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reception to welcome Cooperstown Central School’s new superintendent, William Crankshaw, is planned 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 10, at CCS Middle/High School. Dr. Crankshaw, former Remsen Central superintendent, arrived on campus Tuesday, Jan. 3, the first day of classes after the winter break. Parents and community members are welcome. FENCE APPROVED: The village Zoning Boarrd of Appeals Tuesday, Jan. 3, approved a 6-foot fence on John Sansevere’s at 76 Chestnut St., and allowed Marge and Ed Landers to rent out three, one-bedroom transient apartments at 8 Glen, up from two one-bedroom apartments. LOTSA PLASTIC: Over its 50 years in existence, the OCCA has caused 20 tons of agricultural plastic to be recycled, and cleared 4,500 square feet of invasive Japanese knotweed at Mohican Farm, according to its endof-year fundraising letter.
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t the Wednesday, Jan. 4, reorganizational meeting of the county Board of Representatives, county Reps. Kathy Clark, ROtego, the incumbent, and Len Carson, ROneonta, were seeking their colleagues’ support for the chairmanship. For outcome, check
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Village Board Decries Bigotry By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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At its December meeting on Thursday the 22nd, the Village Board adopted a resolution titled, “Condemning the Use of Violence, BigSternberg otry and Hateful Rhetoric.” The vote was unanimous,
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with Trustee Lou Allstadt absent. “It wasn’t on my part a reaction to the election,” said Trustee Richard Sternberg, who Please See BIGOTRY, A2
As New Year Dawns, Rare County Murder Oneonta Police Officers Lindsay Rumenapp and Edmund Donley, a new OPD officer from Cooperstown, enter 229 Main St., where the body of Mark J. Morrison, 52, was found dead on New Year’s morning.
Suspect Phones Oneonta Police, Reports On Body In Apartment By LIBBY CUDMORE
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t 3:27 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a call from Southside Oneonta came into the Otsego County 911 Center. “I’ve done something bad and I don’t want to run,” the caller, who identified himself as Joshua Underwood, 25, told the dispatcher. Oneonta Police were quickly dispatched to the scene, and at 3:44 a.m. Sgt. Eric Berger, with several officers in tow, pulled up at the Mirabito on Route 23, where the call had originated. Underwood “stepped out of the building and dropped to his knees with his hands in the air,” said Lt. Doug Brenner. “He said he believed he had killed his friend and he wanted to turn himself in.”
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With National Uncertainty, Bassett Sticking With Strategy Of Growth By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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assett Healthcare’s latest possible linkage – with Oneida Healthcare, after a two-
year study – is part of the Cooperstown-based network’s strategy of growth through “adding partners.” “It’s our top strategic issue moving forward,” said Bassett President/CEO Vance Brown. Please See BASSETT, A5
Joshua Underwood
The suspect was taken to the station, where he made “spontaneous utterances” – “I think I killed my friend” – before being formally
interviewed by detectives, Brenner said. Meanwhile, officers were dispatched to 229 Main St. – the former Java Island building – where they found Mark J. Morrison, 52, dead in his bed. He had been bludgeoned multiple times with a bodybuilding weight, police said. “We classified the homicide as ‘domestic related’ because we believe they had a Please See DEATH, a3
Airbnb, Uber, Even Airpnp Touted Mayors Katz, Herzig, Seward, Reps Brief State Of State Breakfast By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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irbnb, Uber and… Airpnp? “We’re really behind the eight ball in the sharing economy,” said
Sen. Jim Seward. “In some states, people even rent out their bathrooms if they live near a stadium or busy downtown.” Such innovation was posed at Otsego County Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the State Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 3. Alongside Seward on the dais were Please See BREAKFAST, A5
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD