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Volume 207, No. 12
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CCS HAWKEYES MAKE HISTORY
Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
The state DOT’s Tony Brown packs gravel in a ditch on the side of Route 80 near Five Mile Point Monday, March 23, as repairs began to a stretch that had camp owners in an uproar last summer. A retaining wall is being repaired and the road repaved.
Keator Leaves Treasurer Job After 4 Years COOPERSTOWN
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d Keator, village treasurer for the past four years, has submitted his resignation to the Village Board. The West Oneonta resident, who also runs Ed’s Bookkeeping & Tax Service, has been hired under the administration of former Mayor Joe Booan. BUDGET READY: The Village Board’s proposed 2015-15 budget, calling for no tax increase and the repaving of eight streets, is on file in the Village Clerk’s Office. Review budget at WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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All hail the conquering heroes! A fire truck parade brought the CCS Lady Hawkeyes home Sunday, March 22, to some 300 cheering hometown fans gathered at the flagpole at Main and Pioneer. In the vintage fire truck, from left, are Sam Wehner, Jen Flynn, Sarah Cook, Julie Ford and Sam Fanion. In the bucket are, from left, Head Coach Mike Niles, Assistant Coach Shannon Merwin, Captains Liz Millea and Christina Noto, and Assistant Coach Glen Noto.
Downtown Hotel Back On Track
OPTING OUT URGED:
The Cooperstown Teachers Association has passed a resolution urging parents to stop their children from taking Common Core tests in math and English next month. The teachers have been objecting to Governor Cuomo’s proposed reforms seeking to link job evaluations to test scores.
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proposed four-story downtown hotel is back, and may be on the fast-track for approval by Village
Hall. When the partners in BPT Cooperstown LLL and their architects reintroduced the project at 124 Main St. to the Village Board Monday, March 23, Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal Mayor Jeff Katz told the audience Architect Teresa Drerup unveils new Please See HOTEL, A6 artist’s rendering to the Village Board.
‘Hooting, Hollering’ Fans Greet Ladies During Firetruck Parade By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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ungry, exhausted and a little overwhelmed was how CCS Lady Hawkeyes basketball coach Mike Niles described himself as feeling the Monday morning after.
“I remember getting on the bus Friday and the rest is just a blur,” he said. “It still hasn’t quite sunk in for me that we won the state championship.” But just a reminder – the Lady Hawkeyes destroyed the Northern Adirondack Bobcats 61-34 to take the state Please See CHAMPS, C2
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD