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Public Awaits 1st Peek At Proposed Village Plan By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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t’s been almost two years since Lisa Nagle of Elan Planning, Sara-
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Even with dad Nick Brandt of Cooperstown by her side, daughter Emily was a little nervous about stroking an iguana Saturday, Sept. 17, at the Unadilla Fall Festival. The reptile was from Animal Adventures, Jefferson.
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ox Hospital’s Gender Wellness Center in Oneonta has been awarded $500,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program to study establishing a Transgender Center for Excellence within the Bassett Network. The team leading the initiative are Drs. Carolyn and Christopher Wolf-Gould, Dr. Diane Georgeson, physician assistant Tania Villa, and Justine Woolner-Wise, LCSW. OCCA HONORS: The Otsego County Conservation Association is seeking nominations for Conservationist of the Year, an individual or organization. Nominations are due by Oct. 15. For nomination forms, call 547-4488, e-mail director@occainfo.org. GOLF PRODIGY: When a team member cancelled, Rodney Campbell, 8, helped power Team Schlather & Birch to top Captain & Crew honors Sunday, Sept. 18, at the Rotary Club’s Lynn Edinger Memorial Golf Tourney.
toga Springs, convened two “charrettes” on Oct. 7 and 8, 2014, and put 150 attendees through “exercises” to envision what was formerly known as America’s Most Perfect Village might like to become.
IF YOU GO: Public Informational Meeting on proposed Village Comprehensive Master Plan, 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 27, at Cooperstown Fire Hall
Notable among the resulting ideas was a grassy “apron” in place of the asphalt desert in front of Doubleday Field, with room to stroll, picnic and maybe throw a baseball back and forth.
A steering committee, included Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustee Cindy Falk, businesspeople like Stagecoach’s Chris Grady, non-profit staffers like Ellen Pope and officials, then Please See PLAN, A7
Otsego Now, 2 Partners Ready Broadband Push Time Warner’s Merger Stalled 1st Application
Village Trustees Cindy Falk and Library Board member Ellen Pope discuss renovations at the Village Library of Cooperstown while the Preston family of electricians installs LED lights and new wiring.
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‘Exciting Time’ At Library Culminating In Days By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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ook lovers rejoice: The Village Library’s West Room project – creating
one space out of the children’s and audiobook’s rooms – is nearing completion. “We expect to be done by the beginning of October,” said Ellen Pope, a trustee on the Village Library board. The wall dividing the room has
come down to open up the space and make it more inviting for people to congregate. Bookshelves – similar to those in the more intact East Room – will be installed along the walls, and additional shelves on wheels will make it easier to Please See LIBRARY, A7
In 25 Years, Lola Rathbone Wrote Book Of Catskill Hospice Success By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ola Rathbone has seen first-hand how important Hospice care is. “My mother-in-law spent the last months of her life at home with us,” she said. “We Rathbone were able to take care of the
home she grew up in and prepare it for sale, so she was actively involved with the closure of her life story. “I know I speak for other families when I say how important that closure is, and it’s difficult to get in a facility.” Please See HOSPICE, A3
y now, it was expected that a $30 million piece of the state Broadband Program Office’s $1 billion would be extending high-speed Internet service from Schenevus to Monticello and south to Unadilla by now. However, when Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications merged on May 18, it promised to upgrade service, so the state Public Service Commission made 140,000 households ineligible for first-round grants. Those households included Otsego County, to the disappointment of the three local partners Please See BROADBAND, A7
Calm After The Whirlwind
Village crew members Chris Satriano, right, and Lloyd Stilson tidy up Monday, Sept. 20, after two major streets, Chestnut and Glen, were repaved in a week. 1,150 tons of hot mix was laid, DPW Chief Brian Clancy reJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal ports.
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