By JIM KEVLIN
SPRINGFIELD
Ashes to ashes, earth to earth. Actually, earth to compost, Mohican Farm manager Bob Sutherland will explain to you, and he
ought to know. “You can’t really call it soil,” he said, grasping a handful of rich brown material from the most fully digested of a halfdozen compost piles behind the Mohican Farm barn
at $1.799 million. Revenues include an anticipated $400,000 from paid parking. Expenses include continued improvements to 22 Main, including repairs to the front porch.
POSTAL ALERT: After a recent “unattended death” in the village, the post office has agreed to alert Police Chief Mike Covert if mail goes uncollected for more than a week.
ASKING EXPERT: Mayor Jeff Katz plans to seek advice on Doubleday Field from LA Dodgers VP Janet Marie Smith, an expert on historic ballparks, when she visits Cooperstown next month.
STATE MONEY:
Otsego Now hosts a briefing on state CFA grants at 8 a.m. Friday, May 6, at 189 Main St., Oneonta.
Dashing off the starting line, Justin Spring (88) and Joe Spohn (83) took first and second place in the fourth annual Cider Run Saturday, April 23, sponsored by the Fly Creek Cider Mill. So far, the event has raised almost $40,00 for local causes.
COOPERSTOWN
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heila Serbay is bringing her experience as professor, benefactor of the elderly and law enforcer to the challenges of being the Village of Cooperstown’s zoning enforcement officer.
Serbay
She is succeeding Tavis Austin, who accepted a job out of state last fall. She is also the mother of three grown children, including Ryan, who is in the New York State High School Hall of Fame for excelling in three sports at Please See SERBAY, A3
By JIM KEVLIN
By JIM KEVLIN
The stalled Constitution Pipeline’s developers are considering taking the State of New York to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reopen the way for the 124-mile project, according to their spokesman.
“At this point, we’re very committed to pursuing every available open to challenge the state’s decision,” Chris Stockton said Tuesday, April 26. He said lawyers for Williams Partners and Cabot Oil & Please See PIPELINE, B7
Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Cooperstown Distillery proprietor Gene Marra pours samples of “Spitball,” the distillery’s new flavored whiskey, during a tasting on Friday, April 22, at the Cooperstown Beverage Exchange at Main and Pioneer. Rich Abbate, Cooperstown, prepares to take a sip. “Spitball,” developed to take advantage of a growing demand for flavored whiskeys, was introduced in New York City earlier this month.
Jon Shestakofsky, Boston Red Sox manager of media relations & baseball information, has been named vice president/ communications & education at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
He succeeds Brad Horn, who is entering a fellowship program this summer at the University of Florida.
A 2005 graduate of Wesleyan University and a native of Belmont, Mass., Shestakofsky joined the Red Sox in 2007. Previously, he was with the Lowell Spinners.
Horn’s last day will be Friday, April 29.
Darla Youngs, veteran executive director of the OCCA is resigning in the next month to join Tier Information & Enterprise Resources in Binghamton.
May 16. TIER is the non-profit arm of the Southern Tier East Regional Planning Development Board, directed by OCCA predecessor, Erik Miller. She will working in the Oneonta office. Director Darla Youngs Leaving OCCA Helm
As E-D, Youngs has shepherded OCCA through such
major initiatives as “What’s In Our Water?”, a testing that resulted in a legally defensible baseline if water contamination is detected.
Jeff O’Handley, OCCA program director since July 2013, will serve as acting executive director, effective
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ter and clay.”
Sutherland, former SUNY Cobleskill floriculture instruction and greenhouse manager, is perhaps the foremost expert on that middle material locally, having experimented for the past two years on converting “organics” – cast-off food – from The Otesaga into a potentially profitable product.
There are two sides to profit.
• One, revenue. Mohican Farm and another Clark Foundation site – the second, across Route 28 from the county’s Northern Transfer Station, is composting “green waste” (clippings) – are producing 400 yards of product, worth $35 a yard, or a total of $14,000 a year. (So far, the foundation is using the material to offset the costs of its local projects.)
• Two, savings. The composting project is already reducing The Otesaga’s garbage flow by 30-40 percent, or 13,300 from the 38,000 ton total. With the heightened consciousness about waste, 50 percent has been saved on dumpster fees, ($300 per dumpster load.)
The Route 28 site operating at “net zero,” and the whole opera-
tion headed that way, Sutherland said.
At a Friends of the Cooperstown Village library Sunday Series’ talk on April 17 – he followed up the next Saturday
with an on-site tour – Sutherland also discussed the positive impact on the planet: NOT hauling 13,300 tons 266 miles, round trip, to Seneca Meadows landfill in trucks burning 4 mpg saves 29,500 gallons of fuel annually.
Burning a gallon of gasoline emits 20 pounds of CO2, meaning 600,000 pounds of CO2 a year won’t contribute to Global Warming.
His pilot project’s promise encouraged Sutherland to reach out to other big local producers of organic waste – SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College, with their cafeteria. No one will say much about it yet, but negotiations are underway with a private entity to begin recycling food scraps commercially in the city, perhaps as soon as this fall.
While innovative, that would not put Oneonta on the cuttingedge.
Forced by the state closing of two landfills 40 years ago, the Syracuse area responded by creating a public-benefit corporation, the Onondaga Resource Recovery Authority, which has enlisted homeowners, apartment dwell-
ers, business and governments in recycling 60 percent of its trash (20 percent is typical), including a vigorous composting piece.
Tompkins County’s Cayuga Compost has drop-off points for food scraps. Vermont and Connecticut, leading the Northeast, have statewide composting plans.
Originally from Westchester County, Sutherland lived in the Cherry Valley-Roseboom area during his 20 years at Cobleskill, and he kept in touch with a college friend, Mike Bouton, manager of the Clark Foundation greenhouses.
On turning 50, he starting thinking about what fuller public purpose he might accomplish in the remainder of his working years. He assumed the management of Mohican Farm and was inspired by composting’s potential to contribute to our planet’s health.
Approaching Bouton and the Clark Foundation’s David Sanford, their only advice was, “Bob, you have to make it prettier than that,” so the “static forced air composting shed” designed by peter Moon of the D.C.-based Blackburn Architects p.C. looks like any other tidy white farm
outbuilding.
it is divided into eight stalls. When a stall is filled with food scraps and wood chips, air is blown through holes in the floor. And the mixture begins, in effect, to digest itself. it is then moved onto a halfdozen piles in various states of decomposition the south of the shed, which can be mixed in a stall with new organics to help the process along.
At the far end is the rich, fully composted pile, which gets a final sifting before being sent on its way. last year, much of that was used to rehabilitate the fields to the east of the Clark Sports Center after they were pounded by 45,000 pairs of feet during pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson’s Hall of Fame induction.
When Sutherland proposed composting, two concerns were raised. One, that the food scraps would attract rats; two fat barn cats have ensured that didn’t happen, Sutherland said. Two, smell, but the compost piles, as the manager describes them, have the musty smell of a horse barn, no more.
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Edmeston Central School.
(Her other grown children are Andrea and Brandon.)
All of this will inform her approach to her new job, she said.
“Come in,” she’ll tell people contemplating a construction project in the village. “Contact me. Talk about projects before they start.”
This approach, she said, is certain to avoid problems and misunderstandings about the Village Code once work starts.
Serbay started her new job Monday, April 19, and attended her first Village Board meeting Monday the 25th.
Al Keck, Austin’s predecessor, had filled an interim role, and will be available to advise her as she settles in.
“He’s wonderful,” she said.
Serbay grew up in the New York metropolitan area and, long ago now, worked for a police department downstate. But with three growing children, she and husband Michael decided to raise them in a less hectic rural setting, and moved to Edmeston.
He established Serbay plumbing & Heating in
Oneonta, and she taught at Edmeston Central School and also served for a period as Burlington town justice. later, she taught sociology for 12 years at SUNY Oneonta. Since retiring from the college three years ago, she continues to teach in the SUNY-affiliated county law Enforcement Academy. She is perhaps most wellknown – after Ryan – for founding the Food vs. Fuel initiative nine years ago, enlisting her SUNY students in an annual pre-Christmas food drive so needy older citizens don’t have to choose between eating or heating their homes. This year, 30 people were served, a record.
last year, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, recognized Serbay and Food vs. Fuel with a Senate proclamation at the county Office For the Aging Senior Citizen Day Celebration. in October, she moved to Cooperstown with her husband, heard about the opening from Village Treasurer Derek Bloomfield, applied for and got the job. Almost immediately, a citizen planning a project asked her if a permit he had received to pursue it was still valid. As she surveyed the surrounding file cabinets, he appeared skeptical she would be able to find the document. But she quickly found the permit “and, yes, it was.”
“As you might imagine, newspapers live by deadlines. When our computer system crashed late one production night in 2010, we feared we’d be unable to publish on time. Aware of ISD’s reputation for customer service, we took a chance and made a midnight call. Ron Ranc answered the phone himself and deployed technicians who soon had our system running smoothly again. We’ve been loyal and appreciative customers ever since.”
Jim Kevlin, Editor/Publisher, The Freeman’s Journal, Hometown Oneonta, www.AllOTSEGO.com
The challenge to any family, business or government is: How do we get things done? When you think about the Otsego County Board of Representatives, the answer is particularly complex. There are 14 part-time legislators, each representing a different constituency, trying to administer a $100 million budget through 46 departments and offices and 650 employees, for the benefit – let’s hope – of 61,000 people in 24 towns, nine villages and one city.
It’s amazing that anything gets done, usually by a strong personality, elected by a few hundred people, imposing his or her will on everybody else. (To what effect? One example: Privatization of the garbage transfer stations. An inconvenience for everyone. The average savings? $20 a year.)
That’s no way to run an organization. Certainly no way to run a democracy.
• Even if the county reps could govern without a centralized executive function, can they do it effectively or systematically without mutually agreed-upon priorities?
There are ways to agree on those priorities, one which county Rep. Rick Hulse, R-Fly Creek, initiated last fall, with the support of board Chair Kathy Clark, ROtego, contracting with the Laberge Group of Albany and other consultants.
Three days of public meetings were held around the county last November, aimed at identifying the priorities of municipal officials, school administrators and the public at large.
Laberge delivered a draft “strategic prioritization plan” around the first of the year, which was finally distributed to the county board at its April meeting on the 6th.
As it happened, Hulse was defeated in the fall election, so leading the charge devolved to county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, who chairs the county board’s key Administration Committee (ways and means), and there was some back and forth on how best to move forward.
At the county Board of Representatives’ April meeting on the 6th, county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, right, who chairs the Administration Committee, shares views with county Rep. Andrew Marietta, D-Fly Creek, on ways to move forward on the county’s strategic plan. Next
is county Rep. Meg Kennedy, R-Hartwick; next to Frazier, county
D-Oneonta.
In a subsequent interview, Frazier said he favors breaking out pieces of the draft and assigning them to existing county board committees – Intergovernment Affairs (economic development), Government Efficiency, Public Works and so on.
That’s logical. But, right now, there’s a better way, an unusual opportunity in the person of Andrew Marietta, the Democrat who succeeded Hulse. At the April meeting, he proposed formation of a separate committee to develop the Laberge draft into a full-service strategic plan, and he’d be the ideal person to lead that effort.
As anyone associated with Otsego County’s non-profits knows, Marietta, as Oneonta-based regional director of NYCON, the New York Council of Non-Profits, has a near-perfect track record in leading successful strategic-planning efforts in that sector.
The “product” resulting from Marietta’s process is not a document that sits on a shelf, gathering dust. It is a priority list, and an action plan – with responsibilities assigned and deadlines set. The goal: steady,
organized accomplishment.
The Oneonta Family Y is the poster child of how these efforts can work. Maxed out in its Ford Avenue building, strategic planning resulted in a “Y Without Walls.” Instead of investing in expensive bricks and mortar, the Y, via the Marietta process, determined it would export its expertise beyond its walls into the community.
In the 2-3 years since the plan’s completion, the Y assumed management of the City of Oneonta’s recreation department, with expanded offerings and significant savings to City Hall, (and new revenues for the Y). And it has developed much-needed afterschool programs that had disappeared since the recession, at Cooperstown Central and other school districts.
The Y outcome was y-u-g-e-ly successful, as we’re all saying these days, but ask around, and you’ll find many other success stories.
The county board is lucky to have Marietta aboard at this moment. Frazier and Marietta should spend some time talking through where to take the initial Laberge
material. Eminently sensible and practical as he is, Frazier would soon see the new Fly Creek rep as the opportunity he is. (Yes, there’s a political dimension here, but not to worry: If Democrat Marietta fails to make it work, let him take the blame. If he succeeds, the GOP majority can claim the credit.)
Suddenly, it seems strategic planning is everywhere. Elan Associates, Saratoga Springs, largely with funding from Otsego Now (the former IDA), is working with committees in Cooperstown, the two Richfields and, soon, Oneonta, to update comprehensive master plans in strategic ways – to identify and pursue opportunities, and to get positioned for (yuge) state funding. Because of pre-election politics, Hulse and Clark, who at the time were trying to set up a semi-parallel structure to Otsego Now’s, picked Laberge as the county’s consultant instead of Elan. (Separately, Otsego Now’s board has just completed a strategic plan with yet another consultant.)
Going forward, however, it might make sense for everyone to get under the Elan umbrella, to ensure the county plan, Otsego Now’s and the three municipal ones are in concert. In unity, accomplishment. To ensure that coordination, it might be helpful for Otsego Now to assign Hulse to the Marietta committee.
A lot of money’s being spent – $48,000 for the Laberge piece alone; the Cooperstown venture, paid mostly by Otsego Now, is in the $180,000 range. Let’s ensure that investment achieves the optimum outcome. That outcome would be a focused list of goals that everyone – the county board, the municipalities, Otsego Now – agrees to, with responsibilities assigned and deadlines set. Maybe start with five priorities. Get them done, then move on to the next five. Five major accomplishments a year – 25 in five years; 50 in a decade. Now we’re getting somewhere.
Editor’s Note: This was the statement issued Friday, April 22, by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, announcing it has rejected the Constitution Pipeline’s water-quality permits, bringing the project to a halt for the time being.
Today, officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the denial of the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. Although DEC has granted certificates for other projects, the application by Constitution for these certificates fails to meet New York State’s water quality standards.
The full decision is outlined in a letter by John Ferguson, Chief Permit Administrator with DEC’s Division of Environmental Permits and Pollution Prevention. The Constitution proposal involved construction of approximately 124 miles of new interstate natural gas piping in northeastern Pennsylvania, proceeding into New York State through Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Schoharie Counties, terminating at the existing Wright Compressor Station in Schoharie County. In New York State, the project proposed to include new right-of-way construction of approximately 99 miles of new 30-inch diameter pipeline, rather than co-locating within existing rights-of-
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Editor’s Note: Monday, April 25, the Constitution Pipeline partners issued this response, saying they will pursue “all available options” to challenge the “legality and appropriateness” of the DEC decision.
In spite of DEC’s unprecedented decision, we remain absolutely committed to building this important energy infrastructure project, which will create an important connection between consumers and reliable supplies of clean, affordable natural gas. We believe DEC’s stated rationale for the denial includes flagrant misstatements and inaccurate allegations, and appears to be driven more by New York State politics than by environmental science. Constitution Pipeline worked closely with
DEC staff for more than three years to ensure that water quality measures are met before, during and after construction. As a result of that dialogue, Constitution Pipeline voluntarily agreed to the agency’s requests to incorporate re-routes, adopt trenchless construction methodologies, commit to site-specific trout stream restoration and agreed to fund approximately $18 million for wetland mitigation and banking and approximately $8.6 million for the restoration and preservation of migratory bird habitats. We worked in good faith with the DEC for years, so this decision comes as a surprise and is contrary to our dialogue and collaborative effort to address concerns. The FERC-certificated route was developed Please See ALIVE, A6
Editor’s Note: This Rochester Democrat & Chronicle editorial was a little skeptical when Governor Cuomo, in his Jan. 13 State of the State speech, modeled the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative, which includes Oneonta, on a Rochester initiative.
The cat’s out of the bag. Except, it is really more of a kitten.
Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 13), Gov. Andrew Cuomo is scheduled to deliver his 2016 State of the State address and budget proposal. He has taken away much of the usual suspense by rolling out 14 of his big ideas over the past few days.
One of those is the creation of the Empire
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State Poverty Reduction Initiative, or ESPRI, a $25 million program to fight poverty in Syracuse, Binghamton, Oneonta, Buffalo, Utica, Elmira, Jamestown, Oswego, Troy and Albany.
That’s right, Rochester is not on the list because, well, we are the poster child. Cuomo’s news release says, “The state modeled the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative on New York’s successful Rochester Anti-Poverty Task Force. …”
We are just a little surprised by his use of the word “successful” in de-
scribing the task force. We do not think the task force is unsuccessful. But here is how ESPRI would follow Rochester’s lead:
• Identify specific, measurable objectives to improve well-being and quality of life.
• Better align public and private resources with community-based interventions that work.
• Develop strategies that match promising practices to unique challenges.
• Build partnerships among public and private, municipal and nonprofit organizations to provide a continuum of solutions. The trouble is, we haven’t really nailed down any of those things yet. Our proPlease See POVERTY, A6
Compiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
The following are among the Laws passed at the last Session of the Legislature of New York: An act concerning the maintenance of certain persons, formerly slaves; An act for the relief of the people of the united society called Shakers; An act for the relief of the children of the late Robert Edmeston; An act for the relief of Levi Beardsley; An act to change the punishment of David Williams, who hath been convicted of murder, into imprisonment for life at hard labor; An act authorizing the building of a new state prison in the western district of this state; An act to incorporate the City of Troy. An act relating to the Shinecock tribe of Indians; An act for draining swamps and other lowlands, not exceeding one hundred acres in quantity; An act directing the incorporation of Hartwick Seminary; An act to authorize the extinguishment of the claims of the St. Regis Indians to lands in this state; An act to erect parts of the Towns of Litchfield in the County of Herkimer, Richfield and Plainfield, in the county of Otsego, into a separate town by the name of Winfield. May 2, 1816
Excerpts from “A Recommendation to the People of the United States,” from John Tyler, President of the United States: When a Christian people feel themselves to be overtaken by a great public calamity, it becomes them to humble themselves under the dispensation of Divine Providence, to recognize His righteous government over the children of men, to acknowledge his goodness in times past, as well as their own unworthiness, and to supplicate His merciful protection for the future. The death of Wm. Henry Harrison, late President of the United States, so soon after his elevation to that high office, is a bereavement peculiarly calculated to impress all minds with a sense of the uncertainty of human things, and of the dependence of Nations, as well as of individuals, upon our Heavenly Parent.
April 26, 1841
Who Will Build It? The need of a large Summer Hotel at this place, is a matter of frequent comment at this time, when inquiries are constantly being made of our citizens by persons living at a distance, whether summer board can be obtained in Cooperstown. If we had room for all who would be glad to come here this summer, they would leave not less than $100,000 in the village. It is the thing needed by our traders and businessmen generally. The need of the house is admitted. Who will build it? If done at all, it must be built by the capitalists of this place. Strangers are not coming here to do it; they would not, even if we had a railroad; and not many of our active traders have the spare means. But we have a number of heavy capitalists who might put up such a house as is needed, and not feel it. Will they do anything to promote the interests and growth of the village?
April 27, 1866
The Gymnasium and Athletics – At his evening service last Sunday, one of our esteemed village pastors made a very appropriate and commendatory allusion to the Gymnasium recently opened in Cooperstown, regarding it as an institution calculated to aid in the healthful development of the human frame. We indorsed the statement when we heard it enunciated, and have previously held the same language in the Journal. At the same time, it is well to utter a word of caution to new beginners; and the few accidents and injuries, in the main quite slight, that have occurred, should cause them to pay strict attention to the instructions which are imparted by Professor Martin.
April 30, 1891
The Fourth of July firecracker situation is what Washington diplomats would call “extremely grave.” The day of noise, excitement and bandages is three months away, but right now the supply of Chinese firecrackers, the nickel-apack and dime-a-pack kind, is cut fifty percent and the price
has been boosted twenty percent as far as the jobber is concerned. There is a good reason for this advance in firecrackers and fireworks prices, especially as far as the firecrackers are concerned. Not in the history of man has there been such a great demand for explosives as there is now.
April 26, 1916
Robert C. Tennant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clermonte G. Tennant of Cooperstown, last week was notified of his appointment to the staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and instructed to report at Washington, D.C. on Monday, May 5. Mrs. Tennant, who was Miss Jane Nevil, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Nevil of this village will remain here for the present but will join her husband later. The young attorney, who is joining the forces of J. Edgar Hoover, was graduated from the Cooperstown High School, Hamilton College and Albany Law School.
April 30, 1941
Six-year-old Michael J. Jackson, son of Trooper and Mrs. James E. Jackson of Cooperstown, fell into the swollen waters of the Susquehanna River just south of the village boundary and drowned Monday afternoon. The tragedy occurred about 3:30 p.m. while Michael and two playmates, Danny Adams and John Maxwell, all Kindergarten pupils at the nearby Cooperstown Elementary School, were playing along the river’s bank. According to state police reports, Michael was walking along an 18-inch sewer pipe and apparently slipped, falling into the river and was carried downstream before an overhanging branch caught him. The Adams boy ran to his home on Beaver Street and told his father John A. Adams who alerted school authorities. Adams along with Principal Paul J. Lambert and Miss Donna L. Boyce, Physical Education Instructor, raced to the scene. Lambert pulled the boy from the water. After mouth to mouth resuscitation efforts failed, the boy was taken to the hospital nearby where further measures also failed.
April 27, 1966
ALIVE/From A4 after extensive environmental and engineering analysis, which included a comprehensive review of route alternatives. in its final Environmental impact Statement, the fERC concluded that environmental impacts associated with these alternatives were significantly greater than the preferred route. Despite this, in the spirit of collaboration we followed DEC guidance and further altered our preferred route to adopt DEC staff recommendations. We were informed by the DEC that the agency had everything it needed to process the water quality certification. This point was further emphasized when the agency issued a notice on Dec. 24, 2014, indicating that the application was indeed administratively complete.
Contrary to DEC statements, the company was not informed of any outstanding issues that it had not agreed to address as a condition of the permit. in fact, during the past nine months, weekly inquiries were made to the department to ensure no additional data was needed. Those inquiries were either ignored or responded to in the negative. it is obvious that the DEC deliberately chose to remain silent to bolster the political campaign of the State. in addition, DEC’s claims regarding Constitution pipeline’s knowledge of landowner tree felling activity are completely inaccurate and contradict the third party environmental monitors working on
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POVERTY/From A4 gram is still in its infancy. it’s a kitten. it is a little disingenuous of the governor to call it a fullgrown tabby.
We like the direction the governor’s task force, which is working hand in hand with the Rochester-Monroe Antipoverty initiative, is heading. We think it has partnered with our community on a single and very critical issue in unprecedented ways. We applaud those who made its efforts a major component of our region’s Upstate Revitalization initiative submission. And our own Unite Rochester initiative has participated in related work, tackling structural and systemic racism in Rochester.
But we reserve judgment on whether the task force and RMApi will succeed, and we certainly don’t have any proof to show our neighbors across the state that is has succeeded.
We want to be proud that the governor is throwing millions of dollars into replicating our plan. in fact, there has always been an expectation that RMApi would experiment, and its successes would be implemented elsewhere. However, we feel it is a real stretch for him to call ESpRi a “smart” investment at this point in time.
So, what about the other 13 big ideas he has already let out of bag, and others that might come during his speech and budget proposal? let’s just say, we’re glad the Democrat & Chronicle has so many watchdogs to help keep an eye on Cuomo’s cats.
behalf of fERC. The federal monitors confirmed that Constitution was not a party to the tree felling, and their Environmental Compliance Monitoring Report has been available since March 18, 2016, to both DEC and the public. We also take serious issue with claims that its application lacked information related to stream crossings, depth of pipe, or blasting.
Completely contrary to DEC’s assertion, we provided detailed drawings and profiles for every stream crossing in New York, including showing depth of pipe. in fact, all stream crossings were fully vetted with the DEC throughout the review process. We are appalled with the comments that Constitution failed to provide sufficient data to ensure every crossing was totally in compliance with the DEC guidelines.
Constitution pipeline did not refuse to provide a comprehensive analysis of pipe depth. Constitution committed to bury the pipe at least five feet or deeper below the lowest bed elevation of the stream bed in unconsolidated bedrock, which
exceeds the federal regulations for pipe depth.
We will pursue all available options to challenge the legality and appropriateness of New York’s decision particularly since it is based primarily on (a) comments previously made by New York to fERC which fERC carefully considered before issuing its Certificate of public Convenience and Necessity for the project; and (b) factually inaccurate assumptions and assertions.
Denial of the 401 Water Quality Certification by DEC further delays the potential for Constitution pipeline to help facilitate local natural gas service to homes and businesses in Southern New York, including the installation of delivery taps along Constitution’s proposed route to facilitate local natural gas service by leatherstocking Gas Company, llC to homes and businesses in southern New York and pennsylvania.
The permit denial will also delay about 2,400 direct and indirect jobs that would be created during pipeline construction, generating $130 million in labor income for the region. The decision could also cost local governments approximately $13 million in annual property tax revenue.
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way. Although DEC requested significant mitigation measures to limit affecting the state’s water bodies, this new right-ofway construction would impact approximately 250 streams across New York State. Many of those streams are unique and sensitive ecological areas, including trout spawning streams, old-growth forest, and undisturbed springs, which provide vital habitat and are key to the local ecosystems.
DEC had repeatedly requested that Constitution provide a comprehensive and site-specific analysis of depth for pipeline burial to mitigate the project’s environmental impact – but the company refused – providing only a limited analysis of burial depth for 21 of the 250 New York streams. pipes can become exposed in stream beds if not buried deeply enough, and corrective action can further damage the stream and impact
water quality. Additionally DEC received reports that landowners, possibly with Constitution’s knowledge, clear cut old-growth trees along the right-of-way for the pipeline, including trees near streams and water bodies, even after the federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruled that Constitution could not cut trees in the right-of-way. State officials conducted a rigorous review of Constitution’s application, all supporting materials, and more than 15,000 public comments on the project before reaching this decision.
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look at the Hall’s historic textiles, 19th century trims and tassels, and more. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd, Cooperstown. Info, www.hydehall. org.
Saturday, April 30
SALE -- Noon-5 p.m. (also 9 a.m.-noon April 30). Hosted by
odist
Fri.; $2 bag sale Sat. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Fly Creek. HYDE HALL FORUM: Annual Textile History Forum weekend at Hyde Hall, featuring Thistle Hill Weavers. All day, Friday, April 29Sunday, May 1. Lessons in fiber analysis, textile identification, a
OCCA TAG SALE -- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (also 10 a.m.-2 p.m. May 1). Annual OCCA “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Garage Sale. Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 101 Main St. (in Pioneer Alley), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5474488 or e-mail admin@occainfo. org RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.noon. Hosted by Fly Creek United
Methodist Women. $2 bag sale. Fly Creek Methodist Church, Fly Creek PRINTING WORKSHOP -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. “Letterpress Printing.” Part of Americana Academy workshop series. NYSHA members $40; non-members $50; ages 12-16 $30. Materials (up to 20 cards) included. Please wear apron and comfortable clothes. Register in advance at (607) 547-1461. Middlefield Printing Office, The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown. Info, www.farmersmuseum.org
POSTCARD & EPHEMERA SHOW/SALE -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s 12th annual Postcard &
Ephemera Show & Sale. Vintage postcards & more. Elks Lodge, 84-86 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Free parking behind lodge. Info, www.oneontahistory.org SHAKESPEARE IMMORTAL -- 4 p.m. Reading, reception follows. Free public Reading in memory of the 400th Anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Period music by Carver Blanchard, Lutenist. Liberty Rock Books, 678 Main St., Hobart. COLLAGE EXHIBIT -- 5-7 p.m. Opening Reception, “Collage: Sum of the Parts,” features eight area artists working with surprising juxtaposition of materials and ideas. Through May 29. Cherry Branch Gallery, 25 Main St.,
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Vice President/Communications Zoë van der Meulen has always considered Unalam’s products works of art, but
“Big Bling,” which dwarfs her in the company’s Sidney plant, settles that question once and for all.
Maestro Charles Schneider directs the Catskill Symphony Orchestra, which joins with three local choruses in the annual Hans and Edith Wilk Memorial Concert this weekend.
The Catskill Symphony Orchestra, backed by three chorales: the Hartwick College Chorus, SUNY Oneonta Concert Choir, and the Catskill Choral Society. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Tickets $30 (free tickets available for kids and accompanying adults). Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, www.catskillsymphony.net.
Martin Puryear’s
“Big Bling,” fabricated at Unalam’s Sidney plant, will be erected in downtown Manhattan in May.
‘Genius’ Martin Puryear’s
By LIBBY CUDMORE
SIDNEY
Unalam, best known for making archways and trusses of glulam – glued laminated timber – for water parks, resorts and homes, can now add “art” to its alreadyimpressive corporate resume.
“Martin Puryear approached us about a year ago,” said Zoë
van der Meulen, Unalam vice president for communications. “They had a scale model, and they needed us to make the piece in real life!”
Recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, (the so-called “genius” Please See UNALAM, B3
Committee Returns It To Historic Role: Lotsa Fun
By LIBBY CUDMORE
COPES CORNERS
IIF YOU GO: Copes Corners
n the 1940s, there were only two rules for visitors to Copes Corners.
“My grandfather, Walker R.R. Cope, told people that they were always welcome on his land, as long as they closed the gate so the cows didn’t get out,” said Fred
Johnson. “The other rule was watch where you step!”
The cows are long gone, but Copes Corners will once again be open for camping, fishing and picnics, just as it has been – except for the past few years – since before the Civil War.
“The last time we were really open for camping was 2011,” said Please See FESTIVAL, B3
Celebrate with us, declares Fred Johnson, a member of the Copes Corner Park Committee.
VINTAGE FUN: Looking for that perfect rare vintage postcard, poster, or trading card? You might find it at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s 12th annual Postcard & Ephemera Show & Sale, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Treasure-hunt through vintage sheet music, documents, advertisements, sport cards & more. Elks Lodge, 84-86 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Free parking behind the lodge. Info, www. oneontahistory.org.
HYDE HALL FORUM: Annual Textile History Forum weekend at Hyde Hall, featuring Thistle Hill Weavers. All day, Friday, April 29-Sunday, May 1. Lessons in fiber analysis, textile identification, a look at the Hall’s historic textiles, 19th century trims and tassels, and more. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www.hydehall.org.
OCCA TAG SALE: What’s old is new at the Otsego County Conservation Association’s annual “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” Garage Sale. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 30 & 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, May 1. Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, 101 Main St. (in Pioneer Alley), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-4488.
PRINT IT: Learn about “Letterpress Printing,” from masters of the art. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 30. Part of Americana Academy series. NYSHA members $40; non-members $50; ages 12-16 $30. Materials included; wear apron and comfortable clothes. Sign up at (607) 547-1461. Middlefield Printing Office, The Farmers’ Museum,
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grant,) Puryear, based in Washington, D.C., is an artist best known for utilizing traditional crafts, like shipbuilding and carpentry, in his minimalist, organic installations. His works have been shown in the National Gallery of Art and other prestigious venues.
He has now designed his biggest piece to date, a 40-by-40by-40-foot-tall wooden structure – “Big Bling” – for the Madison Square Park, at intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway (at 23rd St.), and Unalam is fabricating it. “It’s curved glulam throughout,” said van der Meulen. “When you’re sculpting small, like in marble, you source it, have it cut for you. We’re doing the same thing, but with glulam!” At the top, the eponymous bling will be a 3D-printed shackle, coated in gold leaf and fabricated – not by Unalam – but by Jon Lash of Digital Atelier, Trenton, N.J., founded by famed sculptor J.
Seward Johnson in 1974.
“This is the first time we’ve done anything like this,” she said. “We always think of the inherent beauty of our work, that’s it’s like art, but this is the first time it’s actually been art!”
Using Southern Yellow Pine and marine-grade plywood, the workers began production on the piece, in seven individual sections, at the end of March, and finished last week. “Martin wanted the wood exactly as it came to us,” she said. “No stains or paint. You can see the stamps on the plywood, the knots in the boards. He sees that as an aesthetic quality.”
It was a full-time job, but the workers were up to the task. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” she said. “This project is so different than the others we’ve done, and that’s what makes it exciting.”
Lash came by the Sidney workshop as well, to wrap the entire sculpture in 1-inch, prison-grade, chain-link fence. “Otherwise, it
might be too tempting to climb!” said Zoë. “It does look like a big climbing toy.” In early May, the pieces will be delivered to Manhattan, where
they will be assembled in the park. “Because of laws about blocking traffic and such, we have to deliver the piece in the middle of the night,” said van der Meulen.
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Michele Farwell, a member of the Copes Corners Park Committee. “And during our Spring Fest, our camping is almost free!”
That will change FridaySunday, May 6-8, when the park committee has organized three-day “grand reopening celebration” as it bring the Copes Corner Park, mile south of the Village of Gilbertsville on Route 51, back into full use.
The park was known as “the swimming hole” in the early days. “The schoolhouse was around the road and there was a tollhouse across the road, so people would stop, have picnics or go fishing,” said Leigh Eckmair, Butternuts town historian. “The Baptists would hold their baptisms here.”
There was even a party boat that took tourists up and down the Butternut Creek, complete with a fringed canopy. “It ran from just after the Revolutionary War right up to the First World War,” she said.
The Copes, former missionaries who had just come back from Madagas-
Plus vendors, food and a Chinese Auction sponsored by Friends of the Park.
car, bought the land in the 1850s, and although they used it for grazing cattle, visitors were always welcome to cool off, catch some fish or pitch a tent for an overnight stay.
“Larry Smith was telling me that in the 1950s, the guys used to drive their cars into the creek to wash them,” said Farwell. “And when it got cold, kids would come ice skate.”
But in 1968, the Cope descendants, including Fred’s mother Emily, gave the
park to the county. “They wanted to make sure future generations could always use the park,” said Eckmair. “At the time, A.B. Musson was on the county Board of Supervisors, so he helped support upgrading the park for RVs.”
The park, with three pavilions and bathroom facilities, remained popular until 2006, when the flood washed away several campers and caused significant damage. “We were closed for awhile while the county
repaired the park,” said Farwell.
Reopened, park flooded again in 2011, and in 2012, the county sold the park back to the town for $1. The cleanup began, and although the park was always open, with no caretaker, the town limited campers to four at a time, and closed off the camps on the south side of the park.
“We’ve been working to get the grounds in better shape,” said Farwell. “We’ve cut spruce trees, redid signage and put in electrical upgrades. We’d host volunteer events, and 25, 30 people would show up. It was a good community effort.”
They even hired a fulltime caretaker, George and Sylvie Githens, to take care of the grounds 24/7. “We like to think of ourselves as camp hosts,” said George.
And on May 6-8, the park will formally re-open with two days of music, food, a Chinese auction and a bonfire. “We want to remind people what we have here,” said Lynne Ohl, also a committee member.
“They’ll only have a few days to assemble it before it opens to the public on May 16.”
Originally, the piece was commissioned as a temporary installation as part of the park’s annual series, on view from May-January 2016-17, before going on to a second temporary location.
But when Puryear saw the pieces at the factory, he had a change of heart. “He said, ‘This needs to have a more permanent home’,” she said. “It was killing my dad” – company president Craig Van Cott – “to think about it being torn down after two years. He was trying to talk him into displaying it here!”
Since they began working with Puryear, another artist has approached them about helping create another installation piece.
But van der Meulen has a certain affinity for Puryear’s work, in addition to it being her first. “We’re kindred spirits,” she said. “We both work with wood, and we love doing it.”
Sunday, May 1 CPR CLASSES -- 10-11
a.m. middle and high school students; 11 .am.-noon adults. Bassett Healthcare partners with oneonta Elks Club to offer free hand-only CPR classes teaching children and adults what to do in emergency situations. Free, all welcome. Reservations, oneonta Elks Club, (607) 432-1312. OPENING RECEPTION -- 3-5 p.m. “And Then Along Comes Mary” Quip Notes, Digital Paintings, and Landscape Notes’ by Oneonta artists Sven Anderson. 4 p.m. gallery talk by artist. Through May 27. Free, all welcome. Word and Image Gallery, Bright Hill Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. Info, (607) 829-5055, wordthur@stny.rr.com
DRIVING COURSE -- 6-9 p.m. (Part II on May 4; 2nd session May 17-18.) Public AARP defensive driving course, for insurance discounts or point reductions. Must attend either May 3-4 or May 17-18 sessions. $20 AARP members; $25 others. Butternut Valley Grange Hall, 7 Bloom St., Gilbertsville. Res., (607) 7832691
CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Hartwick College Chamber Ensembles: Brass, Flute, Woodwind. Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College. Info, www.hartwick.edu
Monday, May 2
CRITERION CLUB -- 7:30
a.m. Cooperstown Criterion Club May Day Breakfast. Tickets $15. Members welcome along with anyone interest in joining our philanthropic group. Info, reservations, Carol Taylor, (607) 547-8162.
Tuesday, May 3
BUDGET HEARING -- 7 p.m.
Public hearing on Milford Central School Proposed 2016-17 Budget, MCS Cafeteria, 42 W. Main St., Milford.
Wednesday, May 4
RABIES CLINIC -- 6-8 p.m. Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Previous certificate must be presented for 3-year booster. Dogs on leash; cats and ferrets in pillow case or carrier. Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 547-4230.
Thursday, May 5
RUMMAGE & MORE – 9
a.m.-6 p.m. United Methodist Woman huge rummage and used book sale. Bake sale May 5 only. Clothing, household goods, toys, etc. Benefits U.M. Missions. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-4102, secretary@ firstumc-oneonta.org ART SHOW – 5-7 p.m. Opening Reception. Oneonta city school students display their art at Oneonta Fox Care Center. Through June 2. Free, all welcome. Fox Care Center, 1 Fox Care Drive, Oneonta. CELLO -- 6-7 p.m. Classical cellist David Gibson presents
Friday,
May
28, Cooperstown. Call (607) 5478111 for time slot. WINE TASTING – 6:30-9 p.m. Hartwick College Athletics and Wick Athletics Association 13th annual Wine & Beer Tasting Receptions & benefit Auction. $40 per person, $70 per couple. Stella Luna Ristorante, 58 Market St., Oneonta. RSVP www.hartwickalumni.org/wine16. Info, (607) 431-4032, macdonaldd@hartwick.edu
MAGIC! – 7 p.m. Brian “The Amazing Great” Foley and Sean “The Prankster” Doolan perform “Mother’s Day Weekend Magic and Comedy.” $15 ($12 for seniors, students, and children), bring your Mom for free! Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. Info, tickets, http://bit.do/magicshow, (607) 431-8890.
CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m. Hartwick College Chamber Choir. Theater, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick.edu GREASE -- 7:30 p.m. Orpheus Theatre presents “Grease,” the throwback musical that follows the 1959 greasers and Pink Ladies at Rydell High School. Goodrich Theatre, SUNY Oneonta. Also 7:30 p.m. Sat., May 7, and 2 p.m. Sun., May 8. Info, tickets, www.orpheustheatre.org, (607) 432-9392. CONCERT – 8 p.m. Tribute band the Mersey Beatles, four lads from Liverpool who played for years at the Cavern Club, where the Beatles began. Preshow, John Lennon’s sister, Julia Baird, signs copies of her book “Imagine This: Growing Up with My Brother John Lennon.”
LegaL notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION OF LAND INTO CERTIFIED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing has been scheduled by the Board of Representatives of Otsego County, State of New York, in the Representatives’ Chambers at the County Office Building in the Village of Cooperstown, New York, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 9:55 a.m. for consideration of several requests to include 4 parcels of viable agricultural land into certified agricultural districts located within the County of Otsego and the recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board. These requests have been filed with the County legislature, pursuant to Section 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
Four landowners have requested that their agricultural land, located in the Towns of Hartwick, Butternuts, Richfield and Worcester be included in certified agricultural districts within Otsego County. These include Agricultural District Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 8.
A listing of the parcels to be included and the recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board may be examined at the Otsego County Planning Department at The Meadows Building, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.
All parties in interest and citizens will be heard by the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the public hearing. The location of the public hearing is accessible to persons with mobility impairment.
Dated: April 28, 2016
Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE EIGHT YEAR REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NO. 2
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Representatives of Otsego County, State of New York, at the County Office Building in the Village of Cooperstown, New York, on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at
9:50 a.m. upon the agricultural district located in the Towns of Decatur, Maryland, Roseboom, Westford and Worcester, known as Agricultural District No. 2, to consider the recommendations of the Otsego County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board.
The recommendation of the Otsego County Agricultural and Farmland protection Board may be examined at the Otsego County Planning Department at The Meadows Building, 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.
Description of District: Otsego County Agricultural District No. 2, containing approximately 32,340 acres, is located in the Towns of Decatur, Maryland, Roseboom, Westford and Worcester.
Recommendations: Otsego County received nine (9) landowner requests for the inclusions of approximately 631.53 acres of viable agricultural land and two (2) landowner requests to remove 231.43 acres.
All parties in interest and citizens will be heard by the Otsego County Board of Representatives at the public hearing. The location of the public hearing is accessible to persons with mobility impairment.
Dated: April 28, 2016
Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalApril28
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Sealed bids will be received as set forth in instructions to bidders until 10:30 a.m. on May 19, 2016 at the NYSDOT, Contract Management Bureau, 50 WOLF RD, 1ST FLOOR, SUITE 1CM, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will be publicly opened and read. Bids may also be submitted via the internet using Bid Express (www.bidx.com).
A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid. NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www. dot.ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/constnotices
Contractor is responsible for
ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot.ny. gov/doing-business/opportunities/constplanholder. Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.
NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification. Contact Maria Tamarkin (518) 457-8403.
Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and may present direct bidding opportunities for Small Business Firms, including, but not limited to, D/W/MBEs.
The Contractor must comply with the Regulation relative to non-discrimination in federallyassisted programs of the USDOT 49 CFR 21.
Please call (518) 457-3583 if a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the letting.
Reg. 09, Jack Williams, Regional Director, 44 Hawley Street, Binghamton, NY 13901
D263165, PIN 9807.05, F.A. Proj. Z001-9807-054, Broome, Otsego & Tioga Cos., Transition and Bridge Rail Replacement Contract on Various Routes at Various Locations, Bid Deposit $50,000.00. Goals: DBE 0% 2LegalApril28
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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK – COUNTY OF OTSEGO
INDEX# 2015-745 FILED: 4/05/2016
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE
Plaintiff designates Otsego County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises are situated.
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, against SAMERA WILSON, if they be living and if they be dead, the respective heirsat-law, next-ofkin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all
persons having or claiming under, by or through said Defendant(s) who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the Complaint, and “JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, the last two names being fictitious, said parties intended being tenants or occupants, if any, having or claiming an interest in, or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, WTEX LLC, WEBSTER ASPHALT INC. DBA WEBSTER PAVING, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, and THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant(s).
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME.
SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOU CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York);
The United States of America, if designated as a Defendant in this action, may appear within (60) days of service thereof and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT:
THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose on a mortgage in the sum of $152,692.00 dated September 3, 2010, executed by Defendant SAMERA WILSON to WELLS FARGO BANK, NA recorded on September 15, 2010 in Instrument No. 20104279, in the Office of the Clerk of the County of OTSEGO, covering premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820 (Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16). The relief sought within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt described above. To the above named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, and filed along with the supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego. This is an action to foreclose on a mortgage. ALL that plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Oneonta, County of Otsego and State of New York, Section 288.17, Block 4 and Lot 16, said premises known as 63-65 Church Street, Oneonta, NY 13820.
YOU ARE HEREBY PUT ON NOTICE THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. By reason of the default in the payment of the monthly installment of principal and interest, among other things, as hereinafter set forth, Plaintiff, the holder and owner of the aforementioned note and mortgage, or their agents have elected and hereby accelerate the mortgage and declare the entire mortgage indebtedness immediately due and payable. By reason of the aforesaid, there is due and owing to Plaintiff the sum of $140,764.80, with interest thereon at 4.87500% per annum from April 1, 2015.
UNLESS YOU DISPUTE THE VALIDITY OF THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, WITHIN
THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER YOUR RECEIPT HEREOF THAT THE DEBT, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS DISPUTED, THE DEBTOR JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND A COPY OF SUCH VERIFICATION OR JUDGMENT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU BY THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR. IF APPLICABLE, UPON YOUR WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN SAID THIRTY (30) DAY PERIOD, THE HEREIN DEBT COLLECTOR WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT, YOU ARE NOT PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE UNDERLYING INDEBTEDNESS OWED TO PLAINTIFF/ CREDITOR AND THIS NOTICE/DISCLOSURE IS FOR COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE
New York State requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.
SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid, there are government agencies, and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by New York state Banking Department at 1-877Bank-NYS or visit the Department’s website at www.banking. state.ny.us FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS
Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices
of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. Section 1303
NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving the copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you may lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the Summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING AN ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Kozeny, McCubbin & Katz, LLP. Attorneys for the Plaintiff, 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747
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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Index No. 20150837 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT –COUNTY OF OTSEGO BENEFICIAL HOMEOWNER SERVICE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/ A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; DONIELLE BRAD-
LEY; SCOTT A. BRADLEY; CHRISTINE BELLINGER; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.
Mortgaged Premises: 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDANVILLE, NY 13361
TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER
WITH THE COURT. That this action is being amended to include DONIELLE BRADLEY, SCOTT A. BRADLEY AND CHRISTINE BELLINGER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF HAROLD A. BARRETT A/K/ A HAROLD ALLEN BARRETT, DECEASED. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.
Dated: DECEMBER 23, 2015 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400
Section: 16.00
Block: 1 Lot: 3.02 AND Section: 16.00
Block: 1 Lot: 3.01
NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION
The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein. TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated JANUARY 22, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows:
PARCEL NUMBER ONE
“All That Tract or Parcel of Land situate, lying and being in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point marking the intersection of the centerline of New York State Route #80 and the intersection of the Springfield Town Road, commonly known and designed as “Willsey Hill Road”, and running thence along the centerline of said Willsey Hill Road in a generally easterly direction 654+ feet to a point in the centerline of said road opposite a fence post; running thence in a generally southwesterly direction along a fence line and through the remaining lands of Waldman 643+ feet to an oak
stake marking the southeast corner of the premises hereby conveyed; running thence in a generally west-northwesterly direction through the remaining lands of Waldman and through a 14” cedar tree 660+ feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route #80; running thence in a generally in a northeasterly direction along the centerline of New York State Route #80 490+ feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 8 ½ acres of land more or less by estimation.
“The aforedescribed parcel of land is a portion of the premises conveyed by Catherine D. Sippel to Ira Waldman in a Warranty Deed dated October 15, 1976, and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego on October 15, 1976, in Liber 651 of Deeds at Page 927.
“The aforedescribed premises are conveyed subject to the rights of the public in and to New York State Route No. 80 and Town of Springfield Road known as “Willsey Hill Road”, and are further subject to all rights of way, easements and other encumbrances affecting the premises which may be discovered by an inspection of the premises or of the records of the Clerk of the County of Ostego, including, but not limited to, the rights of way and easements given by Catherine Delaplain Sippel to New York Telephone Company and Harry A. and Clarinda Bennett to New York State Electric and Gas Corporation.
PARCEL NUMBER TWO
All that tract or parcel of land situate on New York State Route 80 in the Town of Springfield, County of Otsego and State of New York, more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the center of New York State Route 80 which point or place of beginning marks the northwesterly corner of the premises herein described, and which point is located approximately 477 feet southwesterly as measured along the centerline of New York State 80 from the intersection of Koenig Road and New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point or place of beginning south 62° 55’ 26” east through an iron rod set in the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80, 682.44 feet to an iron rod marking the northeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence south 47° 49’ 20” west 489.31 feet to an iron rod marking
the southeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence north 63° 25’ 26” west 603.90 feet to a point in the centerline of New York State Route 80 and passing through an iron pipe located along the easterly boundary of New York State Route 80; proceeding from said point in the centerline in a northeasterly direction approximately 465 feet more or less, to the point or place of beginning, containing 5.08 acres of land. Premises known as 108 SUMMIT HILL ROAD, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361 AND STATE HIGHWAY 80, JORDONVILLE, NY 13361
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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Otsego
Action to Foreclose a Mortgage
Index #: 2015-30
Mortgaged Premises: 89 Main Street Schenevus, NY 12155
SBL #: 230.19 - 1 - 36.00
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff vs William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; 89 Main Street Apartments LLC, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, People of the State of New York, United
States of America Acting Through the IRS, John Doe (being fictitious, the names unknown to Plaintiff intended to be tenants, occupants, persons or corporations having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the property described in the complaint or their heirs at law, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors.)
Defendant(s)
To the above named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie.
Trial to be held in the County of Otsego.
The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises.
To: William Dorvillier AKA Bill Dorvillier Defendant in this Action.
The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of Hon. Michael V. Coccoma of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated the Fourteenth day of March, 2016 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Otsego, in the City of Cooperstown.
The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by William Dorvillier dated the May 21, 2007, to secure the sum of $121,500.00 and recorded at Book 1523 of Mortgages at Page 773 in the Office of the Otsego County Clerk, on the June 1, 2007.
The property in question is described as follows: 89 MAIN STREET, SCHENEVUS, NY 12155
NOTICE YOU ARE IN
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.
Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.
Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
DATED: March 28, 2016
Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221
The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose.
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SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS
Index No. 20150286
STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, S/B/M TO CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC, S/B/M TO CHASE MANHATTAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, -vs-
THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL,
and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; SHARON MURWIN, DEBRA DESILVA, DONNA MORRELL,
ROBERT MORRELL, JR., ROXANNE MORRELL, DONALD MORRELL, KENT MORRELL, KELLY MEYERS, DARYL MEYERS, KIM DIXON, VIRGINIA CARMEL, LEROY GLENN MORRELL III, MANDY MORRELL, CHRISTOPHER MORRELL, KEVIN MCLOUGHLIN, ROBERT BREWER, GERARD BREWER, BRIAN MORRELL, RICHARD MORRELL, JR. STEVE MORRELL, AND KATHALEN PARKER, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; MICHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAL CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED; CAPITAL ONE BANK; SPRINGLEAF HOME EQUITY, INC. F/K/A AMERICAN GENERAL HOME EQUITY, INC. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants. Mortgaged Premises: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or
appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer to the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. That this action being amended to include MICHELLE BREWER, DEREK BUTZ AND MEGAN CULHANE, AS POSSIBLE HEIRS TO THE ESTATE OF GERALD BREWER, DECEASED, AS POSSIBLE HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF RONALD B. MORRELL A/K/A RONALD BENJAMIN MORRELL, DECEASED. That this action is also being amended to include THE HEIRS AT LARGE OF GERALD BREWER, as said individual is deceased.
OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the mortgaged premises.
Dated: NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE,LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614
Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 317.15 Block: 2 Lot: 33.00
NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION
The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State
of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.
TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated FEBRUARY 4, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage. The premises is described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Village of Otego, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEING the same land as conveyed to Ronald B. and Shirley Morrell by deed as recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 585 of Deeds, at Page 557; BEGINNING at a survey monument set on the southwesterly boundary of River Street at the easterly corner of land of John Pochis and Kathleen M. DeMatteo (L 737/P 765), said monument being S 32-34 E, 408.7’ from a rebar bound at the back of sidewalk intersection of the southwesterly boundary of said River Street and the southeasterly boundary of Main Street (N.Y.S. Route 7); thence S 3041-30 E along said boundary of River Street, 66.00’ to a survey monument set at the northerly corner of land reputedly of the Presbyterian Church Society; thence S 60-00-00 W along said church land, 165.27’ to a survey monument set on a northeasterly boundary land of Jeffrey M. Sakowski (L 766/P 499); thence N 30-41-30 W along said land of Sakowski, 66.00’ to a point in a 12” Maple tree (painted and flagged) at the southerly corner of said land of Pochis and DeMatteo; thence N 60-00-00 E along said land of Pochis and DeMatteo, 165.27’ to the place or point of beginning. Premises known as: 14 RIVER STREET, OTEGO, NY 13825
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Notice is hereby given that a license, “Pending” for beer, liquor, wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor, and/or wine at retail in a restuarant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 6027 State Hwy. 28 State Hwy 80 & Co.
Route 26, Fly Creek, NY 13337 for on premises consumption.
Portabello’s In Fly Creek, Inc., (DBA) Portabello’s
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Damulis Trucking, LLC. Purpose is to transport goods within and outside New York State. Filed articles of Organization on 4/12/2016. The Secretary of State has been designated as an agent of the LLC, and the service shall be sent to 451 Gulf Rd, Burlington Flats, NY 13315.
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MITTMAN ONEONTA LLC
Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 4/4/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 10467 East Raintree Dr., Scottsdale, Arizona 85255. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJune2
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NOTICE OF FORMATION 195 BISSELL, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/13/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 23 Third Street, Manhasset, New York 11030. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJune2
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NOTICE OF FORMATION REELTOURS 360 LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/23/2016. Office Location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 28 Fair St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Stephen Mahlum at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalJune2
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NOTICE OF FORMATION
Notice of Formation of All About The Girls By May, LLC on 3/31/2016 filed with Secy. of State. Office Location: 147 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326. In Otsego County. The Purpose of business is women’s fashion jewelry and accessories, gifts. The SSNY has been designated as agent of
the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to All About The Girls by May, LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activities. 6LegalMay26
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D&R ENTERPRISES I, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2015. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 16 Water St., Oneonta, NY 13820, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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Notice of Formation of Aspire Performance Coaching, LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/25/16. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 53 Fair St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice By Publication of Formation of Limited Liability Company Cohn Media Group LLC filed articles of organization with the Department of State on April 5, 2016. Its principal office is in Otsego County, New York. The street address of the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The Secretary of State of the State of New York has been designated as agent upon whom service of process against the LLC may be served, and the address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of process in any action or proceeding against the LLC is 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116. The registered agent is Christopher Cohn, 1314 County Highway 35, Maryland, NY 12116, and the registered agent is to be the agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity.
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Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: MILFORD CORNER LOT, LLC
Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New contd., B-6
SPRINGFIELD – Elisabeth Schanz, 89, a native of Yugoslavia, who ran a Town of Springfield dairy farm with her late husband, passed away on Wednesday afternoon April 20, 2016, at her home, with her family by her side.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1927, in Beschka, Yugoslavia, daughter of the late Philip and Susanna Walter Thuro. Elisabeth was both raised and educated in Yugoslavia.
On May 14, 1949, Elisabeth was united in marriage with Adam Schanz in Sonthofen, Germany. They shared a loving and devoted union of 49 years until his passing on June 8, 1998. Mrs. Schanz was primarily a homemaker and helped her husband with his dairy farm. She attended Richfield
Springs Bible Church. In her leisure time she enjoyed her vegetable and flower gardens. She gloried in the beauty of the flowers and the healthy vegetables that she was able to feed her family every year. Her gardens were always kept perfect, with such pride that weeds never had a chance. Surviving her are two sons and their wives, Horst and Maggie Schanz, and Steven and Gudrun Schanz, all of Springfield; two daughters, Kathy Schanz of New York City, and Elizabeth MacNaught and her husband Malcolm of Oneonta; a brother, Philipp Thuro of Germany; 11 grandchildren, Stephanie DeVries, Kristina Schanz, Liesl Schanz, Sarah Mower, Shirley Mower, Laura Mower, Michelle Sessions,
David Kirk, Michael, Kirk, Kristen Stanford and Jennifer Edwards, 18 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins in Canada and Germany.
In addition to her husband, Adam, she was preceded in death by a brother, Karl Thuro, and a daughter, Gerda Mower.
Calling hours for Mrs. Schanz were on Saturday, April 23, in the Richfield Springs Bible Church. A funeral service followed with Pastor David Tosi officiating. Interment will be later this spring in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Richfield Springs.
Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department or a charity of choice.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS
– Charlotte Marie Butler, 79, who for 25 years co-owned Klem Liquor Store with her husband, passed away on Thursday morning April 21, 2016, at Bassett Hospital, with her family at her side.
Charlotte was born on Jan. 24, 1937, in Cooperstown, daughter of the late Robert and Mary Robinson Klem. She was a lifelong Richfield Springs resident and Richfield Springs High School graduate.
On Nov. 9, 1957, she married Donald A. Butler in the Richfield Springs Presbyterian Church.
Before operating Klem’s, whe was an operator for New York Telephone Co.; after, she worked for five years at Shur-Catch, retiring in 1999.
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(from B-6) State of New York (SSNY) on 3/24/26. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 99 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326: Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegaMay 26
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GRECO ROMAN LLC.
Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/11/16. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, P.O. Box 286116, NewYork, NY 10128. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF Byler Brothers Construction, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Sec’y of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on March 22, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY Designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 2168 U.S. Highway 20, Richfield Springs, NY 13439. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMay19
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MDM Dolan, LLC Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/16. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & shall mail process to C/O David Dolan, 174 Main St, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: General.
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Notice of formation of DOLE-ZEL HOLDINGS, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secreatry of State on February 5, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego Country. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 42 Covar Lane, Otego, NY, 13825. The purpose of the
LLC is to engae in any lawful act or activity.
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BLUEBIRD HOMES, LLC
Notice of formation of Bluebird Homes, LLC, a limited liability company (the “LLC”). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (the “SSNY”) on 3/11/16. Office location: Otsego County. The SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC, upon whom process against it may be served. The SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 54 Lancaster Street, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purposes: are to acquire, own, hold, improve, manage and operate real property, including the property located at 59 Elm Street, in the Village of Cooperstown, New York.
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SEELEYS ALL SEASON SERVICES LLC, Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/03/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC
may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY 13733. Reg Agent: Mark Seeley, 129 Skyline Drive, Bainbridge, NY 13733. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. 6LegalApril28
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Notice of Formation of Brown Associates Prince George LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/10/16. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Brown Associates LLC, c/o Barbara Utter, 859 County Hwy. 5, Otego, NY 13825. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalMay5
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Notice of formation of Chicory Creek Farm LLC (“LLC”), a limited liability company. On 3/28/16 Articles of Organization were filed with NYS Sec’y of State. Office location: Otsego County. Sec’y of State designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. Sec’y
Charlotte enjoyed a physically active lifestyle. She was a member of the Clarks Gym where she participated in the swimming program. She also found much pleasure in bowling.
Surviving are her husband of 59 years Donald; a son, Donald S. of De Ruyter; a daughter, Liza M. Butler of Fourth Lake; three brothers, Bobby Klem and his wife Joan of Richfield Springs, David Klem and his wife Jean of Tully, and Charles Klem of Fourth Lake; two sisters, Betty Frazer and her husband Bob of Canton, and Marna Armstrong of Unadilla Forks; two grandchildren, Loren and Tyler Butler, and one great-grandchild Fulton Butler; several nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by a sister Connie Klem. Callling hours are 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home. A funeral service will follow at 5 p.m., with Pastor Alan Miller officiating. Memorial donations may be made to Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Arrangements are entrusted to the J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home.
of State shall mail a copy of such process to Chicory Creek Farm LLC, 2722 State Highway 205, Mt. Vision, NY 13810. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act or activity 6LegalMay5
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Notice of Formation of OLDESCHOLE, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: PO Box 800, Morris, NY 13808. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Norman at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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Notice of Formation of OTSDAWA BERRY, LLC
Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/12/16. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 1432 Co. Hwy. 8, Otego, NY 13825. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Nathaniel Posner at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.
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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
The name of the entity is Ed’s Repair Shop LLC, for which the Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State on April 26, 2016. The office of said entity is to be located in Otsego County, New York. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the limited liability company, upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address within this State to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon her is 3213 Co. Hwy 16, Burlington Flats, NY 13315. The purpose of the business of such limited liability company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law. 6Legaljune 2
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PARKING/From A1
Committee, chaired by Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh, which came back with a new proposed law Monday, April 25. It will go to public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, May 23.
The new law requires all construction vehicles operating on streets where paid parking is in force to have a $25 “construction vehicle permit,” and a $25 regular downtown paid-parking permit be obtained for each vehicle on the site.
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still be open when the truck gets back.
At Monday’s meeting, Tillapaugh asked her colleagues to consider penalties if contractors violate the new law. “We’re offering them a privilege,” she said. “They’re getting away with not having to pay for parking, which could be $18 a day. There has to be some teeth in this thing.”
PIPELINE/From A1
Gas are “currently assessing” their legal options to overturn the state’s decision.
Cones – it was alleged last month that some contractors were using them to obtain free parking, whether or not they were on a job – “may be used for safety reasons when the vehicle is parked,” not otherwise.
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The Friday before, the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced it would not grant water-quality permits the project requires, saying the Constitution should have “co-located” the pipeline along existing rights-of-way – that is, along Alternate M, which would have paralleled I-88 through Otsego County and had won the endorsement of the county Board of Representatives in 2014.
A letter from the DEC’s chief permit administrator, John Ferguson, also said the company’s application for the permits “does not supply
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Monday, the Constitution developers fired back, saying the DEC’s “rationale for denial includes flagrant misstatements and inaccurate allegations, and appears to be driven more by New York State politics than environmental science.” The Constitution had been told by the DEC its application was complete; nevertheless, the pipeline company asked weekly if any more information was needed, the state-
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ment said. The company also pointed out the decision withholds natural gas to companies that were promised it – Stockton later cited Amphenol in Sidney and Raymond Corp. in Greene – and delayed 2,400 jobs ($130 million in salaries) that pipeline construction would have created.
The decision quickly took on a political dimension, as the two Democratic contenders for 19th Congressional District nomination – Zephyr Teachout and Will Yandik – issued statements supporting the DEC. The Republicans were mum, although two, Bob Bishop and Andrew Heaney, in the past have said John Faso had lobbied on the Constitution’s behalf, www.watershedpost. com reported.
Otsego County’s foremost environmental group, Otsego 2000, issued a statement the afternoon of the DEC’s “momentous” decision, calling it “a strong affirmation of the paramount importance of New York’s water quality for our communities and our environment.”
It praised Stop the Pipeline, based in Schoharie County, for “combatting the encroachment of pipelines in our region” and all activists “working so tirelessly for so long to protect our beautiful forests, fields and streams.”
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For her part, Stop the Pipeline leader Ann Marie Garti, herself a lawyer, said when told the Constitution might launch a court challenge: “They’re going to lose. It’s almost impossible to challenge an agency decision.”
She said Stop the Pipeline will see them there: The group is already in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging an earlier pro-Constitution decision of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Stockton said it would be difficult to challenge the DEC’s decision through FERC, since the federal agency had waived its water-quality permitting to the state. If the state had failed to make a decision by the end of this month, the Army Corps of Engineers would have assumed jurisdiction, but that is not to be.
The Constitution spokesman also expressed a sense of irony that the Ferguson letter appeared to favor Alternate M, which – due to the slopes along I-88 – would, he said, have resulted in more environmental degradation than the company’s preferred line to the south.
The Otsego County Board had supported Alternate M because of its proximity to Oneonta and other local communities that would have had easier access to natural gas for homes, business and, in particular, the larger institutions like hospitals and colleges.
Also, it was estimated the pipeline would have generated $13 million in annual tax revenues for the county and school districts and municipalities along its route.
