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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, July 11, 2019

THE GILLIAN GIBBONS CASE

Sal Grigoli Remembers Hard Work, Nice Folks

30 Years Later, A Sister Spurns Killer’s Apology

Pizza-Making Legend Ends 41-Yr. Career

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orty-one years! I haven’t even been alive that long,” Sal Grigoli reports people saying to him these days. The Freeman’s Journal That’s the amount of time – age 19 to

Jeannine Webster joined the Quakers weekly anti-war protest to decry the migrant detention camps along the southern border on Wednesday, July 3 in front of the Cooperstown Post Office.

Border Wars Spur Protests In Downtown

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Sal Grigoli and wife Diane show the pizza paddle many MLB stars signed over the years.

age 60 – that the founder and owner of the venerable Sal’s Pizzeria has been spinning dough disks at 110 Main St. Please See SAL’S, A7

hirty years after the murder of her 18-year-old Gillian Gibbons, her sister was not expecting the call she got from the state Office of Victim’s Services on Tuesday, July 2. “Just out the blue I got a call sayThe Freeman’s Journal ing they had a letter from David Dart Gillian’s sister – and did I want to hear it,” said Please See SISTER, A8 Jennifer.

Erie Clerk Sues To Halt State ‘Green Light’ Law

COOPERSTOWN ore than two dozen protesters gathered in front of the Cooperstown Post Office last week to bring awareness and decry the migrant detention camps along the southern border, where children are reportedly being separated from their parents and kept in unsanitary conditions. A group of Cooperstown citizens will be travelling to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, next week to work with and provide legal aid to immigrants.

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►YOUNG ANIMAL HANDLERS from nine Central New York counties gathered Sunday through Tuesday, July 7-9, for The Farmers’ Museum Junior Livestock Show at Iroquois Farm. ►EMERGENCY SERVICES is seeking owners of the home at 2620 Route 26, Springfield, that burned Monday, July 8. ► ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN SALKA, R-121, held a Town Hall in Oneonta on Monday, July 8, where he was grilled about By LIBBY CUDMORE aiding Upstate cities. ►NATIONAL INVASIVES Week will be celebrated in ONEONTA Otsego County with three OCCA programs, including one about hat do you get Giant Hogweed.

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nother option for county clerks to challenge the state’s “Green Light” law opened up this week, as Erie County Clerk Michael “Mickey” Kearns went to federal court to block Kearns enforcement until its constitutionality can be determined. The “Green Light” law, due to go into effect Dec. 14, would require county clerks to issue driver’s licenses to undocumented residents/illegal aliens, and to rebuff any efforts by Please See GREEN LIGHT, A3

SENIORITY PROFILE: TAMIE MACDONALD MLB Stars Celebrate Sam Nader On 100th For Fulfilling Twilight Years, Plan

Oneonta’s most beloved citizen, Sam Nader, for his 100th birthday?

How about a birthday By JENNIFER HILL message from his favorite football team? “My father has held COOPERSTOWN season tickets to the Giants since 1952,” said his son, ur twilight years can John. “So my cousin’s be as fulfilling as our husband got Eli Manning to early ones. record a video sending him a That is what Tamie MacDonPlease See NADER, A8 ald, Otsego County’s Office for

Aging director, wants people of all ages to know, and that her office can help us realize it. “We can change our own story of what aging is,” MacDonald said. “No one wants to be frail or dependent on people. It’s a matter of planning for an independent life as a senior ahead of time. And the earlier Please See SENIORITY, A11 MacDonald

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LOCALS LESKO A GRAD: Sophia Lesko, Cooperstown, graduated from the University of Connecticut with the Class of 2019. TWO LAUDED: Katherine Franck, Cooperstown, earned a BS in Marketing from Nazareth College during commencement in May. Susanna Johnson, Edmeston, earned a Master of Science in Education in Inclusive Adolescence Education.

WHEELER TOPS: Cayla L. Wheeler, Edmeston, was named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at SUNY Oswego, where she is a senior majoring in graphic design.

TWO ON LIST: Nicholas Baker, Cooperstown and Riley Brown, Fly Creek, were named to the Spring 2019 Provost’s List at SUNY Oneonta.

HUNT’S THE BOSS: Kayla Hunt , Norwich, has been promoted to the position of store manager of the Tops Friendly Markets in Cooperstown Commons.

FIRST VIDEO: Cooperstown’s own HanZolo – Carl Loewenguth, Nick Summers and Jack Loewenguth have released their first video, “Not Easy” on YouTube.

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Though rain delayed The Village of Milford’s “Welcome Summer” Fair a day, it didn’t delay the fun! Here BJ The Clown (Barb Field of Mount Upton) crosses swords (that she made herself!) with Owyn Hogan of Milford, as mom Dawn and dad Kyle look on. Though the fair was scheduled for Saturday, July 6, thunderstorms caused organizers to delay until Sunday, July 7.

Bonderoff Receives Scholarship From Rotary COOPERSTOWN

amuel Bonderoff, a recent Cooperstown High School graduate, has been named the recipient of the 2019 Catherine Black Scholarship from the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation. Sam was acknowledged at this year’s CCS Commencement Ceremony on June 30th and received the $1,200 scholarship at the Rotary Paul Kuhn, Sam Bonderoff and Scott Bonderoff Club’s July 2nd luncheon at the Cooperstown Rotary Club luncheon, where meeting at The Otesaga. Sam accepted the Catherine Black Scholarship. The award was created in 2015 by the Foundation, in went on to be one of the first This past year, as a senior memory of Catherine Black female District Governors. at CCS, he co-captained both who was a Charter Member Because Catherine had a the Varsity Soccer and Varsity and a founder of the local special interest in early child- Baseball teams. In addition he Rotary Club’s tax deductible hood education and music, not only plays trumpet, baritone charity. Catherine was the the scholarship criteria and percussion but has also first female president of stipulates that the recipient performed on stage in all the Cooperstown Club and should be planning to pursue the High School musicals from a career in one of those areas, 8th grade through his senior year. as well as having demonIn a perfect fit for the strated the Rotary tenet of scholarship criterion, he “Service Above Self” by plans to attend SUNY volunteering and contribGeneseo this fall to major uting to their community. in Special Education. He Following his sophomore volunteered over 20 hours year of school, Sam was a a week in the Special 2015-16 Rotary Exchange Education classes. His Student to Argentina. goal is to become a teacher in a High School Special Six Named To Education classroom.

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Counties Line Up To Sue To Block ‘Green Light’ Driver’s-License Law explore the decision with GREEN LIGHT/From A1 Otsego County Board of ICE (U.S. Immigrations & Representatives, which June Customs Enforcement) to 5 passed a resolution, 7-3-3, access their records. opposing the measure. Only Otsego County Clerk one Democrat, Andrew Kathy Sinnott Gardner and Stammell, D-Town of many of her colleagues Oneonta, voted “aye.” learned of the lawsuit in Interviewed Tuesday, Syracuse Monday, July July 9, Hayner said, “I’m 8, at a state Association definitely interested of County Clerks’ in participating. strategy session on I’m recommending how to go forward. to our county, our Rensselaer County legislative body, that is also ready to that happens.” file a lawsuit, said He isn’t sure Saratoga County whether the best Clerk Craig Hayner, approach is to who also attended. Sinnott participate in Erie’s He was the first Gardner suit, or perhaps file a county clerk to write separate one. a letter to President In his letter to the Trump, asking that the President, Hayner pointed U.S. Justice Department out that clerks, on taking intervene to clarify the office, swear to uphold law on the clerks’ behalf. both the state and U.S. Monroe County Executive Constitutions, and that the Cheryl Dinolfo also wants “Green Light” appears in to file a suit. conflict with federal law. Kearns told the Buffalo As of last week, 35 News, his local paper, that county clerks, including county clerks who operate Sinnott Gardner, had sent DMV offices – as does similar letters to Trump Sinnot Gardner – have a “very strong argument” that or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Since, the law exposes them to another has signed on. federal criminal liability. Only one Democrat, “I will not be intimidated Oneida County Clerk Sandy by the governor to break federal law,” he said, adding DePerno of Utica, had done so. Kearns is also a at another point, “I am Democrat. willing to take this all the Emails to John Horstman, way to the Supreme Court.” a White House commuSinnott Gardner said nications adviser for a she was unsure whether region that includes Otsego Otsego County would play County, asking whether any role in the suit, either the President is willing to as a “friend of the court” intervene on the county or more fully, but will

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clerks’ behalf, had not been answered by press time. Sinnott Gardner has also raised concerns about a computerized “customerfacing display” the state Department of Motor Vehicles installed at her Oneonta and Cooperstown license bureaus in the past few months. The CFD guides people through the application, at one point requiring them to check a box – yes or no – as to whether they are registered to vote. If no, she said, their information is sent directly to the county Board of Elections. So far, said Democratic Elections Commissioner Michael Henrici, the

Sinnott Gardner points to computer screen that may allow noncitizens to register to vote.

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elections board is doing nothing until advised by the state Department of Motor Vehicles. “We haven’t received any direction yet,” he said. The state Legislature had rejected a similar

law in 2007, but with the Democrats in control of the state Senate as well as the Assembly and Governor’s Office, it was passed in the recently completed session. Even though a Siena Poll found 61 percent of

New Yorkers opposed it, the governor signed the bill June 18, saying it would improve safety on New York State roads. “Are our roads safer?” asked Sinnott Gardner. “You really think they” – all the prospective new drivers, many financially challenged – “are going to run out and get car insurance? You have citizens who don’t have car insurance.” She continued, “Federal law says you aren’t supposed to be here illegally. So how can I turn about and give you a driver’s license? The federal government is going to have to answer that question for us.”

Perspectives

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‘GREEN LIGHT’ POSITION PAPER

EDITORIAL

County Board’s ‘Green Light’ Resolution Was Litmus Test, And Democrats Failed So Pay Attention Nov. 5, Particularly Voters In District 3 (Otego, Laurens)

irst, it should be said that there’s a troubling lack of interest in running this year for the Otsego County Board of Representatives, whose reach, from road building to social services, touches all 60,094 of us. In the 14 districts, there are only three contests coming out of the June 25 primary: ► In District 2, the one-term Democrat, former Morris Town Board member Michele Farwell, a Democrat, is being challenged by Marcia Hoag, a former Pittsfield Town Board member who is running on the Voice of the People line, but says she is allied with Republicans. ► In District 3, where former board chair Kathy Clark, R-Otego/Laurens, is retiring. Republican Rick Brockway, a retiring ferrier and outdoor columnist, and Democrat Caitlin Ogden, a Baseball Hall of Fame

IS IT BLISS, REGARDLESS?

The District 3 race – Democrat Caitlin Ogden vs. Republican Rick Brockway – holds the possibility of shifting control of the county board from Republican to Democratic on Nov. 5.

grantsman, are both newcomers running for the vacant seat. ► In District 14, where Democrat Jill Basile and Wilson Wells, a Libertarian, are seeking to succeed Democrat Liz Shannon, who is retiring. Contrast that with 2017, when 12 of the 14 seats were contested, and there were some humdingers. •

n researching this editorial, both one Republican and one Democrat offered one same opinion: Regardless of which controls the county board come Jan. 1, David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Middlefield/ Cherry Valley, will remain chairman. We’ll see. If Democrats do gain a majority Nov. 5, there will be a hunger for spoils, such as they are. Interesting, though.

Remember the Republican split in District 3 (Butternuts, Morris and Pittsfield) that allowed Farwell to slip into office? Remember the bumping of incumbents, City of Oneonta Republicans Len Carson and Craig Gelbsman by Democrats, respectively, Danny Lapin and Adrienne Martini? Remember Democrat Cathy Nardi in District 2, who almost bumped Please See EDITORIAL, A6

Law, Precedent Prohibit Giving Drivers’ Licenses To People Here Illegally Editor’s Note: Saratoga County Clerk Craig Hayner developed this position paper on the state’s new “Green Light” law before asking President Trump to intervene and ensure it doesn’t require New York State’s county clerks to violate their oaths of office by issuing drivers’ licenses to undocumented residents/illegal aliens.

he ability of states to regulate who drives on their roadways dates back to the Model T with the 1916 Supreme Court decision regarding Frank J. Kane v the State of New CRAIG Jersey, which found HAYNER the state within its right to issue registration fees. States were further supported in regulating who drives in 1999 when the Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals, in the case of Donald S. Miller v the California Department of Motor Vehicles,

ruled that there is no “fundamental right to drive.” And again on June 7, 2007, when New York’s highest court upheld the state DMV’s right to require Social Security numbers (SSN) from driver-license applicants or a letter of ineligibility from the Social Security Administration, in the case Cubas v Martinez. By statute, the NYS DMV has required driver-license applicants to supply their Social Security numbers since 1995. DMV also accepts a letter of ineligibilPlease See HAYNER, A6

LETTERS

Read Our Declaration Of Independence – Then, Stand Up For It To the Editor: The Fourth of July has come and gone. Mine was special. It wasn’t the parade or the fireworks. It was the reading of the Declaration of Independence by 46 community volunteers at the Shakespeare & Company facility in Lenox, Mass. If you haven’t read the Declaration of Independence for many years (I sure haven’t) it was a real

eye opener. Phrase after phrase, line after line, document the reasons for why the 13 colonies chose to declare independence from the King of Great Britain, George III. Each reason rang true with stunning clarity. In this document our Founding Fathers enumerated multiple examples of oppression that sadly apply as well today as they did in 1776. Reference to free-

dom of speech, equality for all regardless of race and religion, respect for the rights of immigrants, refusal to assent to laws, obstructing the administration of justice, cutting off trade with foreign nations, and excited domestic violence. All of these oppressive acts continue today, and are defended by many current elected officials who function with a greater inter-

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called “privilege cards” and are not valid IDs for voting. Voter registration laws are likewise handled by the states, and so-called “motor voter” laws effectively reg-

To the Editor: State law governs the issuance of driver’s licenses. Since 1993, 13 states and D.C. have issued licenses to residents – i.e. some of them could be illegal aliens. This does not give the cardholder the right to vote. In fact, it says that right on the card. What it does is bring them into compliance concerning requirements for car insurance, car registration, and traffic tickets, all the regulations that are pertinent to what they’re doing – driving a car. In other states, they are

recently, I encourage you, even challenge you to read it with an open mind, then ask yourself if America is currently living up to the tenets described by this historic declaration. Stand proud by standing up for America – an America described by the Declaration of Independence. JAY FLEISHER Oneonta

We Need More Natural Gas? For What?

To the Editor: Why does our area need more natural gas? Since the ’50s and ’60s, our area industries have, for the most part, shrunk in size, while employment levels have been buoyed by the growth in the “not for profit” service sector. Our area has had no population growth since the Civil War! Indeed, we’ve lost population since the 1960s; our young people ister anyone with a license have out-migrated, leaving – that is a valid ID for voting – to vote. If their license for opportunity in other places; and they’re never is not a valid ID for voting, coming back. So, why do they don’t get registered. Not that complicated to sort we need more natural gas? The standard argument out any misunderstandings. for natural gas expansion is CHIP NORTHRUP that we need the resource to Cooperstown

lure new business to the area limitation argument is and that natural gas is a key simply an excuse for doing promotional asset. nothing; so too are the Gosh, we’ve had multiple arguments towards the generations with sufficient lack of trained workforce, levels of natural gas to have workforce housing, and promoted all kinds of new other excuses. business growth, with virtuALBERT COLONE ally nothing to show for it. Oneonta With the prospect of further slowing of area business, with little anticipation POEM TO THE EDITOR of significant area business expansion, it would seem our current levels of supplied energy can continue to f all rumors were true, adequately sustain our area, Rumors a better perhaps occasionally augreputation would enjoy mented with the incremenThan rumors do. tal addition of renewables LOUIS THABAULT – primarily solar, wind and Winooski, Vt. perhaps biomass. (Baseball fan and visitor to I think the natural-gas Cooperstown)

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est in their own political careers than that of the people and the nation they were elected to represent. Do I sound angry? You’re damn right, I am angry. Angry with elected officials, Republican and Democrat, who ignore the principles and guidance of the Declaration of Independence. If you haven’t read the Declaration of Independence

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s mandated by the Constitution, the United States conducts a decennial census. This once-every-10-year count of the population – it is coming up in April 2020 – shapes the future of our communities and helps ensure political power is fairly allocated among the states and at the local level. Some communities, like those with higher rates of low-income households and people of color, have historically been classified as hard to count. In Otsego County, hard-to-count communities include the Sixth Ward and parts of the Fifth and Eighth wards in the City of Oneonta, and census tract 5913, which encompasses SUNY Oneonta. Other hard-to-count communi-

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200 YEARS AGO

Suicide – A man by the name of William Burgin, living in Middlefield, was found dead, near the house of George Boid, Esq. on Wednesday morning last. His left arm (being strongly girt with a garter) had three deep wounds cut in it, from which he had undoubtedly bled to death – and the coroner’s inquest gave their verdict accordingly. It appears he had previously applied to Esq. Boid, one of the poor masters, for assistance from the town – which being refused, he threatened to leave his blood on Boid’s door-steps, before another day – which threat he literally executed as blood was found on Wednesday morning, and his body a short distance off, lying across the path. He was 70 years of age, and has left a wife and children. July 5, 1819

10 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Helen C. Church and Mrs. Michaels of Fort Plain. July 12, 1894

100 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown and its place in Indian history are to be thoroughly discussed here in the early autumn when several of the most prominent archaeologists of the state plan to gather here as guests of the Leatherstocking Chapter, New York State Archaeological Association. It has been thought for some time past that an Indian Village of considerable size existed for many hundred years on the banks of the Susquehanna River just north of the pump house. A few years ago, a skeleton, undoubtedly that of an Iroquois warrior was dug up by David R. Dorn and George N. Smith of this village. Since that time, arrows, spearheads, and other implements of warfare have been found. The conference will endeavor to ascertain just who these people were and to what tribes they belonged. July 9, 1919

175 YEARS AGO

Barber estimates the numbers in attendance at the Democratic Mass Meeting on July 4 at “4,000, men, women, children and every creeping thing.” This is tolerably liberal for one who has no respect for truth in anything relating to political matters – and, we should let it pass without notice, but for the fact that he has further represented that the assemblage was a scene of rowdiness and drunkenness, such as had not been seen in the place for ten years past. A residence here of a little over six years, seems to beget in him a propensity to speak of “days lang syne,” when he was a subject of King Charles Charter in Rhode Island. Never, during our time, which now counts a domicile on this spot of near thirty-six years, have we seen in the village anything like the number of persons here on July 4. And, we are now satisfied, from conversations with some of our most conscientious and respectable citizens who took the pains to scan the whole ground, that 10,000 as stated in our last paper, is within the number present, and if put at 12,500, it would not have been an exaggeration. There were over 1,000 ladies who sought seats in the Grove, only about half of whom could be accommodated. During four hours’ speaking, not a disorderly sound was heard. No stimulating drinks of any kind were tolerated by the Committee. Is this “rowdiness”? Is this drunkenness? Ask the Ladies present, 500 of whom sat for hours witnessing the scene. July 15, 1844

150 YEARS AGO

Railroad Matters – On Wednesday, the construction train reached the corporation limits and the iron rails crossed the line. The recent favorable weather has been taken advantage of to push forward the work with energy – some of our business men, Directors and others, going down and lending a helping hand. Wednesday evening, the construction train brought to the village the first car of 11.5 tons freight. The locomotive, so appropriately called the “Ellery Cory” is expected here this week. It is expected that passenger trains will commence to run over the road on Monday next – to be in charge of Mr. O.Z. Brown, Conductor and Mr.

75 YEARS AGO

Announcement was made Saturday of completion of plans for another series of five Victory Sings to be held in Cooperstown on the four Sunday afternoons in August and the first Sunday afternoon in September, thus continuing the program of community singing started here seven years ago. These sings have been much appreciated and enjoyed in the past and have attracted thousands of people to Cooperstown from all parts of Central New York and many from greater distances. Dr. Elmer A. Tidmarsh, Director of Music at Union College, Schenectady, is returning to be the leader again this summer. July 12, 1944

50 YEARS AGO

The new library building of the New York State Historical Association will be formally dedicated in a two-day July 10, 2009 ceremony at Cooperstown, July 12 and 13. Designed by the architectural firm, Moore and Hutchins, the handsome Wm. B. Smith, Engineer. The cars will leave Cooperstown stone-faced building just north of Fenimore House, the at 9:20 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and return about 12:30 and 6:30 Association’s headquarters, is equipped to house the more p.m. The fare will be 80 cents to the Junction, $2.85 to than 90,000 volumes, special collections, a newspaper Binghamton, $3.10 to Albany, $5.10 to New York City. storage area for some 500,000 papers, and a special audioJuly 9, 1869 visual room for tapes, records, films, and slides. July 9, 1969

125 YEARS AGO

Otsego Chapter, Daughters of The American Revolution, was founded in June, the charter members being Abby Cory Turner, Genevieve Cory Johnston, Emma Cory, Rexis Wood Clark, Grace Scott Bowen, Ella Wood Cady, Jennie Campbell Randolph, Agusta Prescott Welch, Eveleen Tunnicliff Edick, Fannie Grant White, Maude L. Merchant, Clara Matteson Murdock, There are now 17 members of Otsego Chapter. The five members who are not charter members are: Mrs. Emma W. Babbitt, Dr. M. Imogene Bassett, Mrs. Altana R.B. Davidson,

25 YEARS AGO

The Cooperstown Art Association is currently exhibiting two outdoor sculpted stone works on the front lawn at 22 Main, loaned by two nationally recognized artists who reside nearby. Fly Creek sculptor Walter Dusenberry’s “Garden Bench” is composed of partially sandblasted and polished Yellow Travertine. Gilbertsville’s Dennis Stahl’s marble and wood piece is titled “Darma Wheel.” Both works are for sale. July 2, 1994

LETTERS

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To the Editor: The grassy, rather triangular-shaped To the Editor: of medicine that doctors space at the junction of Route 80 Who in their right mind were taught. A monopoly … and the Pierstown Road has always would want a one-payer based on financial gain … been used as a place for various signs healthcare system? That is not on wellness and quality – the TANNER HILL HERB FARM. not the root problem of the of life. GRANGE BARBEQUE! BOOK healthcare system. Money is It is not about science. SALE! And, in political seasons, postnot the problem. Americans Half the world uses other ings for various candidates. deserve a free healthcare forms of medicine. Some On Sunday, June 30, a sign in system. forms of medicine have been patriotic colors promoting the election Where does our ill health used for thousands of years, of ANY FUNCTIONAL ADULT IN come from? Answer that and successfully. 2020 was up; on Wednesday, July 3, you know who should pay! People say how free we between 12:30 and 4:15 pm, someone Thanks to Kaiser and are….we are being maimed Nixon, healthcare was and killed by what is called removed from non-profit “medicine” in this country. status to a for-profit system. It is time that we are treated That means the sicker you better. We should not just are the more money is made. be income makers for a few Where is the motivation and who control the healthcare incentive for wellness? system. Thanks to Carnegie and The first step is to take ustainable Otsego has been Rockefeller; due to their control of your own heath both a social network and desire to create a monopoly and question your healthcare political action committee since with the drug industry we providers. Demand proof that its founding in 2007. Over that time, it are stuck with allopathic their treatment plans work. has advanced three principles around medicine. They figured if The best course of action which local life could be organized: they drove out the use of is to take care of yourself 1. Sustainable Living. herbs and homeopath (which now. When you are sick it 2. Economic they could not patent and is hard to sort out and find Independence, and control) and pushed drugs, a solution to your problem 3. Home Rule. they could make huge profits. while you are in pain and Today let me Then they went to fear. address Sustainable educational institutions and R. SCOTT DUNCAN Living; I’ll take gained control of the type Hartwick Forrest up the other two in later columns. Sustainable Living turns out ON THE RECORD to be a lot harder ADRIAN than many of us KUZMINSKI he modern divide between left and right can be thought. The very seen as an ongoing debate about the relationship word “sustainable” between the Declaration of Independence and has been corrupted by phrases like the Constitution. Both sides rely on the idea that all “sustainable growth” and “sustainable people are endowed with natural rights – that is, inherent capitalism.” Thanks largely to corporights derived from God or nature, and antecedent to rate propaganda and misinformation, government. Liberals believe that the promises of it is less and less clear what terms like the Declaration can be realized only with a powerful “sustainable” or “green” mean. government that fights inequality, protects minorities and If it means anything, sustainable expands democracy. Conservatives, by contrast, believe living means living on renewable that a powerful government poses the greatest danger to resources on a finite planet. “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” and therefore At least that was the idea when the want a limited federal government that taxes and regulates term “sustainability” went mainstream less and defers to states and localities more.” in the early 2000s. JEFFREY ROSEN Energy analysts had begun to worry President/CEO, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia from The Wall Street Journal, Fourth of July weekend about “peak oil” decades earlier, but by

got rid of it. I hadn’t put it there, but was glad to see it. It was both amusing, which most political signage is not, and message-bearing. Over the years there have been signs for political candidates that I liked, and others that I didn’t, placed there. But as far as I know they were always left alone until removed by their owners. That is, or was, a tribute to the expression of free thought in a civilized and democratic society. Our Editor Jim Kevlin publishes

letters ranging from the sane and opinionated to the virtually insane but also opinionated, because he sees it as the right thing to do. Just destroying an expression of opinion which you don’t like is thuggish and profoundly saddening. It violates values that as Americans I believe we hold dear. Go put up your own sign if you want, but leave the others alone. MARY ANNE WHELAN Cooperstown

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ustainable living became no less than a moral movement, a kind of secular religion where Nature takes the place of God, cooperation takes the place of competition, holistic thinking replaces partial thinking, and harmony and compassion replace strife and tribalism.” the early 2000s compelling evidence of limited conventional oil reserves, as well as of the depletion of other resources (fertile soils, clean water, essential minerals, species diversity), brought the issue of sustainability to a larger public. • The idea of sustainable living was a response to this brewing eco-crisis. It meant avoiding practices that led to

pollution and a deteriorating natural world. The idea was to recycle everything, go organic, and use less energy and resources. We were supposed to lower our “carbon footprints” to minimize global warming and mitigate climate change. Sustainable living became no less than a moral movement, a kind of secular religion where Please See KUZMINSKI, A6

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KUZMINSKI/From A5 Nature takes the place of God, cooperation takes the place of competition, holistic thinking replaces partial thinking, and harmony and compassion replace strife and tribalism. That was a profound cultural moment, and it changed important human behaviors. It’s been the main force behind the progress made in recent years towards surviving on this planet. The hope was to maintain something like the middle-class lifestyle to which we have become accustomed. The plan was to do it by replacing fossil fuels with eco-friendly renewables, poisonous chemicals with “natural” ingredients, and accumulated waste by recycling and composting. But it didn’t quite work out that way, at least not yet. New technologies (fracking) expanded access to oil and gas reserves, postponing “peak oil” indefinitely, while locking in our reliance on fossil fuels through low prices. Recycling has yet to absorb the vast waste stream, and organic alternatives, popular as they are, are far from replacing cheap, chemically based products. In the meantime, the methane and CO2 pumped into the atmosphere by continued fossil-fuel use has brought us to the verge of uncontrollable climate change. The easy steps of sustainable living – buying a Prius, recycling, eating organic food, switching to LED

lighting, etc. – are no longer enough. We need structural, not just personal, changes. Our continued postfracking reliance on cheap fossil fuels has allowed the oil and gas industry to dominate the political system, frustrating the transition to renewables. Corporate-led deregulation has rolled back the environmental standards necessary to fully promote organic products and eliminate waste. Indeed, under Trump we’ve gone backwards on all these fronts. • At this point, only upheaval from below seems likely to change national politics. And that will happen only when the urgency of the biggest threat – climate change – reaches a critical threshold in most minds. Because of it, we’ve witnessed in recent months massive wildfires out West, catastrophic floods in the Midwest, melting glaciers and polar ice packs, another record heat wave in Europe, accelerating wildlife extinctions – the list goes on. The floods a few years back gave us a taste of what can happen here, though climate change for us so far has been mostly incremental and cumulative, rather than sudden and overwhelming. But it’s not any less significant for that. Hundred-year floods now occur a lot more than once a century. Winters are milder. Tornados, once unheard of in our region, now occur repeatedly. If you experience the

weather mostly when walking to and from your car, it’s easy to dismiss all this as some kind of delusion, a fake crisis. But if you’re a farmer, a gardener, someone who works outdoors, or manages infrastructure (powerlines, roads, etc.) exposed to the weather, you’re more likely to recognize that climate change is happening right before your eyes. Sustainable living is both more important than ever, and even harder to achieve. To recognize its challenge is to feel its urgency, and especially the vital need to replace fossil fuels with renewables. This is evident in the deliberations of the new Otsego County Energy Task Force, where climate change concerns and economic-development issues are coming together for the first time locally. In response to this growing crisis Sustainable Otsego has evolved into a political action committee focused on local government. Given the failures of our major parties nationally and locally, Sustainable Otsego remains resolutely non-partisan. Visit us on Facebook, and at sustainableotsego.net. If we’re to respond successfully to climate change from below, it will be because local grassroots activists – conservatives and liberals alike – insist upon it. Only they can force our representatives – local, state, and national – to do what’s necessary to secure the transition to sustainable living. No one else is going to do it.

HAYNER/From A1 ity from the Social Security Administration (SSA) along with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documentation from anyone ineligible for a SSN. As stated in the Cubas v Martinez decision, the policy was not the result of a post-September 11 panic over immigration; the internal document adopting the policy is dated Sept. 6, 2001. This anti-fraud policy was validated in 2002 with the DMV’s Social Security verification program uncovering massive amounts of fraud, according to testimony by then-DMV Commissioner Martinez to the NYS Assembly Transportation Committee on Aug. 19, 2004. The current legislation, now signed into law (A3675B & S1747B), known as the “Green Light Bill,” disregards history and case law, attempting to rewrite the law in the interest of a few at the expense of many: • Provides the Option to Refuse to Provide a Social Security Number: The law provides the option for Standard License applicants to refuse to provide a Social Security Number (SSN), allowing criminals to exploit the system... • Requires a Visually Identical Design: The law requires that licenses issued to those here illegally be “visually identical” to a federalpurpose license. This appears to be a delib-

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EDITORIAL: For Now, Maybe Party Does Matter EDITORIAL/From A4 chairman Clark. Due to a computational error on the tally board, Nardi actually thought she’d won for 10-15 minutes before the count caught up with the reality. Even challenges turned back provided drama. Remember Republican Tim Walker eventually bowing to Democratic incumbent Andrew Marietta in Cooperstown/Fly Creek District 8. Other lively challengers included Democrats Nicole Dillingham (vs. Keith McCarty, District 9, Richfield/Springfield) and Leslie Berliant (vs. David Bliss, District 7, Cooperstown/Middlefield/ Cherry Valley). Now, political junkies, THAT was an election season that can be credited, in large part, to the Democratic fever spiked by President Trump’s election the year before. If they had neglected the grassroots, Democrats, from Spokane, Wash., to Schenevus, were determined to make up for that. What happened here, arguably, was part of that sweep. • Still, the Democrats, while gaining two seats, fell short of a majority on the county board, something never achieved since 2006, when Republican Don Lindberg broke with the GOP and allied with Otego’s Ron Feldstein in Democrat-dominated coalition. Low-key as it might be, Democrats are probably closer to seizing a true majority this year than they ever have been. And take District 3, where

Republicans outnumber Democrats 1,367 to 873. Still, the Democrats pulled a bit of a fast one that suggests some exceptional motivation. In the June 25 primary, Republican Rick Brockway was seeking a second line on the Nov. 5 ballot, that of the Independence Party. Unopposed, he thought. But the Democrats, led by the Cooperstown operative (and trustee) MacGuire Benton, organized a write-in campaign on Democrat Caitlin Ogden’s behalf, and seized that line on her behalf, 30-4. That’s a bit too much inside baseball, but it shows the motivation of the OgdenMacGuire effort. And, if Republicans don’t pay attention, they may wake up on Nov. 6 to find OgdenMacGuire effort has carried the day on Nov. 5. The county board has a weighted voting system. And an Ogden win would shift 554 votes from R to D. The Republican majority (3,4212807) would shift enough to create a Democratic majority (3,361-2,867) Of course, there are other moving parts. For instance, in District 2, where 1,199 Republicans are registered vs. 784 Democrats, Farwell could lose to Craig. That would shift 503 weighted votes back into the Republican column, preserving a 3,370 majority to the Democrats’ 2,858. And, who knows, maybe young Wilson Wells, running for a second time, will capture Oneonta’s District 14. But registration, 459 Democratic to 4 Libertarian, tilts toward Democrat Jill Basile.

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Usually, it might be argued there’s no such thing as a Republican or Democratic repaving job. But something happened at last month’s county board meeting that suggested otherwise, at least for now. In a vote to oppose the “Green Light” bill, granting drivers’ licenses to undocumented immigrants/illegal aliens, only one Democrat – Andrew Stammell, D-Town of Oneonta – voted “aye.” The six other Democrats withheld approval – Gary Koutnik, Lapin and Martini voted “nay”; Farwell, Andrew Marietta and Shannon abstained. With Democrats now in control of the state Senate, in addition to the Assembly and Governor’s Office, the “Green Light” bill passed, even though a Siena Poll found 61 percent of voters opposed it; higher Upstate, no doubt. We’ve seen some strange stuff surface in Albany in the past few months since Democrats took control, including the proposed commercialization of marijuana, which narrowly failed. Looking ahead, on other matters as on marijuana, there may be a local opt-out option. Granted, some Democrats on the county board are estimable representatives. Still, at this point in New York State history, do we really want a Democratic county board to go forward lock-step with any nutty thing happening in Albany? That’s up to you, the voters, to decide. So wake up. In particular, the voters in District 3 (Laurens, Otego), should be fully aware of what they may be voting for when they go – or don’t go – to the polls Nov. 5.

erate attempt to deceive and a violation of the federal REAL ID Act... • Changes Automatic Registration to Selective Service System to Opt-In: The law changes the provision that directs the DMV to provide information to the Selective Service System of young men who are required to be registered. • Requires Notification to Anyone whose Records are Sought: The law requires the DMV Commissioner to notify within three days any person whose records are sought from “any agency that primarily enforces immigration law,” informing the individual about the request and identifying the agency requesting the records ... • Provides the Option of Implementation before it becomes Law: The law back dates to Jan. 1, 2019, the proofs of identity required to be accepted to include a variety of foreign documents. It also provides for the state to amend or repeal any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act before it actually becomes law ... • Provides an Opportunity for Voter Fraud: Newly installed Customer Facing Devices in all NYS and County DMV offices prompt customers to register to vote during any type of license or ID transaction, regardless of the customer’s citizenship status or age.

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Dale Latella of Cherry Valley leads the Happy Hags Dance Troupe down Main Street, Springfield Center, during the 105th Fourth of July Parade, which featured 82 units, second only to the 100 units that marched in the centennial parade. Dale says the troupe formed two years ago to add some fun to Halloween, but proved so popular the ladies are in continuous demand, practicing their dance routines at weekly rehearsals.

Raising the flag at the post-parade celebration at the Community Center are, from left, Leo Mackin and Richard Harrison of Richfield Springs’ VFW post.

What better outfit for a Fourth of July parade? Ellen Kersman of Cooperstown portrays Lady Liberty herself.

Joining Cooperstown Diner manager Cindy Bissell are students from overseas who are staffing the venerable institution this summer. From right are Abdallah Dayyar, Jordan; Chompoo Klubbanko, Thailand; Avinash Evans and Roseanne Allen, both from Jamaica, and Nat Phumivang, Thailand.

After 41 Years – Ages 19 To 60 – Sal Grigoli Hangs Up Pizza Paddle a farm near Stamford, Delaware SAL’S/From A1 County. You’ll still see him there for the His son spent his teen years doing next few weeks as he guides the farm chores. new owners and their staff through Eventually, though, accepting the transition, but as of June 13, the how hard it is to make a living business was sold to Bob Hurley, dairying, dad John was franchisee of 11 Subdrawn back to the ways in the region. successful business he Some of the longhad run in New York, time patrons expressopening Tony’s Pizza ing surprise are local, in Stamford in the others are from all early 1970s. over the country. By the time Sal “They come back to graduated from Stamvisit family. They ford High School in come back for class 1976, brother Joe had reunions.” opened Sal’s Pizza on Other are oldMain Street, Oneonta, time baseball fans and the younger who finally made brother worked there it to Cooperstown. for a year. They’ve heard, Out for a drive one “When you go to day, “Dad and I drove Cooperstown, you through Cooperstown. have to go to Sal’s.” It was packed,” said “It makes my day,” Sal. Grigoli. His father said, The pizzeria pro- Sal was invited by prietor’s story is the Friends of the Library’s “What, no pizzeria?” The rest is local story of the American Deb Dalton to give a demonstration in the culinary history. Dream. It was 1978, and His father, John, 1990s. Krazy Tom’s was immigrated from moving out of 110 Main. Sal’s Italy, settled in Prospect Park, moved in. Dad John would work Brooklyn, and began working on with son Sal the first dozen years. big construction jobs, Rockefeller “You’re going to have to close in Center among them. the winter,” other downtown store In 1966, Sal’s older brother Joe got a job at the World’s Fair in Flush- owners told him. “But the locals loved it,” said Grigoli. “I was ing Meadows, where a line of 10 proud of keeping the place open, vendors had been set up to give the no matter what.” world a chance to sample New York After basketball games, the place City’s signature thin-crust pizza. was full. And after a movie at Impressed by the profit margin, Smalley’s Theater, across the street, the father declared, “Let’s try to filmgoers would stop in for a pizza. make pizza.” And, of course, “summers And so he did, in Brooklyn. were busy.” Sal was a little boy. One of his Sal Grigoli ended up working earliest memories is walking down seven days a week for the next four the steps of his family’s Brooklyn apartment: from one side emerge the decades, plus a year. Love and marriage added a smell of fresh-baked bread; from the successful personal dimension to other, fresh-baked pizza. The aroma never tired. “I’ll miss a successful business one: Diane Trophia moved to town from Rome eating pizza everyday,” he says on to work for Dr. Donald Pollock. retiring. “She came into the pizzeria for a The pizza parlor wasn’t the end slice of pizza,” the husband recalls. of father John’s ambitions – he “That was all it took.” yearned to move out into the counAt first, Diane made pizzas next try, and before too long had bought

Sal and Diane Grigoli spread out a collage of photos from over the years at Sal’s Pizzeria on their kitchen table at 111 Pioneer St.

to her husband, phasing out as the four Grigoli children arrived and rose through Cooperstown schools, active, successful and well-known. The eldest, Roseanne, is now a linguist with Apple, married and living in Portland, Ore. The second, Natalie, was one of the top four graduates in the Class of 2010, and went on the become valedictorian of her class at Elmira College; she is now a speech pathologist in Burlington, Vt. Christina, a recent graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh, is living in Brooklyn, providing social media expertise to real-estate clients. Son Samuel, a CCS junior, is still at home. All the girls waitressed at 110 Main. The Grigoli brood was raised in 111 Pioneer, where dad Sal, in his rare free time, restored the original woodwork and removed the hanging tiles in the dining room to discover and repair the ornate hammered-tin ceiling. Meanwhile, Sal’s Pizzeria

added thick-crust Sicilian pizza to the thin-crust NYC-style pie. He experimented with novel toppings, Chicken Bacon Parm and Chicken Wing among the most recent. And summers, the crowd lined up out the door. What’s not to like, said “Mrs. Sal.” “Eight slices and a pitcher of soda,” Diane said, “and you’ve fed your family.” As to the regulars, “you knew everybody’s orders,” she said to her husband. He’d give them a little nod, and they’d sidle up to the counter to find their favorite hot slice waiting for them. Of course, Sal has met too many baseball stars to remember, and in 1991 he and Diane began collecting signatures on a pizza paddle, beginning with Rod Carew, “one of my favorites,” the proprietor says. Today, it’s a beloved memento. The national media loved Sal’s, too. “I had a lot of write-ups,” he said. “People raved about us.” And then, as age 60 approached, Sal and Diane agreed it was time. It

can take years to sell a pizzeria, he said, but Sal’s was special, and a sale was agreed upon in a matter of months. The Grigolis continue to own the building, plus the one next door, so the husband will continue to manage the apartments. The couple hopes to travel – in particular, to see their grandchildren on the West Coast, maybe Italy, maybe Greece. Who knows? He hopes to finally enjoy Otsego Lake, and maybe take up fishing. Hearing the news, the kids all said, “Oh, Dad, we aren’t going to have the pizza anymore.” The other Saturday morning, Sal Grigoli was getting ready to work out at the Clark Sports Center. “I’ve never been here on a Saturday before,” he said. The transaction was low-key, and the word is just getting around. People ask him, “Are you going to leave the area?” “Why would I leave here?” He looked at Diane; their eyes glistened. “I love it here.”

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30 Years Later, Killer Apologizes; But Sister Isn’t Buying In

SISTER/From A1 Jennifer Kirkpatrick. “In 30 years, he has never tried to contact us.” In 1991, then age 29, Dart had been convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing Gillian to death with a “Rambo-style survival knife” – as described in the court transcript – on the second floor of the Oneonta Municipal Parking Garage on Sept. 12, 1989. He was sentenced to 25 years to life, but is up for parole yet again this November. Jennifer asked to hear the letter he wrote to the parole board. “Thirty years ago, I committed a horrible crime,” wrote Dart. “I got high, approached her with the intent to rob her, but she told me she didn’t have any money, and I stabbed her.” “I only want you to know that I am sorry,” he continued. “I would give

in an interview. “He never said he was going to rob her, so right there, he’s a liar. Why should I believe anything else he says? And if he’s so sorry, why did it take him 30 years to say anything?” Since Dart’s first parole hearing in 2014, Jennifer has lobbied to keep him incarcerated. “It’s a huge burden to have to go before the parole board every two years,” she said. “When you go before the parole board, it’s just you and the stenographer, and she’s in tears, she can barely do her job as I’m talking. “When he goes before the parole board, they read my HOMETOWN ONEONTA letter, but the board doesn’t & The Freeman’s Journal get to see my tears or hear the Sister Jennifer pain in my voice.” memorialized Gillian Wiping away tears, she Gibbons with a tattoo continued, “But I would do on her shoulder. anything for her,” she said. “I’m her big sister.” anything to go back and Jennifer was the one who change things.” found her sister’s body. “We “It’s a joke,” said Jennifer

worked together at the Rose Avenue Country Club” – a former Oneonta bar on the East End – “and she was supposed to relieve me at 7 p.m., but she always came in at 6:30 so we could talk,” she said. “So when she didn’t show up and it got to be 20 of 7, I knew something was wrong.” When Jennifer got off her shift, she went looking for Gillian and spotted her car on the lower level of the parking garage. “She always locked her door, but it was open,” she said. “And when I opened it, her head was on the driver’s seat, her body was over the stick shift and her feet were on the passenger seat. I touched her and she was cold.” She flagged down a passing police cruiser, and waited while police confirmed her worst nightmare. “I was sitting on the curb and Joe Redmond” – the future police chief was an officer then – “walked up to

me shaking his head. I just started punching him, and he held me so tight.” Police later identified Dart from Amy Chase-Snyder, who testified that she had seen him hanging around the parking garage just before Gillian was killed. Though he tried to tell police he was in Cherry Valley at the time of the murder, when they contrasted his statement with the witness, he confessed and drew police a map to where he had hidden the knife. At no point during the trial did he indicate he had intended to rob her. “Nothing was taken from her,” she said. “She had just cashed her paycheck, she had all of it. She had her jewelry. And you don’t rob someone by sneaking up behind them and stabbing them in the neck.” Inspired by the crime, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, has co-sponsored a bill as part of of the Victim’s Justice

Agenda to extend the period between parole hearings for violent offenders from two years to five years. “A horrific crime was committed here,” said Seward. “And the killer has had three parole hearings since 2014, with another scheduled this year. Every time he comes up, it’s traumatizing for the family, forcing them to needlessly relieve the horrendous details of the crime.” As the 30th anniversary of Gillian’s death approaches, Jennifer is considering mounting a protest in Oneonta in hopes of inspiring people to write to the parole board and ask that Dart not be released. “My terror is that he could still get out and do what he’s been doing,” she said. “He’d be right back here, he could rape, he could murder. He’s a dangerous, sick person.”

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As his daughter Alice O’Conner holds the microphone, Sam Nader tells wellwishers toasting him at his 100th birthday party Saturday at his 95 River St. home, “May you all live to be 100!” From left are Claire Borthwick, Rick Follett, Sam’s sister Jemele, Mark Boshnack, Ellen Sielig-Boshnack, Sherie Rubin, Carol Follett, Alice, the city’s first lady Connie Herzig and sportswriter John Fox.

More Than 100 Friends Celebrate End Of Sam Nader’s First Century Sam is also planning to be in attendance, and Gary Laing, owner of the Oneonta Outlaws, will host Sam Nader Day at Damaschke Field. Admission to the game is free, and there will be birthday cake in Sam’s honor.

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the family, for a total of four mayors at the gathering. In addition to the guests on hand, Sam also received video well-wishes from Don Mattingly and Trey Hillman, both of the Miami Marlins, who got their start with the Oneonta Yankees under Sam’s tenure. “They both thanked my dad for helping them get started in their baseball careers,” said John. “It was so remarkable that they were able to get the video made. A number of my dad’s former players sent cards and emails.” John Fox, who served as the sports editor for Binghamton’s Press & Sun Bulletin, also attended. “He was great,” said John. “We were so happy he came to see my dad.” Sam’s younger sister Jemele Mitrano came from Brooklyn for her brother’s party. “She’s in her 90s, Three Oneonta mayors – but she won’t tell John Nader, left, Kim Muller me exactly how and current Mayor Gary Herzig old,” John said. “I – gathered to celebrate the fourth, Sam Nader, on his 100th know better than to ask!” birthday. Though the forecast predicted storms, in his backyard at 95 River John said the skies held out St. “It was a fun, low-key for his dad. “We had a little celebration,” said John. rain, but otherwise, we had “My father was enormously great weather.” pleased.” But the celebrations don’t Sam turned 100 on Monday, July 8, which Mayor end there. On Saturday, July 13, the 1969 Oneonta Gary Herzig declared “Sam Nader Day” with a proclama- Yankees, who took the New York-Penn League title with tion, which he gave to Sam a 51-26 game record, will at the party, “in recognition celebrate their 50th reunion of the ‘too many to count’ and celebrate their owner’s contributions … to the wellbirthday. being of the people of the Team players and their City of Oneonta.” families will be on hand to Also present was Kim celebrate the anniversary. Muller, longtime friends of

NADER/From A1 birthday message, thanking him for being such a longtime fan and recognizing everything he accomplished. It was very nice of him to do that.” Manning was there in spirit, but over 100 guests, friends and family members joined Nader to celebrate his birthday on Saturday, July 6,

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Paul L. Ingalls, 71; Farmer, Decorated Veteran, Minister HARTWICK SEMINARY – Paul L. Ingalls, a farmer, decorated Vietnam veteran and Christian minister, died unexpectedly Sunday night, May 19, 2019, at Bassett Hospital. He was 71. Paul was a descendant of the first Ingalls who came to the new world in 1628 and settled in Lynn, Mass. A seventh-generation farmer, he was born July 6, 1947, at Bassett Hospital, a son of Rodney Howard Ingalls and Virginia Mary McGraw Ingalls. Paul graduated from

Cooperstown High School, Class of 1966. On Jan. 19, 1967, Paul was inducted into the Army, and he completed his basic training at Fort Dix, N.J., in March 1967. He received infantry training at Fort Polk, La., and was stationed in Fort Lewis before going to Vietnam on Aug. 3, 1967. After a year’s tour of duty with the 25th Infantry Division, Cu Chi, Vietnam, he returned home to his parents’ home in Hartwick Seminary. Following this

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leave, he was reassigned to Cu Chi for a voluntary extension of six months. While serving in Vietnam, SP4 Ingalls received the Purple Heart for wounds received in action, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious combat service in the Republic of Vietnam. Specialist Ingalls received his Honorable Discharge from the Military on Jan. 18, 1973. Paul attended vocational school in Washington State where he studied welding. For many years Paul owned and operated Ingalls Farm in Hartwick Seminary. Farm-

ing was truly his passion. He especially loved growing fruit and enjoyed sharing the fruits of his labor. Paul is survived by his wife of 21 years, the former Deborah Ann Leonbruno, of Hartwick Seminary; their children and their families, Jesse and Amber Ingalls and their children, Connor and Grayson, and Justin and Ashley Ingalls and their daughter, Paislee, all of Cooperstown; Jenny Lynn and Charles Brett and their children, Dionna, Amy, Alexandrea, Makenzie, Hunter and Reuben of Afton; Joanna Ingalls of New York City; Robert and Chrissy Miron and their children,

Tailynn, Gabrielle, Ava, Allison and Reilly in the State of Maryland; and Laura and Stephen Berg and their children, Paul L. Ayla and Ingalls Emerik of California. He is further survived by one brother, David E. Ingalls and wife, Darlene of Hartwick Seminary, and one sister, Marybeth Ring and husband, Jeffrey, of Baltimore, Md., as well as many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents, He was predeceased by a brother, Timothy H. Ingalls, who died at the age of 6 on Feb. 10, 1963. A funeral was held Wednesday, May 29, at the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home with Pastor Michael A. Glisson, pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Hyde Park, officiating. Military Honors were accorded at the funeral home by members of the New York State Military Forces Honor Guard and the Cooperstown Veterans Club. Arrangements were entrusted to the Connell, Dow & Deysenroth Funeral Home.

Frances Lamb Griffiths, 91; Raised Tiny Donkeys MILFORD – Frances Elizabeth Whitman Lamb Griffiths, 91, Town of Maryland, who first used computers locally to track herd and farm expenses at Hemlock Valley Farm here, and was also known for raising miniature donkeys, passed away on Saturday, July 6, 2019 at the Fox Nursing Home, Oneonta. Frances was born on January 28, 1928, in East Brooklyn, in northeast Connecticut, the daughter of William Arthur Whitman and Ada Mae (Preston) Whitman. She graduated from Killingly High School, Danielson, Conn., in 1946, and later took courses at the University of Rhode Island, Providence. She married Bruce R. Lamb on Oct. 16, 1948. He predeceased her in September of 1965. She then married John E. Griffiths Jr. on July 8, 1966. He predeceased her on May 13, 1994. Frances was always a farm girl, from raising goats in East Brooklyn, Conn., to working with her second husband, John, on Oakdell Farm, in Sterling, Conn. They later relocated to Milford, where for 18 years they owned and operated the Hemlock Valley farm, expanding the herd and barns, installing ground silos and a central milking parlor. She was the pioneer at Hemlock Valley in computer use. Later, she achieved some notoriety for her herd of miniature donkeys. Frances is survived by three sons, Randall P. Lamb (Joan), Town of Maryland, David W. Lamb (Linda) of Chittenango, and Mark A. Lamb (Deborah) of Oneonta; 3 stepsons, Donald

B. Griffiths (Jackie) of Tennessee, Barry L. Griffiths (Chris) of Springfield Center, and Robbin T. Frances Grffiths, Lamb Griffiths of Ormond Beach, Fla.; 12 grandchildren, 17 great-

grandchildren and one greatgreat granddaughter. She was predeceased by her husbands, Bruce R. Lamb and John E. Griffiths Jr., and her five siblings, Olive, George, Mildred, Philip and Robert. Friends are invited to greet the family beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St.,

Oneonta, where a Service of Celebration will take place immediately following at noon, officiated by Rev. Stephen D. Fournier, with Rev. Randall Lamb. Burial will take place at the convenience of the family in Griffiths Homestead Cemetery, Sterling, Conn. Arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.

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Legal nOtice PUBLIC NOTICE OF LAW NOTICE is hereby given that the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego at a meeting thereof held on the 3rd day of July, 2019, duly adopted a Local Law entitled: A Local Law to establish a sustainable energy loan program (Energize NY Open C-PACE financing program) in Otsego County and to abolish Local Laws No. 4 and 5 of 2018 which previously established the Energize NY benefit financing program. The intent of this local law is to establish a program that will allow the Energy Improvement Corporation, acting on behalf of the County, to make financing available to qualified property owners for the installation of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency measures. The full text of this Local Law is available for inspection in the Clerk of the Board’s Office in the County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours. Dated: July 11, 2019 Carol D. McGovern Clerk of the Board of Representatives Otsego County, New York 1LegalJul.11 Legal nOtice SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO INDEX NO. EF2019-166 Plaintiff designates OTSEGO as the place of trial situs of the real property Mortgaged Premises: 781 COUNTY HIGHWAY 26 FLY CREEK, NY 13337 Section: 114.9 Block: 1 Lot: 15 DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM HENRY SCHEID, III, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the

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following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12, “the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff the persons or parties intended being the tenant’s occupants’ persons or corporations if any having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants. To the abovenamed Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $125,600.00 and interest, recorded on June 19, 2003, at Liber 1180 Page 204, of the Public Records of OTSEGO County, New York, covering premises known

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as 781 COUNTY HIGHWAY 26 FLY CREEK, NY 13337. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

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SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Kristina Strain PO Box 171 Gilbertsville, NY 13776 6LegalAug.8 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: 120-122 Marion Avenue, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/11/2019 Office location: County of Otsego Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Patrick Strain PO Box 171 Gilbertsville, NY 13776 6LegalAug.8 Legal nOtice

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YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: MARSHA CATO, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 4LegalAug.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company (LLC) Name: Badgerface Beauty Supply, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 06/11/2019 Office location: County of Otsego Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

Index No. EF2018-817 KEYBANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstDANIEL BROOKS; ANTOINETTE BROOKSSHIPE; JAMES M. BROOKS; WILLIAM E. BROOKS, III; UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM E. BROOKS, JR., DECEASED, AND ANY OF HIS, HER, OR ANY OF THEIR RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST; et al. Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANT(S): DANIEL BROOKS and UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM E. BROOKS, JR., DECEASED, AND ANY OF HIS, HER, OR ANY OF THEIR RIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to serve upon plaintiff’s attorneys an answer to the complaint in this action within twenty (20) days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or

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within thirty (30) days after service is complete if the Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to answer, judgment will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the complaint. Trial is desired in the County of Otsego. The basis of venue designated above is that the real property, which is the subject matter of this action, is located in the County of Otsego, New York.

encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800342-3736 or visit the Department’s website at www. dfs.ny.gov.

defendants have failed to comply with the terms and provisions of the said mortgage and said instruments secured by said mortgage, by f ailing and omitting to pay the balance due and owing and the Plaintiff has commenced a foreclosure action. Plaintiff is seeking a judgment foreclosing its mortgage against the real property and premises which situates in the Village and Town of Laurens, County of Otsego and State of New York and is commonly known as 54 Main Street, Laurens, New York 13796 and all other relief as to the Court may seem just and equitable.

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DATED: June 20, 2019 SCHILLER, KNAPP, LEFKOWITZ & HERTZEL, LLP BY: WILLIAM B. SCHILLER, ESQ. Attorneys for Plaintiff 950 New Loudon Road Latham, New York 12110 Telephone: (518) 786-9069 64151 4LegalJul.18

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NOTICE: YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance The State

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law. Foreclosure rescue scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to save your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about an y such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Hon. Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed on May 28, 2019 in Cooperstown, New York and to be duly entered in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office, in Cooperstown, New York. The Nature of this action pertains to a note and mortgage held by Plaintiff on real property owned by the above named defendants as specified in the complaint filed in this action. The above named

Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Cooperstown Maple Works, LLC, a NY limited liability company (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed with NY Sec. of State (NYSS) on 05/21/19. Office: Otsego County. NYSS designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. NYSS shall mail process to: 361 Sibley Gulf Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalAug.1 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company 1. The name of the LLC is Bronson Construction, LLC. 2. The date of filing the Articles of Organization with the Secretary of State is 05/07/2019 3. The county within the State of New York in which the principal office of the LLC is located is Otsego County 4. The Secretary of the State of New York is hereby designated as an agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC is Po Box 708 Richfield Springs, NY 13439 5. The character of purpose of the business of the

Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of Matsis Realty I, LLC. Filed with SSNY on 2/20/2019. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 69 Harrington Ave Lindenhurst NY 11757. Purpose: any lawful 6LegalJul.25 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of

Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/17/19. Office: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o Joel S. Charleston, 11 Pearl Street, Valley Stream, NY 11581. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: PRISTINE ACRES LLC. Certificate of Conversion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 3 June 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 793 County Highway 10, Laurens, NY 13796. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: LEANSolutions LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 May 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 584 Co Hwy 22, Burlington Flats, NY

Legal nOtice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company Name: JaNo CAMPERS LLC. Articles of Organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 28 May 2019. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to PO Box 404, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws. 6LegalJul18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of Kai Zen Strong, LLC Filed 5/23/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 26 Brookside Avenue, Worcester, NY 12197 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF FORMATION of Vibbard Electrical Contracting, LLC Filed 5/20/19 Office: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent for process & shall mail to: 151 Heap Road, Edmeston, NY 13335 Purpose: all lawful 6LegalJul.18 Legal nOtice NOTICE OF App. for Auth. (LLC) DMZ Planners LLC. App. for Auth. filed w/ the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/29/19. LLC formed in NJ on 11/17/17. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process c/o Donna M. Zalecky, 208 Carlton Ave., Haddon Twp., NJ 08108, registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: All lawful purposes. 6LegalJul.18

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Caring For Her Father Led Tamie MacDonald To Her Profession SENIORITY/From A1 we plan, the more likely you’ll be active, independent, and do the things you want to do.” “If we don’t plan ahead, we lose choices, which then limits our ability to be independent,” she added. MacDonald believes growing up on her father’s farm in Delaware County played a role in her pursuing a career in gerontology. “Farmers are used to being self-reliant, tough, and resilient,” said MacDonald, whose father, the oldest of 15 kids on his family’s farm, started farming on his own at age 11. “My father could never be in a nursing home in his final years.” She “started to dabble in gerontology” while earning her BA in psychology at SUNY Cortland. MacDonald then did what many young people in Upstate New York do after high school and college, which is also impacting older adults’ independence in later years – she moved to Florida to work for an Aid for the Aging office there. After Florida, MacDonald earned a master’s in Gerontology at Miami University in Ohio, after which she took

a position as a caseworker for senior services in Lyon County with Nevada’s Human Services Agency. After 18 months in that position, the agency promoted her to assistant director, whose focus was more on families with children than seniors. After nine years in that position, she moved back to Delaware County and worked in its Office for the Aging for two years before being hired as director of Otsego County’s same office. MacDonald’s childhood in rural New York and her experience working with seniors in different parts of the country have helped her see the pluses and minuses of Upstate New Yorkers having independent, fulfilling lives as seniors. “We’re strong and resilient and have a very strong mindset,” she said. “We need to, to survive the winters here. Those are pluses because you have to be tough to age and a willpower to age well.” But those same qualities can hinder Upstate New Yorkers from finding and reaching out the supports they need when they are elderly. “Most people want to stay in their homes and be

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Tamie MacDonald, director of the Otsego County Office on Aging, shows off the variety of menu items cooked at The Meadows in anticipation of the opening of a new senior food site in Milford in January 2018. independent when they’re elderly,” said MacDonald. “Their biggest fear is, if I show I can’t live by myself, they’ll put me in a nursing home and they’ll take away my house.” Fortunately, she said, there is no system that allows a person’s house to be taken away. But MacDonald said, especially because of the continuing “out-migration of young adults looking for better opportunities, our families aren’t nearby like the used to be.” “Usually, it’s not seniors calling us,” said MacDonald. “It’s their adult children who live four, five hours away asking for advice on specific concerns they have for their parents living alone.” Whether a senior citizen or an adult calling about an aging parent, the Office for the Aging will point people to resources based on the dynamics they face. “We show you an array of options that will best fit your situation,” MacDonald said. “Even if you live on

top of a mountain miles away from people and services, we can help you get formal and informal supports so you can still live there.” MacDonald gave the example of wearing a personal emergency response or medical alert button. When the wearer pushes it, it signals a call center. “If you tell them it’s an emergency, they’ll call an ambulance; if it’s not, if you’ve just fallen and need help standing back up, they’ll call a neighbor or friend for you.”

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MLS#114624 $59,900 MLS#121101 1982 double-wide w/3 BRs, 2 baths and 1½ story, 2-car $65,000new garage. New heating system, updated electrical, Land Possible Owner 45 mostly wallswith and ceiling in 1 BR. NewFinancing ceiling in master bath. wooded acresP. Teator in Franklin w/stream and Call Sharon @ 607-267-2681 (cell)trails. Call David Mattice @ 607-434-1647 (cell)

MLS#121223 $299,000 Goodyear Lake Home 3-BR, 2-bath remodeled home w/paddleboat, canoe, kayaks. Successful baseball rental. Large decks, great lawn. Call Stephen Colwell@ 607-435-6542 (cell)

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MLS#122210 $198,900 Summit Lakefront, Turn-key 3-Season Home Exceptional property. Immaculate 2-BR home. 20 minutes from Cooperstown. Close to State land. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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MLS#121442 $51,900 Here Is Your Next Renovation Project! This home on .19 acre has 3 BRs, 2 baths, 1,480 sq ft, 1-car garage. Property is being sold as is. Call Frank Woodcock @ 607-435-1389 (cell)

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MLS#104145 $185,000 Views of Otsego Lake from This Property! Walk to Main Street, Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital. Call Donna Schulz@ 607-267-6330 (cell)

MLS#121985 $70,000 Residential Lot w/Mountain Views Located in Kortright. Entire 6.7 acres is flat usable land. Includes building plan and survey. Call Rabiatu Braimah @ 475-202-9551 (cell)

MLS#118979 $189,000 This spacious 2007 home w/beautiful views is located in Edmeston on 20 acres. 3,000 sq ft. of living space. Home needs finishing touches. Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)

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99 Main Street, Oneonta office 607.441.7312 fax 607.432.7580

Fantastic Contemporary Home on 1.51 acres! 4 BRS, 3 baths, beautiful kitchen w/Wood-Mode cabinets, Corian counters, Sub-Zero refrigerator, skylights, sliders to private deck, huge yard, raised garden beds, 2-car garage, paved driveway AND very well appointed in-law apartment. Set up your private showing! MLS#122255 $229,900

www.oneontarealty.com Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner

Lovely Dutch ColonialHome Just a short drive to Cooperstown or Cherry Valley. 3 BRs, 2 baths, loads of natural light, hardwood floors under carpet and woodburning fireplace in LR. Beautiful yard w/stone walls and trees surrounding the home which sits nicely off road. Spacious 2-car attached garage and storage shed round out the package. Call today to see this lovely home! MLS#121869 $159,000

Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

ProPErty DEtails —4.57 acres

157 Main Street,Cooperstown 607-547-5740

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An Outstanding Lifestyle!

(8558) Enchanting 2006 home in a private country setting w/perennial gardens, pond on 2.89 acres. Walk-out basement, formal DR, 3 BRs, 2 baths, gas fireplace, French doors, family room. Skylight, oak floors, master bath. Custom kitchen, radiantfloor heat. 2-car garage. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$349,000

Generous-sized Home

(8388) Enjoy a happy haven in this delightful Cooperstown Village residence offering eat-in kitchen, hardwood flooring, back porch. 4 BRs, 1½ baths. LR, parlor, home office, mud room, original natural woodwork, hot-water heat. A hospitable air. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$249,000

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This duplex was built in 2004 in a quiet country location at the end of a short driveway. Both sides have been long-term and seasonal rentals, currently vacant. Possible to rent long- or short-term with proper permits. Live comfortably in one side of the duplex and rent the other side to support the mortgage. Rear side-by-side decks have slider access. Kitchen could be be eat-in. Door to basement from kitchen hallway. Easy low-maintenance home has lots of potential.

Exclusively offered at $349,000

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intErior FEaturEs —Built in 2004 —Duplex style —8 total BRs: 3 in one side, 5 in the other —3 full and two ½baths —Full basement —Unfinished lower level w/Bilco doors —Open kitchen w/laminate counters —All appliances in both kitchens —Carpet and linoleum flooring —Baseboard hot water and AC ExtErior FEaturEs —Frame construction —Asphalt shingle roof —Vinyl siding —Deck and covered porch

37 Chestnut street · Cooperstown · 607-547-5622 · 607-547-5653 (fax) parking is never a problem! For Appointment Only Call: M. Margaret Savoie, Real Estate Broker/Owner – 547-5334 Marion King, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5557 Donald DuBois, Real Estate Associate Broker – 547-5105

Timothy Donahue, Real Estate Associate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Catherine Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Michael Welch, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8502

For reliable, honest answers to any of your real estate questions, call 607.547.5622 or visit our website www.donolinrealty.com

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