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Joanna Foti, Jenn Jelic and Erin Wolstenholme cheer their team in the seven inning as the Yellowjackets state finals’ victory seems inevitable.
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Oneonta’s Anna Delberta leads Lovey Dovey during a break at The Farmers’ Museum 16th annual Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 10, at Iroquois Farm, Cooperstown. Mom Jenny Koehn, Oneonta, makes sure daughter Adella is safe in the saddle.
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f you see five dozen canoes floating down the Susquehanna through Oneonta Friday, June 15, it will likely be the first leg – Cooperstown to Sidney – of the 444-mile annual Susquehanna Sojourn. Hosted by the Headwaters River Trail Partnership, the Sojourn canoeists are due to camp overnight Thursday at Fortin Park, feasting on Brooks BBQ, then portage the Oneonta Dam first thing Friday. It began Wednesday on Otsego Lake and ends at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Sidney.
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After the last pitch assured victory, Matt Horne (2) signals the OHS varsity baseball team is Number One after its 2-0 victory over Briarcliff to win its first Class B state title Saturday, June 9, at Binghamton’s Conlon Field. In the background, Coach Joe Hughes and his coaching team pump up cheering fans.
Years Of Playing Together Molded Winning Team By ADRIAN ADAMO
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OPEN AGAIN: All levels of the parking garage is now open. HEEGAN WELCOME: The Otsego County Chamber is inviting businesspeople to meet its new executive director, Barbara Ann Heegan, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at the Holiday Inn. NEIGHBORS GATHER: A Wards 7 and 8 neighborhood meeting is planned at 7 p.m. Monday, June 18, in City Hall’s Council Chambers. County Rep. Kay Stuligross and Council Members Bob Brzozowski and Chip Holmes will preside.
hen it was over, all of us parents were just looking at one another,” begins Lynda Calkins, mother of Michael Calkins,
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who hit a stunning fourth-inning home run in the game that won the OHS Yellowjackets the Class B state championship. “It was such a moment of realization, of how amazing these young men are.” The Yellowjackets took down Section One’s Briarcliff in a swift defeat
in the state championships Saturday, June 9, at Binghamton’s Conlon Field. It is the school’s first state championship in that sport. The team is comprised of 11 seniors and four juniors, most of whom have known each other their entire lives. Please See CHAMPS, A8
‘Student Question’ Still Central To Redistricting By JIM KEVLIN
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n 1976, Oneonta’s powers-that-be were still reeling from discord that erupted locally (and throughout the U.S.) during the Vietnam War.
The war was over, but the anti-war protests – at the peak, a human chain blocked traffic at Dietz and Main – were still fresh in people’s minds. Graduations had been disrupted – and Common Council meetings, too, as activists lobbied the aldermen to
call for an immediate pullout of GIs from Southeast Asia. That was the fear 36 years ago, the fear of disruption, when a redistricting commission – like the one Common Council appointed Tuesday, June 5 – began its deliberations, David W. Brenner,
one of the deans of Otsego County politics, recounted the other day. “People didn’t know how to handle (such dissent),” said Brenner, a SUNY Oneonta dean then representing the city on the county Board Pleases See MAP, A9
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HOMETOWN People CLEINMAN FUNDS CURTIS PARK RESTORATION
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wo SUNY Oneonta police officers will receive heroism awards from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators for rescuing an 81-year-old man who accidentally Leonard drove his car into a pond on campus last fall. Sgt. Nathaniel Leonard and Officer Christopher Skovira will receive the annual Award for Valor Saturday, June 16, at the association’s annual conference in Reno, Nev. Last Nov. 10, 2011, the
officers arrived at the pond near the Hunt College Union to hear pounding from inside the sinking car, Leonard jumped into the pond with a baton and a flotation device, swam to the car, smashed the back Skovira window and pulled out the trapped motorist. Skovira untangled the rope attached to the flotation device and pulled the pair to safety. Leonard and the victim experienced hypothermia from being in the near-freezing water and were treated at Fox Hospital.
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Seward’s The Only One (Read On). Let’s Pick On Somebody Else
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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, is taking it from all sides all of sudden. From the Tea Party: Jim Blake, who may force a Republican primary for the first time since Seward was elected in 1986, was acclaimed at the Tea Party annual gathering at River Valley New Holland in April. From Sustainable Otsego: Adrian Kuzminski, the SO able moderator, said the organization is intrigued by yet another Democratic candidate from Tompkins County, who probably never heard of Fly Creek or Roseboom or East Worcester. And then that letter to the editor in another publication the other day, well, enough. All this animus is misplaced. Politically, James L. Seward is the best thing Otsego County has going for it. • Every other elected official above the county level is from somewhere other than here. At least Richard Hanna, the incumbent congressman now living in Barneveld, north of Utica, had lived on the shores of Otsego Lake for a few years, but he’s been redistricted out of the county altogether. The three
By party registration and inclination, Seward is a conservative. He has viewed the economic downturn since 2008 as an opportunity to pare state government. While that’s contrary to the view of this publication – please, let’s delay further pain until an economic rebound – that’s certainly in synch with Chuck Pinkey and the rest of the Tea Partiers. More generally, fracking politics has skewed self-inJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal terest, and this is taking us He’s everywhere. Here, state Sen. Jim Seward, in several wrong directions. R-Milford, pauses to look at a wall of class phoLocal Republicans have tos at the grand opening of the Worcester Central developed a laughable School addition in mid-May. party line: Fracking will be decided at the state level, so candidates running to repre- ments of eight other counwe should trust the DEC. sent the county in the new ties. Seward’s residence 19th are from elsewhere (Milford), and his natal city This is the pro-business GOP, saying let’s trust the – the Republican, Chris (Oneonta), and Cooperstate Department of EnviGibson, is from Kinderstown are the geographic ronmental Conservation. hook; Democrat Joel Tyner center. No kidding. The electorate is from Dutchess County, If anything, our county didn’t buy it, and last Noand Tyner’s Democratic committees, with the supprimary foe, Julian Schreib- port of the rest of us, should vember Republican districts elected two anti-fracking man, is from Ulster. be focused on developing Democrats, John Kosmer, The county has been split homegrown candidates for Fly Creek, in the 8th, and into four Assembly districts, Congress and the state AsBeth Rosenthal, Roseboom, and no one from Otsego sembly, and give Seward a in the 9th. The local GOP County is running for any of break. (Richie Abbate, the – and Seward – should drop those seats. Cooperstown Democratic that charade. Seward, in part because chairman, is expert in this, Anti-fracking Sustainable of his seniority and his and has recently been elOtsego can rightly claim clout, has been able to creevated to the county Demosome credit for Kosmer and ate an Otsego-centric state crats’ executive committee Rosenthal’s election, as well Senatorial District, the 51st – good news all around.) as the dozen anti-frackers . It’s all Otsego, plus frag• elected to local offices. But
by yet again supporting some Democrat from elsewhere who has little knowledge of this neighborhood, SO’s own charade – that it is non-partisan – will likewise ring hollow. • Seward’s natural conservatism means he is comfortable temperamentally with the Home Rule doctrine, the basis for anti-fracking measures in the towns of Middlefield, Cherry Valley, Springfield, Otsego and Butternuts. Seward has introduced legislation in Albany that he says is designed to affirm Home Rule and protect towns like Middlefield from the cost of defending their bans in court against the well-financed natural-gas industry. Maybe that was the original intent but, months later, Seward’s bill is tied up in committee; since he’s in a position to help control the flow of legislation in the state Senate, this means he doesn’t want it to move. His spokesman, Jeff Bishop, said the first round of court decisions affirming bans means Home Rule is the law of the land, but that ignores the original intent of the bill – to protect towns’ coffers. Meanwhile, the Oneonta-based Citizen Voices pro-business group, which
should be Seward’s natural ally, has hammered the Home Rule bill, and claimed credit that it seems to be bottled up. This is also wrongheaded. Because this is still a non-negotiable for everyone: If fracking can’t be done safely, it shouldn’t be done at all, period, Home Rule bill or not. • This is not a premature endorsement of Seward. The campaign is ahead, and arguments against him are yet to be marshaled. That said, our veteran senator is smart – of course, he’s a Hartwick College grad – experienced, hard working, flexible, attentive to his constituents and accessible to all. Lately, his Economic Development Summit and the resulting initiatives are commendable, potential game changers. Absent some unforeseeable scandal, it’s hard to imagine that when November comes around any serious argument will surface that he should be replaced. Regardless, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, deserves the respect and appreciation earned by a quarter-century of looking out for his home county’s best interests. Let’s give him that.
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Help Welcome New Otsego Chamber Executive To the Editor: The Otsego County Chamber will hold an official welcome reception for our new executive director, Barbara Ann Heegan, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 20. This reception will take place at the Holiday Inn on the Southside of Oneonta. In addition, the Otsego County Chamber will be kicking off its business anniversary celebration, “Marking 27 Years of Service and Loyalty to Otsego County Businesses.” The chamber invites you to share your
business anniversary date that will be displayed in the next newsletter and to bring a commemorative item that represents your business to be displayed in the Otsego County Chamber office at 189 Main St., Oneonta. The reception will have complimentary hors d’oeuvres, accordian music by John Michael Zov and a cash bar. With a new executive director, new membership referral program, and our chamber anniversary of 27 years, we have a lot to celebrate at this welcome reception. We invite all businesses to
attend and learn about the benefits of joining the Otsego County Chamber at our membership concierge table available at this event, and we hope everyone enjoys this key networking function. To learn more about the Otsego County Chamber or to set up an appointment to meet Barbara Ann, please call 432-4500 or visit us at www. otsegocountychamber.com ROXANA L. HURLBURT Chairperson Otsego County Chamber
State Can Regulate How To Drill. Towns Can Regulate Where To the Editor: Not really sure who “James Blake” is. A new one on me. But what he doesn’t know about Home Rule is a lot. Fact is that Home Rule – a town’s use of its land ordinances – applies in every state in the United States, except where the gas companies have bought off the state government: case in point, Pennsylvania. It certainly applies in every state where the major gas companies are from – Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, etc. And, per the Middlefield and Dryden court decisions, it applies in
New York State as well. The proposed Seward clarification on the wording would make the New York statute no different than other Red states out West. Governor Rick Perry would sign such a bill into law, a fact that seems lost on some local fracking promoters – like Mr. Blake’s wife Uni, a former consultant to Gastem, a Canadian penny stock company that breezed through here a year or so ago prospecting for shale gas, and now a writer for Energy In Depth, a fracking PR group. Frankly, the belated and apparently bumbling ap-
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pearance of Mr. Blake is a testimony to Jim Seward’s standing with his constituents. Senator Seward’s staunch support of Home Rule would get him elected in any state senate seat west of the Mississippi – and most of them east of it as well. Home Rule is the mu-
nicipal equivalent of State’s Rights. Those powers not explicitly granted to the state devolve to the municipality. The law is clear: the state can regulate how a gas well is drilled. A town can regulate where. In New York as it is in Texas. CHIP NORTHRUP Cooperstown
Reaction To Hazing Perplexes To the Editor: I’ve been perplexed by the hazing case. Throughout, the stance of our district attorney has been dismissive, shrugging it off with a “we’ve got bigger fish to fry.” Well, to me, the particular case in question has sounded an awful lot like sexual assault – albeit of a rather unusual sort – and that’s no minnow. Evidently, as long as such actions fall under the banner of “hazing,” just about anything goes, even up to and including robbing someone’s life. ( I know of a hazing in which a college freshman, eager to join a certain fraternity, was forced to down an entire fifth of scotch, and this landed him in the morgue).
It may very well be that those responsible for this assault had themselves been subjected to similar treatment. If so, why hasn’t any of them found the courage to cry foul, instead of cravenly perpetuating this nasty and harmful practice? Especially troubling is, since the blame for such collective rogueries is shared among sundry persons, no one individual feels particularly culpable. Group conscience is no conscience. If hazing can’t actually be outlawed, might it at least be regulated in some way, so that there are clear margins as to what’s fair and what’s foul – and therefore subject to prosecution? MARY M. WEINBERGER Cooperstown
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’m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.” I expect that you have heard this recent statement from one of our leading Presidential candidates. Yes, we do have a safety net there – and, to date, we have been reasonably successful in maintaining it. In Otsego County alone last year, 1,574 families were protected from the cold through HEAP benefits; 737 children maintained adequate nutrition through WIC; over 200 families, otherwise homeless, were provided with a roof over their heads by Opportunities for Otsego; 484 poor families and their young children were provided with free education and mentoring through Head Start; and Food Stamps, combined with faith-based efforts, worked to alleviate hunger for thousands. Statistically, a family of four which earns less than $23,050 is considered to be living in poverty. In Otsego County, 16 percent of our population meet that criteria. In a recent column, Patrick Buchanan triumphantly declared that “America’s poor enjoy amenities almost no one had in the 1950s” – citing that most poor Americans today own a refrigerator, a stove, a TV and a DVD player. Material amenities were, perhaps, a valid indicator of well-being in the 1950s. Not so today, when the poor may have access to cheap electronics – but are no longer able to have access to opportunities. Can a country where 93 percent of all income increases last year went to the
top 1 percent of the population still be called the Land of Opportunity? Material possessions, often made in China, have become easier to afford; while the cost of opportunities are slipping out of the reach of many Americans. The inability to afford college tuitions, decreased availability of financial aid, unaffordable transportation, and spiraling health costs hinder many of today’s families from accessing opportunities. Children forced to move multiple times each year, as their parents strive to stay ahead of eviction, are unlikely to succeed in school. Right here in Otsego County, the school district with the highest percentage of children living in poverty had a 2010 graduation rate of 63 percent, while the district with the lowest percentage of poor families had a graduation rate of 84 percent. More than ever, Opportunities for Otsego is challenged to live up to its name. Instead of handouts, we concentrate on identifying opportunities and preparing families to be able to take advantage of opportunities when they do arise. We measure our success by how many lives we have helped to change – not by how many people we have served. With diminishing public resources, our staff is challenged to be more creative and entrepreneurial – all with a laser-like focus on the first word in our name – opportunities! Gary Herzig is COO of Opportunities for Otsego.
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History
Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library
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The Local News – In noting last week some of the greater improvements to be made in Oneonta this year, we said nothing of one of the most noteworthy among them all – the increase in the water supply in the village. Not many of our people, we opine, have an adequate conception of the extent of the work now being done, nor of the great advantage its consummation will be to the village. An abundant supply of pure water with no fear of a shortage even in the severest drought is a Godsend to any community. And this is just what Oneonta will soon be the happy possessor of. The contract for building the Delaware & Otsego railroad from Hobart to the Oneonta line has been let to Curran & Dockstater, and work is to begin at once. Mr. Cornell writes that if the people of Oneonta will raise $150 to defray a portion of the expense, he will immediately send to Oneonta a corps of engineers to make a map and estimate the cost of the road from the town line to this village. The Delaware & Otsego railroad is to be extended to this village in the near future, the company only requiring that the right-of-way shall be furnished by the people of Oneonta. June 1887
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Evidence was uncovered Monday by Fire Chief Crotty after two months of persistent effort and careful investigation of the Broad Street fire Easter night last which warranted the arrest of Mary Abounader, known as Mary Koury, and Moses Koury, charged with arson in the first degree in connection with the mysterious fire which broke out in front of the candy and cigar store conducted by the woman at 32 Broad Street on Sunday evening, April 7, Easter night. The lives of a dozen sleeping inmates of the building, some of whom were aged and crippled, were endangered by the fire, several of them narrowly escaping suffocation and being assisted from the burning building by firemen and policemen. June 1912
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Emphasizing the need for principles, faith and obedience, Dr. O.M. Norlie, retiring Dean of Hartwick College, was heard in the first baccalaureate sermon to the members of the first graduating class of the college at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday evening. The church was filled to capacity. Opening with the processional to the strains of the organ played by Dr. Matthew N. Lundquist, to which the members of the faculty, board of trustees and graduates marched into the church, a hymn “Praise to the Lord, fol-
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the quadrangle behind Oneonta State’s fine arts and administration buildings, instead were moved inside the fine arts building. Nevertheless, a throng of people turned out, included busloads of area students. Co-chairs for the festival were Dorothy and Leonard Ryndes. June 1972
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Six Oneonta area residents, all members of the Foothills 14, an anti-nuclear weapons activist group, were arrested in New York City on Monday during organized mass protests calling for disarmament. The local contingent joined about 1,600 other anti-nuclear protesters in the city. They were arrested along with hundreds of other protesters when they blockaded the United Nations mission doors of France. Ticketed and charged with disorderly conduct were Jim Everts, Daniel Birenbaum, Helen Friedman, Jennifer Bernet, Charmi Miller, and Valentine Green. June 1982
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A federal agency has granted $115,000 to the State University College at Oneonta for an education program directed by three local professors – James Ebert of the SUCO Earth Sciences Department, Reuben James of the Physics and Astronomy Department and Lawrence Heldman of the June 1952 Education Department. The program, titled “Reinforcing and Expanding a Statewide Network of Regional Teacherlowed. The academic procession marched from 17 Maple Mentors in Earth Science and Physics.” This year, 70 Street, the home of Dr. Charles W. Leitzell, president of the secondary school teachers across the state will participate in college, to the church. Rev. P.M. Luther, field secretary of the mid-July training session. The teachers will update acathe college, presided. In his talk, Dr. Norlie said: Four years demic knowledge and teaching skills so they can become ago on this day there were no teachers or students here, mentors in their home schools and areas. no buildings or equipment, no accreditation or standing June 1992 anywhere for Hartwick. Today, Hartwick is a high class accredited college with a graduating class of 73, 37 men and 36 women.” On Friday, the U.S. postal service will issue a stamp that June 1932 honors Oneonta native Carleton Emmons Watkins known locally as a premier landscape photographer. The Watkins stamp is part of a 20-stamp block titled “Masters of AmeriThe three-day Festival of the Arts, which ended Saturday can Photography. The 37-cent stamps can only be purwith a massive demonstration of area arts and crafts, drew chased by the sheet which costs $7.40 and accommodates upwards of 10,000 people according to unofficial estimates. a three cent first class postage price increase effective at The program was the second annual festival sponsored by the end of June. Other photographers featured in the set are the Upper Catskill Community of the Arts council. The Walker Evans, Ansel Adams, Minor White and Dorothea high-point of the three-day program, Saturday’s demonLange. Watkins’ photo stamp is titled “Cape Horn, Columstrations and exhibits, was dampened somewhat by high bia River and was taken in 1867. winds and unseasonably cool temperatures amid the threat June 2002 of rain. The exhibits, which had been slated for display on
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Excitement reigned, and Ben Payton, followed by Ben Moxley and Jon Vega, was among the players and fans jumping for joy. Karen Telarico and other fans and moms click to capture the awards ceremony.
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Kaleb Valk and daughter Kalei, 11, let out a whoop as the Oneonta Yellowjackets clinched a 2-0 victory over Briarcliff to win the Class B state baseball championship Saturday, June 9, in Binghamton. Valk is a modified baseball coach, and the team included many of his former players.
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last game of the season, as the players backed each other up and cheered each other on throughout each inning – from pitcher Ben Moxley’s impressive overall four-hitter to Michael Calkins’ fourth-inning home run, or the outstanding defensive plays by Mark Giallanzo, David Wright, Conor Youngs and Ben Payton. “That sort of cohesiveness takes time,” said Hughes. “That certainly was on display this weekend, when many stepped up and played a great game.” The game finished with a 2-0 victory, securing the championship, which sent families, friends, and fans alike streaming to congratulate the players. “Looking over, you wouldn’t know who’s kid was who’s,” said Calkins. “Every parent was hugging every kid and vice versa. You could see it on all of the player’s faces. For them, it’s
not just about baseball. They are a family.” But just like any family, they have their own disagreements. “Red Sox versus Yankees!” laughed Calkins. “They are more competative about that than they are about playing!” “But they are just the kindest group of guys,” she continues. “It was always an ‘us’ factor. I don’t think I ever heard an ‘I’ statement from this team. They have such a great respect for each other. It doesn’t matter the scoreboard at the end of the game. They have each other’s backs.” As for Lynda Calkins and the rest of the families of the players, taking home the championship was a moment of celebration, but of nostalgia as well. “After the game, all the boys were collecting the dirt from the field to bottle up and keep with them, and some of the moms and I couldn’t help but think back to t-ball when they were digging in the dirt. It was such an adorable moment, thinking, here they are accomplishing their dreams, and they’re playing in the dirt again. “Could it be any more fun than that?”
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The 1976 redistricting had been prompted by another set of circumstances: At the time, the city had six wards and four county representatives – three
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What if they elected a radical to Common Council? And so, Brenner said, the commission drew the eight wards in an Nader elongated way, putting one of the dormitories at SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College into seven different wards. Problem solved. Solved for 36 years, that is. When the new commission convenes at 5 p.m., Tuesday, June 19, to revisit redistricting, as required every 10 years in the new City Charter voters approved last November, the issue of students “looms largest,” said Paul Scheele, a retired SUNY Oneonta poly-sci professor who will serve on that panel. “What was done earlier,” said Scheele, “was: We want the students to be included, but we will divide them among the wards ... I can see the reasoning. They wanted the students included, but they didn’t want them dominating city politics.” He continued: “An alternative view would be to say: Let’s give them a district; let’s give them a ward. I’m not saying that’s my position; I’m saying that’s an alternative way to approach things.” Best-case scenario,
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Tastfully renovated!! 4 BRs, 2 baths, beautiful fireplace, hardwood floors, built in book shelves, large master bedroom, fenced in yard with garage. $169,900 #84596 Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Lic. Assoc.Broker John Mitchell, Lic. Assoc. Broker Stephen Baker,Lic. Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant
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COOPERSTOWN AREA 2 FAMILY HOMES Investment Opportunity Priced to Sell! Both apartments feature 2 bedrooms, eat in kitchens, living rooms and baths.Sunny downstairs apartment has back yard door access to sun deck and large fenced in backyard. Ample parking & walking distance to downtown & Bassett Hospital, with a great rental history. Price Reduced $149,500.00. Located in a terrific location, close to Cooperstown, Baseball Dreams Park and Glimmerglass Opera, this 2 family property is suitable for many situations. Renting out for Dreams Park Rental for 13 week season at $1250/week, a live in and rent out 2nd unit to help pay mortgage, and a 100 % investment which would bring about $1250/month on a year round basis. Listing Price: $149,000 MLS# 84452 Dave LaDuke Broker 435-2405; Mike Winslow Broker 435-0183; Tony Gambino 516-384-0095; Rob Lee 434-5177; Mike Swatling 435-6454; Joe Valette 437-5745; Laura Coleman 437-4881
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Recently renovated and updated, this 3 bedroom home is ready for immediate occupancy. It is located on a quiet country road, 2 ½ miles from the center of the village. New front deck for sitting and enjoying the sounds of summer! Large side and rear yard. Newly redone full bath; ½ bath on the first floor. Living room, dining room and den on the first floor. New appliances. Buy now and take advantage of low interest rates while they last. Call for an appointment to see this country home.
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(7590) Budget-smart, 2-bedroom Ranch with lovely valley view. Intriguing, well-kept residence boasting an airy & open plan, deck, hardwood flooring, gas fireplace and dining room, circular drive. Winter-haven sun room. Garage. Neat retreat for a demanding buyer! (7546) Nearly-new 3BR/2BA with 50’ of lakefront and wide-span 4 miles from Cooperstown. Cooperstown Schools Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $198,500 views. Enchanting features, including butternut flooring, hand hewn beamed ceilings, ceramic tile baths. Custom kitchen with oak cabinets, Fireside benefits. Welcoming 1 bedroom separate Gothic inspired guest house, Large view deck w/ hot tub, Lake shed w/ elec., 300 gal fuel tank, 2 boat lifts, dock for 9 boats, concrete sea wall, parking for 4 cars. Cooperstown Schools. A gracious setting and so much more! Hubbell’s Exclusive $625,000
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(7589) Partake of the delights in this superbly-kept 3-bedroom home. The many extras include formal dining room, hardwood flooring, Modern kitchen. Garage, rocking-chair front porch. Near shops, lake, and golf course. Will capture your fancy! Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $299,000
Main Street Cooperstown (6447) Business block on Main Street. Four 2 BR apartments. 2 commercial spaces. 2,500 sq ft total commercial space. New windows, new hot water furnace. Storage space in cellar. Well-kept stone and brick building. Good income producer. Hubbell’s Exclusive $525,000 Cooperstown Otsego Lake Lot (7185) Lake View vistas! Last of the lake lots in the Village. 100’ of lake privileges directly in front. Beautiful beach and dock area. Village water & sewer hook-ups. Good road access. Once in a lifetime opportunity to build the house of your dreams. Hubbell’s Exclusive $225,000
(7572) Settle down in quiet elegance, or entertain vibrantly, in this dazzling 3BR/3+BA residence with great Red Creek valley views. Moravian tiled fireplace. Custom kitchen with granite counter top & breakfast nook, formal dining room, den. Main-level Master Bedroom. Radiant-floor heating, Additional outdoor Wood furnace, thermal glass, cherry flooring. Large view front porch. 2 car garage w/studio apartment. 2 miles from Cooperstown. Gracious styling and superb features. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Exclusive. $519,000
Whether you plan to put your home on the market next week or next year, here is a short list of home maintenance items you should put on your spring to-do list: 1. Banish chips, scuffs and the like with a fresh coat of paint. 2. Brighten, polish and replace all trims. 3. Replace furry, drippy, noisy or broken HVAC systems. 4. Mend and tend to your fences, gates and screens. 5. Fix doors, cupboards and drawers. 6. Have everything cleaned and washed. 7. Get rid of old papers and shred anything with sensitive information.
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(7122) A real tempter w/ 50’ of private lake frontage with sweeping views. You will love the charm of this unusual, 2-bedroom Cottage. Ideal features include bright & open layout, woodstove, and storage shed. Some new windows, knotty pine paneling, gas heat. Large lake view deck. New septic. Parking for 3-4 cars. Well-maintained. Priced lower than assessment. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive. $195,000
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