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Augur’s, Century-Plus Staple, Leaving Downtown Becky Davidson, left, Augur’s proprietor since 1998, is moving the landmark bookstore, and Davidson Jewelry, to Grove Street. Renee LaFond, who leases space in Augur’s, is closing Little Bo’tique at month’s end.
Changing Shopping Patterns Threaten ‘Cute’ Main Street By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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ugur’s Books, a Main Street mainstay since 1899, and its associated businesses are vacating the landmark building at the flagpole. Becky Davidson, who has operated
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The retiring Rev. Douglas Deer, pastor of First Baptist Church and dean of the Cooperstown clergy, and his wife Susan will be bidden farewell at a public reception, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, in the church hall/SEE PROFILE, B8
Augur’s and Davidson Jewelry there since 1998, said she is moving the shops by the end of September to Jason Tabor’s Sawmill Suites at 55 Grove St., where the jewelry store was located when she founded it in 1984. Little Bo’tique, which has sublet a space in Augur’s for more than three years, is closing the children’s shop at Please See AUGUR’S, A7
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Hops – Pacing Factor For Local Ag Revival LOCAL FOODS, LOCAL SPIRITS – Exhausting!
Camp Owners Seek Advice On DOT Plans
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est Lake Road camp owners fearful of DOT plans to seize lakeside properties are hosting a presentation by attorney Gilbert Hoffman, Syracuse, 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in The Otesaga’s Templeton Lounge. Doors open at 5. In recent days, Caroline Sever has alerted the county Board of Representatives and the Otsego Lake Association of the property owners’ concerns. WETLANDS PLAN: State Sen. Jim Seward, RMilford, and Cooperstown Fun Park owner Bob Hickey will announce a “major wetlands project” at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, at the Hartwick Seminary site. MANOR SALE OK’D: The state Department of Health Thursday, Aug. 8, approved a “certificate of need,” the final hurdle to completing the sale of Otsego Manor to Focus Ventures of Rockland County.
Next Big Thing? Grass-Fed Beef, Fresh Vegetables
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s if to underscore the hops revival is not the exclusive purview of established businesses and the well-off, CADE’s 50 would-be hops Morgan growers – a range of folks – gathered Thursday, July 31, at the Muddy River Farm in Unadilla to learn how to grow the once plentiful local crop. This was two days before 110 hops enthusiasts toured from Northern Eagle Beverages to Please See CADE, A2 Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
The 270 who attended the $35 Cooperstown Farmers’ Market “Local Food, Local Spirits” fundraiser Thursday, Aug. 7, in Pioneer Alley created just too much excitement for 2-month-old Josephine Levine, tended here by dad Dan Levine (visiting from California with wife Audrey and two others daughters, Charlie, 3, and Margaux, 2) and grandmom Ellen Levine, Town of Springfield. Attendees voted Origins Cafe their favorite.
New CEO Outlines Bassett ‘Triple Aim’ By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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arlier in the week, former Bassett Healthcare president/CEO Bill Streck
reviewed 30 years of challenges to the Cooperstown Rotary Club and concluded, “It’s brought us to the starting line.” Friday, Aug. 8, when his successor, Vance Brown, addressed the Friends of Bassett quarterly breakfast for the first time, it was
as if the two men had coordinated their remarks. Dr. Brown picked up where Dr. Streck left off, outlining a triangleshaped strategy for the future built around (A) a positive patient experience, (B) appropriPlease See BROWN, A7
SAUNDERS, SPIOTTA CHALLENGE AMAZON
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two-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times asking Amazon to stop using authors as pawns in negotiations to improve its cut of book and e-book sales, has brought a national controversy home. Among the 900 signators are George “Tenth of December” Saunders of Oneonta and Dana “Eat The Document” Spiotta, formerly of Cherry Valley. See WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM
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