Tfj 11 21 14 full

Holiday 2014

•F

IA E WIL

L

COOPERSTOWN AND AROUND

DG

Volume 206, No. 47

NEW

1808 BY

VISIT THE

OUNDED

JU

R

inside

IN

Cooperstown’s Newspaper

O M C O PE

Wish Book

For 206 Years

WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

Cooperstown, New York, Thursday, November 20-21, 2014

Newsstand Price $1

BOCES Sees 31% Dip In CCS Enrollment

By JIM KEVLIN

T

he latest enrollment figures are in from ONC BOCES, and they forecast an 18 per-

School Health, General Prosperity Linked cent drop in high school enrollment in its 19-district region by 2027.

In some of ONC BOCES’ districts, the forecast is considerably

worse: Milford Central can expect a 46.8 percent decrease, almost half of its high school population. Jefferson Central, in Delaware County,

may lose 41.5 percent.

Cooperstown Central can expect a 30.9 percent drop, and Edmeston, Gilboa, Morris and Worcester are also in the 30-39 percentile.

Please See DIP, A6

Bassett Reaches Out

The Freeman’s Journal

Harry Bradshaw Matthews, left, director of Hartwick College’s U.S. Colored Troops Institute, and Village Historian Hugh MacDougall, who have collaborated in researching black history locally, had a chance to catch up Sunday, Nov. 16, when Matthews delivered an illustrated talk on the Underground Railroad at 22 Main/DETAILS, B1

W

ISHING US A MERRY CHRISTMAS

By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN

B

assett has reached out to its neighbors, and the neighbors – disgruntled as recently as Sept. 29 at a Village Hall hearing on simplifying the hospital’s planning challenges by placing it in a single “institutional zone” – seem satisfied for now.

“They were in full listening mode,” neighbor Bill Waller, Beaver Street, said after he and 60-some Bassett Please See BASSETT, A6

DMV Offices’ Fate May Be Clear 11/20 COOPERSTOWN

W

ith a hearing on the county’s $103 million budget scheduled for 9:15 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 20, in the County Office Building, the fate of the Oneonta and Cooperstown DMV offices was still in doubt at presstime.

As of Tuesday, county Rep. Don Lindberg, RWorcester, the budget committee chair, favored cutting $100,000, requiring an unspecified adjustment. But county Rep. Keith McCarty, R-East Springfield, planed to vote to keep the current set up intact.

For Thursday’s vote, visit WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM SANTA SIGNING: Santa and Mrs. Claus will be signing copies of his new book, ‘Santa’s Second Home,” 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Saturday, Nov.22, at Riverwood, 88 Main St. The Clauses will begin occupying their Pioneer Park cottage the evening after Thanksgiving.

Jane Forbes Clark, Dr. Brown Calm Upset Neighbors

Badly Injured, Jerry Colgate Out Of Coma

A

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Coopella, above, bursts into song Friday, Nov. 14, at the opening of the Cooperstown Art Association’s Holiday Show & Sale, which heralded in the Christmas season. Clockwise from front left are Ivy Bischoff, Melinda Hardin, Ron Bishop, Maryann Dietz, Steve Ziglar (who said he’s not a member, but joined the singing), Bertine McKenna, Jim Dalton, Scottie Baker (partially hidden) and Deb Dalton.

At left, discriminating shoppers included Adeline Spencer, 1, and her dad, Matthew.

Valerie Hitt Takes 3-Day Cancer Walk Off Bucket List wanted to do something different, something for a good cause. It seems like a good thing to do, since I can do it.”

COOPERSTOWN Hitt, the owner of Serenity Fitness, raised $2,300 to walk 60 miles around alerie Hitt feels helpless no San Diego, Calif., in the Susan G. Komore. men 3-Day Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 20“I’ve had several per22. Hitt, who had knee surgery earlier sonal losses from cancer,” she Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal this year, chose the city because it was said. “And you feel so helpless. I Valerie Hitt to fulfill dream.

Please See DREAM, A7

By LIBBY CUDMORE

V

Friends Create Online Drive To Help Cover Medical Bill

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

J

erry Colgate, CCS ’04, is coming out of an induced coma and his condition seems to be improving after he Jerry Colwas struck by a gate was hit-and-run driver in the early hours of struck by Sunday, Nov. 9, in a hit, run in VirCharlottesville, Va., driver ginia. where he has been living.

“He’s been doing very well,” his mother, Sarah Colgate of Cooperstown, said Tuesday, Nov.18.

“The doctors here are phenomenal.

Please See JERRY, A3

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA, OTSEGO COUNTY’S LARGEST PRINT CIRCULATION 2010 WINNERS OF The Otsego County Chamber/KEY BANK SMALL BUSINESS AWARD

A-2 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

LOCALS MARTHA QUINN MARKS 100TH

Pullyblank’s ‘Ghost Of Masterson’ In Time For Christmas FLY CREEK

J

ust in time for Christmas, Thomas Pullyblank of Fly Creek, has published “The Ghost of Bill Masterson & Other Thousand Islands Tales,” a sequel to his 2011 “Napoleon’s Gold.”

At the end of the first novel, seven friends dropped Bill Master’s wrapped

body off the Thousand Islands Bridge at 2:22 a.m., the exact moment of the winter solstice. “The Ghost” takes it from there.

Pullybank, who lives in a farm outside Fly Creek, is pastor of Pullyblank the United Methodist

Church in Sidney. He still vacations in the Thousand Islands, which his family visited every summer when he was a boy.

Raised in Caledonia, Livingston County, the author attended SUNY Albany and the Boston University School of Theology. He is currently writing “Ariel’s Gift,” a sequel to “The Ghost” and other works.

Memories, LIGHTS PROMOTED AT Cooperstown Farmers’ Market

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Mary-Margaret Sohns and Sue Markusen show off the Hospice “Tree of Life” they plan to decorate in front of the Village Library of Coopertown Sunday, Dec. 7. The $15 ornaments will bear the names of lost love ones, with all proceeds going to Catskill Area Hospice.

Martha Quinn, who lives in the Clara Welch Thanksgiving Home, celebrated her 100th anniJim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal versary on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Her children, Mike Quinn, Martha Cavallerano and Mary Doyle, were Joan Kegelman and Liz Parsons brought their luminaria to the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market to there to celebrate with her. publicize “Light Up The Night,” Dec. 13, the luminaria can be lit to brighten village streets during The Farmers’ Museum Candlelit Evening.

Rutledge Reports To Americorps

SCHENEVUS

In Africa, Lamb Meets Boy He Sponsored For Years MARYLAND

A

fter sponsoring Francis, a child at the Sunshine Home in Naivasha, Kenya, for several years, Randy Lamb finally got to shake hands with the child who’s life he has changed.

“Like all the boys in the Sunshine Home, Francis was living on the streets,” he said.

“We had lunch with him and the rest of the kids at the home.”

Lamb, who lives in Maryland and is an interpreter at Hyde Hall, made his fifth visit to Kenya, a two-week trip, Oct. 26-Nov. 10.

The former pastor of disabilities at West Shore Evangelical Free Church in Mechan-

icsville, Pa., he was invited to teach a group of local pastors about bringing people with special needs into the church. “It was the subject of my graduate thesis,” he said.

“I gave them some challenges and some practical ideas for integrating people with disabilities into the church.”

He also visited Joseph, a young man his former church in Pennsylvania sponsored, at his prep school. “ The last time I saw him he was 13,” he said. “Now, he’s getting ready for college.”

While there, he and Bell also planted trees in memory of former members of their congregation and toured hospitals to visit with patients and their families.

E

Randy Lamb shakes hands with Francis, the child he has sponsored at the Sunshine Home in Kenya.

lijah Rutledge of Schenevus was on Wednesday, Nov. 5, inducted into a 10-month term of service in the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), an AmeriCorps program.

The son of Mike Rutledge and Kara Rutledge, he began work on the first of four long-term service projects the week of Nov. 9.

Rutledge arrived at AmeriCorps NCCC’s Pacific Region Campus in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday, Oct. 8, to receive training

for 10 months of full-time service with the program.

This training emphasized teamwork, leadership development, communication, service learning, and certification by the American Red Cross.

As a corps member, Rutledge will be responsible for completing a series of six- to eight-week-long service projects as part of a 10- to 12-person team. Their first service project will end on Dec. 19, at which time his team will break for the winter holidays and begin a new project in a new location in January.

From Yesteryear…to Yesterday…

Recapture the memories this Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22 Find photos of your family, friends and neighbors from the extensive photo archives of the estate of FRANK ROLLINS. Browse through thousands of outstanding images—all taken by the “Go-to-Guy” for anything Cooperstown! The photos for sale include images from CCS Sports, CCS musical/theatre productions, yearbooks, Clark Sports Center, Cooperstown’s art community, Bassett Healthcare, NYSHA, Cooperstown Graduate Program, Glimmerglass Opera, Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown and Otsego Lake landscapes, community events, family portraits, weddings… the list goes on and on!

Fantastic photos—from 1950’s to 2012!

Come see for yourself this weekend! Only 25 cents per image!

Village Library of Cooperstown | 22 Main Street, Cooperstown | Third-floor Ballroom Saturday, November 22 from 11 am to 4 pm | Sunday, November 23 from 1 pm to 4 pm Portions of the proceeds will go to charities of Frank’s choice and will benefit local organizations: Cooperstown Art Association, Friends of Bassett, CGP, Village Library, Cooperstown Fire Department, SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music and the Earlville Free Library in Rollins’ native village.

LOCALS

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Jerry Colgate’s Cooperstown Family With Him At Virginia Medical Center

JERRY/From A1 They’re taking good care of him and he’s healing much faster than anybody expected.”

On hearing the news, the mother and her twin daughters, Niki and Jessi, made the 10-hour drive down to the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Since, they’ve been at his bedside 24 hours a day, with the daughters taking shifts during the day and Sarah overnight.

Because of an outpouring of support from friends, the mother said she restricted visitors to 12 hours a day.

“Right now we’re concentrating on getting Jeremiah well,” she said. The doctors have told the family it will be a lengthy recuperation, she added.

Five days after Jerry was struck, Ashlie Shanice Wells, 22, was arrested and charged with the hit-andrun. She is being held without bail at Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

For Jason Gaviria, a friend of Jerry’s who is now living in Virginia and was soon at his friend’s side, the happening has him thinking about their good times

together. In particular, he remembers how Jerry helped him prepare to propose to his wife, Kari. “He drove eight Five days later, Ashlie hours from Wells was New York arrested in City to the hit and Virginia to run. get me, then drove back and walked my dogs while I met with jewelers,” Jason said.

Though Jerry remains in serious condition, the Gavirias agreed their friend is improving. “The doctors have taken him out of the medically induced coma, but he’s still heavily sedated,” said Kari. “But he’s wiggling his toes, he squeezes your hand, he’s initiating his own breathing.”

But they also know know it’s going to be a long road to recovery, and have set up a GoFundMe page for him. In seven days, more 150 people donated over $12,000, with more donations coming in every day.

“That so many people were

so quick to donate says so much about how he touched people’s lives,” said Jason. “We’ve had people say, ‘I met him once, but one time was enough.’ And they donate. The smallest interaction with him created a bond.”

“He’s got good karma for days,” added Kari.

Earlier this week, the couple also started a #LiveLikeJerry campaign on Facebook and Twitter to help raise awareness of the cause, and began selling tiedye bandanas like the ones Jerry used to wear. “The only time I ever saw him without that bandana was at my wedding,” said Kari.

“I’m wearing mine right now, and when he wakes up, he’ll be able to see us all wearing them for him.”

Though it does appear he’ll recover, both friends and family know it will be an uphill battle. “A lot of time, you see this stuff blow up on social media and then everyone forgets about it,” said Kari. “But he’ll be facing this for the rest of his life.”

And his friends and family all plan to be there every step of the way. “He’s done so much for all of us,” said Jason. “We can do this for him.”

Kim’s

Kut & Style

NeW LoCatioN, New You, New Style Perms Wash, Cut & Style 6208 State Highway 28 • 547-7126 (On the Corner in Fly Creek)

The Freeman’s Journal A-3

Rotary Assists CGP Cathy Raddatz, left, of the Cooperstown Graduate Program receives a $500 check from Ellen Tillapaugh, the chair of the Cooperstown Rotary Foundation, to support the graduate program’s Legacy Forward Campaign associated with the CGP’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Perspectives

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

A-4 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

EDITORIAL

Enough Cuts. Let’s Rebuild Otsego County To The Gold Standard

F

or the past few months, Maria Ajello, a Town of Richfield widow – her husband, Ken, who died in 2008, was a decorated Vietnam veteran – has been tearfully appearing before the Otsego County Board of Representatives, begging that the tax sale on their home be overturned.

County representatives and the county Treasurer’s Office have pointed out, convincingly, that all the procedures were followed, all the notices given, and they were ignored until it was too late.

So last Aug. 20, as she wept in the audience at the privately run county tax sale in the Holiday Inn/Southside, Mrs. Ajello’s property was sold for $75,000, covering her $7,500 tax bill; the balance went into county coffers.

Again, to listen to officials, there’s little doubt that everything was done by the book. Still, it’s hard to watch a $111 million enterprise throw a woman out of her home over $7,500 and feel any pride in being an Otsego County citizen.

As Christmas approaches, be merciful: Let the widow pay her back taxes and give her back her home. And make sure future communications in these matters are so crystal clear there needs

be no turning back.

• In the past 18 months, the county board has gone on a binge of privatization and retrenchment where there are winners and losers, and many stories no doubt as dramatic as Mrs. Ajello’s.

Otsego Manor was sold, converting more than 200 public jobs with excellent benefits to more than 200 lesser private jobs, (and saving $5 million a year, now being devoted to roads, a long-awaited emergency communications system, and delayed maintenance and repairs.)

MOSA, the three-county garbage-processing authority, was sold off, the function privatized, and hours significantly reduced at the transfer stations. (This resulted in a one-time $800,000 boon to the county.)

County bed-tax revenues, some of which were spent locally, were diverted to a private entity, all to be spent outside the county in hopes of generating more “heads in beds” and more bed-tax revenues. (A positive report is expected soon.)

In themselves, these steps were good. Each, separately, was endorsed by this newspaper.

But all of them resulted in job cuts, less money in the local economy (privatization

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal

Maria Ajello, her late husband’s flag under her arm, completes a plea to the county Board of Representatives to let her pay her back taxes and get back her Richfield home. From left are county reps Ed Frazier, Jim Powers, Linda Rowinski, Craig Gelbsman and Keith McCarty.

moves profits to corporate headquarters) and less service to county residents.

Taken to the extreme, this approach contributes to hollowing out the local economy and local community.

The latest debate, over saving $20,000 in the county Department of Motor Vehicle by laying off two employees and either reducing both offices – Oneonta and Cooperstown – to half-time or closing Cooperstown altogether, suggests things are going too far. (A decision was due at the county board’s budget

hearing Thursday, Nov. 20.)

• The DMV situation is part of the same piece.

The two paychecks at risk – $100,000, salaries and benefits – would typically go through the local economy 2.5 times a year. That means that saving $20,000 will cost the local economy $250,000, not to mention the inconvenience (and costs incurred) by auto dealers and drivers.

The other area of current debate is whether to merge Oneonta’s “Gathering Place,” a senior-citizen nu-

trition and hospitality site at Elm Park Methodist Church, with one at Nader Towers.

It’s not a terrible idea, but it’s $13,000 in savings, or one-10th of 1 percent, in the $11.2 million tax levy.

Enough. Yes, The Manor had to go; the world of healthcare had changed.

Yes, MOSA had to give way to efficiencies. Yes, some privatization of county tourism promotion was prudent.

But cutting is only half the challenge, and enough’s enough.

The county Office of the Aging, where squeezing has gone on for a while now – last year, hot meals were replaced with frozen dinners – is probably a good place to start the turnaround. Instead of figuring out how to save a nickel on everything, it’s time for the county reps to start thinking again what services the county should provide, services that private enterprise can’t or won’t.

What’s the Gold Standard in service to the elderly?

How can our Office for the Aging provide it? How can we pay for it? It’s time for the county board to invest in an optimum way of life instead of simply cutting.

It’s part of the larger question: What’s the Gold Standard of county government? Let’s achieve it.

• County Treasurer Dan Crowell pointed out a couple of years ago that Otsego County taxes are among the very lowest in the state.

Separately, you hear county reps say if taxes go up $40 on a typical property, people will lose their homes.

That combination shows that too much county government isn’t the overriding problem. The overriding problem is too little money in the local economy.

By refusing to participate in “single point of contact” economic development – happily, that seems to be changing now – the county has delayed what should be its primary goal: Getting more money and more jobs into the local economy, and more help for those of our neighbors who need it.

On this edition’s front page is a report that school district in the ONC BOCES may lose 18 percent of their students in the next decade.

The answer isn’t pushing people away, but creating a more welcoming and prosperous Otsego County, a magnet.

Sure, the county representatives are right to be prudent, but let’s stop devouring ourselves. We aren’t going to cut our way out of the mess that is Central New York.

LES SITTLER OTHER VOICES

Knowledgeable Folks In County DMV Help Cut Through Albany Bureacracy Editor’s Note: This is a letter from attorney Les Sittler, Fly Creek, to Kathy Clark, R-Otego, the county Board of Representatives chair.

ment of Motor Vehicles.

In addition, I have observed the volume of traffic there through the years, sometimes almost daily, as I go about my duties as an attorney in the County Office Building.

I am further well aware that Attorney many people Les Sittler in this part of Otsego County are of limited financial means and I am mindful of the expense and hardship that they would undergo in traveling to Oneonta to conduct business at that DMV office.

I think that if you end up closing this office, you will not

I

•F

IA

DG

E WIL

L

1808 BY

OUNDED

JU

R

IN

Cooperstown’s Newspaper

O M C O PE

read recently, with much concern, that the Board of Representatives of Otsego County is considering closing the DMV office in Cooperstown.

As you may know, I have been an attorney practicing in the northern part of Otsego County since 1988.

During this period of time, I have had the pleasure of working with DMV representatives in the Cooperstown office, who have time and again proved how knowledgeable and helpful they are, especially in navigating the bureaucracy of the state Depart-

For 206 Years

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

Mary Joan Kevlin Associate Publisher

Tara Barnwell Advertising Director Thom Rhodes • Susan Straub Area Advertising Consultants Celeste Brown Thomas Copy Editor Judith Bartow Billing

Kathleen Peters Graphics

Libby Cudmore Reporter

Stephenie Walker Production Coordinator

Ian Austin Photographer Tom Heitz Consultant

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER FOR Otsego County • Town of Cherry Valley • Town of Middlefield Cooperstown Central School District Subscriptions Rates: Otsego County, $48 a year. All other areas, $65 a year.

First Class Subscription, $130 a year.

Published Thursdays by Iron String Press, Inc. 21 Railroad Ave., Cooperstown NY 13326 Telephone: (607) 547-6103. Fax: (607) 547-6080.

E-mail: info@allotsego.com • www.allotsego.com Contents © Iron String Press, Inc. Periodicals postage paid at USPS Cooperstown 40 Main St., Cooperstown NY 13326-9598 USPS Permit Number 018-449 Postmaster Send Address Changes To: Box 890, Cooperstown NY 13326 _____________ Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of Judge Cooper is in The Fenimore Art Museum

be saving any money. You may think you will but you won’t.

This is because much of the business will go elsewhere and not be processed here in Otsego County.

Furthermore, I would ask you to reflect upon what it is that we taxpayers and residents of Otsego County really get from our county government. I would offer that one of the best benefits is our local DMV office.

Because of all this, I strongly urge you to work with County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner and come up with an effective solution that does not eliminate the Cooperstown DMV office.

Surely, these can be ways to keep the office and still save money. I thank you very much for the opportunity to write about this important matter.

AUTO DEALERS ECHO OBJECTIONS Editor’s Note: Here are excerpts from auto dealers’ letters to the county Board of Representatives telling how their businesses would be negatively impacted by the closing of the Cooperstown DMV.

T

his would be a hardship for us as we use the Cooperstown branch several times a month. The next closest DMV office is located in Herkimer, which is twice the distance. Please consider keeping the Cooperstown office open for all the customers who use it regularly.

Ann Gelber Owner, Turnpike Auto Sales East Springfield

W

•

e are one of the largest Mercedes-Benz dealerships on the East Coast, and we have many New York customers. We have dealt with other offices in the past, and they have not been able to handle our workload. Dealing with the Otsego office is a true pleasure and we could not do it without them.

We look forward to continuing our relationship with them for years to come, as our company continues to grow.

Josephine Missero Title Administrator Benzel Busch Motor Car Co. Englewood, N.J.

I

•

n the past five calendar years of being in business I have put hundreds of vehicles through this office. Now to tell us that the DMV here may close and that we will now have to travel at least a minimum of 30 miles each way to do what we should be able to do in our own town is confusing and absurd. The amount of inconvenience and money that this will cost me as well as every other business and individual in the area that uses this office on a daily basis will be astronomical! I don’t see how closing this office will be beneficial to either party here.

CORY DANIELS Daniels Auto Sales Fly Creek

Ag Commissioner Richard Ball: Farming Is Economic Development

A

griculture is increasingly understood in New York State as economic development, Richard Ball, the recently appointed state agriculture commissioner, told 200 people at NYSHA’S “Celebration of Our Agricultural Community” Saturday, Nov. 15, at The Farmers’ Museum.

“We get to work and farm a couple of hours away from the biggest appetite in the country,” said Ball, himself a Schoharie County farmer.

He concluded, “If New York is New York’s customer, we’ll be just fine.”

He also reported Ag & Markets has opened a marketing office in New York City, upped the amount of farm products being sold to the Department of Corrections, and expanded a Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal beginning farmers’ program.

AllOTSEGO.com • MORE LETTERS, A6

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR WELCOME • E-MAIL THEM TO info@

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

American Privateers – Notwithstanding the thousand ships of England, and the declared blockade of our whole coast, scarce a day passes without announcing the arrival of more or less prizes in the American ports and the appearance and successes of our privateers in almost every latitude of the ocean. The bravery and enterprise of American tars is not to be damped or controlled. They are chief pillars in the support of the rights and interests, contributing alike to the honor and glory of their country. And now that hostilities are to continue, the number and success of private armed vessels will greatly increase; and will doubtless receive every encouragement from the constituted authorities, as an effectual system of annoyance to the enemy, and a useful school for the formation of seamen.

November 24, 1814

175 YEARS AGO

It may not be generally known that all the slaves, which the abolitionists are seducing from their masters, are provided with immediate and ample means for their escape into the Canadas, where they are hired, armed and drilled as soldiers, and made to believe that the Americans are their natural enemies. The cruelties inflicted upon our frontier’s men by the British Government in the revolutionary and late wars through the Indians are still fresh in the remembrance of us all.

November 18, 1839

150 YEARS AGO

The vote total in Otsego County, 12,197, is nearly 600 larger than it was in 1860 – and the Republican majority, 105 on President, is less than one percent on the whole number! Lincoln polls 392 votes less than he did four years ago; while McClellan polls 985 votes more than were cast for Douglas. The Republican majority falls off 1,377, compared with 1860. That is not so unsatisfactory as might be, and shows a Democratic gain which indicates the fact that the power of the Radicals is completely broken in Old Otsego. But for their secret, oath-bound leagues, they would have been beaten in the recent canvass.

November 18, 1864

125 YEARS AGO

More on the Rev. C. Hudson Smith (who, a had been pastor,1883-1885, of the First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown): Some points deserve to be stated in order

CHECK

10 YEARS AGO

75 YEARS AGO November 19, 2004 to set at rest rumors and conjectures that Mr. Smith may be still alive. The relatives and family friends accept fully the suicide as a fact, and this seems most plainly indicated by a simple circumstance. Mr. Smith was afflicted with astigmatic vision, requiring a peculiar form of lens. These were expensive, and needed to be expressly ground for him. He carried two pairs on his person, showing a serious loss if deprived of them. Both of these glasses were found on the clothing heaped in the berth of the stateroom of the steamer Puritan, with the gold watch, the money. From all the evidence, it is believed that his purpose of suicide in the Charles River at Boston last year was only diverted by the fact that he had in his pocket a large sum of money, the possession of which suggested the means for distant flight and he was next heard from three months later at San Francisco, the intermediate period being a blank. A reward of $500 has now been offered for his return, alive or dead.

November 22, 1889

100 YEARS AGO

Mrs. Henry Swartout of Hartwick Seminary, wife of the well-known cattle breeder, received injuries which resulted in almost instant death Friday evening when she was thrown from a Buick touring car at the D. & H. crossing on Chestnut Street, Cooperstown. Having been in the village for several hours the Swartouts started home shortly after nine o’clock in their Buick, with Mr. Swartout at

AllOTSEGO.com

www..

the wheel. Moving up Chestnut St. at a lively clip, upon reaching the D. & H. tracks, Mr. Swartout did not have the car in the middle of the roadway. It struck the tracks just south of the wooden planking which has been constructed between tracks to make a roadway over them. Skidding along the tracks it crashed into the trolley pole throwing Mrs. Swartout out. She arose after the accident, but soon collapsed and was carried by passers-by to the porch of the residence of Mrs. Evelyn Van Horne. Dr. F.J. Atwell was called and had the injured woman moved into the house where she died a short time later.

November 18, 1914 The entire undefeated and untied football squad of Cooperstown High School were guests of the Cooperstown Rotary Club at a luncheon at the Cooper Inn on Tuesday last week. Following the repast Coach Lester G. Bursey introduced each member of the varsity eleven and each responded with a few words. William Beattie, director of the A.C.C. gymnasium and curator of the National Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame presented Jame Callahan with a beautiful silver trophy to be kept by the school as a memento of the glorious season of 1939.

November 22, 1939

50 YEARS AGO

John Sheffield, Cooperstown Central School senior and one of New York State’s top schoolboy cross country runners, won his third successive state individual Class C championship Saturday at Baldwinsville. Sheffield ran the 2.4 mile course in 11 minutes, 38 seconds, to best a field of 112 runners from schools throughout the state.

November 18, 1964

25 YEARS AGO

On November 30th the Friends of the Library will celebrate the 200th anniversary of James Fenimore Cooper’s birth. The evening will begin in a most appropriate setting with cider, wine and cheese. There will be a display of the fine library collection and an additional exhibit of early books collected by members. Hugh MacDougall will sign copies of “Cooper’s Otsego County,” a guidebook to Cooper-related literary and historic sites.

November 22, 1989

DAILY FOR BREAKING NEWS OF OTSEGO COUNTY

A-6 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Bassett Convenes Meeting To Discuss Neighbors’ Concerns BASSETT/From A1 neighbors spent an hour Tuesday, Nov. 11, airing their concerns to Jane Forbes Clark, who chairs the hospital trustees’ facilities committee, hospital CEO/President Vance Brown and Jonathan Flyte, vice president/facilities planning.

“They said, ‘We don’t have a plan. We’re working on it. That’s why we’re here today’,” said Frank Capozza, who lives on the corner of Beaver and Pioneer. “I thought it was a very good meeting,” he added.

The impression the neighbors received was what the hospital trio intended, said Dr. Brown in an interview. The idea of the meeting, held in the hospital’s Clark Auditorium, was “to listen and not to speak.” He added, “This came from our need to be better day-today neighbors.”

He divided the inputs under four themes: • One, “employee impact on neighbors.” For instance, despite pavilions for smokers set up around campus, employees who

winters, when snowplows plow in parked cars.

• Three, bus routes. It was suggested that as Bassett’s current gasoline-powered buses wear out, they are replaced with quieter propane-powered buses. Another suggestion was reducing the number of bus stops and the number of times buses complete the loop between the hospital and parking lots. And perhaps reducing and centralizing bus stops.

• Four, properties acquired by Bassett on streets surrounding the hospital. “Who’s there and for what purpose?” the neighbors asked.

At the meeting, Brown was able to announce what may be a partial Jane Forbes Clark, who chairs the Bassett Hospital trustees’ solution to complaints about facilities committee, is flanked by Bassett President/CEO clanking snowplows clearing Vance Brown, left, and Jonathan Flyte, VP/Facilities Planning, Bassett lots in the wee hours after in a discussion with 60 neighbors of their concerns about storms: Some of the plows have living next to a big facility. been fitted with hydraulic drops, leave the non-smoking buildings Brown quoted one attendee as say- so they can be more silently lowered than the gravity-drop ones. during breaks are still problematic ing. Neighbors were concerned After the inputs are digested, for neighbors. about people parking all day further meetings will be held with • Two, parking. “Everything in long in side streets where that’s neighbors to ensure concerns Cooperstown is about parking,” allowed; that’s particularly in

are being met to the degree they might, said Brown.

As for neighbors attending, both Waller and Capozza repeated a remark by Miss Clark that, while Bassett doesn’t necessarily object to the “institutional zone” that prompted the Sept. 29 outpouring, the hospital did not seek the zone.

Capozza said it was suggested the hospital make more use of “the back door” – Route 33, outer Susquehanna, Brooklyn and Estli avenues – to access the hospital, rather than Route 28 to Beaver, the major access now.

Also clarified was a concern that the hospital is planning a “dormitory” for the 20 medical students enrolled in the Bassett-Columbia Presbyterian medical school. It’s not happening, the gathering was told.

In the interview, Brown, who has been at the helm since July 1, said Bassett did its last master plan seven years ago, but that it was largely set aside because of its impact on the neighborhood.

If Nothing Changes, Area Enrollment To Drop 18% By ’27 DIP/From A1 By contrast, the Oneonta City School District looks to be stable, losing perhaps 2.1 percent of its enrollment.

Only three districts – Andes, Cherry Valley and Hunter-Tannersville – grow in the BOCES projections, but their enrollments are so small that one student one way or another can skew the statistics, said Nick Savin, ONC BOCES superintendent.

These numbers are from an analysis Savin prepares each fall, comparing enrollment by class to live births.

He advises superintendents to compare live births in the most recent four years available – this year, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 – to high school enrollment.

If nothing major happens to attract families or encourage them to leave, those babies will comprise the high school enrollment in ONC BOCES’ districts in the 2027-28 school year, 10 years from now.

“I don’t like to go out that many years; too many things change,” said Savin.

“Economic conditions can change. People can move into the area. There are a lot of variables.” Still, he said, “we’re following the pattern of Upstate New York.”

At Cooperstown Central, Superintendent C.J. Hebert pointed out that until very recently – for instance, 2009, the year before he arrived – CCS graduated 100 students. Now, classes are in the 60-70 range.

“As enrollment decreases,” he said, “we have to be careful that cost per pupil doesn’t increase at a rate that is unsustainable. State aid is not keeping up with inflation.”

He concurred with Savin, noting that, other than the Capitol District, fueled by the nanotechnology boom, some suburbs of Syracuse and Rochester, and around Fort Drum, Upstate school enrollment is in decline.

Recognizing how economic development can turn the situation around, Hebert attended both “Seward Summits” and other economic development forums.

CCS is already involved in collaborations – handling Schenevus Central’s busi-

Savin

Hebert

ness office functions and sharing a cafeteria manager with Milford – and Hebert sees only more of the same down the road. “School districts, school boards and residents have to be openminded. We have to reconsider all options and envision new options,” he said.

At Milford Central, Superintendent Peter Livshin said, ONC BOCES’ figures aside, a study conducted for the district showed enrollment will be fairly stable for the next five years, which provides some breathing space.

MCS has a unique problem: So many people are renting homes to Dreams Park families during the summer months that few families with children can find year-’round homes or

apartments to rent. “This is not to knock people who rent their houses out to Dreams Park,” he said. “It’s just a fact.”

He also pointed to collaborations, Milford’s biomedical program in particular.

“We’re the base member,” he said. “We charge a fee to these other districts. They get services out of this.”

As it happened, Livshin said local superintendents had gathered across town at ONC BOCES’ Milford school just a few days before, on Thursday, Nov. 13, to hear Alan Pole, retired Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego BOCES superintendent, now a consultant, outlined options.

Pole, now working out of Syracuse, said he provided four options, the first being shared services, including athletic and academic programs, and sharing administrators and management functions.

School districts can also close schools and pay tuition for another district to take their students, they can create regional high schools,

or districts can fully merge.

“What is inevitable is some kind of change,” he said.

In Oneonta, Superintendent Joseph Yelich faces a happier situation: possible growth, particular if the next round of state economic-development grants, due to be announced in mid-December, funds the redevelopment of the city’s D&H yards or the expansion of the Pony Farm Commerce Park in the Town of Oneonta.

“I’m not sure what the true demographic trends are,” he said. “Maybe some of the individuals living in the outlying towns are moving to Oneonta. So as we lose folks, they are moving in and balancing it out.”

If Oneonta’s enrollment does grow, there’s room to accommodate more students at the middle and high schools at minimal expense.

Elementary space is more of a challenge – Center Street School, where district offices moved after pupils were moved to other elementary schools – is operating at near capacity.

AllOTSEGO.homes Private Country Location

Promoting Addiction Recovery Through Every Available Means Call us today at 607-267-4435

and ask about our Access to Recovery Program Serving both Delaware and Otsego Counties Start the New Year in recovery!

Retail Space for Lease Cooperstown Commons

Join Tops Supermarket, Family Dollar, Subway, Bassett Healthcare, Pizza Hut & McDonalds Storefronts from 300 to 1000 sf, starting at $500/mo.

Call for more information 919-280-0070 kris@glenwoodco.com

John Mitchell Real Estate

216 Main Street, Cooperstown • 607-547-8551 • 607-547-1029 (fax) www.johnmitchellrealestate.com • info@johnmitchellrealestate.com

Affordable Home on 3 Acres

This immaculate cedar-sided contemporary ranch, built in 1990, is a custom design.

Situated on 9 acres in a private woodland setting, it has many extra features such as outdoor hot tub, full-house generator, central vacuum system and security system.

ProPerty DetaiLs —9.05 acres —Private well and septic —Gazebo with hot tub —Mature plantings interior Features —2 stories —3 BRs, 2 full baths —Eat-in, fully applianced kitchen

Don Olin REALTY

—LR, DR, family rm, den/office —Master BR w/master bath, walk-in closet —Ceramic, carpet and linoleum flooring —Gas fireplace —Lower-level apartment has 2 BRs, ¾ bath, family room, game room, fully applianced kitchen, full laundry

exterior Features —Frame construction —Rear private deck —Cedar siding —Full foundation —Finished basement —Asphalt-shingled roof —Attached 2-car garage

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, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5332 Eric Hill, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5557 Don DuBois, Associate Real Estate Broker – 547-5105

Tim Donahue, Associate Real Estate Broker – 293-8874 Madeline Sansevere, Real Estate Salesperson – 435-4311 Cathy Raddatz, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-8958 Jacqueline Savoie, Real Estate Salesperson – 547-4141 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

Dave LaDuke, Broker 607-435-2405 Mike Winslow, Broker 607-435-0183 Laura Coleman 607-437-4881 Bim Ashford 607-435-3971 Madeline K. Woerner 607-434-3697

MLS#95051 Middlefield $189,000

Enjoy country living in this 3+ BR, 2 bath ranch w/separate 1-BR apartment for the grandparents, or rent it out and help pay the mortgage! The apartment previously rented for $750 per month.

This nicely landscaped home sits on 3 acres, only 8 miles from Cooperstown and Bassett Hospital. The home offers glorious views, 2 ponds and an attached 2-car garage. Finished basement has extra storage and room for a man cave.

Home of theWeek MLS#94929 $249,000 This amazing log-faced, frame-built home comes with 10 acres, generous-sized rooms, and an exquisite stone fireplace.

Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

www.realtyusa.com 4914 State Hwy 28 Cooperstown 607-547-5933 75 Market Street Oneonta 607-433-1020

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-7

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2014

AllOTSEGO.

Recuperating From Injury, Woman Plans To Honor Friends At 3-Day Cancer Walk

hanks-

If interested, please send resumé and preferred salary to Dining Department PO Box 890, Cooperstown, NY 13326

training Provided Come work in a wonderful work environment with the elderly Clara WelCh Thanksgiving home (607) 547-8844

We are now accepting applications for: — Full-time PCA for Long Term Home Health Care —Full-time RN and two full-time Home Health Aids —Full-time CNA 3 to 11 pm, and 11 pm to 7 am —Full-time LPN 3 to 11 pm, and 11 pm to 7 am —Part-time Food Service —Part-time evening/weekend Receptionist Please apply in person: Focus at Otsego, 128 Phoenix Mills Cross Road, Cooperstown, Sherry Mosher, Director of Human Resources, 607-544-2673

Skating Rink Attendants The Village of Cooperstown is currently accepting applications for part-time, seasonal openings for the position of Skating Rink Attendants at Badger Park for weekend coverage. Applicants must be a resident of Otsego County. For further information including applications please contact the Village Clerk at the address listed below or by calling 607-547-2411.

Applications will be accepted until positions are filled.

Taylor’s HH& MM is seeking a Controller. Bachelor Degree & exp. needed.

Responsible for all corporate financial records, audits, reports and controls. We offer full benefit Pkg w/ health care, paid time off, paid life INS & matching 401K. Please send resume to

139 Oneida St., Oneonta 607-267-4676 www.oneontaauto.com service @oneontaauto.com

FULL SERVICE GARAGE & CUSTOM SHOP

· Vehicle Diagnostic - Brakes - Collision · AWD & 4x4 Service & Repair · Gears/Lockers - Suspension Lifts · Engine / Transmission Service · Full Vehicle Restoration

Synthetic Blend Oil change

$19.95 $34.95 $39.95

5 qrts of oil 5 qrts of oil 5 qrts of oil

wiper blades air filter

Cannot be combined with any other special or coupon. Expires 11/30/14

Full Synthetic Oil change

$29.95 $45.95 $69.95

5 qrts of oil 5 qrts moa of oil additive 5 qrts moa of BG oil additive plus

3 days a week, days will vary Afternoons from 1 pm to 8 pm Experience preferred in stocking/inventory needs

Personal Care aide & lPn PosiTions

plus

rovided onderful work envi-

survivors and those who’ve passed on. “Whenever I’m tired, I think of how strong they were, and I tell myself, ‘Don’t wimp out’!” she said.

“It keeps me going.”

UP TO UP TO UP TO

Help Wanted − Bar Manager

w/ new w/ new

ide &

since I was a teen!” she said.

“But they show pictures of this city of pink tents, and I just had to do it. A hotel would take all the fun out of it!”

And with each step she takes, she’ll be thinking of friends and family, both

UP TO UP TO UP TO

opportunities

DREAM/From A1 the last walk date of the year. “I wanted to make sure my knee would hold up,” she said. “But I don’t know a soul out there!”

Before her surgery, Hitt was a runner, but she’d never run a competitive race before. When her knee surgery sidelined her running and illness struck several friends and family members, she began researching walking events.

She registered in early June and began walking every day to get herself ready for the event. “I walked three miles from my house on Greenough road into town, then walked around town and back to the house,” she said. “I think the most I’ve walked in one day is 16 miles.”

This weekend, Hitt will rise from her pink tent, dine with other participants and walk 20 miles along the coast and around the city.

The walk is often marked by stories, costumes and plenty of laughter. “It’s a ‘followthe-leader’ situation,” she said. “I’m excited!”

Although hotels were available to walkers, Hitt decided to sleep in one of the two-person pink tents.

“I haven’t slept in a tent

Cannot be combined with any other special or coupon. Expires 11/30/14

Ken Pym

Taylor’s 17 Linden Ave. Cooperstown NY 13326 or email to andreab@stny.rr.com or fax 607-547-9238

SNOW PLOWING

Snow removal · Ice control

Services Between Oneonta and Cooperstown

“Call someone who cares and wants to earn your business”

Village Clerk Village of Cooperstown PO Box 346 Cooperstown, NY 13326

607-441-3180

snow plowing: sidewalks • driveways• parking lots

To LisT your business and reach 30,000 cusTomers WeeKLy, caLL sue @ 607-547-6103

sPeciaLisT direcTory HOMETOWN ONEONTA • THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL • WWW.ALLOTSEGO.COM

construction

american-made Windsor chairs

A l l yo u r c o n s t ru c t i o n n e e d s new construction · additions · kitchens · baths

Legal services

Great Savings on Windsor Chairs!

Tim O’Connor

owner/planner/estimator/site leader tMo c onstruction llc 607-435-9859 · tmoconstructionllc@gmail.com tmoconstructionllc.com · like us on facebook

dJ services

The CounTry CroCk 9245 St hwy 23, oneonta Thu -Sat nov 13-15 and nov 20-22 www.picturetrail.com/country crock

newspapers

clean outs

CosmiC Combo musiC serviCes – DJ/Karaoke & Live Bands –

Affordable Music Services For Any Occasion Full “Light Show” and Pro Sound Systems Now Booking Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversary Parties, Corporate Events, Sweet 16’s and School Dances

Call Gerry or Laura 607-434-3702 gerry_olin@mac.com www.cosmiccombomusic.com

assisted Living

Homes · estates · GaRaGes · baRns outbuildinGs · YaRds We will clean out all your unwanted items!

Reasonable Rates fRee estimates J&J Clean Outs 8851 state Hwy 23, oneonta 607-783-2991

Graphic design

A gift subscription… the perfect gift!

Name_ _______________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________ City/State_______________________________ Zip___________________ Phone_____________________ E-Mail______________________________

Fall is at theThe Hampshire House Move inhere Before Snow Flies….

Come join us for a swim, a vacation, And get theabout 3rdourmonth FREE! and learn daycare program!

Live LifeLive Fully!

Life Fully!

Call now for more Callinformation! now for more information!

Pat Breuer, 607-432-6171 Executive Director • hampshirehouseacf.com 607-432-6171 • hampshirehouseacf.com 1846 1846 County Highway 48 • County Oneonta Highway

48 Oneonta

q $48 In County ________2 years−$90_

Kathleen Peters 315-858-2523 lestersflat@gmail.com FLATGraphics.blogspot.com

q $65 Outside County _________2 years−$120

q $135 First-Class Postage

Mail check or money order to the Freeman’s Journal, Box 890, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Call 607-547-6103, or stop by our offices at 21 Railroad Avenue, Cooperstown. Visa and MasterCard accepted.

In Cooperstown, everyone reads The Freeman’s Journal!

21 Railroad Avenue · Cooperstown · 607-547-6103

A-8 THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL & HOMETOWN ONEONTA

OneOnta • 75 Market Street 607-433-1020 COOperStOwn • State Hwy 28 607-547-5933

MLS#96404 $104,900 Unadilla – New furnace is 3 years old, roof is 2 years old, new dry well last year. 3 BRs, 2 baths, garage.

Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#92754 $179,000 Unadilla – Reduced custom-built 2,000+sq ft home w/panoramic views. This 4 BR, 2 bath home w/bright, open floorplan.

Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

lis NE ti N W g!

for complete listings visit us at realtyusa.com

P R NE iC W E!

AllOTSEGO.homes

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20-21, 2014

MLS#97402 138-acre Cooperstown Area Farm! Owner must liquidate! Wooded and open acres w/views.

Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual tour: www.cooperstownland.com

MLS#94953 $250,000 Well-maintained, 5-BR, 3-bath home on 20+ acres just 20 minutes from Oneonta. Open floorplan, modern kitchen, woodburning FP, master BR suite, deck, views.

Call Thomas C. Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell) MLS#93225 $86,000 Adam Karns 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#95978 $197,500 4 BR, 2½ bath Cape on 5+/- acres. Co-op electric, Spaciousby4 BR, 2 bathwood housefurnace is close w/radiant to I-88. Large heated outdoor heat. backyard,kitchen workshop/garage, Make your Spacious and mastersmall bathshed. w/double shower. appointment to go this week!

Call Thomas C.today.

Platt Priced @ 607-435-2068 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598

lis NE ti N W g!

MLS#96460 $135,000 Bring Your Offer! New heating system, hot water heater, entrance door, interior doors, paint, and garage. Fantastic condition!

Call or text Sharon P. Teator @ 607-267-2681 (cell)

MLS#97018 $249,900 2.3+ acre lawn, lake access right next door. 2-3 BRs, 2 bath, LR w/wood-burning fireplace, family room, pellet stove, heated garage/workshop. Move-in immediately.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#97290 $65,000 Renovated 3 BR double-wide w/attached garage, stick-built addition, set on almost 2 acres. New vinyl siding, windows, renovated interior, flooring.

Call Thomas C. Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#93004 $224,900 Selling Way Under Value! 25-acre horse farm in Morris. 3-BR, 2-bath ranch, large barn, fenced pasture.

Call Lynn Lesperence @ 607-434-1061 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.morrishorsefarm.com

MLS#93502 $65,000 2-BR, 2-bath home on over 1 acre. Close to Oneonta.

Call Carol A. Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#97276 $69,000 1996 3-BR, 2-bath home on ¾ acre lot w/great views.

Eat-in kitchen, LR, DR, FR. Central air, handicap ramp, storage shed. Unatego schools.

Call Suzanne Darling @ 607-563-7012 (cell)

MLS#96570 $239,900 Lakefront Investment! Positive Cash Flow!

Pristine lakefront home w/4 BRs, 2 baths is completely renovated and furnished.

Call William Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell)

lis NE ti N W g!

PR NE iC W E!

MLS#97454 $349,900 Don’t Wait! Call Now! Commercial 2+ acre bldg lot in prime Cooperstown location. A short commute to Cooperstown Dreams Park. Build your dream business.

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#97482 $68,500 Built in 1799, it was once the Stanley School. Totally rebuilt, taxes less than $1,000. An ideal starter or finisher home or anything in-between for your family.

Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512

lis NE ti N W g!

MLS#93096 Over $60K of improvements. Owner is willing to take a loss. Make an offer! 4 BRs, 2 baths, 8 +/- acres, stream, post-and-beam barn, total privacy.

Call Donna A Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

lis NE ti N W g!

MLS#96453 Dreams Park rental, B & B or family home! 4 BRs, 3½ baths, pool, pond, hot tub, 7 +/- acres, heated workshop/office/art studio, Cooperstown School.

Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

lis NE ti N W g!

MLS#95966 $199,900 Unique Tudor! Fantastic Price! Short walk to HS or SUCO campus.4+ BRs, 3 baths, cathedral ceilings.

Call William Vagliardo @ 607-287-8568 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.otsegocountyliving.com

lis NE tiN W g!

MLS#93418 $175,000 Awesome Price and Location! Short walk to colleges! Over 2,300 sq ft of single-level living space.

Call Thomas Spychalski @ 607-434-7719 Virtual Tour: www.Realestateshows/710456

PR NE iC W E!

lis NE tiN W g!

MLS#95298 $244,900 Words Cannot Explain the beauty and history of this 1839, 3-BR, 2½ bath home. Oversized 2-car garage/barn w/2 horse stalls, heated workshop!

Call Kristi J. Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

MLS#97019 $89,000 Great Location! Solid home w/newer floors and many custom revisions. Two pellet stoves and gas fireplace.

Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/740477

MLS#94842 $149,000 Location! Seclusion! Beautiful views! Solid 3 BR, 2 bath home on 26+ acres in the Cooperstown area.

Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/710440

First Time Offered! Exquisite custom-built home has 5 private acres.

Grand entry w/vaulted ceiling, balcony and marble floor. Formal DR has tray ceilings, elegant lighting and cherry floors. Kitchen has granite countertops, tile floor and backsplash, breakfast nook. Spacious family room has gas fireplace, pocket doors and French doors leading to large deck.

3 spacious BRs and 3½ baths. Master BR has private balcony, walk-in closet, private bath. Basement is partially finished. Heated 2-car garage.

MLS #92819 $379,900

MLS#97488 $150,000 Guilford Grand Victorian! 3 floors, 4-5 BRs, 2 baths, impeccably maintained. LR w/woodstove, foyer w/FP, Cooperstown Village home.nook Sellerand payslaundry. closing costs (up DR, FR , kitchen, breakfast to w/acceptable Call$3,000 Suzanne Darling @offer).

607-563-7012 (cell)

Unique opportunity to purchase this historic former rail station,

circa 1892, lovingly restored by the current owners to its former glory!

Proven location is close to Foothills Performing Arts Center, Clarion Hotel and Main Street, Oneonta. The building is ideally equipped for retail, medical/professional or service business opportunities—even a 3-store mini-mall which offers separate heating. Bring your own food establishment ideas as well: all contents and equipment are negotiable. This location provides exciting opportunities!

Lizabeth Rose, Broker/Owner Cricket Keto, Licensed Assoc. Broker Peter D. Clark, Consultant

$849,900 MLS#97178

HUBBELL’S REAL ESTATE 607-547-5740•607-547-6000 (fax) 157 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326

ASHLEY

E-Mail: info@hubbellsrealestate.com Web Site: www.hubbellsrealestate.com

Paradise on 11 acres

Vince Foti

607-547-4045

Hours: M-F 8am-5pm Phone: 607-432-2022 22-26 Watkins Ave, Oneonta, NY 13820

Patricia Bensen-Ashley – Licensed Real Estate Broker/Owner

caPe cod on 4.5 acres

(7862) Picture-perfect historic 1840s Colonial w/rolling hills views. 4 BR, 2+ bath residence features gracious LR, gas fireplace, formal DR, stone front porch. Custom kitchen w/window seat, butler’s pantry. Custom closets and built-ins, wide pine plank flooring. Heated 2-car garage. Professionally landscaped. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$775,000

Since 1947, our personal service has always been there when you need it most. With comprehensive coverage for all your AUTO • HOME • LIFE insurance needs.

BUSINESS

CONNOR

29 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY

Prestige estate on 80 acres

(7985) Memorable 3-BR, 3-bath ranch w/great views. Main-level master BR, modern kitchen, formal DR. Vaulted ceilings, oak floors, finished basement, office/den, bonus room, entertainment area. 2 car-attached, large detached garage. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$315,000

R E A LT Y

(7905) Beautifully designed 4-BR, 3-bath, 2009 home has open floorplan w/modern kitchen, DR, bonus room.

Main-level master BR, patio, thermal glass, gas hot-water heat. Just 4½ miles to Cooperstown. Warm your spirits here. Cooperstown Schools.

Hubbell’s Exclusive—$264,900

Thinking of Remodeling?

Think of Refinancing!

LGROUP@STNY.RR.COM www.leatherstockingmortgage.com 607-547-5007 (Office) 800-547-7948 (Toll Free)

New Purchases and refinances • Debt Consolidation Free Pre-Qualification • Fast Approvals • Low Rates Registered Mortgage Broker Matt Schuermann NYS Banking Dept.

Loans arranged by a 3rd party lender.

31 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown (directly next door to Stagecoach Coffee)

AllOTSEGO.homes

New to the Market—Located just a few miles from town, this 1898 home is a former church which was completely renovated about 15 years ago by 2 local artists. The 2,043+/- sq ft home sits on about ½ acre w/large fenced yard. LR w/brick hearth, fireplace w/woodstove insert, DR, den, large sunny eat-in kitchen, BR and full bath downstairs. Upstairs are 3 more BRs, full bath w/laundry and walk-in unfinished room w/original church details. Wood floors, charming details, fully applianced, wrap-around deck, play structure.

In need of TLC, we are offering this property in “as is” condition.

Offered Exclusively by Ashley-Connor Realty—$169,000

Visit us on the Web at www.ashleyconnorrealty.com Contact us at info@ashleyconnorrealty.com For APPoiNtmeNt: Patricia Bensen-Ashley, Broker, 607-437-1149

Jack Foster, Sales Agent, 607-547-5304 • Donna Skinner, Associate Broker, 607-547-8288 Christopher Patterson, Sales Agent, 518-774-8175

CALL 607-547-6103 TO ADVERTISE IN REGION’S LARGEST REALTY SECTION/MORE ADS, A6