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Dressed as Peanuts’ Woodstock, Nicholas Thompson, Oneonta, is carried by mom Brianne at the Main Street Holiday Parade Saturday, Nov. 22/MORE PHOTOS, C1

Triplets Hunter, Lucas and Noah O’Brien rest up after their afternoon snack.

The trio, born Sept. 30, are the only set of identical triplets in Otsego County.

Below, sister Abigail, dad Robert, sister Hannah and mother Beth, gather ‘round for some family time with the new arrivals.

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he county Board of Representatives, having preserved Cooperstown DMV office and the “Gathering Place” senior site in Oneonta, is taking its 2015 budget to public hearing at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in the County Office Building in Cooperstown.

The funding was restored at a budget session Thursday, Nov. 20, reducing a 2.4 percent tax cut to 1.7.

Review the budget at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

CONCERT #150: The Mollin-Clay Jazz Duo’s performance at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 2, at SUNY Oneonta’s Sanford Auditorium will be the 150th concert in the Hewitt Pantaleoni Memorial Series, dating back to 1997. Pantaleoni, a SUNY Oneonta ethnomusicologist specializing in African music, died in 1988.

FEES REVIEWED: The city Parks & Recreation Commission will review its fee structure when it meets at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in City Hall.

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HARTWICK hen Beth O’Brien saw one little body on the sonogram, it was a thrill.

When she saw two more, it was a miracle. “I was in shock, but I knew we were so blessed,” she said. “I thought poor Robert was going to pass out!”

The O’Brien family – Beth and Robert, and daughters Hannah, 2 and Abigail, 5 – grew by three on Sept.

30, when Beth gave birth to three healthy baby boys, Hunter, Noah and Lucas. “I grew up an only child, so I always wanted a big family,” said Beth.

The odds of having identical triplets are one in 60,000. And although the Tallman family of Hartwick and the Catan family of Oneonta also have triplets, the O’Briens’ are the only set of the same gender.

After suffering a painful miscarriage, Beth and Please See TRIPLETS, A7

Mayor Nader Runs For President ...Of Herkimer Community College, That Is, From SUNY Delhi Post

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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UNY Delhi provost wasn’t looking for a new opportunity when he opened his email COMING UP: The local in September.

“I got an chapter of WAR (Women at inquiry that piqued my interRisk) is planning a Christesting,” said John S. Nader. mas Jewelry Sale 1-5 Friday, “I went ahead and applied Dec. 5, at St. James Church, to it.” featuring high-quality afThe former Oneonta fordable jewelry, crafts and mayor saw that Herkimer glass ornaments.

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applied. “Their program mix is consistent with the skill set I’ve tried to apply to SUNY Delhi,” he said.

“They have a wide range of students from across the state and internationally, and they’re a leader in online education.”

And on Monday, Nov. 24, he got the news that he has SUNY Delhi photo been selected as one of the John S. Nader four finalists for the posiwas seeking a new presition. “I’m flattered that dent, and he immediately Please See NADER, A6

City Manager’s First Budget Through Hearing Unbruised

By LIBBY CUDMORE

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hen City Manager Martin Murphy joined City Hall in early October, Day One he started on his first budget, a $21.6 million spending plan for 2015 that Common Council will act on in Ian Austin/HOMETOWN ONEONTA December.

City Manager Murphy Murphy is no stranger to budgeting; previously, he was Cortland County administrator. “We were working with a $125 million budget, so it was Please See BUDGET, A5

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regg Fort has been named vice president/college advancement at Hartwick College, President Margaret L. Drugovich announced.

The appointment, effective Jan. 12, concludes a six-month national search after Fort’s predecessor, Jim Broschart, joined SUNY Binghamton on July 1 as

vice president for advancement.

Fort joins Hartwick from Hilbert College, outside Buffalo, where Gregg Fort he was vice president for Institutional Advancement.

In 2007-12, Fort was in corporate relations, corporate giving and strategic planning at DePaul University in Chicago. He was also a college administrator in Florida and Texas. He is a 1987 graduate of Austin College in Sherman, Texas.

His wife, Nicci Hayes, is Colgate’s women’s basketball coach.

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First-place winner in the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s 2014 Sally Mullen Local History Project, Tiffany Gardner, right, poses with her fellow winners after the awards ceremony Thursday, Nov. 20, in the Valleyview Elementary gym. Other winners, from left, are Tyler Zakala, Ryan Vanvalkenburg and Abbey Rood, all Honorable Mention; Megan Cleveland, third place, and Katie Lewis, second place.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2014

EDITORIAL

This Christmas, Shop Local – For The Fun Of It!

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hopping local isn’t simply a feel-good decision. It’s essential to the economic well-being of our Otsego County neighbors and ourselves.

In recent days, that’s been dramatized by the debate over whether the county should close the Department of Motor Vehicles Office in Cooperstown.

The office was under threat because local drivers have opted to renew their licenses in Albany via the Internet.

• Earlier this year, Otsego County Clerk Kathy Sinnot

Gardner estimated $523,618 in online license renewals cost the county $63,500.

As the problem continued this year, the county Board of Representatives considered cutting two DMV jobs, saving an estimated $100,000 in salaries and benefits. Folks, those two salaries were going to local friends and neighbors, who spent that money locally, to everyone’s benefit.

Local auto dealers also weighed in on the debate, arguing the local offices’ efficiency helps them speedily process the paperwork to get the car you just bought

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quickly and conveniently into your hands. Send the paperwork to Albany?

Good luck.

Folks, get out of that chair. Navigate and perambulate to your local DMV office. You’ll enjoy the fresh air and scenery. You’ll run into friends. Good times.

The online experience is a limited one, and damaging to localities.

• Also last year, going into what’s usually a shoppingheavy fourth quarter on our Main Streets and Southside Mall, county sales-tax revenues were running 3.5 percent ahead of the year before. So many local shop-

pers went to the Internet, however, sales-tax income had dropped to a 1.3 percent bump by year’s end, according to county Treasurer Dan Crowell.

That represented a loss of an anticipated $600,000, he said. This year, sales-tax revenues are 4.02 percent ahead. But if local shoppers opt out as they did last year, that will translate into a $1.1 million loss in revenues, Crowell said.

Online retailers are supposed to charge and return the appropriate sales tax to localities, but that isn’t happening routinely. But that’s going to take a while to straighten out, if it ever is.

• This editorial isn’t being written to make you, online Christmas shoppers, feel guilty. More to the point, you’re missing the fun.

“I don’t think it’s even the same experience,” said Luisa Montanti, who spent years in retail before becoming Southside Mall manager. “We shoppers love to spend our money, but we also like the experience of going to the store, talking to the store clerk, trying things on and picking out the right color.”

Plus, how often do you get something in the mail and have to send it back.

How aggravating is that.

Any convenience from online shopping goes out the window.

In the weeks between now and Christmas, Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal are going to feature fun local gifts, starting in this edition with Riverwood’s Todd Gibbons in Cooperstown and Monkey Barrel’s Kristian House in Oneonta.

These are real toy stores, run by real aficionados of fun. Check ’em out.

Novelty is one aspect of Christmas, and novelty is what our serendipitous local merchants can deliver under the tree on Dec. 25.

Partake!

AN OLD-FASHIONED THANKSGIVING

To the Editor: Thank you for publishing the front page BOCES report regarding the forecast for dramatically declining school enrollments. It was refreshing to see your attention to the realities we are facing that also include declining state aid and out-of-scale school taxes.

A plan to deal with this needs to be published next.

RICK HULSE SR. Cooperstown

Highway Crew In Near-Poverty As Town Officials Get Raises To the Editor: Now is the time of year when towns approve their annual budgets for the coming year, and Town of Otsego residents should be aware of what was approved on Nov. 12. Raises have been awarded to some elected officials and part-time administrative employees, yet our hard-working, fulltime, highway crew starts at a very low hourly wage, which has cost the town some good employees as they have sought better pay with neighboring Towns.

Our town clerk is scheduled to receive a raise to $26,339.00 per year for only 16 hours of work a week, plus a monthly board meeting! The assessor will receive $27,000 for office hours of one day a week for our town with a population of 3,900, compared to the Town of Oneonta at $20,808 with a population of 5229!

The Town of Otsego’s parttime court clerk is to receive $23,000 PLUS an additional $4,000 for yet another parttimer to help process park-

ing tickets for the Village of Cooperstown.

These raises come as a slap in the face to our fulltime, year-‘round highway crew members who are living on the edge of poverty. One crew member spoke at the budget meeting, outlining our pay rates as compared to adjacent towns.

It is pathetic that our men are paid a wage so low that they are forced live on the edge of poverty and elected officials and part-time office help receive huge wages.

The primary role of the supervisor and Town Board members is fiduciary. It seems their number one concern is the amount of solar panels needed on the Town Office Building and the relentless anti-hydrofracking drum beating. In light of all the recent court decisions defending home rule, you would think that they could clear their heads and think about their primary job – money management!

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HOME TO THANKSGIVING • Currier & Ives 1867 print

Editor’s Note: Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888), celebrated for the classic, “Little Women,” was the prolific author of 14 novels, dozens of short stories, and many other essays and tracts. Here, for the holiday, is “An Old Fashion Thanksgiving.”

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IXTY YEARS AGO, up among the New Hampshire hills, lived Farmer Bassett, with a houseful of sturdy sons and daughters growing up about him.

They were poor in money, but rich in land and love, for the wide acres of wood, corn, and pasture land fed, warmed, and clothed the flock, while mutual patience, affection, and courage made the old farmhouse a very happy home.

November had come; the crops were in, and barn, buttery, and bin were overflowing with the harvest that rewarded the summer’s hard work. The big kitchen was a jolly

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boys sat on the wooden settle shelling corn for popping, and picking out the biggest nuts from the goodly store their own hands had gathered in October. Four young girls stood at the long dresser, busily chopping meat, pounding spice, and slicing apples; and the tongues of Tilly, Prue, Roxy, and Rhody went as fast as their hands. Farmer Bassett, and Eph, the oldest boy, were “chorin’ ‘round” outside, for Thanksgiving was at hand, and all must be in order for that time-honored day.

To and fro, from table to hearth, bustled buxom Mrs. Bassett, flushed and floury, but busy and blithe as the queen bee of this busy little hive should be.

“I do like to begin seasonable and have things to my mind. Thanksgivin’ dinners can’t be drove, and it does take a sight of victuals to fill all these hungry stomicks,” said the good woman ...

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place just now, for in the great fireplace roared a cheerful fire; on the walls hung garlands of dried apples, onions, and corn; up aloft from the beams shone crook-necked squashLouisa May es, juicy hams, and Alcott dried venison – for in those days deer still haunted the deep forests, and hunters flourished.

Savory smells were in the air; on the crane hung steaming kettles, and down among the red embers copper saucepans simmered, all suggestive of some approaching feast.

A white-headed baby lay in the old blue cradle that had rocked six other babies, now and then lifting his head to look out, like a round, full moon, then subsided to kick and crow contentedly, and suck the rosy apple he had no teeth to bite. Two small

Editor’s Note: Lola Rathbone is president/CEO of the Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care.

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hanksgiving is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Hospice, too, is about family, traditions and a time to be thankful for life’s blessings. Thanksgiving comes once a year.

Every day we are privileged to offer a wide variety of “Thanksgivings” to our Hospice families.

Personally, one of my most memorable Thanksgivings was my father-in-law’s last Thanksgiving. We traveled to Hagerstown, Pa., just as we traditionally had for many Thanksgivings in the past. My father-in-law, a

Hospice patient for eight months, was happy to be “home” to celebrate this special family holiday. He was in his comfy flannel PJs and his well-worn plaid bathrobe. He wanted to get dressed for dinner, so we helped him get – according to his term – “presentable.”

He requested his favorite Pennsylvania Dutch holiday treat, “hog maw” (cabbage, potatoes and sausage stuffed in a pig’s stomach and roasted to a deep golden brown). As awful as this may sound, it truly is delicious and filled the house with a mouthwatering aroma, he loved it! His wish was made possible because he was able to be “at home” because of the excellent care his Hospice Team gave him.

This experience inspires me to remember at all times that our Hospice is here to provide Hospice families with their “Thanksgiving,” regardless of what time of year it is. Our goal is to help patients and families “Feel Better” so they can “Live Better.” This can often result in people living longer than those who do not use Hospice.

Because so many people have caught on to using Hospice much sooner, they not only have the time, they have the “quality of time” needed to benefit from the opportunity of making their “Thanksgivings” possible. In life, we only get one shot at making these beautiful, lifelong memories – it is our privilege and Please See BLESSINGS, A7

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History

City Manager’s First Budget Through Hearing Unbruised

Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

125 Years Ago

For three nights, a Delaware County hunter dreamed “that in a certain hole under a certain stump� in his woods he would find a fur collar that he had loss a year or more ago. The dream made so great an impression on the man’s mind that he finally went to the hole under the tree stump and cautiously thrust in his hand. Sure enough, his fingers closed on something therein that was soft and furry, and eagerly he pulled out a skunk.

November 1889

100 Years Ago

About 50 musicians interested in the proposed big orchestra which Robert E. Gardner has for some time had under consideration, met at the Oneonta Theatre Sunday afternoon to organize a concert orchestra. It will be the biggest organization of the kind ever attempted in this vicinity. The following were chosen officers: President: Arthur C. Holley; Vice President: Guy Jones; Secretary: Mrs. Frank D. Blodgett; Treasurer: Dan Jennings; Concert Master: DeForest Ingerham; Director: Robert E. Gardner. The new organization plans to proceed at once with regular rehearsals.

November 1914

40 Years Ago

Since September, the Oneonta State Campus Security unit has helped 49 people who were locked out of their vehicles regain access. Another 150 people injured or ill were transported to the College Health Center or to the local hospitals by the department. Other duties include traffic control, conduct of fire drills, and removing hazardous conditions. Two reports of missing persons have been investigated. Thefts on campus are down over the same period last year. Officials credit this to students and faculty taking care to lock rooms and valuables.

Parking issues and vandalism remain the most troublesome problems. Vandalism is treated as a crime against state property and legal action is taken. Campus security is on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The force includes 16 Peace Officers, all of whom exceed minimum state requirements for

training. Timothy McCarthy, director of security, believes that SUCO is “one of the safest colleges in the system.�

November 1974

30 Years Ago

Television viewers who want to install a satellite dish near their Oneonta homes will have to meet a list of requirements if a proposed ordinance is passed next month by the Common Council. An ordinance proposed on November 6th would force homeowners to hide the dishes behind trees or fences, out of sight from public view. “I just think they’re unsightly,� said Oneonta Mayor James Lettis. A public hearing is scheduled for December 4th to discuss the ordinance. Another public hearing would be held should council amend the ordinance. Under the provisions of the proposed ordinance, only one dish can occupy a lot with a maximum height of 12 feet and a maximum diameter of 10 feet. They must be at least 10 feet from property lines and cannot be located in a front yard. They must service a building in the same lot and must be screened from view by trees, a fence, or plants. Dishes can be roof-mounted if the diameter is less than three feet.

November 1984

20 Years Ago

Her work with the Drama Club put Kristin France in the limelight, if not on the stage itself. Kristin was instrumental in producing the first student-directed play in the history of Oneonta High School. Recently, she was named OHS Student of the Month for October. The play Kristin directed, titled “Stained Glass� weaves together scenes from five works including “Zoo Story,� “The Red Coat,� Beyond Therapy,� “Win, Lose, Draw,� and “Footfalls.� It was performed October 6 at the high school with France and Susannah Stayter as directors. Kristin is also on the ECHO staff and has been studying dance for 12 years – ballet, Russian character dancing and modern dancing.

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BUDGET/From A1 much larger than what we have here,� he said. “But it’s all relative to the services the community needs.�

In his first budget, it’s focus. “A great deal of scrutiny is placed on fire and police,� he said. “They’re 40 percent of the budget, so you’re always scrutinizing the largest areas to see where you can have some efficiency.�

His first budget eliminates two vacant police positions and two from the fire department, one a vacancy and the second an expected retirement.

However, Murphy said, this change may not be permanent: $81,000 has been allocated for the Center for Public Safety Management to review the departments’ workload and deployment. “As the community changes, it’s important that we look at the places that need assistance and deploy our resources accordingly,� said the manager. “If it’s found that we need to put those positions back in, we will,� he said. “But we want to see what the calls and responses are so we can make datadriven decisions.�

Another $200,000 has

been allocated to the fire department for a new ladder truck, totaling $400,000 with funds from the year prior.

With housing another priority, Murphy has proposed creating a full-time Community Development director, taking back duties Housing Specialist Jeff House had assumed on an interim basis.

But Murphy’s budget was not without detractors. At a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 25, John VanValkenburg declared, “Heaven forbid my house catch fire. I won’t be on the phone to 911 thinking, ‘I’m sure glad they hired a Community Development director’.�

Murphy also proposed eliminating a position from Human Resources and to replace a Recreation clerk with an administrative assistant.

His proposed a 25-cent bus fare increase to cover rising costs, buy new buses and maintain older ones, also drew criticism at the hearing. “We’re trying to bring people to Oneonta, not scare them out!� said Edward James Palumbo. “Many of us are on a fixed income.�

But overall, Martin is confident his budget will be passed by Common Council.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2014

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The Old Blacksmith Shop Gallery • Meet and Greet Our artists • enjoy refreshments Holiday Hours: Wed. through Sun. 10 am - 5 pm Until 7 pm on Fridays 7347 State Hwy 28 • ScHuyler lake, Ny 315-858-7081

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THINK LOCAL FIRST! The Cooperstown and Otsego County Chambers of Commerce support

Small Business Saturday!

Why shop local?

• Keeps the money in your community!

• Saves time, gas and money!

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• Shopping locally proves you care about your community!

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The other three are Eunice Bellinger, vice president/ academic affairs, Niagara County Community College; Stuart T. Blacklaw, vice president for instruction and student services, Yavapai College, Prescott, Ariz., and Cathleen C. McColgin, provost, Onondaga Community College.

The four will be invited to Herkimer in December for campus forums before a final decision is made.

Nader’s will be the last, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10, in HCCC’s Robert McLaughlin College Center.

“They hope to have someone in by June 2015,” Nader said.

The former mayor, part of an Oneonta political dynasty begun by his dad, Sam Nader, mayor during the 1960s, has been at SUNY Delhi since 1982, when, while working on his Ph.D. at the New School’s social research program, he taught economics, history and public policy.

In 2000, he was named the dean of the Liberal Arts & Sciences Department. In 2009, was named as provost.

The additional press of business made him realize he couldn’t continue at City Hall, and he recruited Dick Miller to run that fall on Democratic and independent lines.

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Family Has 3 Reasons To Give Thanks TRIPLETS/From A1 Robert decided to try one last time for another child.

In April, they went to get the first ultrasound at Bassett Hospital. “They showed us one healthy baby and then, suddenly, there were two, and then another! I was thrilled, then excited, then I was terrified!”

“You have so many mixed emotions,” said Beth. “But the girls took the news like champs. Hannah offered up her crib, and Abigail took the ultrasound pictures to show-and-tell.”

“I love them,” said Hannah. “We’re going to play tag!” said Abigail.

The girls help put their brothers into their swings, sing lullabies, help put them down for naps and give them check-ups with their play doctor kits. “When we first got home, Hannah didn’t understand why the boys couldn’t go on the slide,” said Beth.

Bassett doesn’t have a neo-natal intensive care unit, so Beth’s care was transferred to Albany Medical Center. Though the preg-

nancy was mostly worryfree, at 29 weeks she began having blood flow problems.

“They thought they were going to have to deliver them within 24 hours,” she said.

“I was terrified.”

The problems ceased, but the doctors decided to induce labor at 33½ weeks.

“Each baby had their own team, plus mine,” she said.

The babies were delivered

by C-section – Noah, then Hunter and lastly, Lucas – but because of tests doctors had to run, it was an hour before the proud papa could even hold Noah. “I was sent to recovery, and it was 12 hours before I could see them,” Beth said. “I was crying, trying to negotiate with the doctor to let me see them. Finally, I said, ‘You can either take me to see them or I will go myself.’

They got me in a wheelchair and took me to see my children.”

Noah and Hunter weighed just over 4 pounds at birth, while Lucas weighed 3 pounds, 14 ounces, and they had to be incubated for the first few weeks. Noah and

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Hunter came home after two and a half weeks, with Lucas making his arrival a week and a half after that.

“We’re so relieved to have everyone home,” said Beth.

And yes, the parents can tell the little ones apart.

“Hunter’s right ear sticks out a little bit, and Noah’s doesn’t,” said Robert. “Lucas’ face is a little smaller than the other boys.”

And the community pitched in when she brought the new babies home, bringing toys, clothes and gifts. “We went to the Fly Creek Cider Mill, and they watched the boys so we could shop,” she said. “At Price Chopper, they offered to shop for me, because the carts only have room for two, and I don’t have a stroller for three yet!”

The proud grandparents, on mom Beth’s side, are Patricia Morgan of Cooperstown and Robert Booker; on dad Robert’s side, Richard and stepmom Marcelle O’Brien of Milford. (Robert’s mom was Deborah O’Brien, who passed away in 1989.)

While in the hospital, Beth befriended a woman who had lost her infant son, but who made the triplets pumpkin hats for Halloween. “Hannah and I were pumpkin princesses, and they were the pumpkins!” said Abigail.

Because daddy Robert is a hunter and the fire chief of Hartwick, the boys received plenty of camo and firemanthemed presents, and the Community Bible Church of Toddsville has been bringing meals over weekly. “They have a schedule of who’s bringing us what through December,” said Robert.

“The support has just been tremendous.”

And though they’re not quite the size of a full-term baby, the boys are already rolling over, holding their own pacifiers and turning their heads to see the world around them. “Everyone always asks if it’s rough,” said Beth. “But right now, they’re all doing great.”

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Pristine lakefront home w/4 BRs, 2 baths is completely renovated and furnished.

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MLS#94842 $149,000 Best Buy Near Cooperstown! Seclusion and outrageous views! 3 BR, 2 bath home on 26+ acres.

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Downstairs: 2 BRs, 2 baths. Upstairs: 4 BRs, 3 baths.

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4 BRs, DR, sun room, LR and family room. Large backyard, raised deck. This is a family home!

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MLS#96562 $479,000 Welcome Home! Stunning remodeled 4-BR, 2½ bath home located on over 150 acres. No expense spared!

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MLS#96917 $129,900 3-BR, renovated Cape. All new: roof, vinyl siding, doors, windows, appliances, baths, flooring. Large rooms, master suite w/ ½ bath, covered porch and patio.

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MLS#97213 $42,000 1,200 sq ft, 2 BR, 1 bath home on a corner lot in the Cooperstown Village home.

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MLS#97019 $89,000 Great Location! Solid home w/newer floors and many custom revisions. Two pellet stoves and gas fireplace.

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MLS#96795 $184,999 Center-hall Colonial w/3 BRs, 2 baths, open floorplan, fireplace, newly landscaped yard. Centrally located in Oneonta close to everything.

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MLS#93004 $224,900 Selling Way Under Value! 25-acre horse farm in Morris. 3-BR, 2-bath ranch, large barn, fenced pasture.

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This 3 BR Oneonta home is pristine! If you love the warmth of hardwood floors and natural woodwork this home is a must-see. Only the second owners of this home,the sellers have kept as many of the original features as possible, even having cabinets made for the kitchen and bath to coordinate with the Granny cupboards originally made for the house. Home and 1-car garage sit on a double city lot which has been nicely maintained and has stone patio, perennial gardens, mature trees. Call today!

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Formal DR, 1 full/2 half baths, den w/fireplace. Custom kitchen w/island.

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Upstairs are 2 BRs w/en suite baths and closets.The hallway has several closets including walk-in linen area. Over the kitchen is a large playroom, office or master BR w/multiple built-ins and views of Otsego Lake. Wide pine floors, some beamed ceilings, 9/9 windows and some replacement windows.

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