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Trustee Cindy Falk, center, with husband Glenn at her side, is sworn in by Village Clerk Teri Barown Monday, April 6, for a second term on the Village Board. For photo of Trustee Jim Dean, also sworn in, SEE A4
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abrielle Stadler, 20, and her brother Anthony, 8, were among three victims of a fatal blaze Thursday, April 2, on 165 Hone Road, near the Cherry Valley-Sharon town line. The cause of the fatal fire is still under investigation, according to state police. The third victim was Ashley Tefft, 20, of Milford, a friend of Gabrielle’s and fellow student at SUNY Cobleskill/DETAILS, B6 HEARING ON HOTEL:
The village Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday, April 7, set a public hearing on the luxury hotel planned for downtown at its next meeting at 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 5. It is the first such hearing on the debated project. HISTORIAN HONORED:
Mayor Katz declared Monday, April 6, “Hugh MacDougall Day” in Cooperstown in honor of the venerable village historian, whose recent research, in particular, has helped ground several initiatives/ DETAILS, A2
hether you need site development, workforce training or infrastructure enhancement, you can get it all at Otsego Now. “Otsego Now,” a “brand, name, logo and website” for the Otsego County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), was announced Monday, April 6. In development since September, the goal is to create united image for This is the county IDA’s new logo
all the IDA’s proposed services, from site selection to workforce training. “The new branding and associated tactics are exactly what is needed to pave the way for future expansion and new opportunities,” said state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford. Last September, Elizabeth Horvath, IDA COO, brought together 11 local leaders as an advisory board to analyze the “core values” of the economic dePlease See BRAND, A6
ALEX’S NEW CANTINA Alex Webster sizes up a sign for the takeout window at Alex & Ika, which he is transforming into a second Cantina de Salsa, opening May 5.
n its Tuesday, April 6, edition, the New York Times examined whatever it is U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson is up to, whether reviving the state GOP, or running for governor or U.S. Senate. “Behind the scenes, Mr. Gibson has instructed advisers to study his options for creating a new political fund-raising entity, to help collect and spend money for Republican causes throughout the state,” Alexander Burns reports. Follow the link from
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Tastes Change, Restaurateur Changes With Them By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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t’s the end – and the beginning – of an era for Alex & Ika. “The town is changing,” said co-proprietor Alex Webster, who founded the celebrated restaurant in Cherry Valley in 1997. “More restaurants are opening, there’s more competition.” But for Webster, closing the door at Alex & Ika is opening a new chapter. He plans to transform the iconic restaurant’s locale since 2007 – 149 Main St., Cooperstown – into a Webster is open- second Cantina de Salsa, ing a second modeled after one he Cantina de Salsa opened two years ago in Cooperstown in Cherry Valley. It will on the “Cinco de open on May 5, “Cinco Mayo.” de Mayo.”
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im Konstanty, tall, handsome, funny, always tanned, the center of attention at any gathering, a man about town, a man about Otsego County, seemed indestructible. “I couldn’t believe it when I heard the news,” said Bob Turrell, who played with him on Coach Tony Drago’s undefeated 1960 OHS basketball team. And yet, Friday, April 3, after completing a round of golf in Pinehurst, N.C., with his son Michael and cousin Richard Fox, dining while overlooking Jim the 18th green, James Edward Konstanty Konstanty, 73, 20-year county attorney for the county Board of Representatives, passed away. During his 20 years as county attorney, his outspoken opinions often put him in the news. Practicing his profession until the end, he was undeterred by controversy, arguing against paid parking in downtown Cooperstown, and recently representing clients who had lost their homes in the recent controversial county tax sales. Please See KONSTANTY, A3
Autopsy On Display On 150th Anniversary Of Lincoln’s Slaying COOPERSTOWN Alex & Ika’s moved to Cooperstown in 2007 from Cherry Valley, where Senator Moynihan and Hillary Clinton were among its celebrity guests.
“Each place will have its own character,” he said. “But we’re keeping the focus on quality ingredients, the same philosophy that made people love Alex & Ika.” Webster moved up from New York City with his wife, Ika, to open Alex & Ika 18 years ago Please See CANTINA, A6
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r. John Woodward and Dr. Robert King Stone’s notes may just look like two small, faded pieces of paper, but they’re two of the most important notes in American history. “These are the physician’s notes from President Abraham Lincoln’s autopsy,” said NYSHA Director of Collections Erin Richardson. “They were given to us by an anonymous donor in the 1960s.” Please See 150TH, A3
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As County Attorney, Lawyer, Konstanty Well-Known Throughout Otesgo KONSTANTY/From A1
He was born Feb. 26, 1942, in Jamestown, the oldest son of 1950 National League MVP Jim Konstanty, who later operated Konstanty’s, the downtown sporting goods store, and the former Mary Burlingame. Jim grew up in Worcester, where the family lived, attending Worcester Central School through ninth grade. He came to Oneonta for his high school years, and was an active in football, basketball and baseball teams, playing for Drago and Lloyd Baker. The 1960 state championship basketball team will be inducted into the OHS Athletic Hall of Fame this October. He
played trombone at WCS, was an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Honor Society, and was voted “Mr. Legs of OHS.” As a child he traveled with his family to Florida for Spring Training when his father was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees, then spent summers in the Philadelphia and New York areas, returning home for school in the fall. He would work out with the teams in Spring Training, and spent time in the locker rooms with baseball legends such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Bobby Richardson, Robin Roberts and Richie Ashburn. While
in college, he played baseball in the Canadian League during the summers. He graduate from OHS in 1960, from Cornell University in 1964, and received his law degree from Syracuse University in 1967, a year ahead of Vice President Joe Biden. He first practiced with Turk, Truman & Bishop in Owego, and in 1969 joined Leamy, VanWoert & Dunn in Oneonta. In 1973 he opened his own practice on Main Street, Oneonta. He was town attorney for Oneonta and Davenport, counsel for the Oneonta Urban Renewal Agency, and county attorney for over 20 years, mostly under the chairmanship
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their daughter, Kristin (Konstanty) Maher, her husband Hunter, and their sons, Layne and Chase of Matthews, N.C.; and their son Michael Konstanty of Charlotte, N.C. Also, three sons from his previous marriage: James John and Maribeth (Allison) Konstanty, their children Jacquelyn May (Jackie) and James John, Jr. (Jimmy) of Fairfield, Conn.; Daniel Joseph and Lori (Stern) Konstanty, and their children Grace and Joseph of Melrose, Mass.; and Jared Andrew and Kelly Ann (Mitchell) Konstanty, and their children Andrew John and Colin Michael of Westport, Conn. Other survivors include his sister, Helen Irene (Konstanty) and David Rees of Oneonta; his mother-in-law, Shirley (Dailey) Baker of Oneonta; his brothers-in-law Stephen Baker and son Jake and Emily Baker, of Emporia, Kans. and son Josh Baker of Oneonta; and Dan and Shannon (Sewell) Baker and their children,
Daniel John, Kelsey Irene, and Alexandria May (Ally) of Oneonta. He is also survived by numerous cousins around the country. He was predeceased by his father in 1976 and mother in 2007, his brother Robert (1947) his grandmother Elizabeth (Gage) Burlingame (1973) and his father-in-law John Baker (1995). Calling hours will be Thursday, April 9, 2015 form 57 p.m. at the Lewis, Hurley, & Pietrobono Funeral Home, 51 Dietz Street, Oneonta. A memorial service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Oneonta. Burial will be private that the Maple Gove Cemetery in Worcester, NY. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his memory to OHS Athletic Dept c/o Joe Hughes, OHS, 130 East St. Oneonta, or Oneonta Dollars for Scholars, P.O. Bo 1083, Oneonta, New York, 13820
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The papers, as well as other memorabilia linked to Lincol’s death, are on display at the Fenimore Art Museum’s “Autopsy of a Nation: The Death of Abraham Lincoln” to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his assassination. Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 while watching a performance “Our American Cousin.” He died the next morning. There will be a reading of the play at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, in The Fenimore Art Museum auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public. Dr. Stone, the Lincoln family physician, sat in on the autopsy and took notes on the procedure. “They didn’t do a full-body autopsy, only his brain,” said Richardson. Dr. Woodward, an army surgeon, performed the autopsy. “His notes are very clinical,” said Richardson. “There was no exit wound, and they found the bullet between his brain and his skull on his right side. It bisected the middle of his brain.” Dr. Roger MacMillan, a retired Bassett surgeon, gave the museum context on the notes. “He told us that if this head injury had happened today, even with new technology, he still wouldn’t have survived,” said Richardson. “It was fatal then, and it’s fatal now.” But the notes aren’t the only piece in the exhibit. As the nation mourned their leader’s passing, his funeral train took his body to towns across the East Coast. On display is a young girl’s diary describing her sadness as she travels from her home in Johnstown to Albany to see the train. It’s part of a case of “fan material,” that was sold and created after his death. “He was such an important figure that people really commemorated him,” she said. “We have a ring with his picture on it, and a photograph of him that was sold at local photographer’s studios – ours is from W. G. Smith of Cooperstown.” They also have what’s known as a “penmanship drawing,” with the Emancipation Proclamation written out to form Lincoln’s silhouette. “If we saw something like this today, we would think it was a print,” she said. “But this is all done by hand.”
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Let’s Not Place Obstacles In Front Of ‘Shovel-Ready Sites’
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nyone who’s been paying attention learned 17 months ago, at the second “Seward Summit” on economic development, that a “single point of contact” and “shovel-ready sites” are prerequisites to economic development. Nobody’s making this up. One of state Sen. Jim Seward’s invitees was Dick Sheehy, manager/site selection for CH2M Hill, one of the foremost industrial placement firms in the world. He said to anyone paying attention on Nov. 15, 2013, in Foothills’ main theater: “I’m glad I wasn’t here with a client, because you’d be off the list.” Since then, Seward – his credentials of doing what’s right for Otsego County are impeccable – was able to convince the county Industrial Development Agency (IDA) – rechristened Otsego Now, as of this week’s announcement – to recruit Sandy Mathes, whose record as economic-development director in Greene County – two commerce parks built and filled – was (and is) unsurpassed in Upstate New York’s rural counties. As “single point of contact,” Mathes has been
pursuing the first “shovelready site,” and the remaining 25 acres in the Town of Oneonta’s Pony Farm Commerce Park seemed like a slam dunk: Pony Farm’s already a commerce hub, and the parcel has water, sewer and power, and proximity to I-88. Despite the IDA’s commitment and Mathes’ energy, many roadblocks have arisen in the path to “single point of contact” and “shovel-ready sites.” Key business leaders have been resistant. Others are defeatist. The county board hasn’t stepped up; it simply abolished its Economic Development Department and diverted the $200,000-plus it had been spending for other purposes. That said, the Otsego Now/IDA board, chaired by Bob Hanft, Pierstown, has been steadfast, arranging financing for Brooks’ BBQ, Hager Hops and Hartwick College, and moving the broader agenda forward. • Now, though, yet another unexpected – and unnecessary – obstacle has arisen to the Pony Farm parcel. The IDA is asking the Town of Oneonta Planning Board, as lead agency in the SEQRA
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A Delaware Engineering study has determined that 25 acres of 70-acre Parcel 7, at left, is suitable for development as Otsego County’s first “shovel ready” site.
process, to make a “negative declaration” on the parcel’s development as it relates to state roads. The 25 acres are at the end of Corporate Drive, a town road completely within the Pony Farm park. If the parcel is readied for industry, and if an industry is then recruited, and if it brings a great number of jobs to Pony Farm, then it might have an impact on the 100 yards of state Route 205 connecting the commerce park to I-88. It may happen – and will happen, if the will is there
– but that’s a lot of ifs that must be overcome between now and then. It’s not a certainty. But when – we hope and expect – it becomes a certainty, the state DOT is certainly capable of upgrading the road itself, which would be its responsibility and should be done at its own cost. However, if the Planning Board withholds the “negative declaration,” then the DOT can order a traffic study, at the expense of the IDA or any commercial concern recruited to the 25 acres, which would then be
responsible for the upgrades. This would simply prevent the site from becoming “shovel ready.” “Shovel ready” means permits in place, so a job-creating concern can start construction in 30-60 days. (Yes, there may be other parcels elsewhere in the county, but shifting now would delay “shovel readiness” at least a year. Let’s get on with it.) • In a conversation the other day, Oneonta Town Supervisor Bob Wood remarked that, when Southside was being developed – Southside Mall, Home Depot, Hannaford, Walmart – the town Planning Board usually checked the “negative declaration” box on the SEQRA application. In effect, that put the horse before the cart, where it should be. It allowed development and – some time down the road – DOT assumed its proper responsibility for upgrading the road. As it happened, due to state budget constraints, the state plan for Southside, proposed a decade ago, still hasn’t been acted on, (an argument against putting our fate in DOT’s hands.)
Eventually, the road – sections of state Routes 23 and 28 – will be improved; meanwhile, thousands of cars successfully access the Southside daily, shop and work in the businesses, and help generate additional sales tax, with only occasional and acceptable delays. If the cart had been placed before the horse, nothing would have happened. Job-creation delayed – we know, thanks to Dick Sheehy – is job-creation denied. Certainly, the town Planning Board should understand its duties, but it needs to separate what’s required from what’s optional. If a “negative declaration” is optional – and it convincingly seems to be – then a “negative declaration” it should be. As St. John had it, “if ye know these things, happy are ye who do them.” If economic development requires a “single point of contact” and “shovel ready sites,” let’s get behind the first and achieve the second. Heavens, there already are enough obstacles to economic development in Upstate New York without creating new ones.
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he Freeman’s Journal/ Hometown Oneonta editorial, “Upstate Failing, But We Have Assets To Build On,” may be today’s truth, but hopefully not tomorrow’s reality. Stan Freberg, in the 1960s, revolutionized radio advertising with the injection of humor. In one commercial, for advertising on radio, he spoke of a businessman who woke up in his advertised bed, on his advertised sheets, in his advertised pajamas, then drank his advertised coffee on his way to work in his advertised car. This businessman did not believe in advertising, and his business was failing, so he advertised it for sale! That is about where we are now in my view. Yes, we have a wonderful place to live. Yes, we have lots going on here. Yes, we have people who visit and then leave. Yes, we cannot offer many jobs. Yes, we are losing population. Yes, we are hoping for miracles. Yes, in my view, we are not do-
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Trustee Jim Dean was sworn in Monday, April 6, to a third term on the Cooperstown Village Board by Village Clerk Teri Barown, left. With him is wife Eileen.
ing much about it. Yes, we are hoping for new building sites to attract new job creators. A little like central planning. And, yes, people will come from 100 miles around for those jobs (and take the money home). Yes, we can continue to hope for the best.
During the revolution (the American), the British partially lost the war by lining their soldiers up in long rows to fight (the method that always worked so well before) while they were picked off by single riflemen in coonskin caps hiding behind trees (a revolutionary idea).
Well, I think we need more independent operators, not necessarily in coonskin caps, but with laptops under their arms, possibly with great startup ideas, possibly service providers, possibly cheese makers, possibly modern farmers, hopefully self funded, a head full of ideas, full of ambition, and looking for a long term home for themselves and their families. Yes, they will want high speed broadband (it’s right up there with air and water). Yes, we want people to come here with their small businesses, to live with like-minded people, with environmentally responsible people, to be successful, to have the ability to reach into the national and international money stream, and to bring their earned income back to Otsego County. Yes, they need us too. Why? Because many young people, especially in cities with constantly escalating housing and business space costs, do not know how their lives are going to turn out. We can offer them a very nice place to live, with great schools, and
wonderful friends and neighbors. A solid, safe, pleasant, affordable place to call home. A place they can count on to be there for them long term. No, they have never heard of Otsego County, New York. One single county out of 62 counties in New York State competing for attention? Why would they? No, they have no idea that Cooperstown, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Hartwick College, Ommegang Brewery, SUNY Oneonta, The Farmers’ Museum, Otsego Lake, Bassett Healthcare, The Otesaga, Oneonta, The Fenimore Art Museum, Glimmerglass Festival, Fox Hospital, Glimmerglass State Park, Gilbert Lake State Park, Southside shopping, I-88, Oneonta airport, Cooperstown Dreams Park, affordable housing, our beautiful, safe, countryside, historic farmlands, clean air, clean and abundant water, our educated population, are all in one county in Upstate New York. That they are all in Otsego County, New York. So, why don’t we tell them?
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To the Editor: As Town of Otsego supervisor, I want to clarify further the town board’s action regarding the recent Land Use Law clarification. The town board has a duty to uphold our existing zoning laws. A large commercial project was being proposed in a Residential/Agricultural district that could cause zoning change by default and without input from citizens on all sides of the matter. To prevent a zoning change by precedent, the town board had to act quickly. I am hopeful the appointed Planning Board, hard-working volunteers, will respect this legal clarification made on behalf of all of our citizens to keep the zoning status quo until a complete review can be made. Two town board members are gathering ideas from all town boards and will also review the Land Use Law. This process will be slow, and it will be completely open to input from all citizens. I hope that our board members will be treated in a respectful manner during this process. ANNE GEDDES-ATWELL Otsego Town Supervisor
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planning boards and zoning laws.” So, I ask, why will it matter what is in these comprehensive plans, when the United Nations Agenda 21 program can supersede those local laws? This is: ICLEI, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. Renamed 2003, “Local Governments for Sustainability.” Do we really need the United Nations council and control? Why are we so hastily giving up our rights? Not only ours, but our future generations. Because we don’t know any better? Or, is it ignorance and/or denial? Check this out for yourself. Gov. Cuomo’s complete document is on line. HILDA HOLBROOK Laurens
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march 2015 Highest Temperature............................................48°F (March 12) Lowest Temperature.................................................-9°F (March 1) Average Maximum Temperature..........................................33.2°F Average Minimum Temperature...........................................12.7°F Monthly Mean Temperature.................................................23.0°F Precipitation Total.....................................................................2.07″ Most Precipitation in One Day.............................0.75” (March 27) Thunderstorms..........................................................0 (0 for 2015) Snow..........................................................................................10.1” (65.0” for 2015; 89.7“ for 2014-15 winter) Most Snow in One Day..............................................3.1” (March 4) YTD Precipitation......................................................................6.56” Number of Days at or below zero F................................................3 (23 for 2015; 23 for 2014-15 winter ) Number of Days at or below 32°F.......................31 (89 for 2015)
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John H. Prentiss of Otsego, long the Editor of the “Cooperstown Federalist,” now known as “The Freeman’s Journal,” has deliberately denied on the floor of Congress, that he ever was a federalist in this State! At least, so we find him reported as “defining his position” on Saturday last, in the correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. We quote” “Mr. Prentiss, by consent of the House, made an explanation in reply to what fell from one of his colleagues last night. Mr. Morgan had referred to him as to other members of the Administration party, as federalists and opponents of the late war. April 13, 1840
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“Lee has surrendered!” was announced by telegraph to our citizens on Monday morning last. Soon the good news was known throughout the village, and our citizens met in groups to exchange congratulations. Although the news was expected, still it seemed, as many expressed themselves, “almost too good to be true. A supply of powder having arrived in town a few days before, a salute was immediately resolved on, and the “big gun” was brought out, and not a few smaller ones; the bells were rung; and all rejoiced over the prospect of an early termination of the war. A national salute was fired in front of the Journal office, by as lively a company of volunteer artillerists as could be got together on short notice. April 14, 1865
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The Universalist Church will soon be in the hands of the mechanics who are to make the improvements. They contemplate excavating under the church edifice and finishing a basement with a room 35 X 45 for Sunday School purposes and social meetings, with kitchen arrangement, and other necessary compartments. The Village Board of Health has been organized with the following as officers: W.S. Basinger, President; Frank Mulkins, Clerk; Dr. W.T. Bassett, Health Officer; Erie S. Collar, Inspector. April 11, 1890
Comments: Unbelievable, Unbearable, Unprecedented – you get the point about the winter of 2014-15! I never would have believed that we could experience a colder March or a more frigid January-March than last year, but guess what...we did! Last March, 2014, was the second coldest March on record, with a mean temperature that was 7.9° below normal. It now ranks third because March 2015 was 8.3° below the norm, second only to a March back in the late 1800s. The first quarter of last year (January through March) was the DAVID coldest we’ve seen in decades. January 2014 MATTICE was 5.2° colder than usual, January 2015 was 5.7° below normal. February 2014 was 4.3° colder than the normal mean; but February 2015 was the coldest ever recorded: 13.3° below what we usually get in February. And I just gave you the comparison on March of both April 10, 1940 years. So don’t think for one moment that if things are bad, they can’t get worse...at least with the weather in Upstate New York! One good thing: It was a dry March with only 2.07 inches of precipitation compared to the usual 3.01 inches and we only The death of Victor Salvatore of Springfield Center had 10.1 inches of snowfall; normal is 14.8 inches. You won’t and New York City, a noted American sculptor, occurred remember this past (notice I said past) winter for its snowfall; it Saturday night in New York following a brief illness. He will be the relentless and painful cold that will be hard to forget. was 80 years old. Among Mr. Salvatore’s many works of 89.7 inches of the white stuff has fallen since last Nov. 1 and 65.0 inches landed on us in 2015; both amounts are about a art are two on display in Cooperstown. The large statue foot above normal. One last comment about “Old Man Winter” of James Fenimore Cooper, author, stands in the center of – earlier today I was out walking in the woods and the snowpack Cooper Park, site of Cooper’s home, Otsego Hall. It was on the northern slopes is still about 18 inches! Let’s close unveiled on August 31, 1940. The other is the “Sandlot the book on winter. No, let’s throw it away, I’m sure we’re all Kid,” dedicated to the baseball-playing youth of America, for that! It’s springtime; robins and red winged blackbirds are and set up last spring at the entrance to Doubleday Field. back and the high temperature yesterday, April 2, was 61°! It’s Victor Salvatore was born in Tivoli, Italy on July 7, 1884. time to celebrate, throw a party or just get outside and enjoy He came to the United States two years later. He studied the warmth. (OK, warmer conditions might be more accurate.) Hopefully, by the end of the month we’ll be enjoying the “awakat Cooper Union in New York and also at the Arts Student ening” of all of the beautiful plant life we enjoy, trout fishing, League in New York under A. Phimster Proctor. April 14, 1965 hiking, baseball and days in the park. Hopefully I can bring a report that will make you smile! Until then, remember to Keep Your Eye On The Weather.
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New Brand, Pony Farm, Richfield Comp Plan BRAND/From A1 velopment effort and its future plans. Paperkite Creative, a Cooperstown-based marketing firm, was brought on to lead the effort, and after several options were debated – “Prosper Otsego,” “Spark Otsego” and “Launch Otsego” – the consensus formed around “Otsego Now,” with a new logo to match. And with the new branding came a new website, www.otsegonow.com, set to launch at the end of April. The website will allow companies to search shovel-ready sites and read articles about Otsego County’s economic prospects, and for job-seekers to look at available opportunities. “The end result will place the Otsego IDA at the forefront of communication, with a strong brand and website connecting our communities to the development world, and strongly conveying a businessfriendly environment,” said Horvath. The announcement came at the end of a high-profile week for the newly renamed Otsego Now. Wednesday, April 1, in an
address at the quarterly public meeting of Citizen Voices at the Carriage House on Oneonta’s Southside, Otsego Now President Sandy Mathes issued a plea to save a 25-acre site in the Pony Farm, the leading “shovel-ready site” prospect, from being entangled in red tape. The county Planning, Solid Waste & Economic Development Department, he said, is inviting in the state DOT to ensure the Route 205 corridor, connecting Pony Farm to I-88, is sufficient to the task. That move could saddle the IDA or a future job-creating prospect with the cost of a traffic study and improvements. “DOT has neglected that corridor,” Mathes continued. “It’s their responsibility to come up with a plan and fund it.” He said he is working with the Town of Oneonta Planning Board, the lead agency in the SEQR process, to ensure a “negative declaration” is issued on the Pony Farm project, which would require responsibility for 205 to remain with the DOT. Monday, April 6, Mathes
was in Richfield Springs with Lisa Nagle, principal with Elan Planning, Saratoga Springs, outlining a process to update a 30-year-old comprehensive master plan for that village and the Town of Richfield, to make way for a 130-acre commerce park the IDA is proposing on Lake Street. Before a crowd of 60 people, Nagle – her firm is also updating Cooperstown’s plan – explained that a current master plan – developed by the community for the community – is now a necessary pre-requisite to obtaining state and federal funding. She said projects with a regional focus – for instance, the Richfield commerce park would seek to get involved in the nanotechnology boom in Utica-Marcy – have much more chance of funding and success. The $200,000 process, to be completed by April 2016, would be funded with a $150,000 state grant and $50,000 from the IDA. “We’ll be involved,” said Mathes, “because economic development is the driver. But the heart of that has to be the community.”
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Cantina Succeed Alex & Ika CANTINA/From A1 into a former bowling alley at 11 Main St., Cherry Valley. At first, the couple sold “hamburgers and other lunch items,” but fans were soon asking for fancier, more creative cuisine. And he obliged, creating dishes such as his famed star anise duck comfit and habanero cream-cheese-stuffed shrimp. “Senator Daniel Moynihan had a home in Pindars Corners and came here frequently,” Webster recalled the other day. “When First Lady Hillary Clinton was here on her ‘listening tour,’” – preparing to run for U.S. Senate – “he brought her here for dinner.” In 2004, the restaurant received national acclaim when Frommers guidebook ranked it as one of the 10 best restaurants in the state, describing it as a “laid-back cuisine magic show.” “We didn’t believe them at first,” he said. “We thought they were just scamming to get free food, but we’re glad we didn’t tell them no!” And the acclaim kept coming in – Rachel Ray is a fan, and the restaurant received rave reviews from the New York Times and Conde Nast. He and Ika moved the restaurant to Cooperstown in 2007, where it quickly became popular with baseball stars in for Hall of Fame weekend. But, having spent his childhood in England, sometimes he misses the famous faces of
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MLS#97317 $143,000 Historical Milford Home! Close to park, schools, transportation. 3 BRs, 1 bath, stained glass windows, built-in cabinets, hardwood floors, many updates. Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)
MLS#97599 $132,500 Too many upgrades! Modernized 3-BR, 2-bath farmhouse sits on nearly an acre of fenced land. New roof, floors, paint, insulation, pellet stove. Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell)
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MLS#98732 $249,000 Seller Has Invested Nearly $300K in this 3-BR, 2-bath home on more than 30 acres! Rushing stream and waterfalls. Short commute to Cooperstown or Oneonta. Call Leanne McCormack @ 607-287-8965 (cell)
MLS#94956 $69,900 Build, Hunt or Subdivide! Superior views of Canadarago Lake. 35 acres is 50% woods, 50% open. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)
MLS#97718 $254,500 64 + acres w/pond and great views! Double-wide ranch w/open floorplan, cathedral ceilings, large rooms. Pole barn and additional 2-story building. Call Steve Colwell @ 607-435-6542 (cell)
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MLS #97282 $147,900 Beautiful, remodeled, 3-story Victorian is priced to sell! Attached garage, lovely kitchen, new heated workshop. Waiting for you to make it your own! Call Amber G. Luettger @ 607-643-5041 (cell)
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MLS#98225 $124,000 Charming 3-BR, 2-bath home on dead-end street. Private yard w/views of West End Oneonta. Hardwood floors, new carpeting, 3-season room, 2-car garage. Call Thomas Tillapaugh @ 607-434-9392 (cell)
This West End home has it all! Perfectly located and within walking distance to Greater Plains, shopping and eateries. Home features 3 BRs, 2 baths w/1 BR and full bath on the first floor. Nice updates include hardwood floors in the LR, updated baths and pellet stove in family room. Large front yard, 2-car attached garage, and deck w/hot tub to complete the package.
MLS#97761 $275,000 Historic Italianate home on 12+ acres, on both sides of road, w/river frontage. 10’ ceilings, wide plank Cooperstown Village home. Seller fantastic pays closing costs (up floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, views. to offer). Call$3,000 Stevew/acceptable Colwell @ 607-435-6542 (cell)
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