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All Trees Sacrificed To Sidewalk Repair

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

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atricia Schultz calls Cooperstown “a gracious tree-lined village” in her travel book,

“1,000 Places To See Before You Die.” She may be surprised on her next trip.

The Village Board’s Streets & Buildings Committee has announced that, as part of the $2 million redo of Main Street sidewalks Please See TREES, A7

Storm Leaves 5 Homes Stranded At Lane’s End

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t was Friday, Feb. 2, and village plows had been out all night scraping a foot of fluffy mid-winter snow from Cooperstown

streets. On Cooper Lane, however, home to five houses – and abutting the back of Cooper Lane Apartments – the snowy blanket was untouched after the biggest snowfall of the season.

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Suzie Coelman of Cooperstown and niece Ellie Dykstra admire the colorful offerings at the annual Fenimore Quilt Show, on display at the Cooperstown Art Association through Sunday, Feb. 23.

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tate Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, said he has been assured by Remington Arms that 1,300 jobs in the company’s Ilion plant are secure, despite the announcement of a new 2,000-job expansion in Alabama.

The Mohawk Valley plant is a significant contributor to the Richfield Springs economy and other northern Otsego County towns.

AT THE MOVIES: Remnants of Rabbit Goody’s historical fabrics, woven at Thistle Hill Weavers, Cherry Valley, may be seen in immigrants’ bundles in the movie, “Winter’s Tale,” starring Colin Farrell and Russell Crowe, now showing at Southside Cinemas.

HALLELUJAH! As this edition went to press, it appeared the six-week deep freeze was at an end, with highs of 33 predicted Wednesday the 19th; 36 Thursday the 20th, and 43 Friday the 21st.

AND ANSWER IS: Clue in the latest Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle: “County or lake of Cooperstown, N.Y.”

Derek Jeter Retirement Means 2020 Home Run

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hen Derek Jeter took to Facebook to announce his retirement Wednesday, Feb. 12, it was a sad day for Yankees fans.

But over at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, a light went on over Induction 2020. “The reality is that all great baseball careers must end,” said Brad Horn, One of the vice presimany baseball dent/comcards celebrat- munication ing Jeter. & education.

“The silver lining is that he’s got a real potential for induction.”

With the 2014 induction of Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas – and, in particular, former Yankee manager Joe Please See JETER, A6

GOIN’ POLAR 19TH PLUNGE RAISES $107,000

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For full draft EIS, which goes to public hearing Tuesday, April 1, at Foothills in Oneonta, go to: WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

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You can see a little bit of the shock of impact on the face of Cooperstown’s Caitlin Andrews (inset) at the 19th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump Saturday, Feb. 15. After the icy plunge, Tony Gardner, Oneonta, shows the pleasure of jumping in the nearby hot tub. Milford’s Steve Bernhardt sprays him with hot water as, from left, Joy Gardner, Oneonta, and Joe and Chloe Koster of Milford soak up the warmth. The event raised $107,000/MORE PHOTOS, A3

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The Clark Sports Center’s Sharks Swim Team swam 115,000 yards at the annual Swimathon in December, raising $2,560 for the Cooperstown Food Pantry. The team presented the check to Food Pantry co-director Audrey Murray, third row, far right, on Jan. 15. Team members include, front row, from left, Ryan Hellenthal, Michael Zhou, Colby Diamond, Lindsay Thomas, Rylie Austin, Anna Hawkes, Riley Fillion, Grace Fuller, Margaret Mary Raffo, Caroline van der Riet; second row, from left, Emily Amore, Sydnie Streek, Emma Panzarella, Liam Spencer, Will Weldon, Maddox Aramini, Gil Cooper, Emma Pastor, Quinn Lytel, Nate Dickey, Abhinav Chikoti, Thomas Hellenthal, Jaina Bischof, Finn Morgan, Lucian Lytel, Addison Bruno; third row, from left, Coach Kristen Griger, Amy Seamon, Gareth Austin, Briana Bischof, Mikeeli Hanson, Katelyn Amsden, Rebecca Marmorato, Max Hinrichs, Alex Woeppel, Michael Kelley, Sam Lytel, Anthony Xie, Trent Cooper, Murray; back row, from left, Coach Matt Philips, Margie Knight, Natalie Shieber, Megan Kern, Delilah Griger, Matilda Francis, Lauren Saggese, Gracie Brennan, Alina Bischof, Tessa Griger, Renee Friedman, Eden Griger, Lindsay Harloff, Kai Wasson, Coach Lindsey Bailey.

Potters Julie Hill, Kris Gildenblatt and Leigh Connor show off bowls they have created for this year’s 8th annual Empty Bowls Luncheon, noon2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Christ Church Parish Hall. Over seven years, the luncheon has raised $37,820; it is the Cooperstown Food Pantry’s largest fundraiser. In 2007, 100 people were served; that rose to 315 last year. Attendees buy bowls – the revenue source – created by local potters, then have a variety of soups to lunch on.

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ON DEAN’S LIST: Kaitlin Van Winkler of Milford is on the Dean’s List at the University of Hartford for the fall semester.

3 HONORED: Three students from Cooperstown – Edmund Donley, Kaleigh Herman and Larissa Ryan – are on the Dean’s List at SUNY Albany for the fall semester.

HARLOFF HONORS: Christopher Harloff of Fly Creek is on the Dean’s List at Paul Smith’s College for the fall semester. He is majoring in recreation, adventure travel and ecotourism.

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organ Stanley announced it has promoted Matt Sohns of Cooperstown to senior vice president, financial adviser and financial planning specialist, in the firm’s Wealth Management Office in Utica.

Matt has been with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management and its predecessor firms since 1998 and is a native of Delhi. He lives with his family in Cooperstown.

He will continue to work out of office at 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown.

MILLER HONORED: Sophomore Jacob Miller of Cooperstown is on the Dean’s List at Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pa., for the fall semester.

MAGUIRE CITED: Eamonn Maguire of Cooperstown, an engineering major, is on the Dean’s List at the University of Vermont for the fall semester.

GRIFFITH ON LIST: Jordan Griffiths of Milford is on the Dean’s List at Genesee Community College.

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Mark Zimmerman, left, and Jeremie Hoyt jump with the Royal Chrysler team at the 19th annual Goodyear Lake Polar Bear Jump Saturday, Feb. 15. Some 360 jumpers braved 27 degree weather. Fees from jumpers and sponsors are used to benefit ailing children in the Otsego County region.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014

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wo ongoing situations reflect the current state of politics/governance in the Village of Cooperstown. In effect, a Village Board, going into a third election season with no competition, has concluded – accurately – that it can do pretty much what it wants.

Situation One: The Village Board decided to sort out the sometimes muddled ownership of thoroughfares that have evolved in a two-centuries-old-plus community. Fine, but now it has declined to plow or maintain Cooper Lane, The Freeman’s Journal leaving homeowners subject to Cooper Lane is rutted but such elements as were demonunplowed. strated in last week’s 12-inch work on assuming ownership of snowstorm.

Cooper Lane, should cut to the (Question: By unilaterally elimchase, accept the street and end the inating a decades-long practice, hazard – and potential liability – at has the Village Board put residents its monthly meeting on the 24th. in legal jeopardy if, say, someone In the second case, it is what has a heart attack and the ambuit is. Trees will grow back. (But lance can’t get to the scene?) don’t you miss the stately oaks, Situation Two: The trustees’ elms and maples of yesteryear?.)

Streets & Buildings Committee In each case, however, the Vilhas decided all trees on the north lage Board didn’t feel the necesside of Main Street must go for sity to build a consensus, despite the $2 million redo of downtown the near-record-low turnout in the sidewalks to happen in an opti2012 and 2013 village elections mum way. and, thus, lack of a mandate. And In the first case, the Village the trustees are right: Absent a Board, which is awaiting paperchallenge at the voting booth, and

given one-party dominance, they can do what they wish and are inclined to do so.

In part, that explains on-street paid parking, the end of the noontime whistle, the daily construction-related traffic jams into and out of the village last summer, and a new abitrariness in a number of minor issues. (For instance, Mayor Jeff Katz, did Furthur because he wanted to and the trustees were compliant. It was probably a mistake. On the other hand, Katz’s Bud Fowler initiative was brilliant.)

• Paradoxically, this is an imperfect aspect of what arguably is the best Village Board in years. To wit: • Creative grantmanship by Trustee Cindy Falk has garnered $2 million to repair of woefully deteriorated downtown sidewalks.

The futuristic pro-environment plan also includes new benches and the renovation of the classic streetlights to accommodate energy-efficient LED lighting. Plus, the too-wide pavement at Chestnut and Main will be reconfigured to make upper Main Street more shopper friendly.

• Trustee Lou Allstadt’s leader-

ship of the Friends of 22 Main will likely result in an expansion of the library, restructuring of village offices and a reconfiguring of public space for more varied community use. The possible realignment of the library as a school-district facility and the possible merger of the Cooperstown Art Association and Smithy Pioneer Gallery just expand the positive possibilities.

• Following state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli’s data showing Cooperstown’s expenses are way higher than similar Upstate village, Mayor Katz has asked Allstadt, the former Mobil Oil executive vice president, to drill down into why “America’s Most Perfect Village” may be America’s most expensive too.

The mayor is also developing into an eloquent spokesman, relating Cooperstown’s story – and its challenges – to a larger audience.

His appearance on the podium at the Otsego County Chamber’s State of the State breakfast at Oneonta’s Foothills in January is one example. People want to help Cooperstown and – in such projects at the restoration of Doubleday Field for its 100th anniversary in 2019 – welcome opportunities to do so.

“All we’re trying to do is solve problems,” Katz explained in an interview the night of the Democratic caucus that nominated him for a second term. That’s exactly the right approach. You can see how this way of thinking might lead to such needed reforms as a professional manager, a la Oneonta City Manager Mike Long, to help the village figure out how to flourish in a quickly changing 21st century.

• It short, while there are sufficient decisions coming out of Village Hall to cause worry, there are sufficient initiatives to generate positive excitement. Call it hope, if you will.

Given its politburo status, however – the village Republican committee has collapsed – the Village Board, mayor and every individual trustee, should test every decision against the Golden Rule. If Katz, Falk, Allstadt and the rest actually lived on Cooper Lane, would the dangerous standoff underway there – innocent bystanders put at risk due to decisions made before some of them were even born – have happened? Unlikely.

If point of fact, it’s a good test for all of us, whatever our roles.

HARTWICK CELEBRATES $3M ACCOMPLISHMENT Katie O’Brien, Class of 1919, didn’t delay trying out the equipment in the Campbell Fitness Center.

Student Senate President Colin Blydenburgh, Mike Getman from the Dewar Foundation, President Drugovich and Francis Landrey, trustees chair, cut the ribbon.

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BOUND VOLUMES Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, Courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library Saturday last was exactly equal to that of the 1888 blizzard which was 32 inches. In 1888, it snowed 44 hours, while the storm of last week succeeded in depositing the same amount of snow upon Mother Earth in 18 hours. All glory to the blizzard of 1914!

February 19, 1914

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A Cooperstown insurance agent and real estate broker, Arthur T. Peevers, made a safe emergency landing on the New York State Thruway near Schenectady Sunday night after unusually high tail winds had blown his light aircraft miles beyond its scheduled landing point at Utica. Mr. Peevers brought his Cessna 172 down on the westbound lane of the Thruway near the Guilderland service area shortly before 10 o’clock just before his gas tanks ran dry. Mr. Peevers, who has logged more than 1,500 hours in more than 20 years of flying, including a stint with the U.S. Army Air Forces during WWII, came down without incident and taxied the aircraft to a crossover between the two Thruway lanes. It was later pushed and towed to the nearby service center. Late Monday afternoon, with a detail of State Police holding up traffic, Mr. Peevers took off from the eastbound lane and landed at nearby Albany airport where repairs to his radio equipment were addressed.

February 19,1964

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Abolitionists – A portion of the Massachusetts Abolitionists have recently resolved to get up a political Abolition press; and another portion of them in this State, have resolved to introduce Abolitionism into our churches. So we go. With Abolitionism, Total Abstinence-ism, Anti-Masonry-ism and Amalgamation-ism mixed up with, and made test questions in our religion and our politics, we shall soon be in a most delectable situation.

February 18, 1839

After a one-year derailment, trolleys will most likely return to Cooperstown this summer. “The village is planning on operating the trolleys if nothing unforeseen happens that would make this intention totally impractical,” said Village Clerk Douglas Walrath. Along with a contribution of $8,000 to $10,000 from the Village of Cooperstown, financial commitments from various organizations will make up the estimated $80,000 operating cost.

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Paul R. Leonard and Suzanne Clarvoe have been named Presidential Scholars by Clarkson University for the fall February 22, 1939 2003 semester. Leonard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brent lished as a safe deposit for savings. The transportation of Leonard, is a sophomore majoring in interdisciplinary engiNegro families to other countries is disapproved. neering and management. Clarvoe, the daughter of Paul and February 19, 1864 Martha Clarvoe of Hartwick, is a sophomore majoring in business and technology management. Clarvoe is one of 24 Clarkson students involved in Revolution 24 Inc., a groundThe blizzard of 1888 has met its match at last and the breaking, student-run corporation actively participating in blizzard of 1914 will go down in history as the equal if not the field of federal bidding. the superior of that famous storm of 26 years ago. AccordFebruary 20, 2004 ing to the official figures the fall of snow on Friday and

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Big Years Are Coming, Jeter’s Retirement Underscores JETER/From A1 Torre – already anticipating a crowd mirroring the 2007 induction of Cal Ripken Jr., Horn says that the next five inductions are shaping up as big ones.

“Between now and 2020, so many legitimately elite players will be eligible for the ballot for the first time,” he said. “We believe the future is bright.”

Just look ahead: • In 2015, left-handed pitcher Randy Johnson and Braves pitcher John Smoltz will make their eligibility debut.

• In 2016, Cincinnati Reds home-run hitter Ken Griffey Jr., and Red Sox favorite Pedro Martinez could top the ballot.

• In 2017, Texas Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez and Yankees catcher Jorge Posada are eligible.

• 2018 could see in Braves third baseman Chipper Jones.

• 2019 is the first year Yankees closer Mario Rivera might find his name on the ballot.

As for 2020, Horn predicted, “It’s going to be a crowded hillside with a chance of Jeter.”

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Writers Association of America secretary-treasurer and writer for the Yankees Universe fansite, agreed: “It looks like a banner period. We’re seeing a lot of Brad Horn quality players coming up on the ballot.”

If things shape up as anticipated, that means the dawning on a dark era for the Hall of Fame, which saw the ballot thinned for

a generation by the Steroid Stars, targeted by allegations of using performance enhancing drugs.

In 2013, no living player was inducted, despite Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens being on the ballot. “We ask voters to use their discretion as to our criteria of character, sportsmanship and integrity,” said Horn.

In a 2009 interview with the New York Times, Jeter said, “One thing that irritates me is that this was the steroid era” – that some players were using PEDs, competing with others who were

trying to play it straight.

1990s standout Mark McGuire, who admitted using PEDs in 2010, has been on the ballot for eight years, garnering only 23 percent of the vote in 2007, now down to 11 percent in 2014.

“They need five percent to remain on the ballot,” said Horn. “We’re seeing the ramifications of players who emerged from that era with excellence.”

“These are players who did it the right way,” said O’Connell.

“And hopefully, they’ll be going to Cooperstown.”

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graffea and Robert Howarth of Cornell. Professor Ingraffea is a Dwight C. Baum Professor of Engineering, Weiss Presidential Teaching Fellow at Cornell University and president of Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy, Inc. As a former gas industry insider (including working for Halliburton), he speaks with authority on shale formations and what corporations do when they disrupt them. He believes that fracking should be banned wherever it is not yet taking place. Professor Howarth’s study documents that the

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New to the Cooperstown Market — Family-friendly village home is being offered for the first time in many years. With 2,275+/- sq ft, this home has a center hall w/very pretty open staircase, front-to-back LR w/atrium door to back deck, formal DR which opens nicely to sunny kitchen w/cherry cabinets, Corian counters, greenhouse window, bay-window dining area and powder room. Natural woodwork, wood floors. Upstairs: 4 BRs and newly done full bath. Full walk-up attic. Staircase goes from LR to basement area w/den or kid’s space, full bath, hallway, storage closets, and utility room which houses services as well as laundry, workshop, storage and outside entrance. Charming front porch, black-topped driveway, 1-car detached garage. This well maintained home is within walking distance of everything and is priced to sell.

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MLS#90291 East Springfield $299,000 Built about 1750, this large historical house has great character and Otsego Lake views. The home features 3 BRs; 3 baths; large LR, DR and kitchen; pantry; family room and den. In need of some updating and TLC—the right buyer could make this gem shine again. Attached garage, deck, patio. Includes large concrete pool (not used in several years) cabana and changing rooms.

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global warming impact of fracking will be greater (dirtier) than that of mountaintop removal for coal.

Finally, please look at a study conducted by Robert Jackson, a biogeochemist at Duke University. He and his colleagues measured the methane concentrations in 60 drinking-water wells in areas of Pennsylvania and New York State near fracking operations. Dissolved methane concentrations in water from the 34 wells located more than 1 kilometre from fracking operations averaged about 1.1 milligrams of dissolved methane per litre. But in water taken from 26 wells within 1 km of one or more fracking operations, methane concentrations averaged 19.2 mg per litre.

Isotopic analyses of the carbon in that methane shows that the gas has the same signature as that being recovered from deep underground by fracking operations. We are concerned

about chemical weapons being used in Syria yet we give corporate gas free rein to poison our own people compliments of hydrofracking.

I find it more than ironic that those showing support of fracking most likely did NOT vote for you while the throng of us asking you to ban fracking most likely DID vote for you.

As someone who got his start in political life through community organizing, I’m sure you can resonate to the frustrations of the “little people” who feel that they are not being heard because their leaders’ ears have been deafened by corporate power.

PLEASE, President Obama! Do the right thing.

Ban fracking nationwide and initiate a bold and forward-thinking energy policy based exclusively on development of wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal energy.

TERESA WINCHESTER Otego

OBAMA: Energy Independence Will Be Boon To Ailing Nation REPLY/From A4 creates more American jobs and lowers energy bills for nearly everybody.

Wasting less energy helps us even more. We set new fuel standards for cars and trucks that will double their mileage and give drivers more bang for their buck at the pump. We also launched initiatives to put people to work making our homes, businesses, and factories more energy efficient. That will save businesses money on energy bills that they can use to hire more workers.

And because we are using more clean energy and wasting less, our emissions of dangerous carbon pollution are falling while our economy continues to grow.

This is the way forward:

good jobs, cheaper and cleaner energy, and a secure future for our kids. To keep making progress, we need to double down on low-carbon energy – from wind and solar to wind and biofuels.

We should increase responsible natural gas production that boosts our businesses and keeps costs down for families. And we should keep investing in American technologies that grow our economy while protecting our planet for generations to come.

Thank you again for writing. To learn more about my plan to secure America’s energy future, visit www.

Whitehouse.gov/Energy.

BARACK OBAMA Washington, D.C.

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THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014

All Trees Must Go In Sidewalk Repair

TREES/From A1 that begins in the next few weeks, all trees between the Cooperstown Diner and Hoffman Lane – two dozen – will be cut down.

Stephen Carlton Clark, founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame, is credited with planting several hundred maples in the 1920s, many of which, now towering, still adorn the village today. He would be in for a surprise, too.

In place of the maples, a variety – gingkos, London planes (a sycamore hybrid), elm hybrids, Chinese elms, hawthornes and honey locusts – will line the village’s main thoroughfare.

“Revitalizing Main Street is like remodeling a house,” the committee said in a press release. “There will be times ... when the street will look barren and will be torn up during periods of construction. These moments may be shocking to see. Be assured that when it’s finished, Main Street will be a showpiece of which we can all be proud.”

In the announcement, the committee said “removing and replacing the current street trees was a difficult decision,” but it is consistent with a larger plan. The original $636,000 grant through the state’s Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP) had an environmental purpose, using brick sidewalks and “rain gardens” around trees to slow runoff, allowing water to percolate through the ground and be purified before entering Otsego Lake or the Susquehanna.

Another $2 million was received in January from the Federal Highway Administration to complete the project on both sides of Main and to extend it onto Pioneer Street.

Now, “our street trees sit above the side-

walk level, making them incompatible with the ‘rain gardens’ that will be sunk below the sidewalk level,” the press release says.

The trees chosen will help the storm-water management mission, and their root structure and how they are planted will minimize damage to the new sidewalks.

Trustee Lou Allstadt, who is on the committee, said the new trees will be in approximately the same place as the current ones, except in places like the entrance to Doubleday Field, where more symmetry will be sought.

“We told the contractor we want the biggest trees that will survive,” he said, or 3.5- to 4-inch “caliber.” That means the trees will be 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter at 6 inches above ground level.

“The idea is to prevent blight in terms of the selections,” he continued. “You want to have at least alternative species. So if something hits, we don’t lose everything.”

Trustee Cindy Falk, who chairs the committee, said she was able to draw on the expertise of her brother, Tim Layton, who works for the National Park Service’s Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation.

He applied research that came out of Storm Sandy – “What survived the moisture. What resisted the salt” – in making recommendations, Falk said.

Because of the crowds expected for the Hall of Fame 75th anniversary, the contractor will begin work as soon as the weather allows, and complete the first phase by Memorial Day Weekend, the start of the season. Work will stop over the summer, then ensue again after Labor Day.

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That left Cooper Lane, which Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh surmises has been plowed by the village since the early 1970s, a few years after the old high school there was torn down and the new Cooper Lane Apartments were built. Previously, Tillapaugh said, it was probably plowed by the school district as part of the high school complex.

A review of the deeds showed the apartment complex owns about half the lane; the rest falls to the adjacent homeowners – the Ofers, Diane and Richard Richardson and Caroline Bryer. The Sanseveres own the Victorian at the start of the lane; their home is accessed from Chestnut Street, but a smaller home they rent out is accessed from Cooper Lane.

“If you substituted Cooper Lane for anyone else’s private property, if the village was clearing driveways – yours, or mine or Jane’s, there would probably be an outcry,” said Katz, explaining the Village Board’s thinking.

“It’s private property,” said Falk. “So it is, in fact, in many ways, a liability for us to use village equipment for what, in effect, is private.”

In initial talks between

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the neighbors and Village Hall heading into the winter of 2012-13, it was discovered it would cost $16,000 to bring the lane up to code so it could then be deeded over to the village. In negotiations, the village said it would accept $1,000 per homeowner – $6,000, including a contribution from the apartment complex.

In addition to clarifying the situation, there is a benefit in the village taking over ownership, Tillapaugh said.

An aging water line now runs from Glen Avenue under the Cooper Lane Apartments parking lot. “If that line ever went, we would have a huge job repairing it,” he said. If the village owned Cooper Lane, it has plans to run a new water line up Cooper Lane – a straight shot – serving the apartment complex and the homes, and forestalling future trouble.

However, one of the neighbors balked at paying $1,000, and the situation lingered through the winter, while village crews continued to plow. Leading into this winter, the Ofers agreed to contribute an extra $1,000 to see the matter resolved.

Meanwhile, the Village Board decided not to plow the lane until it became village property. It notified the state of the situation, and the state DOT cut back CHIPS aid accordingly, said Tillapaugh. It also notified its insurance carrier, which eliminated coverage of Cooper Lane, thus creating a liability if the village crew did plow it, the lawyer said.

“They don’t want to plow it anymore, they say it’s an expense,” said neighbor John Sansevere. “I don’t know how much of an expense it can be.” He added at another point, Cooper Lane “is falling apart now; it’s not that they’re maintaining it anyhow.”

Adding to the tensions was a delay in the required paperwork. Winter arrived and, with February, storms that led to some accumulation, the worst being overnight on Thursday-Friday, Feb. 13-14. Tillapaugh said the paperwork will be completed shortly; if that happens by Monday, Feb. 24, the trustees can approve it at their monthly meeting.

“It’s not really in limbo,” said Tillapaugh. “They own it. They want us to own it.

As soon as we file the deed, then it’s done.”

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PLOWING/From A1 and it couldn’t because the street wasn’t plowed?” asked Kurt Ofer, whose home and the Altonview Architects firm of Ofer and his wife, Theresa Drerup, is at the end of the lane. He was snow-blowing a path that would allow the neighbors to get in and out through the apartment complex’s parking lot.

The snowed-in homes were the result of a situation that’s been going on since July 2012, when Mayor Jeff Katz and the Village Board agreed that Trustee Cindy Falk, Street & Building Committee chair, should determine if village crews had been maintaining streets that were actually privately owned.

The impetus was the lawsuit brought by the Inn at Cooperstown, Chestnut Street, claiming that the inn owned its driveway; JGB Associates, which at the time was planning to build six homes between Chestnut and Nelson Avenue, planned to use the driveway to access the property.

In her subsequent research, Falk, a CGP professor with research expertise, discovered two iffy situations: One was Old School House Court, off Elm Street; the other was Cooper Lane. The village had been plowing and maintaining both, but the thoroughfares belonged to private homeowners.

A third situation involved Otsego Court, the potholed lane that begins next to Cooley’s on Pioneer Street and extends behind several business and next to the Smithy Art Center pottery studio to the Hall of Fame parking lot. At about the time the Inn at Cooperstown suit surfaced, Otsego Court property owners asked Village Hall to take it over.

There is also uncertainty about Stagecoach Lane, behind Main Street business blocks between Pioneer and Hoffman Lane, which reportedly has been plowed by village crews at some points, and business owners at others.

Old School House Court was quickly resolved, according to Falk: There is a homeowners’ association there that took over the maintenance. The trustees declined to take over Otsego Court. The Inn at Cooperstown suit went all the way to the state Court of

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This year’s 75th anniversary of the National Baseball Hall of Fame – with the induction of Yankee manager Joe Torre and other giant stars of the National Pastime – is expected to attract 80,000 fans or more, but the sizzle will extend throughout the summer. Don’t be left out of the only locally produced tourist guide aimed at those fans, plus the 500,000 other visitors coming to our baseball camps, NYSHA museums and Glimmerglass Festival.

Now in its fourth year, the Guide To The Good Life, in its easy-to-handle pocket-size format, will feature expanded content, including information surrounding the July 25-27 Induction Weekend and the Boston Pops appearance in Cooperstown the following weekend.

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MLS#92256 – Renovated 3 BR, 2 bath farmhouse on 26-acre horse farm. 2 barns w/12 stalls, water, electric. Plenty of open land for riding, electric and wooden fenced-in areas for the horses. Located between Cooperstown and Richfield Springs. $295,000 Call James Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell) MLS#92176 – 4 - 5 BR, 2½ bath village home close to Otsego Lake. Spacious eat-in kitchen w/granite counters, island. Wood-burning fireplace, built-in window seats and bookshelves, duo front LRs. Baths on all 3 levels. Front porch, private back deck, patio, walkways, stone walls, 2-car garage. $479,000 Call Katherine L. Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell) MLS#84923 – Opportunity to save on a contractorrenovated 3-BR country home on 3 acres. $250,000 Call Michelle A. Curran @ 518-469-5603 (cell)

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MLS#88698 – Amazing value for this immaculate 4-BR house with large yard! Updates galore. $103,000 Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#91741 – Center-hall Colonial w/wide pine, maple, cherry floors. LR w/fireplace, DR w/French doors to porch, kitchen w/cherry cabinets. Downstairs: 2 BRs, 2 baths. Upstairs: 4 BRs, 3 baths. Master BR w/dressing room, private bath. Front and back staircases.

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