Otsego County’s retiring congressman, Chris Gibson, R-19, announced Monday, May 2, he won’t run against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2018. He had formed a committee to explore the race, but said he will accept an offer to be a visiting lecturer at Williams College for a year and is exploring other opportunities in academe. He also said he plans to spend more time with wife Mary Jo and their three teenagers. See his full statement at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
DRIVER CHARGED: The driver in the 9:30 a.m. crash Friday, April 29, on Route 28 near Smith Ford that tied up traffic for a half-hour was charged with driving with ability impaired by drugs, the county Sheriff’s Department reports. Details at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
SAD NEWS: Annie Stewart, the CGP stalwart who had been fighting ovarian cancer for the past year, passed away Sunday, May 1. Full obituary, see page B6
QUIZ WIZARDS: CCS’ Middle/High School quiz team came in 17th in the National Academic Quiz Team’s Small School National Tournament Sunday, May 1, in Chicago.
Friends Rally To Help Ailing Art Boden
Help Sought With Medical Bills As NY Pizza Manager Fights Cancer
By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
For the last seven years, under general manager Art Boden, New York Pizza has donated gen-
TO HELP Art Boden, follow the link at www.AllOTSEGO.com
erously to Relay For Life, the Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump, and anyone who has walked through the door
seeking help for a cause.
“Anyone who comes into the restaurant knows they have my support,” he said. Now, the community is ready to rally around Boden, who has discovered he has Stage 4 Mantle Cell Please See BODEN, A6
Covert Heroin-Fighting Role Gains Affirmation
Glow Of Bob Schneider’s Muse Fills Fenimore Gallery
By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
s a pupil in Katonah, Bob Schneider was the “art kid. You know, there’s always an art kid in school.” That was then. “I’ve been painting professionally for 30 years now,” said Schneider, whose exhibit, “A New York
View: Country Landscapes,” is appearing under the same roof with Whistler and ToulouseLautrec’s this summer at The Fenimore Art Museum. “Of course, I’ve been painting much longer than that.” (The Fenimore has been featuring one local artist a summer since 2012).
Raised in the Hudson Valley, Schneider fell under the spell
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By JIM KEVLIN
COOPERSTOWN
It was a story that captured what it’s all about: The Friday before Police Chief Mike Covert met with village trustees to discuss PAARI’s accomplishments, a Cooperstown mom OD’d on heroin. Her young daughter then stepped on the needle, and both ended up in the Bassett ER. That was one of the facts and anecdotes Covert shared as a surprise addition to the agenda at a Thursday, April 28, Village Board meeting that had been announced as dealing with final adjustments to the 2016-17 village budget. With that story, and news that five of the 55 local addicts being Please See PAARI, B7
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Congressman Gibson and wife Mary Jo chat with voters at the Cooperstown Rotary’s Election Day Pancake feast in 2014.
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Jean W. Johnson, Cooperstown, enjoys Robert Schneider’s “A New York View: Country Landscapes,” at The Fenimore Art Museum with her daughter, Meghan King, visiting from Pittsburgh for a family reunion, and son Tim Johnson.
at his studio in the Key Bank Building.
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Otsego Electric Coop Appoints Johnson CEO
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imothy R. Johnson of Edmeston, former legal counsel to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, has joined Otsego Electric Cooperative as chief executive officer.
A lifelong Otsego County resident and OEC attorney for almost 30 years, the new CEO succeeds Steve Rinell, who resigned.
At the NRECA from 2012 to 2014, Johnson assisted electric cooperatives with matters related to general cooperative law, corporate governance, intellectual property, consumer protection and other matters. He was also corporate counsel to a national marketing alliance of 750 member cooperatives.
Currently, the OEC is collaborating with Otsego County, Otsego Now and Middleburgh Telephone Co. in a project that aims to bring broadband Internet throughout the county.
Cooperstown Central Middle/High School’s quiz team came in 17th in the National Academic Quiz Team’s Small School National Tournament in Chicago, Il. over the weekend, 11 points ahead of last year and in a stronger and larger field. Here, team members Adam Ilgin, Thomas Knight, Wriley Nelson, Robert Iversen and Lindsay Brown pose by the lion in front of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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EDITORIAL
Who isn’t familiar with the image at the right? Daniel Day Lewis reinvented “The Last of the Mohicans” for a modern audience, although – believe it or not – that movie version (1992) came out almost a quarter-century ago. It’s time for another reinvention for the PS4 generation, and that inevitably will happen. And, yet, here in the home of Hawkeye, or Natty Bumppo, or The Leatherstocking, or “La Longue Carabine,” he’s largely forgotten – but for his descendant Bruce Shipman. (And, of course, Hugh MacDougall, Cooperstown village historian, key player in the founding of the James Fenimore Cooper Society in 1989, which necessarily is a celebration of Cooper’s greatest creation and one of the most enduring characters in American literature.)
Enduring, even in the face of ahistoricity. (Imagine discarding “The Leatherstocking Region,” richly evocative, if somewhat obscure to the contemporary reader of highway
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Let’s Prepare For World’s Rediscovery Of Natty Bumppo SUPPORTING ISLAMBERG
signs? And renaming it the bland “Central New York Region,” as the state tourism bureaucrats decided to do a half-dozen years ago now. Shucks, we aren’t even in Central New York!)
Yes, the next “Last of the Mohicans” hit movie is inevitable. But are we ready to celebrate – and capitalize on – our most famous citizen (the fictional one, but also his human counterpart) when that happens?
• When you think about it, it’s quite shocking how little David Shipman, who James Fenimore Cooper acknowledged as “the Leatherstocking of the region” in “Chronicles of Cooperstown” (1838), is recognized around here.
As SUNY Binghamton professor Thomas Jordan put it as recently as 2012, “Bumppo reflects the core qualities of the burgeoning American character – rugged individualism, self-reliance, moral certitude in the face of difficult ethical dilemmas, and freedom from the potentially stifling strictures of society.”
Once Pure Water Is Gone, It’s Contaminated Forever
To the Editor:
Re. the letter, “Fracking Bad Here, But Not Everywhere.” What always amazes me is how the fracking supporter never mentions the fact as to what happens to the water supply if the fracking process backfires. The undisputable fact is once the water supply is contaminated, it stays that way forever. Look no further than what has happened in those states that continue the practice!
TOM
DAHULICK Omaha, Neb.
Vote For Village Library Budget May 17 On CCS Annual Ballot
To the Editor: The Village Library of Cooperstown is a unique civic institution. Where else in our community can you find a warm, inviting and comfortable space, open every day to residents and visitors alike, where there is something for everybody, but one needn’t buy or endorse anything?
(less than 2 percent) in funding requested by the library, reflecting higher operating expenses due to increases in cost of liability insurance and employee benefits. Please support the library by endorsing the new library tax levy.
Think National Security State, and Natty Bumppo has never been more relevant.
In our PC-burdened national dialogue, Cooper’s hero – and his companion, Chingachgook (related to the Brushells of Richfield Springs, it’s said) – also reflect a more complex reality, of newcomers and American Indians living side by side, the good allied against the bad among settlers and natives alike.
David Shipman as Cooper’s inspiration was clouded by Ralph Birdsall’s
seminal (and very readable) “The Story of Cooperstown” (1917), which lays out Hoosick Falls’ argument for the alternative Nathaniel Shipman.
But Alan Taylor’s Pulitzer-winning “William Cooper’s Town” (1996), which researches and the complicated relationship between David Shipman and the Cooper family, proves outright our local Leatherstocking’s status. Taylor confirmed that in a recent e-mail: “I certainly consider DS to be the model for JFC in crafting the character of Natty Bumppo.”
That is the final word, and should bring all local historians behind Bruce Shipman of Richfield Springs in his effort to place a historical marker on his ancestor’s grave in the Toddsville Cemetery on Route 56 just east of Fly Creek.
Shipman, patriarch of the extensive Shipman clan, has sought the support of the Fly Creek Area Historical Society, and he should have it, and from the Otsego Town Board, and he should have it. But David Shipman is bigger than any single local community.
County Treasurer Dan Crowell’s parents live on Otsego Manor Road, and he will tell you that the legendary Shipman’s cabin was on the far end of that property.
As you cross the Route 11C bridge between Routes 28 and 33, look to the northwest, and you’ll see a V formed where Oaks Creek meets the Susquehanna. That’s where it was. That deserves a historical marker.
And the Leatherstockingtopped obelisk in Lakewood Cemetery (there’s a whole
other story there) – that deserves a historical marker.
• The point is that James Fenimore Cooper’s novels may be dated, but The Leatherstocking is not. He’s waiting to be reinvented in the next Hollywood block-buster, and to be rediscovered by scholars seeking to understand the nation’s complex ethnic interplay.
Meanwhile, we should be prepared for that inevitable day. Celebrating Hawkeye would be a high-profile project for high-energy OCHA (the Otsego County Historical Association). It would be a worthy project for the Cooperstown Graduate Program’s scholars. As a community, we should understand Natty Bumppo’s significance, as Hannibal, Mo., should understand Huck Finn. Let’s digest Alan Taylor’s research, and recognize Cooper’s greatest hero with one historical marker, or two, or as many as necessary, and figure out how to tell “La Longue Carabine’s” story to the rest of the world.
Herzig: Oneonta Strives For Acceptance, Equality
Editor’s Note: Oneonta Common Council member Michelle Osterhoudt read this proclamation from Mayor Gary Herzig supporting Islamberg’s right to be left alone to a gathering at the Unitarian Universalist Society Sunday, May 1.
WOn Tuesday, May 17, voters will see a small increase
Respectfully, ANTOINETTE KUZMINSKI Fly Creek
hereas, the history of the world has innumerable examples of persecution and crimes against humanity due to bigotry, such as the Jewish Holocaust and the Armenian Genocide; and Whereas, there are prejudicial and unjust actions in our nation’s history, such as the internment of Japanese residents in WWII, that show the harmful consequences of blaming entire groups of people because of who they are and what they believe in; and Whereas, the United States of America was created by immigrants seeking peace and freedom; and Whereas, incidents of violence and inflammatory comments have increased; and
Whereas, the Muslim community and in particular Islamberg, near Hancock, N.Y., is often regarded with suspicion and threatened; and Whereas, the City of Oneonta and its surrounding community attracts newcomers and students from many ethnicities and religions coming from many areas of the United States and from many countries of the world; and Whereas, the City of Oneonta is endeavoring to encourage a society which is diverse racially, religiously and ethnically and which encourages
Editor’s Note: Kenneth Sider, Ph.D., president, Temple Beth El, Oneonta, read this statement of solidarity with Islamberg at the same gathering
Agender equality; and Whereas, Muslims are integral members of our community and are represented in many professions, including store clerks, physicians, college professors, musicians and business leaders; and
Whereas, President Obama, in a recent speech, stated that “Muslim Americans are our friends and neighbors, our co-workers, our sports
s president of Oneonta’s only synagogue, I want to join with you to make a clear declaration of civility, dignity and respect for Islam, and especially the Muslim community in our area. Over the past 20 years, an entire generation of American children has come of age in a society that has allowed and even encouraged anti-Muslim sentiment and hatred to infiltrate the press, media, businesses, classrooms and playgrounds. It is long
heroes, and … our men and women in uniform who are willing to die in defense of our country…’” and Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Gary Herzig, mayor of the City of Oneonta; together with the City of Oneonta Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights and the Oneonta Area Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Please See HERZIG, A6
overdue that we gather to speak out. Throughout Jewish history, we have known persecution and we have a moral obligation to speak out. Our own sorrows compel us to challenge not only inflammatory and dangerous speech against Muslims, but also the irrational and hate-filled actions by citizens who have closed their hearts to compassion and coexistence. The congregation of Temple
joins all of you in denouncing discrimination, stereotyping, and hate, and we strongly defend the civil liberties and civil rights of our Muslim friends, colleagues, and neighbors.
Hawkeye lives! Daniel Day Lewis reintroduced Natty Bumppo to the modern audience in the 1992 “Last of the Mohicans.”
Kenneth Sider, Temple Beth El president, at May 1 gathering.
Beth El
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Regina Betts of the NAACP, Oneonta Chapter, some of whose family perished in the Holocaust, listens to speeches at the Unitarian Universalist Society in Oneonta Sunday, May 1. Behind her is Joanne Fisher, Davenport, wife of Lee Fisher, the NAACP moderator that afternoon, and Tom Heitz, from the First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown.
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Compiled by Tom HeiTz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library
200 YEARS AGO
Died, at his residence near Oneida Castle: On Monday, the 11th of March, Skendoah, the celebrated Oneida Chief, aged 110 years; well-known in the wars which occurred while we were British colonies, and in the contest which issued in our Independence as the undeviating friend of the people of the United States. By his own reflection and the benevolent instruction of the late Rev. Mr. Kirkland, missionary to his tribe, he lived a reformed man for more than 60 years, and died in Christian hope. Divine service was attended at the meeting house in Clinton. An address was made to the Indians by the Rev. Dr. Bachus, President of Hamilton College which was interpreted by Judge Dean of Westmoreland. Prayer was then offered and appropriate Psalms sung. Skendoah’s person was tall and brawny, but well made. His countenance was intelligent. In his youth he was a brave and intrepid warrior, and in his riper years one of the ablest counselors among the North American tribes. To a visitor lately he expressed himself by an interpreter – “I am an aged hemlock. The winds of a hundred winters have whistled through my branches. I am dead at the top. The generation to which I belong have run away and left me; why I live, the Great Good Spirit only knows. Pray to my Jesus, that I may have patience to wait for my appointed time to die.”
May 2, 1816
175 YEARS AGO
Steamboat Accident – The steamboat Henry Eckford, Captain Tice, was preparing to tow some Canal boats into the river at the foot of Cedar Street, New York, on the afternoon of Tuesday last, when her boiler exploded. The deck of the vessel was com-
10 YEARS AGO
May 5, 2006
pletely ripped up, and the fragments thrown in every direction. Captain T. who stood in front of the pilot house, was thrown entirely over an adjoining vessel and fell in the water, having been slightly scalded, besides having one leg broken. The crew consisted of six men, all of whom were more or less injured. A man by the name of Belcher was killed instantly by a sheet of lead thrown
on board of a canal boat lying opposite the steamer.
May 3, 1841
150 YEARS AGO
Ladies Outdoor Games – At Cooperstown Seminary, the ladies have taken in hand the organization of a Croquet Club, and we hope before many days to hear of their first appearance in the field. Nothing that the ladies can do will tend more to enjoyment and health than a good outdoor game.
Horse Thieves are about again and farmers should be on their guard against the scoundrels. Mr. Henry Loomis of Oxford had a valuable horse stolen from his stable a few nights since.
May 4, 1866
125 YEARS AGO
Local – John Armstrong, proprietor of the Richfield stage line fell from the driver’s seat of his coach in an attack of dizziness, to which he is subject, and fractured the femur of his right leg, the lame limb about five inches above the knee. The fracture is oblique. Dr. J.K. Leaning reduced the fracture, assisted by Dr. Babbitt. Mr. Armstrong has been very comfortable and is doing well at present, but it is a hard blow for a man in his circumstances.
May 7, 1891
100 YEARS AGO
Chalk Lake is filled – Despite the many stories that Chalk Lake was bottomless, that there was a strong undercurrent, that acres of forest had been thrown into same, that several cars and a locomotive had been lost therein, the Otsego & Herkimer Electric Line has completed the filling of this place which is located midway between Oaksville and Fly Creek, and known by name for the substance
under the water. This lake, as it is called, is not two feet deep at any point – yet the gray substance which forms the bottom is such that a tool dropped by a workman would immediately sink. A solid bottom runs anywhere from 40 to 70 feet below the surface. This lake has no visible inlet or outlet, yet fish such as pickerel, bullheads and suckers swim therein.
May 3, 1916
50 YEARS AGO
The emergency department at the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital is playing an increasingly larger and more important role in community health, according to Dr. Rodman D. Carter, associate surgeon. Last year 6,559 patients were cared for by the department, with 40 percent of these involving “walk-in” patients with problems of a relatively minor nature from a medical standpoint. Throughout the U.S. there has been a marked increase in the number of patients with less acute problems using emergency care facilities.
May 4, 1966
25 YEARS AGO
The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown area has given its first annual Community Service Award to Pamela W. Washburn. LWV President Martha Clarvoe said “our league recognizes and commends Washburn’s outstanding public service.” The award honors an elected or appointed individual who has worked to improve legislative procedures, efficiency, or effectiveness, encouraged and facilitated public participation in government, served impartially to ensure equitable and accountable government, and whose contributions of time and effort show great dedication to public service.
May 8, 1991
Friends Seek Support For Ailing Art Boden
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Lymphoma, a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
His best friend, Brent Knauss, started The Art Boden Fund on the crowdsourcing website, GoFundMe.com, to help pay for medical bills, transportation and other needs Boden may have as he undergoes treatment and recovery.
And within an hour of the Tuesday afternoon, May 2, posting, money and wellwishes were already starting to come in.
Donations may also be sent to the Bank of Cooperstown, 73 Chestnut St., Cooperstown 13326; write “Art Boden Fund” in the memo line.
“Art has been my golf buddy, my best friend for 10 years,” said Knauss. “Of course I’m going to help. He would never ask for this, so I’m going to do it for him.”
“I’ve been on the other side of the counter when people ask me for help,” said Boden, who managed the pizzeria for Joe Vezza, who also owns Bocca Osteria. “But to receive a blessing like that from the community? I’m speechless. There are so many angels here.”
Last summer, Boden was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract. “I just wasn’t feeling right, so I got an Upper GI and a colonoscopy, and they said that I had a lot of inflammation where the small intestine meets the large intestine.”
After five months of treatment, some symptoms had improved, but he was still feeling stomach discomfort. He went to the emergency room at Bassett Hospital, where he underwent a CT scan, which revealed inflammation of the stomach walls and lymph nodes. “My doctor, Dr. Sheikh Saleem, told me he thought I had lymphoma, so they ordered a biopsy.”
A week later, the tests came back positive for Mantle Cell Lymphoma, but before he got test results, already, the help was coming in. “I got back to my room after the biopsy, and Amy Ford was sitting there,” he said. “Her son Jeremiah used to work for me, and she was assigned as my case worker. She had already gone ahead and called Dr. Eric Bravin and even though he wasn’t accepting new patients, he was making an exception for me. The magic of Cooperstown was already starting to reveal itself.”
Starting at the end of May, he’ll begin six rounds of chemotherapy at Bassett Hospital, and then transfer to
Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester for 2-3 weeks of stem cell infusions.
It’s the same hospital that successfully treated Matt Hazzard, Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce executive director, in his battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was declared cancer-free at the end of December.
“Matt and I had lunch and he shared his experiences with me,” said Boden. “He told me what I can expect, what to keep an eye on, like making sure I was eating right. Even just that he took time to have lunch with me, I really appreciate.”
Already, Boden’s son Daniel works at the pizzeria, and daughters Emily and Brianna will come from Utica and New York City to help out over the summer.
And though his hours at New York Pizzeria are reduced while he undergoes treatment, he still plans on being behind the counter as his strength allows it. “I want to be a part of this community as much as I can.”
Editor’s Note: David Mattice, National Weather Service observer in the Oneonta area for the past 30 years, provides monthly and annual summaries of local weather as a public service.
I’m proud to be affiliated with the National Weather Service. Sure, they miss from time to time, but their forecasts, both short term and long term since late last summer, haves been right on the mark.
First, they forecast that the autumn months would be milder than normal, bull’s eye!
Then, the NWS predicted that the winter of 2015-16 would be much milder than normal, with much less snow than average, and boy were they right! Lastly, they told us that April 2016 was going to be colder than average…right again. Pretty good job of forecasting what Mother Nature had in store for our area.
April was 4.1 degrees colder than the norm. It was the first month since November 2015 that our mean temperature was colder than normal. Oneonta had 3.76 inches of precipitation in April, which
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Colored People, hereby declare that fear will not divide us; that we recognize that the threats posed by Islamophobia to our American values of religious freedom and cultural diversity are threats against
EYE ON THE WEATHER
is a half inch above normal. That’s with a two-week, mid-month stretch, with less than a 10th of an inch of measurable snow or rain! It was tinder dry and there were plenty of brush and forest fires around. A big “thank you” goes out to all firefighters and EMS folks in our area, who risk their lives daily to keep us safe. Please thank them for their service.
The Cooperstown/Oneonta area saw 8.8 inches of snow in April, which is more than twice the norm. Normal year to date snowfall is 55.7 inches, in 2016, we’ve seen just 25.4 inches! Now that the days are growing longer and temperatures are moderating quickly, get up off the sofa, dust yourself off and go hiking, fishing. Take in a high school, college sporting event, Little League games and youth soccer are always fun to watch. Get your
gardens planted, vegetable, flower or both. It’s really beautiful to watch thing “green up,” so please spend some time outdoors. Just a quick mention again: May and June have more severe weather activity than any other two-month period of the year, so please pay attention to forecasts, watches and warnings. Please check out www.AllOTSEGO.com for a complete list of all the neat things that are going on in the area this month. A very dear, sweet, and
Herzig Proclaims Oneonta’s Support
our very way of life in the City of Oneonta, the County of Otsego, the State of New York and the United States; and that we as a community stand firmly with our Muslim residents; and
Be it further resolved, that a copy of this proclamation be sent to U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kristen Gillibrand, to New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, to New York State Senator
lifelong friend, Frances Bliven, gave me this nifty little ditty that I’m sure you’ll enjoy. See if you can master it, even work on it with your children and grandchildren. Fran tells me it was written by an “expedition team to Antarctica”. I sure you’ll enjoy it.
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Love Of Hudson River School Led Schneider To Fenimore Exhibit
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of the Hudson River School. “i
wanted to paint like frederic Church and Thomas Cole. That’s what i wanted to do.”
But on graduating from high school in the 1970s, abstract ruled. “it must be over,” he concluded, and he set aside his dream of representational painting in the Hudson School mode. He zigged into the hospitality field at SUNY Delhi, which introduced him to the upper Catskills. After a year with Marriott in Atlanta, however, the “art kid” couldn’t shake his vocation. He zagged back to the Hudson Valley and was waiting on tables, intending to attend the Portland School of Art in the fall, when – on his 22nd birthday – a fellow traveler walked into the restaurant, looking for a job. it was his future wife, Susan Goetz, studying portraiture at the
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famed Art Students League. Soon, the two were learning their craft winters at the league in New York City, and summers at the frank Mason’s celebrated workshops in Stowe, Vt.
They were launched. Married and, then, with baby son Phillip in the household, the Schneiders were settled in Beacon, above the Hudson, painting and rehabbing old mansions.
Drawn to environmentalism, his activism won Bob a Hudson River Caretaker Award, presented to him by U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey in 1996. After a year’s hiatus in El Paso, Texas, the Schneiders settled in Stamford and, after a fun evening in Cooperstown, moved to Lake Street.
Locally, the Schneiders have maintained a studio in the Key Bank building. While Bob paints landscapes, Suzy does portraits, most recently the formal one of
Bill Streck in the lobby of Bassett’s fieldstone building. Bob’s been active in Hyde Hall, the friends of Bassett and the Otsego Land Trust, selling real estate on the side. Son Phillip was in fifth grade
when the family arrived. He’s graduated and moved on, and his parents are transitioning back to Stamford, an hour closer to professional contacts in New York. Throughout all this, Schneider’s painting was evolving. He had embraced his first love, the Hudson River School, but had been further influenced by the softer touch Chauncey Ryder and the other tonalists who gathered at a summer colony florence Griswold formed in the early 20th Century in Old Lyme, Conn. “The less is more school,” Schneider calls it. That influence is evident in the glow that greets visitors to The fenimore’s East Gallery these days; the room comes to life with canvases ranging from a dominate Leatherstocking falls on the far wall to “Moonlight Madness,” a streak of moonlight across dark Otsego Lake, painted from an Adirondack-style porch. it’s a
Trustees Express Support for Covert; Wider Heroin-fighting
PAARI/fROM A1 treated through the Police Assisted Addiction & Recovery initiative are from Cooperstown, it appeared that trustees Ellen Tillapaugh, village Police Committee chair, and Bruce Maxson, who is also county public defender, were sufficiently satisfied to let the PAARi go forward.
However, both expressed concern that other departments – Covert mentioned the County of Otsego and Oneonta Police Department – have yet to step up and assist with the program. After the meeting, Mayor Jeff Katz supported Covert’s continuing role, but also sympathized with the two trustees’ concerns.
“When Mike presented the idea of the program, the thing we said was, we don’t want to take this thing on alone, particularly in cost and time,” Katz said. But, he added, “i think that the presentation made the board feel good, even though he’s the lead and sole person.”
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personal favorite. in talking to Schneider, the career of a professional artist – to get it right – is hard work. He strives to maintain a 40-painting inventory. Over one two-year period, he produced 700 works – one a day – selling them through eBay to art lovers in all 50 states and on every continent. in addition to drive and a natural ability evident since his “art kid” days, Schneider credits the professional training he received – as in any profession, today’s art is built on centuries of experimentation – through frank Mason and other masterful teachers. But that’s not enough.
“You have to take all of that – everything – and come up with something that’s yours,” he said, “something that has a life of its own. And it’s constantly evolving.”
ery initiative, developed by the Gloucester, Mass., police department, but now spreading nationwide. The idea is to get an addict who wants help into a treatment program as soon as possible, no questions asked.
in a businesslike recitation of progress since the local program was launched Thanksgiving Day, Covert noted that the three original heroin-fighting goals have been met: implementation of PAARi locally, training the public in administering NARCAN, which can stop overdoses in their tracks, and installation of a drug drop-off box at the police station on the fair Street entrance to 22 Main.
“We’ve accomplished all of that,” said the chief. Of addicts or people who have called Covert so far, 55 began rehab, and 45 are still actively in rehabilitation. Of those, 45 are battling heroin addiction; the others are struggling with cocaine, meth, alcohol and pills.
“Today, alone, i’ve had four calls,” said Covert.
One troubling discovery, he said, is New York State’s lack of in-patient rehab: Only Conifer Park in Schenectady has rooms, and there are hurdles to admission, mostly insurance. for instance, it doesn’t accept coverage from fidelis, one of the state’s largest insurers, the chief said.
Thus, he’s had to place participants out of state, in New Jersey, indiana, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and as far away at florida and California.
Covert’s enthusiasm for the PAARi approach has him in demand. He’s been asked to speak from Broome County to Batavia, and was written up on the front page of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. That morning, he’d been speaking in Woodstock, where 35 people from three communities showed up.
All of this he’s done with $26 out-of-pocket cost, he said. He’s using vacation time for speaking engagements, and handles people seeking help on his own time. if someone calls when he’s not in the office, an officer will simply take the message and put a Post-it Note on his desk.
it’s been worth it to him, Covert said: “Saving just one life is fantastic.”
When a report of the meeting appeared on www. allotsego.com, county Sheriff Richard J. Devlin,
Jr., called to say he has never been formally approached by the Village of Cooperstown about PAARi; he said he’d be happy to discuss a possible participation.
“We certainly wouldn’t turn someone away who asked for help,” the sheriff said.
At the Oneonta Police Department, which had considered PAARi last year, Chief Dennis Nayor objected to Covert’s observation that the OPD was focused on arrests rather than treatment. “Some of this is driven by what our resources allow,” said Nayor, but added, “We would rather find a solution rather than just put out fires by making arrests.”
But, he continued, “if someone comes to us, seeking help, then we’re going to try and help them.” Just the other day, Lt. Douglas Brenner referred an addict seeking help to a local chemical dependency clinic. Brenner, who serves in the county’s Opioid Task force, said “we’re looking at providing a pathway of those away from addiction.”
Gary Herzig, who has been in the Oneonta mayor’s chair since October, said he has arranged for LEAf Executive Director Julie Dostal, county Social Services lawyer Susan Lettis, and other experts to begin briefing Common Council on ways to address the heroin epidemic at its Tuesday, May 17, meeing.
“The first step is for the City Council to get some education on the problem,” he said. “There may be multiple presentations; it may lead to recommendations. The Cooperstown model is certainly one they should consider.” for his part, Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz said, so far, the Village Board has left outreach to other departments to Chief Covert.
“My preference is for chief to chief,” said Katz. it shouldn’t start with me and Gary. it should start with people who are the law enforcement people.” However, “if Gary thinks it’s a good idea – he knows his council better than i do,” it might be time to start a conversation.
“Clearly, the audience for this extends far outside the village to the county,” he added. “i would certainly welcome as much participation outside the village as possible.”
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“Moonlight Madness,” hanging in The Fenimore this summer, is one of Bob Schneider’s favorites.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 5-6,
Julia Baird poses with halfbrother John Lennon’s statue outside the Cavern Club,, where the Beatles hit it big.
She’s At Oneonta Theatre This Weekend
John Lennon’s Sister Julia Visits
By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
To so many, John Lennon was an icon. But to Julia Baird, who will accompany The Mersey Beatles when they
IF YOU GO: Julia Lennon and Mersey Beatles, 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Oneonta Theater.
perform Friday, May 6, at the Oneonta Theatre, he was simply “my brother John.”
“There’s such a split
between the world icon, John Lennon, and the brother who used to help me with my times tables or take me swimming,” she said. “But I can also see him there up on the stage the way the rest of the world did.”
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QUINN LIVE AT THE OPERA
Judge Turpin’s “lackey” Beadle Bamford (Quinn Bernegger) beats Anthony Hope, a sailor who has fallen in love with Johanna, whom the judge has confined in his mansion.
SAM GOODYEAR
ART BEAT
Quinn Bernegger, CCS ’09, played Beadle Bamford, live (and not so live) in the Tri-Cities Opera production of “Sweeney Todd” last weekend in Binghamton.
Beadle Bamford May Be ‘Slimy,’ But He’s Break For Bernegger
By LIBBY CUDMORE
BINGHAMTON
Everybody sings in the car – but for Quinn Bernegger, that back-seat karaoke was the start of a promising theater career.
Local Singer Has ‘Commanding Grace’
Editor’s Note: Sam Goodyear reprised his “Art Beat” column to review Quinn Bernegger’s operatic debut.
BINGHAMTON
What with mistaken identities, disguises, poisonings, ladies jumping off parapets, and con-
venient coincidences, opera is not short on improbabilities. Add to this the improbability of two important opera companies within less than 100 miles of each other in a largely rural region of New York State. I refer, of course, to the Glimmerglass Festival near Cooperstown and Tri-Cities
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“Sammy and Barbara Bayes were directing ‘Oliver!’ at Orpheus Theater, and they were looking for kids to audition,” he said. “One of the women said, ‘Well, my friend’s son likes to sing in the car a lot.’ So they asked me to audition, and I got the part of The Artful Dodger. From there, I was hooked on the process.”
(It must have been a lucky show; the girl who taught him the Cockney accent he auditioned with was none other than future “Hamilton” cast mem-
ber Carleigh Bettiol).
Bernegger, a 2009 CCS graduate, was featured as the nefarious Beadle Bamford in the Tri-Cities Opera’s performance of “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” Friday, April 29-SunPlease See OPERA, B3
Celebrate mom and the return of spring with a twirl around the maypole on the Hyde Hall lawn this weekend.
Springtime, Tea-Time At Hyde Hall Festivities
elebrate Mother’s Day with a garden party for mom at Hyde Hall. 1-5 p.m. Saturday, May 7 Free. Tea & sweets in the dining room, maypole dancing, book signing, dramatic readings, live music, more. Guided tours till 4 p.m. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown. Info, www.hydehall.org
CAKE WALK: 4th annual cake walk at Oneonta History Center. 5-8 p.m. Friday, May 6. Buy a ticket to walk around numbered squares; if you’re on a winning square when the player piano stops, take your pick of a dozen locally made cakes! 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org
GILBERTSVILLE FEST: Spring Festival time at Copes Corners Park, Friday-Sunday, May 6-8. Music, food, vendors, games, more. 620 NY-51, Gilbertsville. Info, www.copescornerspark.org/events. And, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 7, it’s Open House at the historic Major’s Inn in Gilbertsville. Info, www.themajorsinn.com.
YAGER DAY: An “Afternoon at the Museum: Family Fun Day at the Yager.” Noon-4 p.m. Saturday, May 7. Dig for artifacts, create your own Pop Art photo prints, listen to Iroquois tales, watch spear throwing & more. Free. Yager Museum of Art & Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick. edu/museum.
PAINT & SIP: Enjoy a glass of wine and a chance to make a beautiful painting. $35 per person includes one glass of wine or cider, hors d’oeuvres, art lesson and supplies. 2-4 p.m. Saturday, May 7, CANO, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, registration, (607) 432-2070, CANOneonta.org
AUTHOR ‘ODYSSEY’: Gwen Cooper, New York Times best-selling author of “Homer’s Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale” appears in benefit for Susquehanna Animal Shelter. 1 p.m. Saturday, May 7. $10 suggested donation. Country Inn & Suites, 4470 Rte. 28, Milford. Info, (607) 547-8111.
Photos courtesy Tri-Cities Opera, Binghamton
To those who know him, Quinn Bernegger is an unlikely villain, but he plays against type as Beadle Bamford.
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
Friday, May 6
CFA WORKSHOP -- 8-10 a.m.
City of Oneonta and Otsego Now informational event on Sixth Round of Consolidated Funding Applications (CFAs). Guest, Ken Tompkins, Regional Director, Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Council. Otsego Now offices, 189 Main St., 5th Floor, Oneonta.
ARTWORK DEADLINE -- 11
a.m.-5
p.m. Deadline for artwork submittal for 25th Annual Regional Juried Art Show (open to NYS artists 18 yrs +) to Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. (81st Annual National Juried Exhibition deadline submittal is May 15.) Info, (607) 547-9777, www.cooperstownart. com
CAKE WALK! -- 5-8 p.m. 4th
annual cake walk at Oneonta History Center. Buy a ticket to walk around numbered squares; when player piano stops, person on “winning” square gets one of 12 local cakes of choice. 183 Main St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontahistory.org
NETWORKING NIGHT -- 5-7
p.m. Small Business Networking Night (families welcome). Bring rack cards, business cards, brochures, menus. Food truck available for purchase, free miniature golf, free soft-serve ice cream. At Barnyard Swing, 4604 State hwy. 28, Milford. RSVP To Kelly Zack-Decker, Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, (607) 432-4500, Ext. 207, kelly@otsegocc.com OPENING RECEPTION -- 5-8 p.m. “Fracture in the Crystal City” by Nathan Meltz, “Art and Occult Nonsense by Rv. Panik, “Fiendish Friends,” by James Price. Through May 22. Free, all welcome. Music by pianist Michael Frye-Hunt. CANO, The Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070. FIRST FRIDAY -- 5:30-7:30
p.m. Destination Oneonta’s Fabulous First Friday Community Picnic. Celebrate First Anniversary of Destination Oneonta Welcome Center. Musical entertainment, Brooks’ BBQ,, more. Main St. Oneonta. Info, destinationoneonta.com, (607) 432-2941. MORE CALENDAR, B3
REVIEW/From B1 Opera in Binghamton. This past weekend, improbability abounded in Binghamton with Tri-Cities Opera’s masterful production of Stephen Sondheim’s ”Sweeney Todd” with a story line that tests credulity to its limit. A barber murdering clients with joyful abandon, the victims’ remains subsequently providing the filling for meat pies? Now, just wait a minute! Yet I bought it from the start. Lurid organ music à la Vincent Price accompanies the rise of the curtain and we are immediately plunged into Dickensian London, dark, desperate and menacing. I was hooked.
Surreal as the premise is, it is a measure of Sondheim’s skill, as well as that of Hugh Wheeler who provided the book, that the audience needs little encouragement to suspend disbelief. This production’s stage director, Jonathan Pape, furthered the sense of realism by drawing from the performers, principals as well as chorus, natural human impulses and interaction. Along with the darkness there were genuinely comic moments as well. The orchestra, under the taut direction of Braden Toan, bolstered the action with vigor, sweetness, and the occasional jolt to awaken the sleepy. I doubt that there was anyone who nodded off. I certainly didn’t, scared out of my wits by the gleaming razor. The singers were uniformly excellent, and it is with pride that I single out Cooperstown’s Quinn Bernegger as The Beadle. He has a commanding vocal presence and moves around the stage, as well as up and down staircases, with natural energy and grace. His future looks bright. Bravo!
By Christopher Durang
One more improbability: Both Glimmerglass and TriCities scheduled “Sweeney Todd” this year. How lucky is that, for if you missed it in Binghamton, the summer is not far off and you can catch it on the shores of Lake Otsego.
CCS Grad Debuts In Tri-Cities Opera’s ‘Sweeney’
OPERA/From B1 day, May 1. “He’s such a creepy character,” he said. “I felt like I have to wash off the slime after every rehearsal.”
Despite getting leads in high school shows, also under the direction of the Bayes, he resisted the call as he went to Middlebury College, studying chemistry instead. “My mom bought me Michael Caine’s book on acting, and in it, he said that if you can imagine doing anything but acting, you should, because it takes that much dedication,” he said. “I loved science, environmental issues, so I thought I didn’t need to go down the acting path.” He sang in the college choir, and in his junior year, got a summer job pouring wine at the Glimmerglass Festival. “I was hanging out with all these young opera stars, and it made me miss it,” he said. “I got talking to Patrick Calleo” – Rickey Calleo, former lead tenor at the New
York City Opera – “and he offered to give me voice lessons in exchange for working in his garden.”
When he got back to Middlebury, he changed his major to music. “Suddenly I was able to sing things I couldn’t before,” he said. “There was a shift in my body, my voice that opened up a whole new world of music that I didn’t have access to before. It changed my life.”
He played Cinderella’s Prince in “Into the Woods” and closed out his college career as Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables.” “The week after my last performance, I graduated,” he said.
He was hired as a young artist at the Opera Company of Middlebury and studied German for singers while he applied for graduate programs. “I didn’t get any offers,” he said. “I opted to defer a year and see what happened next.”
But he was accepted that
HAPPENIN’
Friday, May 6
FROM B2
SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC -- by appt. Feline low-cost spay/neuter clinic with Dr. Joan Puritz. Susquehanna Animal Shelter, 4841 St. Hwy. 28, Cooperstown. Call (607) 547-8111
$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
MOM 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,
OTSEGO
(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.” VIP tickets include 6:30 p.m. meet & greet. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Tickets, www.oneontatheatre.com MORE CALENDAR, B6
summer to the Seagle Music Colony’s young artist program, playing Fenton in Verdi’s “Falstaff” and Jack in “Into the Woods.”
“Susan Ashbaker of the Tri-Cities Opera was there scouting for a tenor resident artist,” he said. “She offered me a job on the spot and gave me until the end of the night to decide.”
Naturally, he accepted, and performed in the chorus in “The Barber of Seville,” as Almeric in “Iolanta” and in the Jazz Trio in “Trouble in Tahiti.”
But the role of Beadle Bamford was something a little different. “He’s a long way from Danny Zuko in ‘Grease’!” he said. “I have a very young look, so I’m often cast as the romantic lead, so
to play this slimy henchman is something I never expected!”
He has one more show with the company this season, the “Bravo Broadway” revue, which will feature opera residents and SUNY Binghamton students. And two weeks after that, he’ll head out to his first leading role, Nanki-Poo in Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Mikado” at the Chautauqua Opera Company.
And when the summer is over, he’ll return to his studies at the Boston Conservatory, under the tutelage of “Sweeney Todd” director Jonathan Pape. “I have fallen in love with opera,” said Bernegger. “The music has so much depth, and it can be whatever you want it to be.”
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NOTiCE Of COMPLETiON Of THE TENTATiVE SOLiD WASTE USER fEE ROLL
Notice is hereby given that the Otsego County Planning Department has completed the tentative Solid Waste User fee Roll for the year 2016. The Solid Waste User fee Roll contains solid waste billing units established for each parcel. A copy has been filed in the Planning Department Office located at 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, New York, where it may be seen and examined by any interested person during regular business hours or by calling the Otsego County Solid Waste Department at 607-5474225.
Please call in advance to set an appointment.
Karen Sullivan Director Otsego County Planning/Solid Waste Dept.
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NOTiCE is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the County of Otsego - Probation Departmentignition interlock Program for the period beginning on January 1, 2010 and ending on .March 10, 2015 have been examined by the Office of the State Comptroller and that the Report of Examination performed by Office of the State Comptroller has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Section thirty-five of the General Municipal Law, the governing board of the County of Otsego may, in it discretion, prepare a written response to the Report of County of Otsego may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the Report of Examination by the Office of the State Comptroller and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than August 3, 2016.
Dated: April 28, 2016
Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalMay5
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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,
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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 BRADLEY; 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
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, com-
monly 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.
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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 4LegalMay5
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Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court of the State of New York County of Otsego
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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,
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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.)
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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 DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
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
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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, mort-
gagees, 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
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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
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 30-41-30 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 30-4130 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 4LegalMay19
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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 2LegalMay5
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NOTiCE Of fORMATiON Of LiMiTED LiABiLiTY COMPANY
The name of the entity is Leatherstocking Construction 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 313 Brunner Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326. 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.
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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 of activity for which limited liability companies may be organized under the Limited Liability Company Law.
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Notice of for-
mation of J.E.L. Transport LLC. Art. of Org. filed SSNY on 03/08/2016. Office loc: Otsego County. LEGALiNC CORPORATE SERViCES iNC. designated as agent upon whom process against LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: LEGALiNC CORPORATE SERViCES iNC., 90 STATE STREET, SUiTE 700 BOX 80, ALBANY, NY 12207. Purpose: any lawful activities.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Secreatry of 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.
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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 DOLEZEL 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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Ann Stewart, 60; Mainstay At Cooperstown Graduate Program
COOPERSTOWN – Ann Louise Stewart died May Day 2016 in her mother’s home in Cooperstown. She passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with ovarian cancer.
Born in Buffalo, May 15, 1955, Annie was the second daughter of Ruth and Milo V. Stewart, Sr. Annie received a B.A. from Kirkland College, and an M.A. in Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program. Her father, Milo, was instrumental in the creation of that Program.
Annie moved to New York City in 1977 where she soon became a director of a photographic library of several million images. She worked with photojournalists from around the world. She was known to have an astute eye for detail – a family trait. She shared with her father a love for photography and with her mother, an appreciation for the textile arts, food, and an aesthetic of balance.
Annie married Russell Honicker, a photographer she met in New York City, in 1989. The their son, Weston, was born in 1991.
Annie was a sublime cook. With her hands and heart, and love of plants, she created what could be the most memorable garden in Cooperstown.
She was a mother. She mothered not only her son, but the sons and daughters of others. During her 25 years in Manhattan she became a beloved teacher at the Children’s Garden in the Bronx Botanical Gardens.
After moving back to Cooperstown in 2002, Annie began working at the Cooperstown Graduate Program where she assisted in the office and enjoyed sharing her photography skills with the students. She was also the editor of the Alumni Newsletter.
Annie also worked with the Historical Society of Early American Decoration, where she ran day-today operations, which extended to their Annual Conference.
For years she helped organize
Phyllis Lindroth, 74, Fly Creek; Operated Business With Daughter
FLY CREEK – Phyllis A. Lindroth, 74, of Fly Creek, passed away unexpectedly, Sunday morning, May 1, 2016, at Focus Rehabilitation & Nursing Center at Otsego.
She was born April 29, 1942, in Cortland, daughter of the late Leslie and Elizabeth Kinner of Marathon.
Phyllis attended Marathon Central School, graduating in 1960. She graduated from Utica School of Beauty Culture in 1961 and moved to Cooperstown shortly after, with her best friend, Angie, working as a beautician in the area. This is where she met the love of her life, Harry, and
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they married on May 18, 1963. She worked for the Farm & Home Bargain Center and Great American for many years and also owned a craft shop, Home Sweet Home, with her daughter, Tammi.
She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Harry Lindroth, Sr. of Fly Creek; her daughter, Tammi (Rick) Kelly of Fly Creek; her son, Harry (Kim) Lindroth, Jr. of Bristol, Conn.; her grandchildren, many nieces, nephews and special friends, and her “grand-dogs,” Abby and Dozer.
Friends are welcome to join the family for a celebration of Phyllis’ life at a graveside ceremony at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 5, at the Fly Creek Valley Cemetery on Cemetery Road in Fly Creek. The Rev. Sharon Rankins-Burd, pastor of Fly Creek United Methodist Church will officiate.
Donations in Phyllis’ name may be made to the Fly Creek Emergency Squad, P. O. Box 218, Fly Creek, NY 13337.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.
Heller & Skinner Funeral Home
155 Main Street Worcester, nY 607-397-9711 www.hellerskinnerfh.com
Proud to be family-owned John & Kathleen (Heller) Pietrobono
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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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Cabaret Night — a talent show and chicken dinner to raise money for scholarships for Cooperstown Central School Art students. The Friends of Music and Art, FOMA, was but one of her many cherished organizations. Annie was also a diva among divas for all the years back in Cooperstown, singing with the Fly Creek Philharmonic. She loved to sing with her friends. She included everyone, and excluded no one. Annie was predeceased by her older sister, Cynthia Stewart, and her father, Milo V. Stewart, Sr, of Cooperstown. She was survived by her mother, Ruth Stewart; her husband, Russell Honicker, her son, Weston Honicker and his fiancé Cady Kuzmich; sister Beth and her husband Jose Sola, and their sons Kyle, Troy, and Hunter; sister Sarah Stewart and Bobby Amore, and her son Noble Matson; brother
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CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Otsego Dance Society monthly contradance. Peter Blue calls, music by Uncle Joe and the Rosebud Ramblers. Suggested donation $8 adults, $ students, fee 12 and under. Presbyterian Church, corner Pioneer and Church Sts., Cooperstown. Info ^607) 9658232, 547-8164, www.otsegodancesociety.blogspot.com
Saturday, May 7
HARTWICK CLEANUP -- 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Town of Hartwick “Clean Sweep” day. Bring outdoor garbage, waste, unwanted items and recyclables to Hartwick Town Hall. Also roadside cleanup volunteers needed. For info or to volunteer, call Martha Clarvoe, (607) 293-6654, or Town Clerk Sarah McGuire, (607) 293-8123. SCOUT BOTTLE DRIVE -- 9 a.m.
Milo and his wife Jennifer Stewart, and their sons Henry and John; sister-in-law Jan and her husband Mark Michener, and their children Caitlin and Ian; brother-in-law Cliff Honicker and his wife Jackie Kittrell ,and their sons Myles, Beckett and Conrad Honicker. Annie requested donations in her memory be made to support CGP students during their summer internships. She had utmost respect for the director and staff of CGP, and would like all to contribute. Donations can be made to the Rural-Urban Partnership, an endowment for students at CGP. Checks payable to College at Oneonta Foundation, and mailed to Cooperstown Graduate Association, P.O. Box 4, Cooperstown, NY 13326.
A memorial gathering will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 15, at the Cooperstown Graduate Program.
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Troop 1254 invites Cooperstown residents to place clean returnable bottles & cans on curb or porch steps visible from street. Special pickups, questions, call Bruce at (607) 267-6730. FLY FISHING CLINIC -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Dave Brandt Chapter of Trout Unlimited hosts a one-day intro. $40 with discounts available; bring bag lunch. Hanford Mills Museum, 51 Cty. Hwy. 12, East Meredith. Register: Dave, (607-643-2004, or Jay at (908) 616-2102 SPRING FEST – 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Town of Butternuts 2nd Annual Spring Fest at Copes Corners Park. Festivities kick-off with the grand-re-opening of the park, flag ceremony and caretaker meet and greet. Family activities throughout the day include the Ross park Zoomobile, Zumba by Zoe, bonfire.Food, vendors, games. 6 p.m. concert by Tumbleweed Highway. 620 NY-51, Gilbertsville. Info, www.copescornerspark.org Info, Lynne Ohl, (607) 783-2518. Camping or pavilion reservations call Town Clerk, Jackie Foster, (607) 783-2905., www.copescornerspark.org
MAJOR’S INN OPEN HOUSE -- 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Open House, with free tours and refreshments. Tour historic 55-room 1897 Tudor Inn. The Major’s Inn, 104 Marion Ave.., Gilbertsville. Info, www. themajorsinn.com YAGER MUSEUM FAMILY DAY -- Noon-4 p.m. “Afternoon at the Museum: Family Fun Day at the Yager,” offers educational and hands-on activities for kids and their families. Dig for artifacts, create your own Pop Art photo prints, listen to Iroquois tales. Hartwick College, Oneonta. Info, www.hartwick.edu/museum or (607) 431-4423 MORE CALENDAR, B7
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 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
it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Joseph Norman at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6LegalMay26
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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: PO Box 800, Morris, NY 13808. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against
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. 6legalMay26
ann Louise Stewart
Sister Recalls John Playing Piano-Accordion At Home
LENNON/From B1
Now touring the states with The Mersey Beatles, Liverpool’s premier Beatles tribute band, Baird, who authored the book, “Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon,” is sharing the stories of their childhood with his fans.
Born in 1947, six years after John, to Julia Lennon and John Dykins, Baird remembers her mother teaching the future Beatle to play the piano-accordion, ukulele and the banjo. “We were a very noisy house!” said Baird. “He used to practice with his groups in the kitchen.”
Those first groups – Johnny & The Moondogs, Johnny & The Rainbows, Blackjack and, eventually, the Quarrymen – were the first inklings of The Beatles. “It’s hard to believe the Beatles started with a banjo, a washboard and bass made from a tea chest, some washline and a broom handle!” she said. “It was nothing like we think of The Beatles today!”
Around that time, John met Paul, who lived down the street. “John said he liked Paul because he looked like Elvis and could play ‘Long, Tall Sally,’ even though he couldn’t remember the words!” she said.
John and Paul’s first public show – as The Quarrymen – was in 1957 at the 750th anniversary of Liverpool’s founding, where they played on the back of a coal lorry. “My sister Jackie and I had gone on a Sunday school trip. And when she picked us up, we thought we’d just go home, but she took us into town to see John play,” she said. “It was so strange to see what had been played in the kitchen be played on the street!”
They were so young, she recalled, that Paul had to miss his first gig at the Cavern Club in 1961 because he was on a Scout trip.
And when Beatlemania first hit, Baird was less than thrilled by fan reactions to her brother’s shows. “In 1963, they were opening for Roy Orbison, and throughout his whole set, the girls were screaming for The Beatles!” she said. “I was hor-
rified. I had come to see Roy Orbison, and you couldn’t hear him sing. I didn’t like that, and neither did my brother.”
Another time, he brought her and Jackie to a show in London, but told her to stay in the wings to watch the set. “We saw that there were four rows of empty seats up front, so we went and sat in the second row,” she said. “But as soon as they came on stage, all the girls rushed to the front. There were no more empty rows, and no more Jackie and Julia! John turned from the mic, whispered ‘Go get them!’ to security, and we were pulled on stage and into the wings.”
When John moved to the U.S. in 1971, the two stayed in touch over the phone. “I asked him once what his favorite song was, and he said ‘Stand By Me’,” she said. “So I love hearing him sing that.”
He invited her to visit, but by then, she had two kids, Nicholas and Sara, (David was born in 1980) and was working as a special needs teacher and school psychologist. “When he asked me to come visit, I couldn’t go because my kids were in school, but I never thought…”
Lennon was killed by Mark David Chapman on Dec. 8, 1980. But she still sees his widow, Yoko Ono, at events in his honor, as well as Paul McCartney. “The Mersey Beatles & I saw him play at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, and I got backstage. He saw me and said, ‘It’s John’s little sister’!”
Now the director of Cavern City Tours in Liverpool, she became friends with the Mersey Beatles in 2004, and joined them on their tour to introduce them at shows and promote her book. And she enjoys meeting the fans whose lives her brother’s music touched. “We were just in DC, and across from the White House was a man with a tent that said, ‘Give Peace a Chance’,” she said. “I went over to him and said, ‘I’m John’s sister,’ and he said, ‘I can see that,’ and we had a hug.”
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO
Saturday, May 7
From B6
GARDEN PARTY -- 1-5 p.m.
Celebrate mom with a Garden Party at Hyde Hall. Free; all welcome. Tea & sweets in the dining room, presentation of new carpets, maypole dancing, book signing, dramatic readings, live music. Guided tours till 4 p.m. Learn about the new Hyde Hall Carpets! Guided tours from east portico until 4 p.m. Hyde Hall historic site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park Rd., Cooperstown.
HOMES FOR RENT
Beautiful 2BD, 2BA home in West Laurens. Wood stove, oversized 1 car garage and sits on 2 acres. No large dogs, no cats. Available May 1st. (607) 267-4214
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Available April, Spacious 3 or 4 BR, 2 Bath, Kitchen w/Island, Den, LivRm w/ Fireplace, Dining & FamRm w/ Pellet Stove, Enclosed Porch, Garage, 15 Acres, Located 3 Miles From Cooperstown. $1900. Mo. + utilities. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ (607) 2672683 (cell) TFN
OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT
Cooperstown multi-use commercial /w Main St. & Doubleday lot access. Optional 1st floor double retail space, outdoor courtyard. 2nd floor: 4 private rooms/ offices. Restrooms/central air/alarm/phone. Call to discuss ideas/options. Kathy Fistrowicz 607-267-2683 TFN
Oneonta Retail Space For Lease! Over 8,000 square
feet of space featuring loading dock with overhead door and warehouse area, plus a light and bright retail space second to none in the downtown lower hub of the city. $2950 per month. Call Benson Agency Real
Info, www.hydehall.org, (607)
547-5098.
AUTHOR VISIT -- 1 p.m. Gwen Cooper, best-selling author of “Homer’s Odyssey A Fearless Feline Tale” appears in benefit for Susquehanna Animal Shelter. $10 suggested donation. Country Inn & Suites, Rte. 28, just south of Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547.8111
PAINT & SIP -- 2-4 p.m.
Mother’s Day paint & Sip. $35 per person includes one glass of wine or cider (more available for purchase), hors d’oeuvres, art lesson and supplies. CANO, Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, registration, (607) 432-2070, CANOneonta.org
SOUP! – 11 a.m.-2 p.m., “Second Sunday Soup,” serving homemade hot soup every 2nd Sunday of month. All welcome, donations appreciated. Schuyler Lake United Methodist Church, Church St., Schuyler Lake.
