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County Jail Full Of Local Inmates With No Room For Out-Of-County Prisoners, $200,000 Lost Yearly

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he Otsego County jail dependably generated $200,000 a year by boarding overflow inmates

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Bill Rigby of Historic American Hardware, Cooperstown, installs the shiny refurbished original hardware on the front doors of Cooperstown’s Village Hall today, as upgrades to the front (south side) of 22 Main near an end.

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are not boarding anyone,” county Rep. Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, said in an interview after alerting his colleagues to the problem at a strategic planning meeting at the County Office Building Friday, Sept. 30.

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he Constitution Pipeline may have found a new ally.

County Reps. Jim Powers, R-Butternuts, and Ed Frazier, R-Unadilla, have drafted a letter asking Governor Cuomo to get behind the pipeline.

The county board was due to debate the letter Wednesday, Oct. 1.

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f you got to Page 86 of the Village of Cooperstown’s 99-page proposed comprehensive master plan, TO LEARN there it is, about parking amid disdecks and the cussions rest of the vilof the lage’s Compre- future of hensive Master Plan, follow link Doubleday Field: to full text at “PosALLOTSEGO.COM sible uses could include a multi-level parkLOCK DOORS: Village ing structure to address the Police Chief Mike Covert parking shortage downis warning residents to be town and/or a mixed-use on alert after two cars were building that could include broken into last week on additional parking, groundSusquehanna Avenue and level commercial space, and Walnut Street. The breakyear-’round rental units and ins were possibly related to condominiums.” drug activity, he said.

That’s not one, but two parking decks. One alone BROOKWOOD’S FATE: foundered on the rocks of The Otsego Land Trust plans to unveil tentative plans for public opposition, but that WAS two decades ago now.

Brookwood Point at 6:30 Please See 2 DECKS, A7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Templeton Hall, after what it termed a successful public visioning session last week. he CCS board was scheduled to vote on a new superintendent when it met at 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 5, in the middle/high school library.

The candidate is expected to attend, according to board President Theresa Russo.

The new hire would succeed C.J. Hebert, who was killed in an ATV accident near his Cobleskill home in March.

from Schoharie and Delaware counties. But with in-county prisoners filling the jail to capacity, there’s no room for out-of-county criminals and the money has dried up.

“We are at full capacity. We are housing all of our own Otsego County residents. We

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A huge drill and augur have been churning up the earth on the state DOT’s Route 28/Glen Avenue culvert-replacement project just north of Cooperstown, causing commuters and drivers-by of all sorts to ask: What’s going on? Reporter Libby Cudmore took a tour to find out/SEE PAGE B1

Cooptoberfest To Add Arts,Craft Component Missing Since 2013

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Village Library will be closed for about a week, beginning at noon Thursday, Oct. 6, for the final phase of renovatoins.

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ooptoberfest is putting the “crafts” in “craft beer” – and arts.

“Growing up, one of my favorite

things to do was go to the Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Club Arts & Crafts show,” said Matt Hazzard, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Com-

IF YOU GO: Third annual Cooptoberfest offers games, rides, food, fun 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, on Main Street, (with Cooperstown on Tap in evening).

merce. “A lot of visitors who came into the Chamber asked about it.”

The Leatherstocking Brush & Palette Club’s craft sale, which had been an annual Labor Day Event since 1967, ceased after 2013, citing declining attendance.

“It used to be huge,” he said.

“There hasn’t been a craft show since.”

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GUENTHER, COVERT HONORED AT RECOVERY DINNER Five Star Subaru proprietor Ben Guenther, left, receives LEAF’s 2016 Sioussat Award from Julie Dostal, LEAF executive director, at Friday, Sept. 30’s annual Recovery Dinner at the Holiday Inn/Southside in Oneonta. At right, Cooperstown Police Chief Michael Covert receives and annual Amethyst Award from Kelly Liner, executive director of FORDO, the Friends of Recovery for Delaware & Otsego Tara Barnwell/The Freeman’s Journal Counties.

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~ 3rd Annual Bassett Cupola 5K Run/Walk: Participating runners will be coming up Pioneer Street between 10 and 11 am. Come cheer the runners on! ~ Arts and Crafts Vendors (more than ever!) ~ Pony Rides ~ Apparel Station: #wearecooperstown shirts for purchase! ~ Cooperstown Brewing Company: Tasting tap truck Cooperstown Diner 136½ Main St., Cooperstown Near all the family fun!

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Saturday October 8 Main Street Cooperstown 11:30 am to 3:15 pm: Dance Performances on Landmark Inn Stage

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Cooptoberfest May Revive Arts, Craft Event Local Inmates Fill Jail, Cut Revenues FEST/From A1 But Hazzard saw an opportunity to begin reviving it by adding arts & crafts to the third annual Cooptoberfest, so he put the call out for vendors. “We put out a call through other craft fairs in the region,” he said. “A lot of the vendors had already filled up their schedules for the season, but there was a lot of interest.”

Still, Hazzard assembled more than a dozen vendors to line Main Street from the traffic light to the flagpole, selling pottery and porcelain, bags, reclaimed wood products, bowls, furniture, jewelry, clothing and more.

“We have four times as many vendors this year as we had last year,” he said. “It’s just a sample of the artists this year, but hopefully, there will be more next year.”

Originally, the Leatherstocking Brush & Palette craft event was held on Main Street, but in the ’90s, due to objections from merchants, it moved to the Clark Sports Center.

“We want to bring this back,” said Hazzard. “Cooperstown is an artisan community, and it’s a great opportunity to bring a new demographic to Cooptoberfest.”

If all goes well, Hazzard hopes that a new, separate craft festival could launch. “We want to get our feet under us first, but we’re starting to consider it for the future.”

And that’s not the only long-awaited return at Cooptoberfest – The Oscar Meyer

Weinermobile will once again park on the Cooperstown streets for the first time since 2007, when it was in town for Cal Ripkin’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

“My wife drove it for a year,” said Hazzard. “We had it at our wedding; got to use it as our limo!”

Along Main Street, from the traffic light to the flagpole is the “Family Friendly” portion of the event, featuring bouncy houses, an obstacle course and an educational tent from the Museum of Innovation and Science in Schenectady.

“They had an area set up where you can look through a telescope, plus a building area and other science activities,” said Hazzard.

And for the game-loving adults in the crowd, there’s plenty of fun to be had on Upper Pioneer Street.

“We had a life-sized Jenga game built,” said Hazzard. “Cooperstown Brewing Company had a full-sized Connect Four game that they’re lending us, and we’ll have giant beer pong, with kickballs and trash cans.”

After the Olympics in August, Hazzard reached out to triathlete Sarah True in hopes that she would be able to headline the festivities, but she was unavailable.

“We’re hoping to get her here for another event in the future,” he said.

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declined to lay the whole budget shortfall at the feet of the heroin problem. “It’s a lot of things,” he said in an interview. “But it (drugs) certainly compounds the issue.”

When the 100-inmatecapacity Otsego County Correctional Facility was built 25 years ago, only 30 inmates were in-county, he said.

State law requires a 20inmate buffer, because – for instance – if a minor is being held in one of the six-cell blocks, no older inmates are allowed there. Still, the 80inmate regular capacity left plenty of room for boarding inmates from neighboring counties with overflowing jails.

Recently, though, there have been 60 to 90 “of our own” in the jail at any one time. Exceeding the buffer required Devlin to work with the state Commission on Corrections to obtain a variance, the sheriff said.

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Seeing trouble on the horizon, the sheriff invited Mark Kukuvka, a representative of Labella Associates, Rochester, that specializes in prison planning and construction, to address the county board last April.

In visiting the jail, Kukuvka identified $2 million in delayed maintenance. He suggested the county board consider a $16.7 million, 40-bed “pod” addition to the main prison, or perhaps even a new prison, an estimated $35 million expense.

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“It’s a couple of hundred thousand dollars in revenue,” he said. So far this budget year, the county board has moved money to the prison budget twice, including $75,000 for medical expenses. In his 2017 projections, “the sheriff has reduced his expected revenues.”

According to Frazier, “90 percent (of in-county inmates) are either in for drug possession, or committing crimes to get drugs,” a reflection of the heroin scourge that has been ranging the county, beginning in 2008 and quickly building from there.

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With Sam Nader As Inspiration, Let’s Revive Passenger Service

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en Meifert, the Baseball Hall of Fame vice president/ development, wears a lot of hats.

In addition to a challenging day job, he is one of the county’s representatives on the six-county Mohawk Valley Regional Economic Development Commission.

As former president of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce during some daunting years, he has a pretty good handle on the local economy, too.

So when he raised the idea with the Oneonta Airport Commission a few months back of reviving passenger service, he was drawing on a range of perspectives.

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He spoke from his perspective as a Hall of Fame VP trying to figure out where things are going: Millennials, many now reaching their peak earning years (with many more to follow), don’t like to drive.

You can hop a charter bus

to the Hall of Plaques, but how much more convenient would it be to catch a 45-minute flight from LaGuardia?

And he spoke from his economic-development perspective: Passenger service would make Greater Oneonta and Cooperstown much more attractive places to do business. (Granted, Watertown has Fort Drum, but there’s twice-daily passenger service from the local airport to Philly via American Airlines.)

Passenger service would make SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College more attractive to prospective students from Westchester County and Long Island, as well as potential donors.

(Meifert’s counterpart at Hartwick, Gregg Fort, whom Common Council named to the Airport Commission at this week’s meeting, reported, “We had donors fly in here as recently as last year.”)

The county’s retiree sector is growing, and taking

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Former mayor Sam Nader receives a commemorative coffee cup from Jeff Back at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Oneonta Municipal Airport on Sept. 17.

a hop from Oneonta to connections in New York or Philly to visit the kids on The Coast, instead of the sometimes arduous drive to Albany or Syracuse, and long waits for connections, would certainly be a quality-of-life enhancement.

Never gonna happen?

Well, folks, Mohawk Airlines, later part of USAir, ran passenger service to LaGuardia for 30 years,

stopping only when it lost control of its airport gates at the other end.

• The 50th anniversary of Oneonta Municipal Airport last month served to highlight other good things in the works there, too.

In particular, the Airport Commission – now Fort, plus Ed May, chair, and Dennis Finn, Jeff Back and county Rep. Len Carson,

R-Oneonta, with Council member John Rafter as liaison – has two concrete initiatives developing with Mohawk Valley Community College.

• One, it is in talks with MVCC’s Airframe & Powerplant Technology Program at Griffiss AFB, which was recruiting students at the 50th celebration. There’s room for a satellite program in the airport’s hangar.

Grads are snapped up by Albany International and Stewart in Newburgh, $20 an hour, with the expectation of reaching six figures in a half-dozen years.

• Two, it is looking to provide classroom space in the local terminal, recently renovated by Oneonta Job Corps’ crews, for MVCC’s drone-maintenance program, a quickly growing sector. Again, big demand for grads. The airport was also certified by NuAir, which oversees drone testing Upstate, in Massachusetts and Michigan, and is putting together a system to

keep drones out of the way of aircraft and other drones.

Plus, City Hall is seeking a grant to expand the runway from 4,200 to 5,000 feet, necessary for current airplanes, and has been certified as a Shell dealer of aircraft fuel, and is seeking a grant to expand to 12,000gallon tanks.

• All this is a lot of work, creativity and smart thinking, but it seems to come with the territory.

Particularly edifying at the 50th was the appearance of Sam Nader, who as mayor in the 1960s almost single-handedly created the airport in the face of intransigence by Common Council and the county Board of Supervisors, and the era of passenger service followed.

Nader, now 97, is the primus inter pares example of what one determined person can accomplish. The Airport Commission seems imbued with the Nader spirit. Only good will come out of that.

MICHAEL EWART LETTER FROM SCOTLAND

Boyhood Dream – To Walk Where Chingachgook Walked – Realized Editor’s Note: Mike Ewart of Edinborough, Scotland, just appointed chair of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, is also director of the Scottish National Education Trust, endowed

by Sir Sean Connery. In September, he fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Cooperstown, the home and inspiration of James Fenimore Cooper, the subject of his Ph.D. thesis.

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must have been 10 or 11 years old when an uncle gave me a Christmas present of two books from what was called “The Collins Children’s Library.” They were Dickens’ “Great Expectations” and Fenimore Cooper’s “The Last of the Mohicans”.

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Mike Ewart at Victor Salvatore’s James Fenimore Cooper statue.

Apart from colourful dust jackets, the books made no concession to a child audience; they were the full original texts – very difficult for a modern child to get to grips with. But what seemed to be a strange language attracted me.

After a while struggling with “Mohicans,” I realised that there was also a cracking good story in there, with lots of exciting action.

Little did that uncle realise what he had started. Fast forward another 10 years and I was in my final year as an undergraduate at Cambridge University. In a second-hand bookshop I found a copy of Cooper’s “The American Democrat” and realised that the author was the same man who had excited my younger imagination.

I knew by then that “Mohicans” was not the only book that Cooper had written and that there was a series of Leatherstocking Tales but I didn’t know that Cooper was also a writer on politics. (Nor did I know how many other novels there were – 32 in all.) Out of that chance find grew a desire to find out more and to see how the political writing and the novels were related. And that led to a project for a Ph.D. thesis, which I started to research in 1974.

Three years later, in 1977 I had finished my thesis and published some articles on Cooper, his art and his political views. I was awarded my doctorate but my original ambition to go on to be an academic had waned and I

found my career niche in government service in Scotland. I retired in 2009 as chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service.

The next chapter in the story was meeting my second wife, Sally. She had been born in the U.S. and lived the first 11 years of her life in New York State, then moved to Europe with her family. When she learned about my interest in Cooper, she said that she would one day take me to Cooperstown – a place I hadn’t been able to visit as a penniless doctoral candidate all those years before. This year she made it happen, and along with a visit to her uncle in New Hampshire, and some stops in New England we made a trip to Please See COOPER, A6

LETTERS

We All Want Renewables, But Expert Says Natural Gas Needed For Now To the Editor: Here is my response to Oneonta Town Board member Michael Stolzer.

I read your letter to the editor in last week’s edition, questioning my assertion

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First and foremost, I arranged for SUNY Albany’s Dr. Jeff Freedman, an expert in wind and solar energy, to come to Oneonta as requested by GO-EDC; not you. Our organization has truly bought into the need for “green energy” for our area and as far as I know, it was the first open presentation on this important issue in Oneonta. The outgrowth of that presentation was that GO-EDC formed an energy sub-committee and you

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A HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

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Libby Cudmore Reporter

For 10 Years, As He Oversaw Teens, Teens Taught Him

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Now, I’m not going to get into a jousting match with you as to what Dr. Freedman said or didn’t say; he was too nice a person to accept our invitation and to give us such an important and scientific analysis of renewable energy. Suffice it to say, I sent him my notes from the 6/20 meeting where the “bridge fuel” Please See COLONE, Chart Courtesy Al Colone

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that natural gas should be seen as a “bridge fuel” for the Oneonta area while we strive to advance renewable energy sources.

Let’s step back for a minute.

Editor’s Note: While Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta photographer for the past eight years, Ian Austin has also been director of the Oneonta Teen Center, which marked its 10th anniversary Sept. 17.

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have the best job in the world. I get to hang out with young people in the basement of a castle. And it is as awesome as it sounds. Our nights are filled with discussions, creativity, music, games and laughter. This

and so much more has made the Oneonta Teen Center more than just a job, more than a teen hang-out.

It has been a concert hall, a haunted house, a dance hall, a library, a movie theater, a classIan Austin room, a workshop, a banquet hall, a comedy club, a coffee house, a haven, and a place where young people can come

and feel accepted, safe and valued.

We have laughed until our faces hurt, dried each other’s tears and shared the adventures of our lives.

We’ve worked on everything from homework to Halloween costumes, from neighborhood clean-ups to parades. We are a community of invested, intelligent, creative young people who take pride an ownership in the space they occupy.

This is our space. Our second home.

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Compiled by Tom Heitz with resources courtesy of The New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Notice is hereby given to the patrons of Hartwick Seminary, and to the public in general, that at the meeting of Trustees of said Academy held at Albany, September 4th and 5th, the price of tuition has been regulated as follows: Scholars who shall study Arithmetic, English Grammar, Geography, Book Keeping, and Latin Grammar, or either of these branches, are to pay sixteen dollars per year, or four dollars per quarter; and such scholars as are studying the grammar of the Greek, or study the French language, or the Mathematics, or Logic, to pay twenty-four dollars per year or six dollars per quarter.

And since the inhabitants of the Town of Hartwick have hitherto enjoyed some advantages with respect to the price of tuition, the Trustees of Hartwick Academy have permitted the Subscriber to reduce the price of tuition for the inhabitants of said town, so that the yearly tuition for the Junior Class of students shall be twelve dollars, or three dollars per quarter, and for the Senior Class sixteen dollars, or four dollars per quarter.

School will open on September the 30th and the members of the institution are desired to attend on that day at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, in the Meeting Room of the Academy. The tuition money is expected to be paid in advance.

Ernest Lewis Hazelius.

October 3, 1816

75 YEARS AGO

care. Consequently, we are at a great disadvantage in competing with European countries, where the price of labor is a small element in the cost of production as compared with ours. It is one of the most uncertain crops which we produce hence the inducements offered for its cultivation are limited. Reports in regard to the condition of the crop in New York are not encouraging.

October 1, 1891

100 YEARS AGO

Cooperstown is now entertaining for the week the eighteenth annual meeting of the New York State Historical Society. The first program of this convention was held in the Village Hall on Tuesday evening, when the address of welcome was delivered by Hon. John M. Bowers, the famous lawyer of New York whose forebears were among the early residents of this locality, and who has a palatial summer residence at the old family homestead on the shore of Otsego Lake in this village. Mr. Bowers spoke of the early history of this region as involved with the history of our country, and of the mutual relations that exist between us and the State Historical Society.

October 4, 1916

50 YEARS AGO

Golden weddings – Recent actuarial studies show that one out of every three young couples in Otsego County who are being married this year will live to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. According to insurance industry statisticians those odds will get even better as progress made by medical science, year by year, extends human life span on average.

October 5, 1966

175 YEARS AGO

Phoenix Factory Stock – At a meeting of the Trustees of the Phoenix Cotton Manufactory, held at the office Robert Campbell in the Village of Cooperstown on the tenth Day of September, in the Year of our Lord, One thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty-One, present Robert Campbell, Sherman Page, Eben B. Morehouse, Trustees: Resolved, that a call be made on the Stockholders of the Company of thirteen dollars and eighty cents on each share of Stock held by them respectively, to be paid to the Agent of the said Company at their Factory Store in Middlefield, on or before the fifteenth day of November next, under the penalty of their forfeiting their said shares of Stock and all previous payments made thereon. Peleg H. Kent, Agent October 4, 1841

150 YEARS AGO

The County Fair – It is doubtful that the display of stock was ever surpassed. The show of Cattle is large; every Sheep pen is filled for the first time; a small show of Swine; entries of Horses larger than usual; of manufactured articles, Wagons &c., a fair display; the Dairy was better accommodated this year, and made a good show; if it had not been for the luscious grapes of Mr. Bunyan and others, the Fruit stand would have attracted no notice whatever; there were several coops of beautiful Fowls and room for

25 YEARS AGO

There is now only one member of the Cooperstown football team who has experienced a varsity win. But, it is difficult for senior center Mike Calhoun to recall the details. All he can remember was that Waterville was the opponent and 14-12 October 8, 1941 was the final score. And, one other thing – that was three years ago. “Three years ago,” Calhoun said, “that’s tough.” The more; the display of Flowers was splendid. The patent hop Cooperstown losing string now stands at 19 in a row. poles by Roberts and Badger attracted much attention.

October 2, 1991 October 5, 1866

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Hop Production and Trade – The United States is one of the largest producers as well as consumers of hops. Our output is probably not as large as that of Germany, but the major part of the surplus of both countries is required to supply the deficiency of England. New York and California are the largest producers of hops in this country. The cultivation of hops requires a large amount of labor and

Charlie Michaels, present-day founder of the Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard, won two blue ribbons several weekends past at the biannual convention of the International Society of Apple Parers in Syracuse, competing with apple parers from around the world. He was elected president of the society for the next two years.

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He Finally Sees Glimmerglass, Sleeping Lion, Three Mile Point, More COOPER/From A4 Cooperstown by way of Glen’s Falls – the scene of one of the dramatic incidents in “Mohicans.” So, nearly 40 years on from completing my work on Cooper, here I was!

It was a great visit. I was (as we say in the UK) tickled pink to be staying in Leatherstocking Street.

We walked around the town and took in all the places

James Fenimore Cooper

associated with Cooper

– including paying homage to his statue, of course. And when we stopped by his gravestone we realised that our visit – on Sept. 15 – was on Cooper’s birthday!

I was also pleased to see how many of the places in the surrounding area Cooper included in his stories are still associated with the names he gave them.

Names like Glimmerglass, as Lake Otsego is called

in “The Deerslayer” with “the Sleeping Lion” of Mount Washington at its head, and Three Mile Point, which features in one of Cooper’s later novels when he was growing increasingly disenchanted with the way American society was developing.

I’m very grateful to Jim Kevlin and to Hugh MacDougall of the Fenimore Cooper Society for their

friendly welcome, help and advice. As well as pointing us to some places associated with Cooper that we wouldn’t otherwise have found, Jim also recommended Willis Monie’s bookshop.

I browsed there very happily and picked up copies of the histories of Cooperstown that Jim had recommended and which I started to devour on the flight home.

I also picked up a copy of

a book of more recent critical essays on Cooper and was surprised and flattered to find references to my own work. It was good to know that although I hadn’t pursued the academic path, I had made a small contribution. And who knows, maybe a new retirement project is beginning to take shape?

But I’d better not wait another 40 years to write the next book on Cooper!

LETTERS

Renewables Coming; For Now, Natural Gas COLONE/From A4 notation was clearly made, and he did not contest that reference.

You need to know that 35 percent of our 2014 national energy consumption came from petroleum; 28 percent from natural gas and 18 percent from coal. That’s 81 percent plus of our nation’s total energy consumption that currently comes from fossil fuels. All told, renewables account for around 10 percent; the biggest share of that being hydropower and bio-fuels.

And as far as energy sources go, clearly, petroleum and coal are far worse a fossil fuel on carbon emission than natural gas. In the Greater Oneonta Area, there are any number of major users of energy whose natural

OTC Director, Taught Teens, And They He TEENS/From A4 I have never once gone to work dreading it. I can’t wait until the weekend, because it means I get to spend time with people I consider my friends. I spend time inspiring and being inspired by the young people of our community.

I love seeing the people they are becoming. I cherish them when they are here, am proud when they leave and miss them when they are gone. Wherever their lives take them, I hope they find a job that is as enjoyable, rewarding and meaningful as this one is to me.

I am so thankful for all the time spent with all OTC kids past and present. They have enriched my life and I am a better person for the time I have spent with your children.

I grew up looking at this building out my window. I went to the Boys and Girls Club where Carl Delberta, Jr. and John Baranowski instilled in me their way of respecting young people that I put into practice here. Their way with children inspired in me to try to be what they were to me: mentors. Adults who took time for kids and who weren’t afraid to be kids themselves.

Kids respond to the kid in you, but the way they are treated forms them. When people ask how I work with teenagers, I tell them, “I just treat them like people.”

When they feel listened to, respected and accepted, they feel loved. And in return, without hesitation, they give it back.

gas access is periodically interrupted because of the lack of availability, requiring them to convert to oil. As a town rep, you might wish to get out and meet with the folks at Lutz Feed and other like job-creating enterprises in the town to get a full read on this matter.

If Oneonta is to grow commerce and jobs, expanded natural gas, sadly, will have to be part of the energy sourcing mix needed to sustain us.

Now, getting back to your letter; you state that I build upon a misstatement and encourage area leaders to support the expansion of natural gas pipelines through the area; you left out a very important caveat, that being: “As long as the natural gas they carry can be tapped for use in the Oneonta area.” GO-EDC is all about Oneonta and its economic, commercial and cultural vitality. Without expanded natural gas in the overall energy mix to support the economic well-being of Oneonta, we might as well close-up shop right now.

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ridges behind Job Corp facing south, or overlooking the Susquehanna Valley from Franklin Mountain facing north, or up on the Otsdawa facing east overlooking West Oneonta, even the high ridges up on Winney Hill Road.

After all, Dr. Freedman did clearly say the high ridges around Oneonta would appear to be ideal to support wind-produced electricity.

Why don’t you convene a meeting down at the Town Hall on locating wind turbines. I’d be glad to help with the project. We should probably create a Greater Oneonta micro-grid system using wind with solar, bio mass and others. Count me in on helping. I’ll await your meeting notice.

Say, was your letter in any way politically motivated?

Was it designed to rally the anti-gas voters in the Town of Oneonta to support your election to the town board?

Gosh, I hope not; I hope you have a genuine commitment and interest in renewable energy for Oneonta. Time will tell.

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President Bush took America to the brink of financial ruin, record unemployment and high deficits as a result. What was the mantra of the Republican Party then and what is it now? Plain and simple… fear!

Watching both conventions and the eventual leader-to-be was quite revealing.

The choice to me is obvious between an experienced, committed candidate who understands the real problems we face as a nation and as a world and an individual who looks at this race as a chance to further his own egomaniacal goals.

Donald Trump wants to lead our country, but his past shows he has done nothing for anyone other than himself. He has duped people into thinking he alone can save America. He refuses to release his taxes because he knows it will expose the fact he’s paid no taxes, hasn’t given as much money to charity as he says he has and the almost billion dollar loss his companies have incurred proves he’s not as good of a businessman as he says he is.

Currently, he has 3,500 pending lawsuits against him. I can’t imagine why anyone would think that a person who builds casinos, golf courses and sponsors beauty pageants could possibly even begin to understand what the needs of our country are, much less fix them.

When asked if he felt bad about going bankrupt six times and causing hundreds of small businesses to go under as a result, while personally not being affected by his carelessness, he uses the excuse that what he did under the law was perfectly

legal. Was it morally legal though?

In his book, he says he doesn’t care. Is America angry? Americans should be, but putting someone like Trump in the White House could literally lead to the destruction of the world. I’m not a fear monger, but I truly believe that with a character like this at the trigger of a nuclear arsenal, he would be the last person I’d be willing to count on to make a steady, qualified judgment as to its use.

The presidency of the United States deserves a person dedicated to something greater than greed and the exploitation of others for personal gain. We don’t need a reality TV host who insults women, veterans and people with disabilities, who boastfully promotes politically incorrectness as a badge of honor. We need a leader of the free world who is steady, honorable and experienced.

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Proposed Comprehensive Plan Sees Possibly 2 Parking Decks In Village’s Future 2 DECKS/From A1 “Everything we think we might want to do in the future, we want it in the plan,” explained Mayor Jeff Katz, who served on the steering committee that over the past two years developed the proposed revisions unveiled Tuesday, Sept. 27, to an SRO crowd at the fire hall.

“You want to be able to point to the master plan and say, ‘This is what the public is talking about or wants’,” he said. Given its central role in community debate, “it would be ridiculous if there wasn’t some mention of parking.”

Trustee and committee co-chair Cindy Falk, who

two years ago declared a “parking crisis” in the village, said whatever may happen will be sure-footed, one step at a time.

Step one toward any decision – data collection – has begun: Two young women with clipboards collected details on who’s parking where for how long during one week in August, peak of the tourist season, Falk said.

The data is now being entered on an Excel sheet at Village Hall. “We’ll be able to sort, look at days of the week, times of the day, so we can better understand what the patterns are,” said Falk. In-state vs. out-ofstate. Where Village of

Cooperstown stickers are used. What on-street parkers have Bassett stickers.

The parking decks are in the section on Doubleday Field upgrades.

At the public workshops, people “recognized that, while parking is in high demand and needed, it is perhaps not the ‘highest and best use’ of the area in front of Doubleday Field,” the plan states.

It recommends the village explore “a concept that blends parking with green/ open space, new retail and housing.” Perhaps, it was suggested, Victor Salvatore’s “Sandlot Kid” statue could be a centerpiece of the

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“All (the ideas) involve reducing the number of parking spaces,” said Falk.

“We can’t possibly give up more parking spaces, knowing that part of the year there is more demand than supply. Green space is a wonderful idea, but we have to make up for parking spaces somewhere else.”

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It is suggested the village work with private property owners. No one is specified, but Vinnie Russo’s lot to the north of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce building and the current Farmers’ Market location have been proposed for parking decks in the past.

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Avenue, where two culverts are being replaced under the road.

The rig is being used to carve through the earth and 5 feet into the bedrock to install “soldier piles,” a support structure made of steel beams and wood beams used to hold up the road during construction.

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Saturday, Oct. 8. Food, live music, trucks, artisans and crafters, vendors, carnival games, animals, pumpkins, bouncy house, slides, cornhole tournament (Between traffic light and flagpole, Chestnut St., Cooperstown). At 11 a.m., the Bassett Cupola 5K Run/Walk comes up Pioneer St. Info, www. cooptoberfest.com. “Cooperstown in Tap,” follows from 4-8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, between Pioneer and Fair Sts., Cooperstown. Sample cider and over 100 beers from fine craft breweries, 4 p.m.-8 p.m.. $35 (VIP $50). Info, www. cooperstownontap.com TRACTOR FEST: See classic tractors and machinery representing the advance of farm technology. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 8 & 9.

The Farmers’ Museum, Cooperstown. www.farmersmuseum.org ‘TRISTAN AND ISOLDE’ IN HD: Live from the Met, HD broadcast of Wagner’s opera. Noon, Saturday, Oct. 8. Foothills Performing Arts Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Info, www.foothillspac.org, box office (607) 431-2080.

FESTIVAL & CRAFTS: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 9 the Middlefield Historical Society brings food, crafts, and vendors. Middlefield District #1 Schoolhouse, Co. Rte. 35, Middlefield.

Info: middlefieldhistorical.org FINAL FOLIAGE: Final weekend for the fall foliage trains traveling along the Susquehanna River Valley, Sat., Sun, and Columbus Day, Mon. Oct. 9.

Boards at Milford Train Depot, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 4322429, lrhs@lrhs.com ART & ART: Fall exhibits open at both the Cooperstown Art Association and CANO in Oneonta, with receptions 5-7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7.

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Otsego Co. Chamber meets at Northern Eagle Beverages conference room, 41 Browne St., Oneonta. Registration required. Cost: $35. Kelly Decker kelly@ otsegocc.com, (607)432-4500 ext. 207 RUMMAGE SALE –9 a.m.-4 p.m. Includes bake sale. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

RUMMAGE SALE – 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street, Cooperstown QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. 5 p.m.”Expressions of Love” to feature Susquehanna Valley Quilters. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Admission, $5; lunch, $7. Info, (607)783-2780, (607)783-2967, albud@citlink.net, themajorsinn.com.

ART RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. CAA Fall exhibits: “Oakroom Artists,” “Luck of the Draw Exhibit,” “Ted Lott Solo Show.”

Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, www.cooperstownart.com FISH FRY – 5-7 p.m. $10. Oneonta Vets Club, 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO the series “The Enemy Within.” Through Oct. 23. Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 4322070, www.canoneonta.org RECEPTION – 5-7 p.m. “Oakroom Artists,” “Luck of the Draw,” and “Ted Lott Solo Show” open at the Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9777, cooperstownart.com.

GHOSTS! – 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 p.m.

Candlelight Ghost Tours visits all places in mansion where ghostly manifestations have been reported over 150 years, including those identified by Ghosthunters! Fri. and Sat., through Oct. $20 per person, reservations required. Hyde Hall National Landmark Historic Site, 267 Glimmerglass State Park, Cooperstown.

Info, (607) 547-5098, www.hydehall.org LIVE MUSIC – 6:30 p.m. The Empire House, 136 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville.

Info, (607) 783-2859 CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Otsego Dance Society with music by Rosetree, caller Hilton Baxter. Suggested donation $8 adults, $4 students and teenagers, free for 12 and under. Presbyterian Church, corner Church and Pioneer sts., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 965-8232,

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COOPTOBERFEST – Day-long.

Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and Brewery Ommegang annual family-focused fun day. Live music, trucks, vendors, carnival games, animals, pumpkins, bouncy house, slides, cornhole tournament. Craft sale at upper Main St., Cooperstown. Info, Cooperstown Chamber, (607) 547-9983, or mhazzard@cooperstownchamber.org., CooperstownOnTap.com COOP FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Bounty of seasonal fruits and veggies, local meats, fresh fowl, eggs, cheese, yogurt, honey, maple syrup, sweet treats. Handmade goods.

Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank), rain or shine. Info, (607) 547-6195, www. otsego2000.org RUMMAGE SALE – 9-11 a.m.

Household items, clothing, books, small furniture, and collectibles. Christ Church, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown.

RUMMAGE SALE – 9-11 a.m. Bag Sale. Cooperstown United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut Street,

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FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. Taste of the Catskills featuring food, music, an entertainment for all. Admission $10. Maple Shade Farm, 2066 County Highway 18, Delhi. Info, TasteoftheCatskills.com CIDER FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St, Fly Creek. Info, flycreekcidermill.com QUILT SHOW – 10 a.m. 5 p.m.”Expressions of Love” to feature Susquehanna Valley Quilters. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave, Gilbertsville.

Admission: $5 Lunch: $7. Info, (607) 783-2780, (607)783-2967, albud@ citlink.net, themajorsinn.com.

TRACTORFEST –10 a.m.-5 p.m. Also Sun. $12 adults, $10.50 seniors, $6 juniors. Children 6 and under and NYSHA members, free. Also Sun. A Step Back in Time Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

Info, www.farmersmuseum.org GRAND OPENING – 11 a.m. Underground Attic opens new store. 273 Main St., Oneonta. Info, facebook.com/theundergroundattic/ OPERA – 12 p.m. “Tristan and Isolde” (Wagner). The Met streaming live in HD. $18/seniors, $20/adults, 10/students.

Season pass $200. Foothills Performing Arts & Civic Center, 24 Market St., Oneonta. Box Office: (607)431-2080, http://foothillspac.org/index.php/ shows/metropolitan-opera-in-hd/ TRAIN ROBBERY – 1 p.m. Train Robbery featuring action packed shoot outs,

period costumes, and fun entertainment for the whole family. $20 adults, $19 seniors, $17 children 3-12, free under 3.

Reservations encouraged, not required.

Milford Depot, Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad, 136 Main St., Milford.

Info, reservations, (607) 432-2429, (607) 432-2824 FOLIAGE TRAIN – 1 p.m.. Final weekend. Slow and easy vintage rail ride through the Susquehanna River Valley. Adults $16, Seniors $15, Kids (3-12) $13, under 3 Free. Train Depot, Cooperstown and Charlotte Railroad, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 432-2429, lrhs@lrhs.com GHOSTS! – 6, 6:30, 7, 7:30 p.m.

Candlelight Ghost Tours, Hyde Hall. See details under Friday, Oct. 7.

Sunday, October 9

FALL FESTIVAL – 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Middlefield Historical Association Fall Festival at schoolhouse! Craft vendors, food, gift shop, produce from Middlefield Orchards. 11 a.m. stories about attending school at the schoolhouse. Noon - Les Rathbun slideshow on the Barns of Middlefield. 1-3 p.m. Utica Zoomobile.

1:30 p.m. Al Bullard on hops history.

Ghost stories by Bruce Markusen. District No. 1 Schoolhouse, Co. Hwy. 35, Middlefield. Info, Dave Edwards, (607) 547-1161, Jim Hill, (607) 547-8441. middlefieldhistorical.org MORE CALENDAR, B7

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Of the seven culverts the state DOT is responsible for in Otsego County, the two on Glen Avenue were ready for replacement, said Dave Hamburg, DOT Region 9 public relations officer.

“The work needed to be done,” he said. “These were built in the 1930s, they’ve started to deteriorate. But the road is safe and has been safe. We’re just trying to do the right thing at the right time.”

The Region 9 DOT services seven counties in all, with hundreds of bridges and culverts and thousands of miles of road. “We have

to prioritize,” said Hamburg.

“Each piece of infrastructure needs attention; it’s a matter of which one needs to be attended to first.”

The project, which comes in at just under a $1 million price tag, started after Labor Day to minimize the impact on the tourist season.

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The accuracy of the big drill on the Glen Avenue construction is guided by Originally, the DOT these pipes, which continue to encase the drill as it cuts into the bedrock, planned to detour trafand as concrete is poured to hold the girders in place. fic back and forth from Cooperstown to Fly Creek the Village Board asked breaking up the concrete along the center line. by way of Route 26, the DOT to install traffic signals chunks and removing them This required the big drill, Toddsville road. However, so commuters could use from the creek bed. The which cuts through the earth the more direct route while new concrete culvert will be and 5 feet into the bedrock. work was underway. “slightly larger” than the old A girder was placed in the The DOT contracted with in a box shape; at the top, hole, and concrete poured the D.H. Smith Co., from 11 feet wide by 10 feet high into the bedrock to hold it Clayville, near Utica, to do and at the bottom, 10 by 6, in place. Lumber was then the job, but both state and according to Terzo. placed between the girders the contractor’s staff is from At the second culvert, to hold earth firmly in place across Central New York. however, the DOT crew while traffic went back and Terzo, for instance, is from spent all of September forth on the single lane.

Bainbridge. installing the “soldier piles” In addition to the culverts, Normally, DOT crews “rock riffle” was being laid HE ED EN AFE would simply have opened to slow the stream and prethe pavement, replaced the vent erosion. “It helps staculverts and repaved the bilize the stream channel,” stretch. However, working said Terzo. “Before this, it while traffic goes back and was just the stream bed.” forth required DOT crews During a tour of the site Reservations Required to do one lane at a time, at the end of September, the which requires stabilization piles were still being put in measures while the work is place. With the road stabiin progress. lized, work will begin on the www.redhencafe.com At the upper end, the culvert itself. project area begins where But unlike the temporary Main Street enters Route barriers put in place at the 28/Glen Avenue from Irish top, the soldier piles are Hill. To the right, you can permanent additions. see a swampy area filled by “After we’re finished, Willow Creek. The creek we’ll put the road back on flows under and along top of the soldier piles,” said Saturday & Sunday, October 15 -16 the west side of the road, Mark Whitehead, construcSUNY Oneonta Fine Arts Center crosses back at the lower tion inspector.

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A certified or cashier’s check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing 25% of the bid total, must accompany each bid.

NYSDOT reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

Electronic documents and Amendments are posted to www.dot.ny.gov/ doing-business/opportunities/constnotices Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Amendments are incorporated into its bid. To receive notification of Amendments via e-mail you must submit a request to be placed on the Planholders List at www.dot. ny.gov/doing-business/opportunities/ const-planholder.

Amendment may have been issued prior to your placement on the Planholders list.

NYS Finance Law restricts communication with NYSDOT on procurements and contact can only be made with designated persons. Contact with non-designated persons or other involved Agencies will be considered a serious matter and may result in disqualification.

Contact Maria Tamarkin (518) 457-8403.

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SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 20160133 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF OTSEGO KEYBANK NATIONAL A SSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -vsTHE HEIRS AT LARGE OF RAYNA I. KNORR FLETCHER A/K/A RAYNA I. KNORR A/K/A RAYNA KNORR, deceased, and all persons who are husbands, widows, grantees, mortgagees, lienors, heirs, devisees, distributees, successors in interest of such of them as may be dead, and their husbands and wives, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors of interest of all of whom and whose names and places are unknown to Plaintiff; ROBERTA L. CROSS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” said names being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, Defendants.

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Mortgaged Premises: 41 MONTGOMERY STREET, CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320 TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service hereof.

Your failure to appear or answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you, unless the Defendant obtained a bankruptcy discharge and such other or further relief as may be just and equitable.

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 to 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 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. That this action is being amended to include ROBERTA L. CROSS, as possible heirs to the estate of RAYNA I. KNORR FLETCHER A/K/A RAYNA I. KNORR A/K/A RAYNA KNORR, deceased.

OTSEGO County is designated as the place of trial.

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Dated: AUGUST 18, 2016 Mark K. Broyles, Esq. FEIN SUCH & CRANE, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff Office and P.O. Address 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, New York 14614 Telephone No. (585) 232-7400 Section: 58.09 Block: 1 Lot: 16.00 NATURE AND OBJECT OF ACTION The object of the above action is to foreclose a mortgage held by the Plaintiff recorded in the County of OTSEGO, State of New York as more particularly described in the Complaint herein.

TO THE DEFENDANT, the plaintiff makes no personal claim against you in this action.

To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the HON. MICHAEL V. COCCOMA, a justice of the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 and filed along with the supporting papers in the OTSEGO County Clerk’s Office. This is an action to foreclose a Mortgage.

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, together with all the buildings erected thereon, situate in the Village of Cherry Valley, County of Otsego and State of New York, bounded and described as follows; BEGINNING at the Westerly end of the Northerly edge of the Northerly sidewalk of Montgomery Street and running THENCE S. 55 deg. 40’ W., 61 feet, more or less, along the Northerly side of Montgomery Street, being a line parallel to, and 23 feet from the center line of the pavement of Montgomery Street, THENCE N. 44 deg. 43’ W., 144 feet, more or less, across the lands now or formerly of Earl W. Snyder; to an iron pipe driven in the grounds; THENCE N. 48 deg. 12’ E., 61 feet, more or less, across the lands now or formerly of Earl W. Snyder, to a wood pin set in a stone wall where this line intersects the Westerly boundary of lands now or formerly of Loretta McCaulay; THENCE S. 44 deg. 18’ E., 152 feet, more or less, along the Westerly boundary of lands now or formerly of Loretta McCaulay and Lee Wentworth, to the point or place of

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Premises known as 41 MONTGOMERY STREET, CHERRY VALLEY, NY 13320 4LegalOct28 Legal notice

Notice of Formation of 1. JENNY BUD LLC 2. Articles of organization filed 9/19/2016 3. Located Otsego County 172 sunset ridge rd cooperstown ny 13326 4. Purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SHEPHANNESEN PROPERTIES, LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Sec’y. of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on September 21, 2016. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, PO Box 1144, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity.

6LegalNov3 Legal notice

Notice of formation of ARTRA Development, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with th NY Secretary of State on July 20, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 20 Main Street, Worcester, NY 12197. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalNov4 Legal notice

Notice of Conversion of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: WILLIAM T. RYAN & ASSOCIATES LLC. Certificate of Conversion filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 September 2015. 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 74, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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NOAH RENTALS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 9/16/2016. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY designated Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to Noah Rentals, LLC, PO Box 404, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

6LegalOct27 Legal notice STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF OTSEGO SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Index No. 20160134 _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff,

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ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JESSIE WATSON, IF LIVING, AND IF ANY BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, HAROLD WATSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________

To the above named 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 attorneys within thirty days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service, and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the

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relief demanded in the complaint.

intersection with the west line of property now or formerly owned by Roger A. Crandall;

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. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of Honorable Michael V. Coccoma, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 12th day of August, 2016, at Cooperstown, New York.

Tax I.D. No. 327.00-1-16.00 All that tract or pared of land situate in the Town of Unadilla, County of Otsego, and State of New York bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point in the centerline of County Route 2 at its intersection with an east line of property conveyed to Onolee H. Jones by deed recorded in the Otsego County Clerk’s Office in Liber 648 of Deeds, at page 946; said point of beginning being easterly, 0.3 miles, measured along said centerline, from its intersection with the centerline of County Route 1; THENCE North 7 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds East, 756.16 feet along said Jones east line to its intersection with the south line of property now or formerly owned

by Douglas A. Luscomb & Juel S. Luscomb; THENCE South 82 degrees 26 minutes 00 seconds East 201.56 feet along the last mentioned property line to its

THENCE South 7 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds West, 942.00 feet along the last mentioned property line to its intersection with the centerline of a creek; THENCE South 58 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds West, 120.00 feet along said centerline of stream to its intersection with an east line of the first mentioned Jones property; THENCE North 7 degrees 11 minutes 30 seconds East, 259.70 feet along said property line to its intersection with the centerline of County Route 2; THENCE North 81 degrees 15 minutes 00 seconds West, 103.69 feet along said centerline of road to the point of BEGINNING. Subject to easement, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 167 County Hwy 2 A/K/A 167 Rd Hwy 2 A/K/A County Route #2, Unadilla A/K/A Mount Upton A/K/A T/O Unadilla, NY 13809.

WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP Attorney for Plaintiff 700 Crossroads Building 2 State Street Rochester, NY 14614 4LegalOct13 Legal notice Notice of formation of ENCK ENTERPRISES, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on August 18, 2016. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 8590 State Highway 23, Oneonta, NY 13825. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity.

6LegalOct20 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: BERNARDWOOD LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 August 2016.

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 21 Delaware St,

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6LegalOct6 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 681 CO HWY 53 LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 August 2016. 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 5233 Palm Way, Lake Worth, FL 33463.

Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalOct6 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: OVERBURY ESTATES LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 August 2016.

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 261 Burdick Rd, Milford, NY 13807. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalOct6 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company.

Name: BENEKE REALTY HOLDING COMPANY LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 30 August 2016. 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 174, Riverton, CT 06065. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalOct6 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Diamond’s Edge Sports Facility, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/1/2016. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process: Richard F. Rosener, Jr., 378 Winney Hill Road, Oneonta, New York 13820.

Purpose: any lawful activities.

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, October 6-7, 2016

Beer, Mankind Go Back To Ancient Times BEER/From B1

“The Fertile Crescent” where war – with more and less U.S. involvement – has been a constant for the past 15 years.

Barley, the thinking goes, was stored in water in redware jars. Wafted over by vagrant wild yeasts – “sweet contamination,” Dobbs called them – “the world’s first beer” emerged.

Friezes of noblemen sipping archaic beer – “barley wine,” as it was called – through straws appeared in Egyptian tombs, and a variation is still being sipped today by some African tribes.

A team from Penn did extensive archaeological research in the Middle East, and identified honey and dates among the original ingredients, bringing to mind some of the sweet ingredients being experimented with at nearby Brewery Ommegang.

Penn auctioned off the 3,000-year-old “secret recipe,” and the highest bidder was Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, where it became the basis of the craft brewery’s Midas Touch beer. The recipe is still closely held, Dobbs said.

Now executive director of the Connecticut River Museum in Essex, Conn., Dobbs is a CGP alum and drove up to his alma mater for a fundraiser for the alumni association; he is immediate past president of the board. He also had the chance to catch up on the news with Katie Boardman, the evening’s emcee. He had worked for her at NYSHA in the ’90s, before entering the CGP program.

Accompanying Dobbs was Rick Spencer of New London, Conn. a performer of themebased historical music; he and Dobbs met while working at Mystic Seaport. In this case, the theme was beer and, accompanied by Dawn Indermuehle, selections ranged from “Oh Good Ale, Thou Art My Darling,” to “The Merry Little Hop.” Dobbs’s lecture and Spencer’s lyrics were interspersed with tasting, beginning with Midas Touch – it has “a touch of saffron,” the singer said.

Through out, Indermuehle suggested “beer pairings” – Midas going particularly well with Stilton or salami.

With Otsego being one of the six dominant hops-growing counties in Central New York through the 19th century, we tend to place ourselves in a central role in beer-manufacturing history. But there’s so much more, Dobbs shared: • King Henry VIII may have broken with the Roman Catholic Church to expedite a divorce, but doing so also “loosened the church’s control over beer.” From none in 1534, there were 17,000 beerdrinking establishments thriving in England by 1577.

• When the Mayflower bore the Pilgrim Fathers (and mothers and children) to the New World in 1620, there were three times more casks of beer in the hold than water. The ship stayed for a while, but “… our victuals being much spent, particularly our beer” – according to the captain’s log

– the crew weighed anchor and headed back to England.

• In his 1791 “Autobiography,” Ben Franklin recalled one of his fellow type-setters imbibing six pints over the course of a typical working day, so beer – primarily dark porters and stouts – were integrated into Colonial life.

• The Revolutions of 1830 and 1848 in Germany brought

1.5 million Germans to the United States – a substantial influx, given there were only 13 million Americans in the 1830 Census – and with them, lighter lagers and the biergarten. (The crowd sipped Yuengling Lager from “America’s Oldest Brewery,” founded in 1829 in Pottsville, Pa.) • In 1862, the U.S. government imposed a $1 tax per bar-

rel on beer, raising $15 million in six months. The whole war cost $68 million. Indeed, it was a golden age of beermaking.

• Breweries flourished – 4,000 by 1870. But Capitalism tends toward monopoly, and by 1900, mergers and acquisitions – by Glimmerglass’ Busches, Schlitz and others – had reduced that to 1,500.

And in 1919 came the Volstead Act, and the party was over: At least until 1933.

Halfway through the evening, Spencer and Indermuehle broke into a tune that sounded very familiar – VERY familiar – but not the words: “Away to the Sons of Anacreon we’ll fly/And there, with good fellows, we’ll learn to intwine/the myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’ vine.”

Spencer shared the sobering fact: Yes, our National Anthem was set to a drinking song.

Dobbs said he and Spencer have taken their beer program

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“Certainly, the craft -brewing industry has helped fuel the interest,” he continued. “Just like fine wine, beer is building its reputation and complexity. Now, there are so many varieties and so much history to it. Sometimes people are intrigued; sometimes confused.”

The tastings ended with samples from the new Red Shed Brewery in the hills above Middlefield Center.

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THURSDAY, October 6, 2016

OBITUARIES Justin R. Hoag (“Hoagster”), 32; Fought Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy COOPERSTOWN – Justin Robert Hoag, 32, passed away unexpectedly in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at his home after a long and courageous battle with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

He was born March 31, 1984, at Bassett Hospital, the son of Donald Philip Hoag, Jr. and Rosemary Dorothy (Kirn) Hoag.

Born with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Justin never let this get in the way of achieving his goals. He graduated with the Class

of 2005 from Cooperstown Central School, where he was affectionately known as “Hoagster the Weatherman” for his ability to accurately predict the weather.

An avid baseball fan, he was devoted to his New York Yankees and was thrilled when he got to meet his idol, Derek Jeter. He also personally met Goose Gossage, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose, and Yogi Berra, who visited with Justin at his home.

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Luca Gray, Lori Motel, and Madeline Socci; several great aunts and uncles; and many, many cousins.

He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, Edward Louis Kirn, Sr. and Mollie Marie Oblak Kirn; his paternal grandfather, Donald Philip Hoag; his beloved great-grandmother, Ruth M. Gray; and great uncle Edward Socci.

Justin’s family wishes to express deep appreciation to his caregivers, Jen Marriott and Mary Kohler and their families for the kind, compassionate and understanding care they provided, as well as, all the doctors and nurses of Bassett Healthcare.

Also a very special heartfelt thanks to long time childhood friends, Jake, Billy and Ben

Smith, who were like brothers to Justin, and their father Russie Smith.

On Saturday, Oct. 1, Justin was brought to the Hartwick Seminary Cemetery aboard Cooperstown Fire Department’s 1952 Mack Fire Truck for a funeral service with the Rev. Ronald Fralick officiating.

Memorial gifts may go to CCS for the benefit of a scholarship to be created in Justin’s memory.

Please make checks payable to “Cooperstown Central School,” place his name in the memo line, and mail to the attention of the Business Office at 39 Linden Ave., Cooperstown, NY 13326.

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Justin will be forever greatly missed by his mother and father, Rosie and Don Hoag of Cooperstown; his sister, Tammy Sickmon and her husband, John, and their children, Garrett and Rianna of Cortland; and his grandmothers, Christine Gray and her husband, Robert, and Barbara Hoag of the Town of Maryland.

He is further survived by his many aunts and uncles, including Joan and Timothy

COOPERSTOWN – E. Mayo Snyder, 86, of Cooperstown, who was involved in Brasil’s selection of Brasilia before going on to planning director positions in Connecticut and Upstate New York, died on Sept. 19, 2016.

The cause of death was a heart attack.

Born in Plainfield, N.J., on April 11, 1930, he had a lifetime of interest in small communities in Central New York State.

In his youth, he was an E. Mayo avid sailor on Skaneateles Snyder Lake in the summers and hockey player in the winters. In the late 1960s, he co-founded the Skaneateles Youth Hockey League.

He attended Lehigh University and, after for two and a half years, joined the Navy during the Korean War. Following the war, he completed his degree at Syracuse University and received a masters in geography at the University of Illinois.

In 1955, he worked as a consultant to the government of Brazil, on the selection of a site for the new capital – what would become Brasilia. Construction on the site started in 1956. The next year, he entered the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He subsequently graduated from MIT with a

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He was buried with a graveside service in Keene Valley.

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children, Mason, Alexandra and Charlotte; grandchildren Michael and Grace Balthazor, and Angus and Francesca Wolfe, and two great-grandchildren.

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Thursday-fRIDAY, October 6-7, 2016

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO Sunday, October 9

CIDER FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fly Creek Cider Mill, 288 Goose St, Fly Creek. Info, flycreekcidermill.com FESTIVAL – 10 a.m. Taste of the Catskills featuring food, music, entertainment for all. Admission $10. Maple Shade Farm, 2066 Cty. Hwy. 18, Delhi. Info, TasteoftheCatskills.com TRACTORFEST – 10 a.m.5 p.m. $12 adults , $10.50 seniors, $6 juniors. Children 6 and under and NYSHA members, free. A Step Back in Time Weekend at The Farmers’ Museum, 5775 Rte. 80, Cooperstown.

Info, www.farmersmuseum.org QUILT SHOW – 11 a.m.-4 p.m.”Expressions of Love” to feature Susquehanna Valley Quilters. The Major’s Inn, 12 Marion Ave, Gilbertsville. Admission: $5 Lunch: $7. Info, (607)783-2780, (607)783-2967, albud@citlink. net, themajorsinn.com.

HEALTHCARE HISTORY – 11 a.m. “200 Years of Healthcare in Rural America” by Dr. John Davis, Author. Also 1 p.m. Bassett Hospital 1 Atwell Road, Cooperstown.

FOLIAGE TRAIN – 1 p.m..

Final weekend. Slow and easy vintage rail ride through the Susquehanna River Valley.

Adults $16, Seniors $15, Kids (3-12) $13, under 3 Free. Train Depot, Cooperstown and Charlotte Railroad, 136 East Main St., Milford. Info, (607) 432-2429, lrhs@lrhs.com FARM TOUR – 2:30 p.m.

Learn the History of the Stock Farm. 1 H. Moyer Rd., Jordanville. Info, (607)547-2366 jon@ otsegolandtrust.org

Tuesday, October 11

POULTRY WORKSHOP – 9 a.m.-3 p.m. One day poultry-cutting seminar for poultry producers to hone their skills. Third in a new series of meat production classes being offered by SUNY Cobleskill faculty and specialist from the Harvest New York program of Cornell Cooperative Extension. SUNY Cobleskill new Meat laboratory, College Center for Agriculture and Natural

Resources. Info, registrations, Linda Serdy, (518) 255-5528, SerdyML@cobleskill.edu ONEONTA FIRE DISTRICT MEETING – 10 a.m. Task Force meeting. Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 258 Main St., Oneonta. Info, City Clerk’s Office (607)432-6450 HISTORY LUNCHEON – 11:30 a.m. Fly Creek Area Historical Society Luncheon. Details to be announced. 210 Cemetery Rd., Fly Creek.

Wednesday, October 12

SMALL BUSINESS – 9 a.m.4:30 p.m. Course on small

19. Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offices, 189 Main St., 5th floor. Register: Michelle Catan (607)267-4010 ext: 105, mcatan@binghamton.edu WORKSHOP – 9-11:30 a.m.

Free workshop for adults and/or their caregivers, dealing with

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LUNCH & LECTURE– 12:302:30 p.m. “Food for Thought” lunchtime lecture series. Schoolgirl Art (with Paul D’Ambrosio, President & CEO of the Fenimore Art Museum). $22 NYSHA

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Determines financial eligibility for various programs administered by local social services district and recommends amounts of assistance in accordance with established policies and procedures. LDTF: 10/13/16

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Program/Market Manager

Otsego 2000, an environmental and preservation advocacy non-profit, seeks qualified candidates for the position of program/ market manager, effective November 15, 2016.

The program/market manager will be responsible for overall management of the year-round Cooperstown Farmers’ Market as well as working closely with the executive director on Otsego 2000’s ongoing programs, including planning and logistics, communications and outreach, and fundraising. The successful candidate will have strong organizational and communications/writing skills, a keen interest in local, sustainable agriculture and economic development, and the ability to work creatively in a team and individually, with people from all backgrounds. Otsego 2000 offers competitive salary commensurate with experience, vacation and benefits.

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Thursday, October 13

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Free rabies vaccination for cats, dogs, ferrets. Previous certificate must be presented for 3-year booster. Dogs on leash; cats and ferrets in pillow case or carrier.

Limit of 15 pets per person.

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PERFORMANCE – 9 p.m. Stevie Starr: The Regurgitator. Hunt Union ballroom, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3730, oneonta.collegiatelink.net/organization/sa/ calendar/details/262935

ART RECEPTION – 4-5 p.m.

“She is” by Eliza Greenberg.

Project Space Gallery, SUNY ONEONTA, 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta. Info, oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery/gallery.html TOASTMASTERS MEETING – 6-7 p.m. Improve speaking and leadership skills and have fun in supportive Toastmasters club.

Green Earth Natural Foods, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, http:// oneonta.toastmastersclubs.org/ MUSIC AT THE MANSION – 6:30-8 p.m. Community Arts Council of Oneonta (CANO), Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2070, admin@canoneonta.org

CHURCH SUPPER – 6:30 p.m. St. Mary’s Episcopal Church Guild sponsoring supper. Parish Hall, 112 Public Landing Rd., Springfield Center. Info, 5478359 or 267-7578.

HISTORY – 6:30-8:30 p.m.

“Local Advertisements.” with Mark Simonson, Oneonta City Historian. Free, all welcome.

Light refreshments served.

Otsego Cty. Historical Association meeting at Kenny Memorial Library, Cty. Hwy. 11, Hartwick.

LECTURE – 7 p.m. “War on the Middleline - The Founding of a Community in the Kayaderossras Patent in the Midst of the American Revolution” by James Richmond. Fort Plain Museum, 389 Canal St., Fort Plain. Info, fortplainmuseum@yahoo.com, (518)774-5669 THEATER – 8 p.m. “Stop Kiss” a two-act drama by Diana Son. Tickets $5. Hamblin Theater, Fine Arts Center, SUNY Oneonta,

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SEMINAR – 8-10 a.m. “Strategic Planning & Successful Execution for Not For Profit Organizations.” Registration required.

Cost: $35. Otsego Co. Chamber of Commerce session meets at

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