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Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, November 14, 2013
Volume 205, No. 46
Rte. 28 Dollar General OK’d Hartwick Planners OK 9,100-SF Building By JIM KEVLIN HARTWICK SEMINARY
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ollar General, the national discount retailer, is planning
Joe Sperry, Oneonta, recounts how he’s lived 33 years with a transplanted kidney as the Northeast Kidney Foundation’s 5K Donor Dash was about to begin Sunday, Nov. 10. Steve Bieritz, a foundation board member, is marking his 20th year/OTHER
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approved Tuesday, Nov. 5, by the Town of Hartwick Planning Board. The building, which is estimated to be twice the size of the Family Dollar in Cooperstown Commons, Please See STORE, A6
This is an artist’s rendering of the 9,100square-foot stores Dollar General is building nationwide.
Ted Peters, former submariner and Bassett researcher, salutes during the National Anthem.
Film Fest Sells Out All Flicks By LIBBY CUDMORE
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Village Joins In Candlelight Evening’s Fun
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uminaria will line village streets during The Farmers’ Museum’s Candlelight Evening this year, thanks to the Lake & Valley Garden Club. The club and museum are collaborating, in part to help draw some of the Saturday, Dec. 14, revellers into the village. The Evening is 4-7 p.m. To order luminaria, go to www.lvgca.org. FRACKING FORUM: The OCCA has agreed to sponsor a repeat of the Oct. 30 forum at Cornell, where Cooperstown’s Lou Allstadt and Chip Northrup detailed their conclusion that there is simply too little gas to frack in Otsego County. No time or place had been set as of press time.
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Carrying the colors during Cooperstown’s Veterans Day commemoration at 11 a.m. on 11/11 are, from foreground, Doug Robertson, Dan Naughton, Jack Henson and Frank Capozza, members of the Cooperstown Vets Club. The parade marched to the World War I monument at Pine Boulevard and Lake Street for a flag-disposal ceremony.
Susan Gage, accompanied by dachshunds Koko and Java, is driving along the parade route by dad Jerry Goodspeed.
The CCS marching band included, from back, James Johnson, Michael Kern, Sean Mebust, Michaela Marmorato, Gillis Summers, Kyle Amsden.
Chambers Unite On ‘Local First’ Yule Promotion By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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hen it comes to THINK economic deLOCAL FIRST velopment, Pat Szarpa, executive director of the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, believes the old adage, “the more, the merrier.” “Thinking locally is not just about our Please See LOCAL, A7 wn rsto Coope
TRIO ON TV: Cooperstown’s Native Sons Jazz Trio – Tim Iversen (piano), Orion Palmer (drums) and Will Green (bass) – will perform on WSKG TV’s “Expressions” show to be aired at 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 21.
hen Ellen Pope found herself standing at the back of the room during the Friday, Nov. 8, showing of “Drums Along The Mohawk,” she knew the Glimmerglass Film Days was a hit. “We had to set up more The Freeman’s Journal chairs,” said the Otsego Organizer Ellen Pope wel2000 executive direc- comes viewers tor. “The committee to films at the had to give up seats to Cooperstown accommodate people.” Distillery. All of the weekend’s showings were sold out. Mayor Jeff Katz described lines out the door of the Smithy and Templeton Hall, Please See FLICKS, A3
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a third Otsego County store, on Route 28 here, joining its outlets in Oneonta and Richfield Springs. The 9,100-square-foot building, expected to provide $750,000 in new assessment, was unanimously