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Bernie Williams’ “Go For It” and “Ritmo de Otono” have made it to the top of the Jazz Contemporary charts.
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neonta High School seniors, top photo, from left, – Sophia Konstantine, Patsie Richardson, Matt Coville, Alexis DiBartolomeo and Madison Beckemeyer – step out to “Cotton-Eyed Joe” at the Holiday Inn/ Southside, where the senior prom was held Thursday, June 20, two days before graduation.
‘ONLY ONEONTA’: The Oneonta Jobs Corps planned to announce its “Only Oneonta” campaign at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 27, before the Oneonta Outlaws’ game at Damaschke Field. Job Corps’ director Chris Kuhn will throw out the first pitch. Enjoy the game, courtesy the Jobs Corps. START-UP NY: State Environmental Facilities Corp. President/CEO Matthew Driscoll held a local briefing at SUNY Oneonta’s Hunt Union Tuesday, June 25, on Governor Cuomo’s Start-Up NY program. $6,000 AWARDED: The Continental Pipeline Co. has awarded community grants of $1,000 for the 2013 Mayor’s Cup Soccer Tournament, and $5,000 for a fitness center floor at the Oneonta Boys & Girls Club.
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my Hait, left, Class of 2013 valedictorian, was one of two mace bearers – the other, Cami Cleaveland – who led classmates onto the stage at OHS’ Belden Auditorium on the morning of Saturday, June 22. For the first time in years, female grads wore white gowns, much more flattering than the gold that counterbalanced with the boys’ blue.
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Janet Quackenbush Runs Schwerd, Miller Of A Mind On To Succeed Rich Murphy Semi-Private Job-Growth Entity Veteran Oneonta Board Member Looks To County
Board member, is seeking the Republican nomination for JAZZ AT MARKET: eeking “betthe Otsego County The New York Summer ter choices” Board of RepresentaMusic Festival Faculty Brass for her two tives’ District 4. Quintet will perform 10:30- daughters and their The seat is being va11:30 a.m. Saturday, June Quackenbush generation, Janet cated after three terms 29, at the Oneonta Farmers Hurley-Quackenbush, the by Rich Murphy, a Market on Muller Plaza/ veteran Oneonta Town Please See RACE, A9 PHOTO, A3 By JIM KEVLIN
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list of talking points fleshing out the initial conversations. And Schwerd planned to press for a meeting between the IDA (Industrial Development Agency), with as many county representatives in attendance as possible, when the IDA met Thursday, June 27. Tentatively, she said, it would make sense to schedule such a meeting after the county board’s July Please See JOBS, A9
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arbara Ann Heegan, executive director of the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce, will be teaching the first class of the new “Campus Otsego” courses, BIT 270, Personal and Professional Development. The three-credit course is a new offering from Broome County Community College in Binghamton and will focus on soft skills, including personal direction, discovering personal and professional strengths, setting and achieving goals, understanding self-esteem, learning to think critically, the power of motivation, defining and visualizing NAITO LAUDED: Chiharu Naito, Oneonta, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., at their 82nd Undergraduate Commencement on May 19.
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“These are skills employers are looking for across the board,” said Heegan. The class will meet from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings from July 8 to August 15 at the Foothills Performing Arts Center, 21 Market St., Oneonta. For more information including registration, tuition and fees, visit www. sunybroome.edu/bit270 or call BCC Admissions at 778-5001.
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Thursday June 27
MUSIC SERIES -- 7 p.m. Just Throw Money. Bandstand, Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6450.
Friday, June 28
MEDITATION -- 11 a.m. Matthew Zalichin teaches on Pema Chodron’s book “Start Where You Are.” Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center, 412 Glimmerglen Rd., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-5051. ART RECEPTION -- 5:30-7 p.m. Members’ Reception. Celebrate the opening of Fenimore Art Museum’s feature exhibition, “The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision,” and enjoy “The Wyeths: A Family Legacy” and “Splendidly Dressed: American Indian Robes & Regalia.” The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Hwy. 80 (Lake Rd.), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1400, www. fenimoreartmuseum.org CONCERT -- 6:30 p.m. The Mavericks. $45 gold, $35 silver, $25 bronze seating. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontatheatre.com MUSICAL-- 7 p.m. Sing a Song of Broadway presents “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4102. THEATER -- 8 p.m. “Village Wooing” and “A Door Must Be Kept Open or Shut.” Also, Saturday, 2 p.m, 8 p.m. Sunday, 5 p.m. Reservations recommended. Franklin Stage Company, 25 Institute St., Franklin. Info, reservations, (607) 829-3700.
Saturday, June 29
COOP FARMERS MARKET -- 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Pioneer Alley, rain or shine. Info, (607) 547-6195, www.otsego2000.org ONEONTA FARMERS’ MARKET -- 9 a.m.-2 p.m. NYSMF Faculty Brass to play. Main St. Plaza. Info, www.Oneontafarmersmarket.com SURVIVAL SKILLS -- 9-3 p.m. Learn to survive in the wilderness with Friends of Glimmerglass State Park. Kids 10 +. $15 4-H member, $20 non-member. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown, Info, Registration, (607) 547-2536. EXHIBIT OPENING -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “The Hudson River School: Nature and the American Vision.” The Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 State Hwy. 80 (Lake Rd.), Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1400, www.fenimoreartmuseum.org FARM WEEKEND -- 10 a.m.5 p.m. “Step Back in Time Weekend -- Our Fabulous Farm Animals.” Also. Sunday. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 St. Rte. 80 Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1450, www.farmersmuseum.org BOOK FAIR -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 19th Annual Cooperstown Antiquarian Book Fair. Dozens of dealers in antiquarian books, maps, prints & paper ephemera. Admission $4. The Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Rd. 52 Cooperstown, (607) 547-2800 Info, Ed Brodzinsky, (607) 6389962, Willis Monie, (800) 3222995. E-mail atelier@oecblue. com BOOK SIGNING -- Noon. Tom Acitelli signs copies of his book, “The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution.” Brewery Ommegang, 656 Cty. Hwy. 33, Cooperstown. Info, jwilliams@ipgbook.com. TOT TROT -- 4 p.m. Race for ages 2-12 to benefit the Angel Network. The Clark Sports Center Fields, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, cooperstownangel@yahoo.com. THEATER -- 4 p.m. Sing a Song of Broadway presents “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4102. DINNER -- 5 -7 p.m. Lasagna dinner to benefit Christine Eldred. Morris Fire Station. Info, (607) 263-2267. MUSIC -- 6 p.m. Restless & Relentless Tour featuring Spies Like Us, Thoughts and Reverse, It Lives it Breathes, Perpetual Burn, Burden of Atlas and Awaiting Plague. $9 advance, $12 door. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontatheatre.com. JAZZ GALA-- 8 p.m. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band play at a “Nawlins”-themed gala. West Kortright Center, 49 W. Kortright Church Rd., East Meredith. Info, (607) 287-5454.
Sunday June 30
FARM WEEKEND -- 10 a.m.-5 p.m. “Step Back in Time Weekend -- Our Fabulous Farm Animals.” The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 St. Rte. 80 Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1450, www. farmersmuseum.org THEATER -- 1 p.m. Sing a Song of Broadway presents “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.” First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4102.
Monday July 1
GALLERY OPENING -- 5-7 p.m. Revisionary: Saturated Mindscapes opens with music by John Gil Ensemble. Refreshments. Smithy Pioneer Gallery, 55 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8671.
Tuesday, July 2
MEETING -- 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Coffee with Common Council. Collage Food Boutique, Shops at Ford and Main, Oneonta. STORYTIME -- 10:30 a.m. Active family story hour in the Filer’s Corners Shoolhouse. Perfect for pre-schoolers through first grade, with a grown-up. The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 St. Rte. 80 Cooperstown, NY 13326. Info, (607) 547-1450, www. farmersmuseum.org COOP FARMERS MARKET -- Noon-5 p.m. Pioneer Alley. Info, (607) 547-6195, www. otsego2000.org,
Bring yoga mat, beach towel or lawn chair, wear loose-fitting clothing. $5. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 Cty. Hwy. 31, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5478662. THEATER -- 8 p.m. “Village Wooing” and “A Door Must Be Kept Open or Shut.” 8 p.m. through Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. Reservations recommend-
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t was an emotional moment, and many attendees at Milford Central School’s graduation Friday, June 21, had to swallow hard to keep tears in check. Elijah Coley, valedictorian, told how his senior year, one he expected to be full of joy and expectation, began with a knock on the door by what turned out to be Homeland Security agents. They arrested his father on a 20-year-old warrant – issued a full decade before 9/11 ratcheted up our national xenophobia – on an immigration irregularity. Instead of savoring 12th grade, Elijah found himself in a Buffalo courtroom listening to his father defend himself against deportation. Defending the father was expensive, and at one point in the year Elijah and his mother broke down, tearfully accepting that the boy’s dream of higher education might now be dashed. As Elijah recounted it, this story had a happy ending. The MCS community stepped up and, through scholarships funded over the years by multiple community members and organizations, ensured the top scholar of the Class of 2013 can continue to seek his
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Valedictorian Elijah Coley and School Superintendent Peter Livshin exchange winning smiles at Milford Central’s graduation Friday, June 21.
dream. Elijah is on track to attend RPI this fall. And, even better, Elijah’s dad was seated in the front row, witnessing his son’s moment of elation and honor. • There’s something special about Milford Central’s annual celebration, an aggregation of many nice touches.
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There are always lots of hugs. And lots of good humor and heartfelt sentiment. The faculty sits as a unit, to one side of the dais, with teachers often dabbing a damp eye. Message: We’re there, and we care. The recitation of scholarships, routine and dreary at most commencements, always turns up a memorable moment: This year, it
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at Oneonta High School, our children is learning. Our children is the future. As Shelby Cleaveland the magnificent indicated, we have done some pretty nifty things and have great potential to would like to amaze. remind my Most of us sitting parents how up on this stage are much they love elated that we are me and treasure finally done, but my existence and there is that trace apologize for writof concern that we ing a completely will miss all this. different speech Amy Hait surIt is a scary world than the one I let prises mom, you read. So when dad and every- out there. It’s just hitting me that there this ceremony is one else. are no lunch ladies over, if I ask you if when you live on your own. my speech is excellent will I tried to make a waffle the your answer be the same as other day and most of it is the answer to this question? (Yeah, take a minute to wrap still in the waffle iron. A lunch lady would make a your head around that one.) perfect waffle for me in 30 We have been awaiting seconds for a dollar. I know this day since we entered it is tough to face the reality these halls as timid freshthat we are going have to men. Most of us felt like make our own food. this day would never come And though living on our and now that it has it feels own is now a daunting idea, surreal. We are gathered for one of the most monumental our teachers and families have prepared us well. There days of our lives – National are many wonderful lessons Chocolate Éclair Day. This worth sharing, but individuday reminds us that it is not ality is my priority. I speak only about the puffy, decato the graduates seated dent, moist, beautiful outbehind me; in perfect rows side, but the crème within. all dressed exactly the same, Our 43rd president of that your individuality is these United States, George your greatest attribute. In all W. Bush once said, “Rarely seriousness, we have such a is the question asked ‘Is diverse class, of the next our children learning?’”. Please See SPEECH, A7 Well I can assure you, here
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At Richfield Springs, two kindergartners – graduates of the future – led the senior class in procession. The slide show’s also fun, where each senior’s graduation photo is juxtaposed with a baby picture. This year, Oneonta valedictorian Amy Hait was a hoot – yes, the young can still laugh at la condition humaine. (Amy, YOU know what we’re doing with the French.) Last year at Cherry ValleySpringfield’s commencement inside Glimmerglass Opera’s Alice Busch Theater, a beloved retiring librarian, Rhonda King, delivered accolades next to a 12-foot-tall papier mache statue of Clifford, The Big Red Dog, the rage when the 12th graders were kindergartners. Cooperstown’s commencement setting, on The Fenimore Art Museum’s back lawn overlooking Otsego Lake, is always exhilarating. But Milford’s, ah, Milford’s. It’s the gold standard. Setting aside the cliques and heartaches, it taps all that’s wonderful about the high school experience, of young people, looking dimly into an uncertain future, bound together by hopes and dreams and affection.
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NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio, right, and Todd Kenyon, NYSHA public relations, are dwarfed by Albert Bierstadt’s “Donner Lake From The Summit,” the largest painting ever exhibited at The Fenimore Art Museum.
he Fenimore Art Museum has hosted some big shows in recent years – Grandma Moses, John Singer Sargent, American Impressionists – but this is the biggest. Literally. At 6 feet by 10 feet, plus a wide gilt frame, Albert Bierstadt’s “Donner Lake From The Summit” is the largest painting ever in a Fenimore Art Museum exhibit. To get the painting into the gallery, the door from the loading dock at the museum’s north end had to be expanded, NYSHA President Paul D’Ambrosio reported the other day. But when he added, “it’s a blockbuster,” he was referring not just to
Bierstadt’s “Donner,” but to “The Hudson River School: Nature and The American Vision,” which opens at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at The Fenimore. Also featured are Frederic Church, Thomas Cole, Asher Durand and other artists in the celebrated school. As it happens, “Donner” was commissioned by Collis Huntington, the Oneonta storekeeper who moved to Sacramento and became one of California’s “Big Four,” credited with creating the Union Pacific, the first transcontinental railroad when it connected with the Central Pacific at Promontory Point, Utah, in 1869. When Huntington saw the painting,
which depicts the railroad encircling Donner Pass, where trapped pioneers had resorted to cannibalism to survive a winter, he sent it back: The railroad wasn’t pictured prominently enough. The juxtaposition – railroad and pass – is an “ironic twist,” said D’Ambrosio: “What was impassable a few decades before now was routine.” Another of D’Ambrosio’s favorite aspects of this exhibit – most on loan from the New-York Historical Society – is Cole’s “Course of Empire,” which in five canvasses traces Rome’s rise and fall, a 19th-century American preoccupation. – Jim Kevlin
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was Ethan Martindale, 7, awarding the Seth Martindale Memorial Scholarship – in honor of his dad, who cancer claimed at age 45 – to grad Tyler Reynolds. The eminent Peter Livshin, dean of the county’s school superintendents, makes a point of recognizing seniors who will serve in the Armed Forces: This year it was Erickson L. Brenner, who is joining the Army. Also this year, Kaitlyn Van Winkler rushed off the stage, diploma in hand, and threw herself into the arms of Marine Dan Hoppe, a 2012 grad in the audience in full-dress uniform. Another nice touch: After receiving their diplomas, each graduate is handed a bouquet, which he or she carries into the audience and presents to mom or another beloved. After a couple of years when the ceremony was forced inside by the weather, this year’s 36 seniors received their send off beneath the earth’s sky-blue canopy, as a glowing sunset softened to a warm, soothing dusk. Memorable, as always. • Other commencements also have nice touches.
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Elsewhere, Towns Have Tried To Avoid Paid-Parking Toxicity To the Editor: This is definitely a case of Monday morning quarterbacking. That said, it seems to me (and many friends) that paid parking is most definitely a mistake after all. It’s not only the monetary issue, significant as that is, and the overwhelm-
ingly negative impact upon merchants in the Village. It’s also the aura of welcome and friendliness which Cooperstown has always projected. That now seems to be history. Residents as well as visitors are aggravated and angry. That is no secret. The issue goes far beyond the matter
of all the hitches and glitches. Resentment from all quarters is definitely not the wise reaction, and yet there it is. If one were to do a little research, it would be quickly obvious that villages and towns like Cooperstown throughout New York State and New Please See LETTER, A7
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Jon Vega, one of the members of the OHS varsity baseball team that won the state championship in 2013 was among the 144 seniors to graduate Saturday, June 22, in Belden Auditorium.
Mace-bearer Cami Cleaveland leads her classmates off the stage at commencement’s end.
Oneonta City School Board President Jamie Reynolds, right, and other board members rise to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Dad Mark Cole leaps to his feet to applaud the graduates, which include his namesake son, also Mark. Shaneka Henry, left, and Nicole Hird snap photos while young Nathaniel Gordon, 9, takes in the scene.
David Tannenbaum, who as a junior was a member of the pioneering Otsego 4-H FIRST Robotics Team, receives his diploma.
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125 Years Ago
Over the hill to the poor house – Mrs. Adelia Tobey, widow of the late Zacheus Tobey, formerly of Morris, aged 65 years, was on Saturday taken to the poor house by overseer Beach. She was formerly in good circumstances having, to use her own words, “everything that heart could wish.” Mr. Tobey owned a splendid farm of 160 acres ten miles from the village of Morris. There are five children of Mr. Tobey living, of whom Mrs. Tobey is stepmother, she having married Mr. Tobey 23 years before his death, which occurred four years ago. She is a daughter of the late Rice Cook who lived all his life in West Oneonta. She had a sister living in Unadilla and a brother and sister living in Pennsylvania, the former in Thompson Centre, Susquehanna County; the sister about a mile from him. For some time Mrs. Tobey has been living in Oneonta and has been assisted by the Ladies Benevolent Society. She became wholly destitute, however, and unable even to pay her rent, and the poor house was therefore the only recourse. There is a great deal of sympathy felt for Mrs. Tobey by those familiar with her history. June 1888
80 Years Ago
Henry W. Shaver, 48 years old, of 69 Hudson Street, was killed yesterday morning about 6:30 o’clock at the Rose Avenue crossing when the wagon he was driving over his milk route was struck by a southbound D. & H. freight train which hurled Shaver 80 feet, causing a fractured skull and compound fractures of both arms. Shaver’s death came about 15 minutes after he had delivered milk to his own home, about one quarter mile from the crossing. It is believed he was checking his milk deliveries in a notebook and failed to notice the approach of the train which was pulling into Oneonta at a moderate rate of speed. In the opinion of Dr. Norman W. Getman, coroner, death was instantaneous. There were no eyewitnesses to the fatality. The horse was off the tracks and escaped injury. The left side of the wagon was demolished. June 1933
60 Years Ago
Police, Oneonta firemen and Boy Scouts yesterday searched for nearly four hours for a possibly trapped woodsman, or a plane pilot, following a report to police at 7:16 a.m. that calls for help had been heard on West Street. Mrs. Thomas Chouffi, 175 West Street, notified police
100 Years Ago
that she had heard what appeared to be calls from the woods near her home. It was at first surmised that a military plane might have been a casualty in the Sunday night storm and its pilot bailed out and caught in a tree with the plane crashing to start the forest fire which swept the mountain top across from Cathedral Farm. However, this speculation turned out to be groundless when searchers found a boy calling his lost dog. The dog was later found to have been killed on the road and the fire to have been sparked when a lightning bolt struck a barbed wire fence. The search party was recalled at 11 a.m. June 1953
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The volunteer army is about to become a reality. The president’s authority to induct men into the armed services expires on June 30, and for the first time in a quarter-century the nation will be without a military draft. The Nixon administration announced that it would not seek renewal of the draft authority when the current law expired, thereby fulfilling one of the President’s campaign pledges of 1968. The Selective Service machinery will remain in force, however. Men will still have to register for the draft when they turn 18, and be assigned lottery numbers based on their birthdays. In case of national emergency, the Selective Service will have a pool of young men already processed and classified who can be called up in a hurry. Military pay rates and other benefits have increased dramatically in the past few years to lure volunteers for the peacetime military. Special bonuses are being offered to attract skilled specialists, particularly doctors, and to recruit volunteers for the National Guard and Reserves.
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As expected, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday defeated 55-45 a Democratic proposal to limit this year’s round of income tax cuts to $720 per couple. The Senate action means that less will be withheld from paychecks starting Friday. The new withholding schedules are based on tax rates averaging about 10 percent below 1982 rates. Democrats, who prevailed in the House of Representatives, claimed the tax cut benefitted upper income groups more than was fair. When the reduction is fully in effect next January 1, the total cut in rates will average about 23.5 percent. Meanwhile, the Armed Services Committee approved 199.9 billion for military programs such as the MX missile, the B1B bomber and the Trident submarine. June 1983
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Five foreign countries – England, Italy, Germany, Canada and Japan – will be represented at the ninth James Fenimore Cooper Conference to be held July 11-16 on the campus of the State University of New York at Oneonta, and in Cooperstown. This is the first time the Cooper Conference has had five visitors from abroad at one conference although previous conferences have enrolled participants from various foreign countries. Conference participants share their enthusiasm and understanding of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper as well as tour Cooperstown and the Otsego Lake area during the five day event. June 1993
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It’s only a matter of time before Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein are captured or accounted for, President Bush said Tuesday as he announced $3 billion in military and economic aid to reward Pakistan for its help in the war on terror. At a joint news conference at the president’s Maryland retreat, Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf claimed a united front against terrorism. Musharraf said his government was making extraordinary efforts to track down bin Laden and his lieutenants, by searching treacherous tribal border areas he said had not been entered by the Pakistani army in over a century. June 2003
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To the Editor: Paid parking is not only upsetting Cooperstown merchants, village residents are also VERY upset! As a village resident, I pay over $2,000 annually for VILLAGE TAX! I was OK with the $25 fee, but before the parking permit went into effect, I purchased one. Then, once again, before it went into effect, it became necessary to trade the car in. When asked about the permit, I was told I had to pay another $25 for another permit. THAT IS A BOONDOGGLE!! I am very angry! What benefits do village residents get for our taxes? Garden refuge pickup seldom happens before the curb grass turns brown. Recently, we had branches on our curb for over four weeks and then we had to hire someone else to carry them away! I can think of very few benefits we have as village residents. What do we get for our taxes? 1. Streets plowed in wintertime. 2. Police protection 3. And, if someone is working at our house they can park for two hours before they have to move their car. This paid parking permit adds insult to injury! I will not be patronizing Main Street Merchants this summer. JEWEL B. HALL Cooperstown
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In the crowded hall outside Belden Auditorium after the ceremony breaks up, one of Oneonta’s first daughters, Fabienne-Nell Booker, confers with mom Andi Miller and her stepdad, Mayor Dick Miller. She intends to attend the SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry in Syracuse in the fall. Grad Michelle-Lee St. Marthe is surrounded by loved ones after the ceremony. From left, mom Gregoriana, Mona Lissa Edson and brother Travis.
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B-6 HOMETOWN ONEONTA John Frisch and wife Katharine congratulate graduate Andrew Frisch.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2013 LETTER/From A4 England have done their best to avoid the toxicity inherent in the establishment of paid parking. They do indeed raise needed revenue, but from other sources which do not incur such negativity. I don’t pretend to have all the answers. But a step in the right direction would be to eliminate what has quickly become a travesty. It may have taken some courage to
institute this practice. It will take far more courage to concede the error and take steps toward its correction as soon as possible. The season is still young. To procrastinate would be nothing less than a big mistake. Let me add that we’ve already purchased a parking pass. But I couldn’t care less if it’s relegated to “wallpaper” if paid parking is eliminated. KENNETH KAVANAGH Cooperstown
SPEECH/From A4 greatest musicians, doctors, teachers, artists, athletes, scientists and authors, that I am honored to be a part of the Class of 2013. I have nicknamed this class Aquaman. Because I will continue to believe in you no matter how much shame it brings to my family or what the therapists says is acceptable for an 18-year-old. Now, prepare yourselves for my profound advice. As we head off to start taking responsibility for our own lives, many of
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1822 Cape with Craftsman Addition — Charming early cape with Craftsman addition bordering Red Creek just minutes from Cooperstown. Original home features parlor with Vermont Casting wood stove, pine floors and door leading to side deck. Arts and Crafts kitchen with tiled antique island, oak cabinets, skylight, tiled backsplash, tiled floor and countertops. Original stairs lead to BR w/wide pine floors, skylights. Additional storage in the eaves and ¾ bath on main floor. The addition includes master BR suite w/¾ bath and another BR and full bath. DR w/vaulted ceiling, builtins, period reproduction light fixtures and French doors leading to deck. Down a few steps into an LR w/wood floors, lovely gas fireplace w/Craftsman mantel and built-ins. Great natural light throughout. Spacious breezeway to 2-car garage. Too many details to list. This is a ‘must see’ property. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty—Reduced $339,900 Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com • Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com For APPoiNtmeNt: Patti Ashley, Broker, 544-1077 • Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 547-5304 • Nancy Angerer, Sales Agent, 435-3387 Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 547-8288 • Amy Stack, Sales Agent, 435-0125 • Chris Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175
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This wonderful modern cape is just minutes from Cooperstown, from the terracotta tiles to the Vermont slate floors–nothing has been spared. A chef’s kitchen with stainless steel appliances and fire-safe slate countertops makes this a home to envy. Located on a dead-end cul-de-sac with deeded Otsego lake rights, this home provides both privacy and space. Call today to view this splendid home. It could be your new home. Middlefield — $398,700 — MLS#90034
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IN MEMORIAM
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Grace Hubbard Reed, 95; DAR Member Loved Lobster Rolls, Ice Cream Sodas ONEONTA – Grace Hubbard Reed, 95, who fell in love with the rolling hills of Otsego County, died June 3, 2013. She was born Jan. 3, 1918, in Brooklyn, the daughter of James Swift Hubbard and Katharine Aikman Hubbard. She attended Erasmus High and Pratt Institute and on Aug. 9, 1942, married Cameron “Bill” Reed at the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church. Grace was a proud mem-
ber of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as a descendent Grace of Hezekiah Hubbard Reed Hubbard (Lexington and Concord). Originally a member of the Col. Aaron Ogden chapter, Garden City, she transferred later to the Oneonta chapter.
After moving to St. James Manor in 2001, she fell in love with Otsego County’s rolling hills. She enjoyed her Saturday trips for a whiskey sour and lobster roll at the Blue Mingo or the Neptune Diner. Her “guilty” pleasure was an ice cream soda from the Golden Guernsey. Survivors include her daughter, Priscilla Reed Welch of Goodyear Lake; her sister-in-law, Mary M. Hubbard of Sun City Center, Fla.; a niece, Susan Hub-
bard Corbett of Fla; and a nephew, Richard (Rose) Hubbard of Ill. She was predeceased by her husband, Bill and her son, Walter, as well as her sons-in-law, Michael C. Welch, and Michael J. Breen A memorial service will be held in the Milford Center Cemetery at 11 a.m. on Monday, July 1, with the Rev. Enid Carter of St. James Manor, presiding. Arrangements are entrusted to the Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.
ONEONTA – Kevin M. Hanson, 39, a lifelong resident and student at the Utica School of Commerce, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013. He was born on July 19, 1973, in Oneonta, the son of Victor Hanson and Celeste (Ives) Hanson. He enjoyed playing video games and worked at Etc Etc in the Southside Mall. Kevin is survived by his mother, Celeste Hanson and her companion, Timothy Poelker of Oneonta; his father, Victor Hanson and his wife, Donna of Schenevus; his brother, Erik Hanson and his wife, Sarah of Sarasota, Fla.; his sister, Leanne Jorgensen and her husband, Troy of Schene-
vus; his grandmother, Mary Ives of Worcester; two nephews, Hunter and Logan Jorgensen; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, Marion and Arnold Hanson; and his maternal grandfather, Norman Ives.
Burial was in the Schenevus Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to the Heller Funeral Home, Schenevus.
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IDA To Discuss Concept JOBS/From A1 session Wednesday, July 3. “Who will be members (if a new entity is formed)? Who’s going to come to the table? Who’s going to administer the program?” Schwerd said in an interview, outlining the issues such county reps and the IDA need to discuss. “I think we all agree, development is going to begin with the city and town of Oneonta.” Delaware County might also be brought in to the fold, she said. Miller’s list includes: “Mission: promote privatesector economic growth, including tourism, in the area of which Oneonta is the hub.” Under the initial concept, the city, town, IDA and both counties would be “founding members,” with one or more members on the board. But corporations and private citizens could become “associate members.” The mayor said he drafted
the list after meeting with Schwerd Wednesday, June 19, to make sure they were in synch: “She’s agreed to what she and I discussed. And we’re bouncing it off people to get reaction to it.” He said county board Chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego, reviewed it and also expressed support. The current ferment was set in motion May 8 with long-time county Economic Developer Carolyn Lewis’ announcement she would be resigning, effective in August. That prompted Schwerd to invite Sandy Mathes, the former (and very successful) Green County economic developer, to tour Otsego County development sites to assess the possibilities here. Monday, June 17, at the monthly meeting of Schwerd’s Intergovernmental Affairs Committee – Miller attended – a consensus emerged that, following
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Mathes’ advice, the county would do better to create a quasi-private economic-development entity, similar to the one that has achieved so much success in Saratoga. Right now, Miller said, “the operative word is ‘maybe’.” He continued, “The IDA could do all of this. It’s something they would have to want to do, obviously. They have a lot of money and we’d like to access that money.” (He mentioned previously that the IDA will garner $250,000 in fees from the Newman Development Group’s studenthousing project near SUNY Oneonta.) “Right now,” he continued, “(the IDA) function is tax-free financing and PILOTs. That’s not very much. This would give them a much wider role.” IDA Chair Sharon Oberriter, Fly Creek, said “the county is looking for new working models. I know Carolyn is not as anxious for that as she is to have someone in place for a smooth transition.” So far, said Oberriter, who is co-proprietor with her husband, Don, of Obie’s Speciality Foods, IDA members have been listening and they intend to engage in that conversation about the fu-
ture at Thursday’s meeting. Miller has invited Mathes to visit again, and it’s possible Mathes could serve as a consultant to guide the establishment of the new
entity, and perhaps advise beyond that. While the IDA has yet to embrace the new concept – at the June 17 IGA meeting, Lewis urged the com-
mittee to act immediately to fill her position as is – members of its sister agency, the county Economic Development Corp., have expressed enthusiasm, Schwerd said.
Enjoy the 4th of July Fireworks from Brookwood Point! Saturday, July 6 at 6 pm
Enjoy a memorable evening at this special place, knowing your small admission of $5 per person or $25 for families of 6 or more contributes directly to ensuring Brookwood Point can remain a public site for all to enjoy. Proceeds of this event will go towards raising money for the Brookwood Capital Campaign Matching Fund that is needed to access $188,000 from a Scenic Byway grant to make Brookwood safe and accessible to the public. Brookwood Point is located at 6000 State Route 80 (West Lake Road), Cooperstown. Visit www.otsegolandtrust.org or call 607-547-2366 to learn more about Brookwood Point. Be a part of Brookwood Point’s wonderful future by attending this event or sending a donation to Otsego Land Trust, PO Box 173, Cooperstown, NY 13326, noting Brookwood Capital Campaign in the memo.
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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#87610 – Country charmer on 5 acres. Many upgrades: vinyl siding, furnace, several new windows, roof on house and 2-car detached garage. 4 BR home w/large kitchen, pantry, spacious LR, sunroom w/fireplace, hardwood floors in kitchen, den, 1st flr laundry, and DR. 4-season, enclosed, rear porch w/new windows. $199,000 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#89898 – Well-maintained home on over 4 acres w/views near Cooperstown. Gardens, pond and large garage w/workshop. Custom kitchen cabinets and spacious master w/partially finished basement. Security system included. $218,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#89409 - 2 BR/1 bath well maintained home on beautiful treed lot in Richfield Springs. Move-in condition. $119,000 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#87366 - 19th-century farmhouse w/some renovations complete and ready for a new owner. 18 acres of meadows and rolling hills w/trout stream, barn, garage and pond. $149,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
MLS#89527 - Well maintained stately home on 1.25 acres w/mature trees, 5 BRs, 2 baths, sun porches, attic, dry basement, new roof and detached 2-stall garage. Includes ¼ acre of lakefront on Canadarago w/T-shaped dock. $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#89145 - Historic Victorian Italianate limestone mansion features 14’ ceilings, deep moldings and baseboards, hardwood floors, large windows, 9 fireplaces, 7 BRs, formal DR, library, solarium, large country kitchen w/butler and storage pantry, 2 parlors servants’ wing and staff housing in attic. More acreage available. $875,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#87014 - Well-maintained, historic 4+ apt building. Live in one unit and let your tenants pay your mortgage. $179,000 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603
MLS#81749 - Almost new chalet set on almost 70 acres w/creek and ATV trails. Cathedral ceilings, loft BR and family room, ceramic tiling. Woodstove heats the house w/inexpensive Co-Op electric baseboard as backup. $199,900 Call Tom @ 607-435-2068 (cell)
MLS#89644 - Charm and character in this 4 BR farmhouse in Jefferson on 6 acres w/large barn, outbuilding, and newer 2-car detached garage w/radiant floor heat. $169,000 Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell)
MLS#89246 - Restored post-and-beam 3 BR, 2½ bath home on 16.11 acres w/breathtaking views. Beamed ceilings and pine floors in great room, country kitchen, studio, family room, library/den. Workshop, pole barn. $399,900 Call Michelle Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)
MLS#88039 – 3 BR ranch is close to New York Central Mutual and Chobani! With oversized garage and shed, make this farmette go to work for you. $119,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#89870 - 4 BR, 1½ bath, renovated farmhouse on 9.25 +/- acres. Newer wiring, plumbing, heating, windows, and more! 1st floor BR and laundry, kitchen w/entrance to covered patio, DR w/built-in pantry, LR w/entrance to porch. Small portion of land is across road, adjacent to Butternut Creek. Close to Oneonta and Cooperstown. $149,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
MLS#89549 - Original 1840 farmhouse in Fly Creek on 5.13 acres. Fly Creek flows through property. Spacious lawn w/over 200’ on Cty Hwy 26. Mature trees, hardwood floors, new furnace, paved drive, 2-stall garage. $269,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#81762 – Newer log home and 4-car barn/garage on over 15 acres. Views, 3 stocked ponds, ATV trails, bordering trout stream. Home features vaulted ceilings w/huge exposed log rafters, central air, finished basement. $299,900 Call Tom @ 607-435-2068 (cell) MLS#86798 – Villa Isidoro Restaurant, Bar and B&B on Rt 20 in Richfield Springs. Start your new business today! $695,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
MLS#88713 - Custom built home w/4 BRs, 3 ½ baths, 3-car attached garage, breezeway, cherry kitchen island, maple and cherry floors, ceramic tile baths, 1st floor master suite and laundry, formal DR, den w/built-ins, wrap-around front porch and sunroom. Bonus room over garage, storage garage, 3.58+/- acres. Cooperstown Schools. $479,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)
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MLS#87446 - Established restaurant in Cooperstown has 3 dining rooms—one can be used as a private banquet room w/dance floor for wedding receptions, graduations, etc. Parking for 60 cars, can accommodate over 300 people. Owner financing available. $850,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)
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4.5 acres with direct Otsego Lake frontage. Cooperstown Schools. Surveyed, perc-tested, and only 10 minutes to downtown Cooperstown. These are the only lots of their size to be offered for sale in 20 years. Call for more details. 1.16 acres............ Deeded lake rights.........................$149,000 1.0 acres .............. Deeded lake rights........................... $99,000 .37 acres .............. Deeded lake rights.........................$139,000 .36 acres .............. Deeded lake rights........................... $59,900
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Convenient location! This affordable home offers 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, recently refinished hardwood floors, large enclosed porch and 2-car garage. Ample off-street parking in center city. Close to colleges and public transportation. $137,500 MLS#89873 607-431-2540 • www.prufoxproperties.com
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To: Deborah Burns PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition requesting an order approving and allowing the adoption of an adoptive child whose first name is Tristin, who is alleged to be your son, and whose full name and date and place of birth is set forth in a Schedule annexed to the petition for adoption herein, together with an agreement to adopt and consents to the adoption pursuant to the Domestic Relations Law, has been filed with the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York, Otsego County. A hearing on the petition will be held at the Court, located at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York, on July 16, 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the morning of that day, at which time and place all persons having any interest therein will be heard. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear may constitute a denial of your interest
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s/Dolores G. Fogarty Dolores G. Fogarty, Esq. Attorney for Petitioners 183 Main St., PO Box 727 Unadilla, NY 13849 (607) 369-3000 4LegalJune27 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: VAN ACRES FARM LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 14 June 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2750 County Highway 31, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalAugust1 Legal notice ARTISTS OFF MAIN, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 06/17/2013. Office in Otsego
Notice of Formation of Ward S. Robinson, Jr. Agency, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/19/13. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The Company, PO Box 5119, Edmeston, NY 13335. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6LegalAugust1 Legal notice SPARKS ELECTRIC, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/11/13. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 361 State Hwy. 7, Unadilla, NY 13849, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: To own and operate an electrical business as well as any lawful purpose. 6LegalAugust1 Legal notice Notice of organization of J & B Frost, LLC, under Section 203 of the Limited Liability Company Law. 1. The name of the limited liability company is J & B Frost, LLC. 2. Articles of Organization of J & B Frost, LLC were filed with the New York Secretary of
State on June 3, 2013. 3. The county within this state in which the office of the limited liability company is to be located is Otsego County. 4. The street address of the principal business location of the limited liability company is 581 Truax Road, East Worcester, NY 12064. 5. The Secretary of State is designated as agent of the limited liability company upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address within or without this state to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the limited liability company served upon him or her is 581 Truax Road, East Worcester, NY 12064. 6. The limited liability company is organized to carry on all lawful activities. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: RABBIT RUN RENTALS, LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 June 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 1211, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: RABBIT RUN PROPERTIES,
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LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 12 June 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 1211, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: STONY HILL ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 6 June 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 151 Vanderwerker Road, Cherry Valley, New York 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: VANSPANJE MASONRY LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was11 June 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1373 County Highway 34, Schenevus, NY 12155. Purpose is to engage in any and all business
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activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of LA Dance Academy LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/02/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 317 W Lenox Ave, Elmira Heights, NY 14903. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 6LegalJuly25 Legal notice Notice of Formation of BAGGSY ANTIQUES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/31/2013. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activities. 6legalJuly18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of CHOICE ULTRA LOUNGE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/3/2013. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: any lawful activities. 6legalJuly18 Legal notice Name of LLC:
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Autremer 154, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/21/13. Office Location: Otsego County. Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to principal business location: 122 Mill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6legalJuly18
of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/13/2013 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 361 Bush Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJuly11
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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: M&M LAWN MOWING & CONTRACTING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1312 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6legalJuly11
NOTICE OF FORMATION of DB II Holdings, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC uppon whom process againt it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 532 County Highway 58, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 6legalJuly18 Legal notice WIGWAM, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/29/2013. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY design Agent of LLC upon whom Process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Trosset Group Attorneys, P.O. Box 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose. 6LegalJuly11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: JJAYT ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary
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Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 64 PIONEER STREET LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 March 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJuly4
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