there was a problem with chlorination. The cost of constructing the pool was $433,200. Attendance over the past summer reached nearly 45,000. More than 1,000 people turned out on several extremely hot days and holidays. The Common Council voted to keep the main Wilber Park pool open on weekends past Labor Day on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p.m. to dusk as long as weather permits. The wading pool was closed after Labor Day. September 1983
100 Years Ago
Record gross earnings from rail operations may be predicted for the Delaware & Hudson Company this calendar year says the Wall Street Journal. Present prospects and the earnings of the first half of the calendar year indicate also the largest net in the company’s history. For the six months ended June 30, 1913, railroad operating revenue was $11,716,339. This compares with $10,135,354 in 1912; $10,210,804 in 1911, and $9,628,645 in 1910. In each of the three preceding calendar years gross was larger in the second than in the first half. Should this prove the case in the current year, railroad operating revenue for 12 months will run between $23,500,000 and $24,000,000. In no previous calendar year has it exceeded $22,500,000. The company’s net after taxes for six months in 1913 was within $162 of $4,000,000, comparing with $3,078,106 in 1912 and $3,476,970 in 1911. The 1912 earnings were low on account of the strike, but the gain over 1911 exceeds 15 percent. September 1913
80 Years Ago
Frank D. Briggs of Jamaica Estates, Jamaica, Long Island, who is visiting at the home of his niece, Mrs. W. Clinton Noble of 274 Chestnut Street, was a former stagecoach driver on mail and passenger lines some 58 years ago around Oneonta, Cooperstown and Morris. His driving time with a two-horse team was four hours between Oneonta and Hartwick. A few days ago, a friend drove him between the two points in 20 minutes by automobile. At the age of 16 in 1875 Mr. Briggs entered the employ of L.P. Richmond of Morris, who had the mail contract between Cooperstown and Oneonta. He worked for Mr. Richmond three years until the contract expired. Leaving Cooperstown at 5 o’clock in the morning, Mr. Briggs’ schedule required that he reach Hartwick at 7 o’clock, Mt. Vision at 8:30 and Laurens at 9 o’clock. The mail was due in Oneonta between 10 and
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20 Years Ago
Someday, people from all over the world will come to Oneonta to play soccer. They’ll play in a 10,000 seat stadium, or a larger indoor arena. They’ll stay in dormitories just a short walk from seven state-of-the-art playing fields and a huge museum honoring the world’s soccer legends. For 15 years, Oneonta’s Wright National Soccer Hall of Fame Campus was mostly talk, blueprints and the dream of a handful of local soccer enthusiasts. A promise of $4.5 million to build a stadium is an indication that other people believe in that dream. The state is also promising $250,000 to promote the Hall when World Cup games come to the September 1973 U.S. next fall. 10:30. About the same time was made on the return trip, the September 1993 stage leaving here at 1 o’clock and reaching Cooperstown at 6 o’clock. September 1933 The annual southbound migration of birds through the upper Susquehanna region and the Catskills has begun signaling the local Audubon Society’s hawk watch at the Oneonta will be following the trend already established group’s sanctuary on Franklin Mountain near Oneonta. This in Utica and other northern regions of the state when many season marks the 15th consecutive year of counting raptors local grocery stores will raise the price of bread from 19 at the site. “We get excellent numbers of red-tailed hawks cents a loaf to 20 cents. The Spaulding Bakery Co., the sole and golden eagles,” said Andy Mason, conservation chair bread manufacturer in Oneonta, will hike the wholesale of the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society. Franklin Mounprice on its nine varieties of bread one penny, according to tain is considered one of the prime observation spots in Herbert G. Price, Manager. Ward’s, distributor of Tip-Top the eastern United States for raptor species. The first wave Bread, raised the price one cent on Tuesday in the Oneonta of hawks is expected between September 10 and 21. Last area. No price announcement has been made by two other year’s total count was 4,764 raptors of 15 different species, wholesale bread distributors in the Oneonta area, Curly well above the 3,000 bird average.” Just the sight of one Top Bakeries, Inc. and the United Baking Co. The manager soaring eagle makes it all worthwhile,” Mason said. of the Spaulding Bakeries explained the increase of the September 2003 wholesale bread price by stating that the cost of materials and ingredients in making bread has mounted over the past year. September 1953
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• WOLF WILDE GOLDSMITH • BANK OF DELHI • YELLOW DELI
LIBERTY TREE CHOCOLATES • LOLLIPOP BODY PIERCING •
• ONEONTA SPICE CO. & MARKET • HOSPICE THRIFT SHOP •
HUNTINGTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY • MAGIC NAILS •
PROJECT ANTHOLOGIES • COLLAGE FOOD BOUTIQUE •
KARMA SPA & BOUTIQUE • MAIN VIEW GALLERY • LEGENDS
MONKEY BARREL TOYS • CREATIVE DRESS BOUTIQUE •
FILLING STATION • MCLAUGHLIN SHOES • MANE STREET CUTTERS • MAXWELL’S/OTHERSIDE • NOVELTY LOUNGE •
Liz Pereira of Oneonta and Wolf Wilde Goldsmith helps Peg Elsworth of Roxbury pick out a gift for a friend on Tuesday afternoon.
KEY BANK • ONEONTA LASER DERM • MCLAUGHLIN DEPARTMENT STORE • MURPHY HOME CARE •
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LETTERS
THURDAY-FRIDAY, SEPT. 12-13, 2013
Lack Of Understanding Prompts Unwarranted Opposition To Springfield Historic District To the Editor: The Springfield Historical Society has been working since 1995 to have the 17,000-acre Springfield Patent district officially added to the state and federal Registries of Historic Places. This listing will recognize the pre-Revolutionary land-use patterns that still exist today, making the Springfield Patent historically significant and worthy of recognition. If approved, the patent would join officially listed districts in 11 other communities in Otsego County. This
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listing is both an honor and a means to bring funds to our town. With official designation, renovations to buildings older than 50 years are eligible for tax credits. Residential work can receive from $1,000 to $50,000 of credit for each project via a 20 percent state tax credit. For commercial buildings, the benefit is even better: 20 percent from the state plus an additional 20 percent federal tax credit on work up to $25 million. That means that 40 percent of the cost of work can be returned to the property owner.
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1898 Ellsworth & Sill Quality Ladieswear for decades Opposite the flagpole on Main St.
79 Main St. Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-9277 otsego county heRitage business
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1906 Sharon Springs Garage We are your area Farm, Home & Garden Specialists!
6799 St. Rte. 23, Oneonta, NY 13820 607-432-8411 • (800) 540-0163
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Listing the Springfield Historic Patent District would bring some valuable tools to attract businesses with jobs and home buyers who want to improve existing older houses, improving the local economy. Some people have signed opposition letters to this effort due to misinformation about historic districts. For example, listing of a district does not restrict the individual property owner from continuing to do whatever he/she wants to do, even demolishing a historic structure. The only new obligation imposed
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on property owners is when state or federal funds are used. If you don’t use government funding, you don’t need approval for your actions. Farmers do not need to obtain state approval to operate their farms or to improve their farms. Homeowners do not have difficulty selling, financing, improving or insuring their homes. Business owners do not avoid areas that have historic district listings. We encourage you to research National Historic Register districts, which differ from more restrictive
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augur’s books 73 main st cooperstown 607-547-2422
otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in
1917 Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce
31 Chestnut Street • Cooperstown, NY (607)547-9983 www.cooperstownchamber.org
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Bruce Hall Home Center
FRED R. AMES & SON INSURANCE
206 Main street, cooperstown, ny 607-547-9961 www.brucehallhomecenter.com
otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in
1928
Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home Care and Companionship in a joyful, gracious setting
48 grove street • cooperstown 607-547-8844 otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in
1943
Stringer’s Body Shop
1923
Larry Jouben • (315) 858-0650 31 Church St., Richfield Springs, NY 13439
otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in
1941
spurbeck’s grocery
155 River st., oneonta, ny 13820 (607) 432-4982
otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in
1954
the Village Printer
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otsego county heritage business EstablishEd in
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157 Main Street Cooperstown NY 13326 607-547-9631
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1906 Sharon Springs Garage We are your area Farm, Home & Garden Specialists!
6799 St. Rte. 23, Oneonta, NY 13820 607-432-8411 • (800) 540-0163
otsego county heRitage business
established in
1918 Grummons Funeral home Grummons was succesor to walter rothery (1918-1953) and John murphy (1953-1970)
“Devoted to Service...Committed to Caring”
14 Grand street, oneonta • 432-6821
otseGo county herItaGe BusIness EstablishEd in
1925 Connell, Dow & Deysenroth, Inc. Funeral Home
Founded by Chester & Mildred ingalls Serving all faiths with care and dignity. Peter a. deysenroth
82 Chestnut St., Cooperstown • 607-547-8231
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over 100 kinds of beer • extra-aged ny sharp cheddar • groceries • sub shop 9 Railroad Avenue cooperstown • 607-547-8681
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Auto Body Repair & Painting
51 dietz street oneonta • 607-432-1511 www.lhpfuneralhome.com
Church & Scott, Inc.
5396 State Hwy, 28, Cooperstown, Ny 13326 (607) 547-1228
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Local Historic Districts that are created by local laws. The Springfield Patent is NOT a local historic district. We wish to continue the rural and historic qualities, while encouraging business. We are honored and consider it a privilege to be the nominating organization for the Springfield Patent Historic District. We need your support to bring honor and potential jobs to our town. Call me at 547-8809. NOEL DRIES President Springfield Historical Society
The Family Restaurant for Over 62 Years Largest Indoor charcoal Pit “generations” gift shop & Ice cream shop I-88 exit 16, Rt. 7 oneonta • 607-432-1782 or 800-498-2445 www.brooksbbq.com
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The Smith Family of dealerships, circa 1930’s, remain among Otsego County’s Oldest continuously operating dealers President’s Award Winning Sales & Service Rt. 28 South • Cooperstown, NY • (607) 547-2543
otsego county HeRItAge BusIness
established in
1951 SCAVO’S BODY SHOP
expert collision Repair - 100% guaranteed Direct Repair service for most insurance companies Paint Matching Specialists • I-Car/ASE Certified Technicians ONE OF THE LARGEST BODY SHOPS IN THE AREA
86 West Broadway, oneonta, n.y. (607) 432-6212
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Honda, Yamaha & Kawasaki 6453 St. Hwy. 28, Fly Creek, NY 13337
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Gas Industry Not Interested In Open Dialogue About Many Dangers Of Fracking To the Editor: Information is key to dialogue. In her recent letter to the editor, Uni Blake, who has represented the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York and contracted for Gastem-USA, seems to neglect that meaningful dialogue requires the open sharing of information – something that industry and its political allies have worked diligently to suppress. • With former VP Dick Cheney’s
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ing; however the agency has not yet responded to any of the 200,000+ comments submitted by the public regarding those same regs. • The data and methodology relating to New York’s current “review” of impacts on human health and status of the state’s environmental impact statement on fracking continues to be guarded with extreme secrecy, despite open government requirements. • Governor Cuomo continues
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Vinyl Siding • Bathliners • Sunrooms 219 River St., Oneonta, NY 13820 (607) 432-8326; (800) 252-2140 NY 13820 www.thepowellcompany.com
otsego county heRitage business
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1975
Hubbell’s Real Estate 157 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326 607-547-5740 otsego county heRitage business
established in
1980 ace glass co.
auto commercial & residential glass, table tops, plexiglass
best of the best 2010 & 2011 locally owned • Joe briguglio, owner (607) 432-3588 •124 oneida street, oneonta, ny 13820
otsego county heritage business established in
1983
cooperstown optical
5370 Rt. 28 • cooperstown (on chestnut street, next to community Bank) 607-547-8080 • www.cooperstownoptical.com
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otsego county HeRItAge BusIness established in
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Reiss Moving and storage, Inc. 4542 state Hwy 28, Milford, ny 13807 800-360-6187 • 607-547-6187 • 607-287-1764 cell reissmoving@gmail.com
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lamont Engineers 548 Main St. Box 610 • Cobleskill, NY 518-234-4028 • www.lamontengineers.com
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209 Main street, cooperstown 607-547-2951 • www.bieritzinsurance.com
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Tin Bin Alley 607-547-5565 114 Main Street, Cooperstown, ny 13326
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sharon. A Wilsey (607) 432-4144 Price chopper Plaza 5626 st. Hwy. 7 suite 5 “ouR nAMe sAys It ALL”
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Melissa Manikas
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to decline requests to meet with respected scientists and economists not funded by industry to discuss their concerns about fracking. None of this indicates willingness on the part of industry or government to engage in substantive dialogue, but rather corporate and political interests intent on concealing information from public view. KEITH SCHUE Cherry Valley
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sion of data with colleagues. • In legal challenges throughout the country, the gas industry has refused to compensate families made sick by air and water contamination unless tied to gag-order settlements which seal court records and prevent those harmed from talking. • Here in New York State, the Department of Environmental Conservation gave industry insideraccess in the writing of proposed regulations on high volume frack-
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otsego county HeRItAge BusIness EstablishEd in
2013 Cooperstown Distillery
607-282-4246 11 railroad Avenue, Cooperstown, ny 13326
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5006 State Highway 23 • Oneonta
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Caring for Residents of Chenango, Delaware, Herkimer, Otsego & Scoharie Counties
(800) 783-0613 • www.bassett.org/at-home-care 25 Elm St., Oneonta, NY13820
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4 Market street • oneonta, ny 13820 607-432-6600 • www.greenearthoneonta.com M-F 8-8 • saturday 8-6 • sunday 11-4
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Debate On IDA: Pro-Active Or Reactive
JOBS/From A1 ing at IDA offices Thursday, Sept. 5, in Oneonta. “Its specific purpose does not include marketing and active recruitment.” But that’s not likely to be the final word. As this edition went to press, Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the county board chair, intended to open a discussion into alternatives to the IDA Wednesday, Sept. 10, in Cooperstown with her board’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Most important to her, Clark said, was that new ways of achieving economic development need to be fully explored and pursued, although without rushing to a decision. “I want to do it right,” she said. Interest in revisiting how economic development is done began when the county’s economic developer, Carolyn Lewis, announced last spring she was resigning in August. County Rep. Betty Anne Schwerd, R-Edmeston, the IGA chair, and fellow IDA member Hugh Henderson, who both also work for state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, invited Sandy Mathes, the former Green County economic developer, to tour the county. The possibilities Mathes observed prompted Schwerd to invite him to address the county board, where he engendered some enthusiasm. He also spoke to Citizens Voices, the pro-growth group. After Lewis’ departure, the IDA advised the county board it was hiring Doug Gulotty, former Wilber
Bank president, as an interim executive director, to ensure it met its regulatory requirements and to study Gulotty and recommend how the county might changes its economic-development focus. That culminated at the Thursday, Sept. 5, IDA meeting, where Gulotty rejected the idea of hiring “a star from out of town” and largely endorsed the status quo. He unveiled a sketch showing the IDA as the hub of a wheel, with spokes connecting to “advocacy,” “workforce development,” “BRE” (for business retention and expansion) and other components for economic development. The idea was that the IDA would coordinate the activities of the chambers, the Executive Service Corps, the county, the colleges and the like in pursuit of economic development. “Everybody has to learn to play in the same sandbox,” said IDA member Bob Hanft, Cooperstown. Gulotty made the motion that the IDA hire two staffers – an executive director to replace Lewis and an economic development specialist to replace Zondra Hart, who would remain with the county in a third position. The budget request to the county to pay for this would
be ready by early October. The motion passed, but Schwerd voted nay. This week, Gulotty planned to approach the Otsego County Development Corp. (OCDC) – it shares offices in the old city hall on Oneonta’s Main Street with the IDA – to see if it would take on some recruitment or coordination functions. It seemed unlikely he would receive a warm reception. “It’s something we should take a hard look at, but there’s some question if it’s sustainable,” said Rob Robinson, OCDC interim chair since Gulotty resigned to take the IDA job, in a phone interview. “The models Sandy brought forward are all larger groups and better funded,” Robinson continued. “I’d love to have $400,000 in the bank to run a new operation, but it’s not there.” However, the OCDC’s assets include $300,000 in revolving loans, and $150,000 in “ready cash,” according to Gulotty. For its part, the IDA is said to have more than $2 million in resources, including a $250,000 fee for
negotiating the PILOT on Hilltop Commons, the student high-rise near SUNY Oneonta. Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller, who had proposed “Oneonta, Inc.,” to carry pro-active development forward if the IDA didn’t, said what happened at the IDA meeting “is pretty much what I expected.” He remarked on the Gulotty diagram: “I don’t think the IDA can be at the center if they are going to play a limited role. If you’re going to have something at the center, you need something that willingly and enthusiastically accepts a wider range of responsibility, using the services of the IDA.” He said it was “premature” to discuss what the city might do. But, as did Clark, Miller said, “The important thing is to get it right once and for all, so I’m not going to rush into any contingency planning.” “We have an objective,” he continued. “We need a more pro-active, disciplined effort to reach it. I’m still optimistic we’re going to come out of this in a very positive way.”
First Full-Time At GSRC pay attention to DIRECTOR their schoolwork /From A1 or contribute to of my work.” the campus comFor Ruggles, a munity,” he said. “transman,” it’s “But knowing that work he’s passionthey have this safe ate about. “These space, it can really issues are very impact someone’s personal,” he said. life and help them “I see my role here be a better student as expanding the and contribute in resource center and a meaningful way educating both the instead of being campus and the Ruggles consumed with that Oneonta communistruggle.” ties.” But culture is changing. The GSRC dates back “Young people are comto the 1990s, when it was ing out earlier and earlier,” established as “a space to he said. “They’re able to advocate for women students on campus,” according express how they might be to www.oneonta.edu. Robin able to deviate from those Nussbaum was hired in 2007 gender norms.” Ruggles is also bringing as a half-time director, and the position was just recently back to SUNY Pride conference on Thursday-Friday, expanded to fulltime. Oct. 10-11, where students Previously, Ruggles and faculty from SUNY worked in Philadelphia as a schools across the state will therapist and social worker gather on the campus to to sexual-abuse survivors, present research papers and opiate addicts and teen workshops on gender-neutral parents. He has a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke parenting, non-violent comand a master’s from Widener munication and other issues impacting the LGBT comUniversity. munity. For a student struggling “It’s a chance for people with gender identity, the interested in these issues stress can negatively impact to come together and share their college experience. with each other,” he said. “They may not be able to
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Still time to enjoy the Otsego Lake season! – “Grinnloch,” this delightful Otsego Lake cottage, overlooks the lake w/private 50’+/- of frontage, deck area and dock. Renovated by the current owners, this charming camp offers a screened-in front porch, large LR/DR w/carved fireplace mantle piece, up-to-date kitchen w/new appliances, full bath w/laundry, plus 3 BRs. New septic system will be installed this year. Everything has been redone: walls, wainscoting, wiring, kitchen, bath, etc. Easy steps w/platforms access cottage from the road. Parking along road. Currently being used as a summer rental property w/excellent rental history—reservations and income transfer w/ownership. Most furnishings remain. Purchase as an investment or enjoy the entire summer on Otsego Lake for years to come. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $369,000 Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com • Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com For APPoiNtmeNt: Patti Ashley, Broker, 544-1077 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 547-5304 • Nancy Angerer, Sales Agent, 435-3387 Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 547-8288 • Amy Stack, Sales Agent, 435-0125 • Chris Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175
Home of the Week Village Charm in a Duplex (7765) The perfect home for an owner-occupied investment. This 5 BR, 5 bath historic home is in the heart of Cooperstown. Inviting features include remodeled kitchens, new hardwood floors, knotty pine built-ins, hand-painted murals. Large sunroom leads to spacious deck surrounded by perennial gardens. All utilities are separate. Cooperstown Schools. hubbell’s exclusive—$299,000
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Avanzatos Hartwick Citizens Of Year AWARD/From A1 at a banquet on Saturday, Oct. 26. “It was a real surprise,” said Tony. “We were very humbled.” The brothers have been an official extension of the Hartwick Campus – SUNY too, Tony would be quick to point out – since they opened the former Italian Kitchen in 1972. Vinne passed on a soccer scholarship at the college to continue the family business, but the Italian Kitchen quickly became a go-to for students, parents and faculty. “After 4 p.m., you couldn’t squeeze in,” said Vinne. When choosing the new college president, the trustees would come down after meetings for a slice of pizza, and brought Drugovich there for her first meal as Hartwick president. “They were so proud to bring her in,” Vinne said. “They told her, ‘This is the place, and these guys are part of Hartwick’.” In 2002, just after the brothers had opened Stella Luna, concerns rose that the campus was going to drop the Hartwick men’s soccer team to Division III. Vinne, Tony and some friends got together to “make some noise.” “Soccer has been a big part of Oneonta for a long time,” said Tony. “We took the National Championship in 1977, for a tiny little town, that was huge.” They started the auction to raise money – more than $20,000 – and awareness. “It gave us hope,” he said. “And the team stayed Division I.” The auctions continued, bringing in donations of Red Sox box tickets, trips, even a football (soccer) jersey signed by the Manchester United team, now benefitting the entire athletic department. “It’s not about a bottle of wine or a trip,” said Vinne. “It’s about the kids.”
It’s not the pair’s only charitable endeavor. Each Christmas, they gather up children who are in need of winter clothes and Christmas items and take them shopping at Wal-Mart. “This year we had 32 kids, the most we’ve ever had,” said Tony. “It’s heart-tearing, but it’s nice to see their faces. Those kids are so happy.” It was especially poignant in the most recent trip, short-
ly after the family matriarch, Giuseppa, was killed in a car accident. “We asked that, in lieu of flowers, money be donated to our Christmas fund,” said Tony. “Even as we were going through that tragedy, those kids hugging me made me feel better.” The most recent auction brought in a record $33,000. “We’re big givers,” said Vinne. “In a small way.”
Contents of the Historic Stage Inn, Columbia Co., NY & a Private Estate from Oneonta, NY removed to be sold unreserved Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 4:30 pm Hesse Galleries 350 Main St., Otego, NY
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MLS#87451 - Country home w/open floorplan. Improvements include new windows, siding, heating system, coal stove and insulation. In the highly desirable Cooperstown school district. Very motivated seller. $118,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#90235 -Lovely Cape, 3-4 BRs, 1½ baths in Otego. Large village lot w/shed. 5 minutes to Oneonta. $134,900 Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
New Listing! MLS#90713 – Beautiful country setting for relaxed living. Owner financing available, close to Stamford and Oneonta. You can make this house a home. $59,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#89527 - Well maintained stately home on 1.25 acres w/mature trees. 5 BRs, 2 baths, sun porches, attic, dry basement, new roof and detached 2-stall garage. Includes 63’ of private lakefront w/ T-shaped dock on Canadarago Lake. $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#89063 - Move-in ready new home in Richfield Springs. 3 BRs, 2 baths, wood fireplace in the LR. Views of the lake and 2-car garage on just over an acre. Call today. $139,900 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#86798 – Villa Isidoro Restaurant and B&B on Route 20 in Richfield Springs. Start your new business today! $695,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#77192 – 33 level acres on Millstone Road. $62,000 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)
MLS#84170 – Lovely modular situated on 40 acres. 3 BRs, 2 baths, finished lower level. Beautifully landscaped. $198,900 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)
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MLS#81749 - Almost new Cape on almost 70 acres w/a creek flowing through it and ATV trails throughout. Cathedral ceilings, open floorplan, modern kitchen, loft BR, loft family room, ceramic tiling, 1-bay detached garage. Woodstove heats the whole house w/Co-op electric baseboard as backup. $199,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell) MLS#90759 - Canadarago Lake retreat on a quiet dead-end street w/60’ of private lakefront. Open living space w/4 BRs, 2 baths, all furnished. Remodeled in 2007, new roof and wiring. $224,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#89122 - Year-round Canadarago Lake-front compound. Two structures each with 2-stall garages. Total of 7 BRs, 4 baths w/over 300’ of shoreline. Live in one and rent the other. Priced below assessed value. $229,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#88698 - 4 BRs, 1½ bath Unadilla home that is immaculate! Many updates. Large fenced yard. $110,000 Call Carol A. Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)
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New Listing! MLS#90345 – Classic farmette w/outbuildings is just off I-88. Large outbuilding was once a wood-working shop. Inside features hardwood floors, woodstove and the craftsmanship of yesteryear. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#89098 – Otsego Lake Property – 107 Otsego Lakefront property is 1.23 acres. 4400 +/- sq ft of living space in this beautiful home. $850,000 Call Pamela V. Andela @ 315-717-1907 (cell)
New Listing! MLS#90589 - Oneonta farmhouse w/almost 10 acres is walking distance to SUNY Oneonta and the high school. Bring the horses. $249,000 Call Carol A Olsen@ 607-434-7436 (cell)
MLS#89967 - Well maintained, 3 BR ranch w/2-car attached garage and new 3-car detached garage set on over 2 acres. Updates include kitchen and baths, open floorplan, bluestone fireplace w/pellet stove insert, red oak floors. 4-season sunroom w/sliders leads to multi-tiered, wraparound decks. Full dry basement w/high ceilings. $199,000 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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New Listing! MLS#91076 - 4 BR farmhouse on a well manicured, nearly 2 acre lot features lots of original charm and character. Attached garage, several well-maintained outbuildings. Home is structurally solid, move-in condition. $129,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
New Listing! MLS#90930 - Completely renovated 4 BR, 2 bath house has new roof, vinyl siding, windows, appliances, flooring, walls, and vaulted ceiling w/recessed lighting. New rear deck overlooks 1 acre bordering Charlotte Valley creek. Attached garage, covered front porch. Whole house warranty covers defects or system failure of all mechanicals for 1 year from the date of purchase. $139,900 Call Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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OTSEGO. homes Great commercial opportunity in Oneonta on a highly traveled street close to Cooperstown, restaurants, State Rte 205 and I-88. 380’ of road frontage on Chestnut Street. 3 buildings with total 5,376 sq ft. Main building is 3,200 sq ft w/gas heat, electric and ½ bath. 2 Morton buildings are 1,056 sq ft and 1,920 sq ft. Paved parking for 10-15 cars. What a great location to have business with high traffic and plenty of parking. Call for your private showing. $239,900 MLS #90952
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Let the rent help pay your mortgage! Nice owner-occupied 2-family home. First floor has spacious LR, formal DR w/new hardwood floors, large kitchen, 2 BRs and totally remodeled bath w/laundry area. Second floor has small eat-in kitchen, LR, 1 BR and full bath. Nice covered back porch. Many recent improvements including exterior paint, siding on the back portion of the house, new roof and new downstairs bath w/laundry area. $139,900 − MLS#89703
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(7158) Beautiful, remodeled 4 BR, 3 bath residence w/scenic views is near sports center, hospital, and school. Den, master BR suite w/jacuzzi, new kitchen w/hickory cabinets and granite countertop, formal DR, pantry, newer furnace, 2-car garage. A premier caliber home! Hubbell’s Exclusive—$269,000
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In desired Canterbury Woods. Sun-filled 4 BR, 2½ bath home on 2+ private acres, just minutes to Oneonta! Oak floors, custom designed, highend kitchen w/cherry cabinets, stainless steel appliances, large island, AC, separate HEATED STUDIO/WORKSHOP and much more! Exit Team Advantage Realty 5366 Main Street, Oneonta 607-433-8326 • www.exitta.com
A unique opportunity to purchase one of the early camps on Otsego Lake. Open LR/DR with a wall of windows facing the lake and beautiful, unobstructed views. Deck across front that is accessed from the open living area. Large fieldstone fireplace on one LR wall, 2 BRs, pull-down attic stairway, approved and certified new septic that goes from camp to a holding tank. Free maintenance for 3 years w/no required yearly pump out. New concrete retaining wall and concrete stairway. Concrete wall at lakeside as well. Dock is in place. Perfect lakeside get away with 60’ of deeded lake frontage and parking for several cars. Exclusively offered at the NEW PRICE $339,000 For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, Don Olin Realty at 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Broker – 547-5105 Tim Donahue, Associate Broker – 293-8874 Cathy Raddatz, Sales Associate – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Sales Associate – 547-4141 Carol Hall, Sales Associate – 544-4144 Michael Welch, Sales Associate – 547-8502
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