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may see this apparatus from Pothole Killers of Fairless Hills, Pa., on Lake and River streets this week, part of a two-week, $18,000 experiment the Village Board is conducting to find a better, cheaper way to fix potholes.
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s planned, the second half of the village’s $2 million sidewalk project will resume the day after Labor Day on the south side of Main Street between Chestnut Street and Pioneer Alley. The Main Street entrance to Doubleday Field will also be affected. Weather allowing, the project will be finished this fall. SUMMER’S END: The National Baseball Hall of Fame’s regular hours resume Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1. It will be open 9-5, seven days a week, closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. BILLS IN MAIL: CCS tax bills, reflecting a 1.72 percent increase in the levy, were due to be mailed out Monday, Sept. 8. DEBATES PLANNED: Congressional candidates Chris Gibson and Sean Eldridge have agreed to four debates in October. Details, WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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he boys of summer may be gone, but the party in Cooperstown is just getting started. “A lot of people think that Cooperstown is just a baseball community,” said Matt Hazzard, Chamber of Commerce interim executive director. “But Please See FEST, A7 Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
Lisa Nagle, right, founding partner in Elan Planning & Design, Saratoga Springs, mans a table at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market Saturday, Aug. 23, distributing surveys to tourists and summer residents, the beginning of a comprehensive planning project for Cooperstown. Sam Ross and friend Kate Seeley, Cherry Valley, partake.
Planning Underway To Envision Even More-Perfect Cooperstown Survey Starts Collecting Data; ‘Charrette’ Week Planned In October By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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harting Cooperstown’s road to the future began Saturday, Aug. 23, when 70 summer visitors and tourists answered a simply four-question survey.
“Many of the things that people want actually exist,” said Village Trustee Cindy Falk, who got a peek at early results. “We’re just not promoting them.” Foremost was different kinds of foods – a taco stand, in particular. But the first 74 surveys filled out – 155 at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market; 19 at Pioneer Park – also asked for more variety of
stores; in particular, fewer baseball stores. But “it was a pretty select group,” she said, noting that 38 percent of the farmers’ market respondents were local. “They probably don’t shop at baseball stores.” Saturday’s canvas – Lisa Nagle, a principal in Elan Planning & Please See VISION, B8
Trustees: Village Employees Aren’t Above The Law By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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esponding to a citizen’s complaint that village employees are flouting parking laws, Mayor Jeff Katz and the trustees are telling them: Desist! “Village employees are not subject to a different law than everybody else,” the mayor said emphatically at the trustees’ monthly Please See PARKING, A2
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Village Employees Told: Obey Law PARKING/From A1 meeting Monday, Aug. 25. The Village Board then directed department heads to send a memo to all 22 Main workers advising them to obey parking laws. The mayor had suggested that Police Chief Mike Covert, who’s responsible for the enforcement of
laws in the village, write the memo. But Trustee Bruce Maxson suggested department heads do so. Katz was responding to a letter in last week’s Freeman’s Journal from Steve Mahlum, a former trustee, who noted in his daily walks he’s noticed the same cars, owned by village employees and
police officers, parked in the same spots all day long. Downtown parking spaces, including most of those on Fair Street, are subject to 15-minute limits or, with a $25 parking permit, two-hour limits. Mahlum christened what he’s been seeing a “de facto permit system” that exempts “village employees, certain elected officials and several other people” from
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paid-parking regulations everyone else must follow. “The de facto permit system allows the permitted people to park their personal vehicles in two-hour parking and other restricted parking spaces for indefinite periods of eight hours or more without being ticketed,” he wrote. Mahlum was at the meeting. Asked about the memo idea, he said it doesn’t answer the question
of whether “arbitrary enforcement” has been practiced. Further, he said, the spaces designated for “village official business” on the Fair Street side of Village Hall are being monopolized by employees who park there all day. These spaces were intended for residents who have to do business with Village Hall, or elected or appointed officials who need to attend a meeting.
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anielle Newell, 30, and Michael Henrici, 32, were married on Aug. 23, 2014, on the terrace of The Fenimore Art Museum. Newell, director of education for The Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum, and Henrici, deputy commissioner of elections for Otsego County, met two years ago and fell in love while working on a Smithy Center for the Arts theatre production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged.” Both went to school and Danielle and lived in Manhattan, subsequentMichael Henrici ly working as professional actors before moving back to. Henrici is native Cooperstown. During the ceremony, officiated by Hank Nicols, the couple recited their own heartfelt vows. The couple honeymooned in her family’s vacation home and will take a cruise this winter.
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MECHANICAL MUSIC MARVELS AT FARMERS’ MUSEUM Kara Grady, Cooperstown, stands with her children Kian, Gavin and Lilly to listen to one of the organs at The Farmers’ Museum Band Organ Rally Saturday, Aug. 23.
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he Clark Sports Center is seeking nominations for the 22nd annual Fetterman Award, which honors community members for their dedication in serving local youth athletics. The trophy, given in memory of long-time Clark Sports Center associate director Patrick C. Fetterman, seeks recipients with “good sportsmanship, patience and a sense of humor” who “teaches through example,” among other criteria. Nominations may be mailed to or dropped off at the Clark Sports Center in care of Brenda Wedderspoon-Grey.
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t’s been clear since the floods of 2006 that West Lake Road and East Lake Road – one on either side of Otsego Lake – need repair. Twice, East Lake Road, a county highway, has collapsed. County Highway Superintendent Ron Tiderencel happened on a method – using long spikes to, literally, hammer roadways into steep mountainsides in the Rockies – and, if anything, the road is more stable than it was before. West Lake Road, however, is the purview of the state Department of Transportation and, more heavily traveled, its deterioration had been addressed only in spotty, insufficient ways for eight years now. Eight years. Head north and, no sooner than you pass Three Mile Point, you begin to see rip-rap, a patch here, a section there, for the next couple of miles, through Hickory Grove, where the margin widens between the pavement and lakeshore and the issue is less pressing. • It’s a challenged section of road,
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Signs of deterioration appear on West Lake Road north of Three Mile Point.
for sure. Before it was built, in the 19teenss, people got back and forth to their camps by boat. In the worst sections today, the roadway is right on the water. In the sections that are most disputed, camps, or docks, or boathouses are tightly fit between the right-ofway and the water. It’s not an easy situation to resolve. But here it is, going on a decade, and the DOT has developed no comprehensive plan – as least no plan it’s made public – to resolve the uncertainty, not to mention the hazards, in a fair and thorough way. Instead, DOT’s been conduct-
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Clean Water Will Enable All Good Things To Flow To the Editor: I have read with great interest the letters from Dan Buttermann, Albert Colone and Andrew Stammel. They all make very good points. Mr. Colone is very concerned with cost and wants to know the number of jobs that will be created. Both are very reasonable requests. The cost is well documented and the development of the Fortin Park site is clearly the less costly approach. The cost to the community will never be any less expensive than the plan that’s been devel-
oped because the town has secured a number of grants and “ZERO” interest loans which are now available. As for the number of jobs that will be created, I would offer that without water and sewer the chance of creating new jobs is greatly hindered and we may actually put in jeopardy the jobs that we have unless the water district is built. Mr. Colone is correct when he states “our overall community and area economies continue to retreat” in spite of the development of Southside; however, Please See HARLEM, A6
ing a war of the nerves, the camp owners will tell you, beginning when it announced two years ago, to the surprise of many who had been paying property taxes for decades, that the state owns the land between the center of the road and the water. When camp owner Caroline Sever questioned DOT about its ownership, she was told, in effect, sue us. That process, she said, would cost $250,000. • Because of their relatively small numbers – there are 300 camps on Otsego Lake, but only a few dozen are most threatened by the DOT’s incremental approach – the DOT may see them as having insufficient clout to worry about. That’s a flawed estimation: After all, each of them is an American citizen, entitled to the same rights (and consideration) as anyone else – one being the right not to be bullied by governmental agents. Further, it’s a population with some clout. When the Severs (Caroline and Jim) invited
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Attorney Gil Hoffman to The Otesaga two weeks ago to address concerned residents, more than 60 people showed up. When he asked if there were any other lawyers in the room, a half-dozen hands went up. If the DOT wants to argue, this is going to be a long argument. The stretch in question involves a number of well-respected local residents, including a cadre from Oneonta: former mayor Dave Brenner and his wife Lois and the Konstanty-Rees clan, among them. Attorney John Scarzafava passed away this summer in one of the disputed camps. While the argument goes on, properties aren’t bankable and needed improvements (upgraded septic systems, for instance, to protect Glimmerglass’ clarity and purity) aren’t happening. (Lee Stockwell says many are afraid to even apply for permits, fearing their homes will be condemned, as hers was.) • By summer 2015, the DOT is seeking to push out three
property owners – Joe Galati of Cooperstown, the Petersons from Sidney and Caroline Sever and her husband, Jim. But the concept – the unproved concept – that the DOT owns the land between the center strip and the lakefront – puts numerous other properties at risk. What’s the eventual answer? First, assess the problem: What can be done to stabilize the road and not damage the lake’s aesthetic appeal? (The rip-rap approach is most unsightly from the water.) Further, put together a plan that, once and for all – to the degree that’s possible – settles the matter. Steps may be as simple as adding a weight limit: No heavy rigs should ever traverse that route. Or they may include significant – albeit sensitive – construction. But end the hop-scotch. Finally, if the state doesn’t have deeds to prove its ownership, it should abandon the strong-arm tactics. If land must be taken, it should be the least amount necessary, and camp owners should be fully recompensed.
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dation Mohican Farms. Thanks also to Lake and Valley Garden Club and CCS school board for their support. The Kid Garden and Cooperstown Food Pantry volunteer crews have been harvesting fresh vegetables for the elementary and high school cafeterias, as well as the Food Pantry on a weekly basis since late spring. Our new hoop house will extend the growing season through the whole school year.
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To the Editor: Growing Community wishes to thank all the people who have helped the Cooperstown Elementary School Kid Garden keep growing and growing. A stunning new pavilion has been built by the Lions Club, which will be used for shelter during classes and meetings. The Lions also expanded our fences, and constructed new handicapped accessible raised beds, which have been filled with compost and seedlings donated by The Clark Foun-
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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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SUNY Oneonta President Nancy Kleniewski cuts the ribbon Monday, Aug. 25, on the $27 million Fitzelle Hall renovations, flanked by, from left, Susan DeSimone of the SUNY Construction Fund; Project Architect/Manager Brian Barker of Architecture Plus; Tom Rathbone, associate vice president/facilities planning & safety; Provost Maria Thompson; Joe Bernier, vice chair of the SUNY Oneonta College Council; Kai Malik, president, Student Association; Catherine Moshier, special assistant to state Sen. James Seward, R-Milford; and Assemblymen Cliff Crouch, R-Bainbridge, and Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie.
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from an appreciation of Dr. Albert E. Fitzelle delivered Monday, Aug. 25, by Dr. Cynthia Lassonde, his current successor, at the ribbon cutting for SUNY Oneonta’s newly renovated Fitzelle Hall.
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id you ever wonder about that name... Fitzelle? When I was asked to speak to you today, I became curious about the person after Lassonde whom Fitzelle Hall was named. I contacted Dr. David Brenner – alumnus, associate vice president emeritus, and author of the 2002 book, “The State University of New York College at Oneonta.” Dr. Brenner provided me with biographical information and documents about Dr. Albert E. Fitzelle. I learned that Dr. Fitzelle, born in Yonkers in 1888, was an educator who, coincidentally, just like me, completed the bulk of his schooling in New York State schools, including his
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higher education. And, just like me, he began his teaching career – in the New York school system – he as a principal at Oneonta High School until 1916 when he became instructor of education at Oneonta State Normal School. I started as an elementary teacher in the public school system and also found my way to Oneonta’s teacher education programs.
Then, again similar to me, he was made head of the department of education. I am the chair of the Elementary Education and Reading Department. Dr. Fitzelle was the first principal of Bugbee School and became dean of the college in 1946. The more I learned about Dr. Fitzelle, the more I felt a kindred spirit with him. The idea of working and teaching in a place called Fitzelle Hall began to have more meaning for me. In doing my research, I found a quote about Dr. Fitzelle that really struck me as words to live by: A colleague said of him he is “one of the few men who never came into my office and said an unkind thing ... who never lived in the past, always in the present ... has helped build a greater college on the hill and a greater Oneonta.” Dr. Fitzelle died in 1967 in nearby Fox Memorial Hospital. He was a well-liked and highly respected man who was branded as an idealist who worked for principles of progress. I feel confident that the latest renovation of Fitzelle would have made Dr. Albert Fitzelle proud.
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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
From the Baltimore Gazette of Thursday evening – That the capital of the United States is in possession of the enemy is a fact that can no longer be doubted. What the force of that enemy is we have not been able to ascertain. Reports of some volunteers who have just returned from the scene of action at Bladensburgh, states it about 9,000. It certainly must be much larger than expected, as it would appear, that after an ineffectual opposition, they were permitted to take quiet possession of the seat of government. We have understood generally that the Capitol and Navy Yard are destroyed; and it is said that a proclamation has been issued in the name of Lord Hill, to assure the citizens that private property shall not be injured. September 1, 1814
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75 YEARS AGO
The waters of Otsego Lake have yielded 69 lake trout weighing an aggregate 543 pounds so far this year, a statement of fact that can scarcely be believed by those accustomed to do “The Simple Simon” act in Otsego and other lakes. According to Alexander S. Phinney, Cooperstown’s foremost angler, the fishing for lake trout has never been as good as this season. Phinney has landed 34 beauties weighing 272 pounds. The best fishing ground for trout extends from Kingfisher Tower to Five-Mile Point although several trout have been taken farther toward the head of the lake. Below the tower the water is too shallow for trout and time expended in covering this ground, is time wasted. August 26, 1914
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The President – We learn from the Saratoga Sentinel of the 20th instant, that Mr. Van Buren left the Village on that day, accompanied by Mr. Poinsett, the Secretary of War. His route is described as embracing Whitehall, Port Kent, Keeseville, Plattsburgh, and from thence by way of Malone to Canton and Ogdensburgh, and thence by way of Oswego and the lake towns to Buffalo. His return is spoken of as embracing Batavia, Canandaigua, Geneva, Auburn, Syracuse, Utica, and Little Falls to Albany. If this arrangement is carried out, we shall not see the President of the United States within the boundaries of Otsego County. August 26, 1839
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A returned soldier of the Sixteenth Connecticut regiment says that our soldiers who are prisoners at Andersonville, S.C. number no fewer than 12,000; that they are confined in an open field bare of all trees or shrubbery; and that, in these dog-day heats they are suffering severely. It is to be feared that hundreds of them will never live to get home. A similar account is given of a still larger number of Union prisoners confined in Georgia, where large numbers are dying from exposure, lack of food and proper attendance. August 26, 1864
125 YEARS AGO
Excerpts from The London Standard: American Girls – The frequency with which Englishmen of distinction select their domestic partners from the United States has set people asking what it is that causes the occurrence. The fact that Lord Randolph Churchill, Sir William Harcourt, M. Clemenceau, the Duke of Marlborough and the successor of Count Moltke in the important military post with which his great name is associated, have married American ladies, may tempt philosophic inquirers to go in search of a true and efficient cause of the occurrence, now brought still into more prominence by the marriage of Mr. Cham-
The Sperry Chevrolet garage located south of the Village of Cooperstown on Route 28 recently completed its new showroom. The structure, which contains 10,500 square feet, features a colonial brick front in keeping with the architectural character of the village. The showroom has room for six cars and the rear contains a modern garage and body shop. Sales will be managed by Robert Sperry and Robert Clinton. August 26, 1964
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The month of September has been declared “James Fenimore Cooper Month” by Mayor Harold H. Hollis, in honor of the Bicentennial of Cooper’s birth. A service at Christ Church at 5 p.m. on September 15, the date of Cooper’s birth, will be a highpoint. Professor George Test, a Cooper expert at SUNY Oneonta, will be the main speaker. August 30, 1939 On September 10, an organ recital performed by The Farmers’ Museum associate curator Kate Boardman and organ restoration specialist Sydney Chase will be held at the berlain. English girls are romantic, and the American girls, Fenimore House at 2 p.m. Boardman and Chase will play if romantic, are so in a less degree. Like the rest of their an 1800-vintage barrel organ that was a popular feature at race they are educated to be in harmony with the hard and Otsego Hall, the Cooper family residence. somewhat cynical conditions of their life. They have less August 30, 1989 “nonsense” about them than English girls. They are sensible women of the world, “knowing all about it,” not easily deluded and quite equal to the task of confronting existence in all its various phases. It is often remarked that American The Otsego Electric Cooperative has announced a new, women push their way where English women possessed of high-tech service they will begin to provide to area customno greater advantage would fail. The former understand the ers in the near future – an affordable, broadband internet conditions of success better and accommodate themselves service for rural families. OEC is partnering with “Wild to them. They succeed in London drawing rooms as their Blue” and the National Rural Telecommunications Coopbrothers succeed in “dry goods stores” in New York, and erative to provide satellite-delivered broadband internet for much the same reason. We have no doubt they make ex- access. Robert Murdock, CEO of OEC, believes the service cellent wives to the men who live in the full glare of society has the potential to transform rural areas and generate ecoand prefer a clever, capable associate to a tender domestic nomic growth. “I think it’s going to go like gangbusters,” companion. said Murdock. August 30, 1889 August 27, 2004
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Regional Water Authority Unlikely, So Town Water District Best Option HARLEM/From A4 it needs to be noted that without the sales tax, property tax and school taxes that Southside has created, along with the bed tax from the four hotels, this community and county would be in far worse shape. A Southside water district doesn’t necessarily mean more retail; it could also mean more single-family housing which is a dire need when trying to recruit for job openings. Ask the colleges, hospitals and businesses and I’m sure you’ll hear that housing is an issue. To have economic development we were told we had to be “in the game” by having “shovel ready sites.” This means water, sewer,
utilities and associated infrastructure, along with a community that can support growth and opportunities. In a perfect world there would be a regional water authority; however, this does not exist and the likelihood of that happening in our lifetime is a long shot at best. The next best option is the Southside Water District. I would encourage everyone who is affected by this project to weigh the pros and cons carefully before deciding. Granted, this will cost those in the new water district more for their water but the positives are 1) a reliable source of quality water, 2) potentially lower insurance rates due to access to fire
Eldridge Businessman; Gibson Isn’t
To the Editor: I had not followed the lohydrants, 3) increased prop- cal congressional race very erty values, 4) the potential closely. All I knew was that the incumbent was ex-milifor development which would increase the tax base. tary and the challenger was The increase in the tax base gay and had married well. Then the incumbent did would be beneficial to all especially the school district something vaguely treasonous for a military man: which is our largest indihe voted to sue his former vidual tax. Commander in Chief. So The long term good of I looked into the race a the community needs to be bit more and discovered the primary consideration. that the incumbent, Chris Everyone needs to work Gibson, has cashed in a together to insure that the valorous Army career to just future needs be addressed even if the path taken is not become yet another partisan button pusher on Capitol one’s first choice. I don’t Hill – even to voting for a believe anyone can argue political stunt like suing the against providing a clean President. and reliable source for all, We don’t need any more not just a few. ROBERT HARLEM Jr. of that divisive nonsense in Oneonta Washington. Got plenty al-
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Great Wall Art After 15 years, The Brooklyn Bridge Antique Shop is closing its doors.
We want to thank all of our loyal and loving customers for their patronage. It has been a glorious 15 years but it is time to move on. The Brooklyn Bridge Bed & Breakfast will still operate and we will continue to be a part of this wonderful community. Best regards, John and Rita
Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham University constitutional law professor, is an expert on government corruption. She is bright, quick witted and dedicated to helping the average New Yorkers, the people who Andrew Cuomo has left out of his equation. His billions of surplus come at the expense of public schools. He caters HOMETOWN ONEONTA to large corporations at the & The Freeman’ s Journal expense of small businesses. His promise of ethical Zephyr Teachout will reform, i.e. The Moreland speak at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, in Foothills Commission, is a playbook Performing Arts Center, for corruption. He remains Oneonta. on the fence regarding hydrofracking. Will he ever lieutenant governor canditake a stand? date Tim Wu. Teachout promises an adJust what is he afraid ministration of transparency of? Some have suggested and inclusion, a New Yorker Cuomo’s criminal defense that works for all New Yorklawyers, preparing for the ers. On Sept. 9, Democrats Moreland Commission inof New York, come out to vestigation, don’t want him cast your ballots for Zephyr to have to answer incriminating questions. Is it think- Teachout and Tim Wu – a vote for a better New York. able someone would plead PHILIP DURKIN the Fifth Amendment during Cherry Valley a debate?
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enterprises. He’s the real can-do guy in this campaign. That’s why we’re supporting Sean Eldridge. He’s taking a positive approach to the problems we face which is clearly more likely to be part of the solution than yet another cog in the problem. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
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Why Is Cuomo Afraid Of Zephyr Teachout? To the Editor: It seems ironic that a governor who presents himself as a champion of Women’s Equality will do everything to knock an eminently qualified woman off the Sept. 9 Democratic primary ballot, but yet is so dismissive of her that he won’t debate. Three times his highpowered (and high-priced) lawyers have taken Zephyr to court to disqualify her candidacy and three times they have lost. Now, Andrew Cuomo refuses to debate Ms. Teachout. And Kathy Hochul, Cuomo’s running mate, refuses to debate the
ready, thanks. Nice try Colonel Gibson, but it’s time for you to retire, again. The challenger, Sean Eldridge, is a businessman that has actually done something that Rep. Gibson never has: created jobs. In the district. By investing in local businesses. He’s backed campaign finance reform, environmental safeguards, and rural
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Springfield MLS#96232 $183,900 This wonderful ranch on a quiet country road features 2 BRs, 2½ baths, and room to add another BR on the lower floor. Large kitchen, DR w/hardwood floors, attached garage, barn, lake access at Springfield landing.
OWNER SAYS SELL!—Cottage-style home was built in 1828 with 1970s addition. On a corner lot w/deep backyard, under-house garage plus workshop, back deck, front porch. This well maintained home offers a parlor, formal DR w/wainscoting, kitchen, dining area, plus very nice family room addition w/bay window, door to deck, and attached bath w/laundry. Upstairs are 3 BRs, den or nursery, full bath and lots of storage. Systems are updated, fully applianced. This is the first time this home has been offered for sale in over 40 years. Offered Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $79,000
Middlefield MLS#95599 $220,000 Move-in condition ranch, pole barn for an indoor arena, 2 sheds and an older, smaller barn. Only residence on a little-used dirt road surrounded by fields, woods, streams. Adjacent 200 acres may be available.
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Custom-built in 2006, this home features the best of lakeside living. Wrap-around deck is maintenance free, the perfect place for outdoor living. Screened gazebo also adds to outdoor living space. Open concept design on first level. LR/DR/kitchen has doors that open to deck. Master BR, bath, powder room and walk-in closets on this level. Large laundry room w/new appliances, and door to walkway to attached 2-car garage. Lower level has views of the lake from 3 large BRs. Library has doors to private patio. Central AC on both levels. Radiant heat is propane w/5 zones. Recessed lighting, telephone and cable connections. Porcelain tile in baths, laundry and enclosed walkway. Year-round home has .074 acres (surveyed), and separately deeded .038 vacant lot (surveyed) w/130’ of lake frontage are included in the sale. There is a sitting deck overlooking the lake and newly built stairs that lead down to the water. A dock is in place for your boat. This is a unique opportunity to find a year-round home on Otsego Lake w/an additional lot. Call today!
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A7
THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2014
Four-Story Hotel Planned On TJ’s Site
Ommegang Has Alternative To Pumpkinfest
FEST/From A1 we know it has so much more to offer.� With the demise of Pumpkinfest in 2013 and the overwhelming success of Ommegang events – Belgium Comes to Cooperstown and Oneonta’s Snommegang them the chamber and brewery were inspired to team up on the Cooperstown Field Day on Saturday, Oct. 4. The Freeman’s Journal “We were really lookThe former TJ’s Restaurant, now ing for an event to replace Batter’s Up, may be a four-story Pumpkinfest,� said Hazzard. hotel by sometime in 2015. “The area is beautiful this behind the building, and the idea is to use a time of year, and it should be valet-parking system to fit the cars behind the showcased.� building. Main Street will be closed “This is going to be a bone of contention,� for the day, inviting families Katz predicted in discussing the project, downtown for music, food, which was raised in Zoning Enforcement arts and more. “It’s a special Officer Tavis Austin’s report at the Village event day, so stores will be Board’s August meeting on Monday the 25th. able to set up tables and vend On the 15th, a motion by Trustee Cindy on the sidewalk,� said Mayor Falk referred it to the Planning Board to Jeff Katz. begin the review at its next regular meeting, Ommegang will host a including a “preliminary site development ticketed “Nine Innings� beer plan review.� and food pairing, where As proposed, the hotel would be 46-feet local restaurants will pair tall, 4 feet above a height restriction in the their signature dishes with village code. That would require Zoning Board of Appeals action. The project would Ommegang brews. “It’s a little tribute to baseball, also have to pass muster with the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board, but really, it’s a tribute to what makes staying in Katz said. Cooperstown so great – the COB_Central Region Profile Campaign_Freemans Journal _7.434x4� No Bleed BW
HOTEL/From A1 eatery. The upper three floors will each include apartment-style suites consisting of two bedrooms, a sitting area, full kitchen and two bathrooms. There are plans for a rooftop swimming pool and outdoor dining area.� The plan appears aimed at Dreams Park Families via one-week rentals, but also envisions – in the off season, perhaps – serving medical and graduate students from Bassett and the CGP, businesspeople and “residents transitioning into the community.� The plan is to begin construction this year and complete the building in “one phase� during 2015. If it moves forward, the project would be the first hotel project in the village in perhaps decades; meanwhile, three national franchises have arisen in Hartwick Seminary. “I would certainly like to see appropriate development in the village and not see it always happen outside the village,� said the mayor. Currently, initial discussions between the village and IDA President Sandy Mathes have identified the empty Where It All Began Bat Company warehouse at Main and Grove as a prospect for a hotel. The name Marriott has been mentioned. But those discussions are conceptual. Contacted Tuesday, Aug. 26, Ferrara said he was not immediately prepared to discuss the plans, but would do so shortly. According to the minutes of a special Aug. 15 Village Board meeting, each of the 22 units would have two bedrooms and two baths in each room. Parking would be
great food and beverages we have here,� said John Tuchowski, Ommegang’s event coordinator. When the dishes come in, Tuchowski will do the pairings, using Ommegang classics like Abbey Ale to such newcomers as this year’s Belgian Independence Day IPA. “We have a great lineup of beers to choose from,� he said. “Now we just have to pick the batting order.� The Field Day is the newest addition to a fall line up that includes the Community Harvest Dinner, scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 28, where 400 feet of tables are set up
where villagers can share homemade harvest bounty with their neighbors. “There are all kinds of things that happen in the fall,� said Katz. “Anything to give people another excuse to come visit for the weekend.� It’s all part of Cooperstown’s continuing initiative to keep visitors coming into the fall and spring shoulder seasons. “What we’re trying to do is make it clear that if people have an idea, we’ll try to make it happen,� said Katz. “People who have lived here a long time have said our answer is always ‘no,’ and we’re actively trying to change that perception.�
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MLS#93763 $37,500 Gorgeous Sunsets! Wonderful place to build your dream home. Existing power poles and open meadows will allow many options on where to build. Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)
MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#94835 $179,900 3-4 BR tri-level home w/open floorplan on 25+ acres Spaciousorchard, 4 BR, 2 bath house is close to I-88. Large lot w/apple trails, streams, mostly wooded backyard,open workshop/garage, small shed. Upton Make your w/large fields. Gilbertsville-Mount schools. appointment to go this week! Call Thomas C.today. Platt @Priced 607-435-2068 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598
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MLS#89932 $59,900 Best Buy! 2 BR, 1 bath quaint cottage! Country living! New roof, new kitchen. Call Gabriella Vasta @ 607-267-1792 (cell)
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MLS#95750 $169,900 33-acre Sanctuary Priced Below Assessed Value! 3 BR, 2 bath home w/open floorplan, large kitchen w/island, master BR suite w/walk-in closet, , 2 decks, Cooperstown home. pays closing costsbarn. (up wood-burningVillage FP, new roofSeller in 2010. 3-car, 2-story to w/acceptable offer). Call$3,000 Thomas Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
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MLS#96105 $89,000 3 BR Davenport Center Home has fenced yard. Great home w/ many upgrades! Large 2-car garage w/ electric and extra storage. Open floorplan. Call Bill Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)
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