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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, March 17, 2016
GET YOUR PERMIT: Parking permits for the upcoming season are now on sale at the Village Clerk’s Office, 22 Main. $25, and $15 for additional permits in same household. Applications available at www. cooperstownny.org.
AT CCS, THESE LADIES ARE CHAMPS
By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE
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MORE ADOPTIONS: Due to the success of the adopt-a-hydrant program, Cooperstown residents are being asked to adopt a catch-drain, volunteering to keep one of the village’s 290 storm drains clear during the warm months. Email townadoptahydrantdrain@gmail. com or at cynthia.g.falk@ gmail.com.
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HARTWICK AWAITS WATERPARK PLANS
ou can be sure, not too many other town supervisors have had a $60 million project land on their desks less than two months on the job. But the way COOPERSTOWN Bob O’Brien Hartwick Town Supervisor Robert HISTORY: nopposed, Mayor O’Brien sees it, the Waterpark Jeff Katz was elected development proposed 200-room to a third two-year was begun to waterpark that develterm in the Tuesday, March expand the oper Hyman Hemi15, village elections. He “shoulder spherics is proposing received 105 votes. season” in Wis- for the Cooperstown consin Dells, a Also elected unopposed Midwest tourist Fun Park site in were incumbent Trustees region/See A3 Hartwick Seminary Bruce Maxson, receivREVIEW feasi- will be good for the ing 103 votes, and Richard town, and good for bility study at Sternberg, 101. ALLOTSEGO.COM the whole county. In all, 114 votes were cast “It will turn the over nine hours at the ChestBaseball Hall of Fame nut Street fire hall – 103, and The Fenimore Art Museum into plus 12 absentee ballots. year-’round destinations,” he said MonThe candidates’ new terms Please See WATERPARK, A3 begin April 1.
Unopposed, Katz Elected To 3rd Term
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New Supervisor Enthusiastic On $60M Proposal
May-Britt Joyce, voter #14, is checked off by Election Inspector Tom Lyon at the Tuesday, March 15, village elections.
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Mayor: New Fees Keep Taxes Even For Another Year By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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he Village Board has until next Monday, the 21st, to complete its 2016-17 budget and Mayor Jeff Katz said he expects, for the fourth year, there will be no increase in Mayor Katz the tax rate. In an interview, Katz said $380,000 from paid parking, plus the reduced size of local government – merging village court into town court, and making the Village Library of Please See BUDGET, A7
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Back to school on Monday, March 14, senior Lady Hawkeyes – from right, Liz Millea, Jen Flynn, Mallory Arthurs and Olga Papaux – were disappointed at their semi-final but proud of their many-record breaking accomplishments.
Sad, But ‘Proud Of What We Did’
is our last bus ride together’” “Everybody on the team had their own seat” – sort of a goodCOOPERSTOWN luck charm, Ciara said. And it occurred to her this was the last fter more than a decade time they’d be sitting in those of playing together, the seats. 2015 state championship “And we all started talking,” and Saturday, March 12’s heartsaid Mallory. “It was a hard breaking loss to Pine Plains, the blow, but our whole career was senior girls of the Cooperstown spectacular.” Basketball Team – Mallory ArThe 57-44 semi-final loss thurs, Liz Millea, Jenn Flynn and didn’t dim the team’s accomplishCiara McGoldrick, and Rotary ment. The girls were met with Exchange student Olga Papaux a fire truck parade to lead them – have hung up their jerseys, but down Main Street. “I was so disnot their fond memories. appointed, but getting back and “On the way home, we were seeing them waiting for us and all on our phones, just letting it everyone cheering us on made me Brian Horey/The Freeman’s Journal sink in,” said Arthurs. “Then Ci- Liz Millea comforts Jen Flynn feel proud of what we did,” said ara turned to me and said, ‘This Please See LADIES, B2 after the loss to Pine Plains. By LIBBY CUDMORE
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‘Hub Superstar’ To Tap County’s Bounty “Food Hub Superstar” Karen Karp introduces herself at Otsego Now’s Oneonta headquarters Tuesday, March 15.
Her Plan: To Get Craft Foods To Market By LIBBY CUDMORE
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ood hub superstar” Karen Karp is here. Good ideas – and a
plan – on how to convert Oneonta’s Market Street into a craft food and beverage corridor for the whole county are expected to follow in time to meet Please See HUB, A7
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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD