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Rights Action Vowed

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Southside Mall’s first “Midnight Madness,” beginning at midnight Thanksgiving, was declared a success by Mall Manager Luisa Montanti. Oneonta’s Mica Thorsland, toting a canoe out of Dick’s Sporting Goods, took advantage of the novelty./SEE ARTICLE, A8

‘Fab 4’ 50th Brings Back Beatlemania COOPERSTOWN

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half-century after “I Wanna Hold Your Hand,” Beatlemania is returning to Cooperstown.

“The British Invasion” is the theme of the 47th annual Cooperstown Winter Carnival, planned Friday-Sunday, Feb. 8-10, the carnival committee announced this week.

The Friends of Bassett’s 2012 New Year’s Eve Gala, 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at The Otesaga, is also on a Beatles’ theme: “All You Need Is Love.”

NOTED PASSING: Glenford H. Hubbell, 84, the prominent realtor and longtime owner of Schneider’s Bakery, passed away Tuesday morning, Nov. 27, at Otsego Manor/DETAILS, B5 MORE ACCESS: The Compton Bridge Recreational Area, providing access to the Susquehanna River from Route 11C at Index, is complete, DEC announced Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Brothers’ Arrest Fodder For Suit, Lawyer Asserts

By JIM KEVLIN & LIBBY CUDMORE

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Janet Erway, Cooperstown Art Association director, peers in through one of the 124 wreaths at the 11th annual “Adorn a Door” festival on Saturday, Nov. 24.

Adornments Include Cookie Cutters, Hot Sauce annual “Adorn a Door” festival. “You can get lost in here!” said CAA Executive Director Janet Erway. “We’ve had COOPERSTOWN as many as 130 before, but we ran out of room!” n ordinary Christmas wreath The festival started out as a fundmay run you $30 at Walmart raiser, but quickly turned into an annual or Lowe’s, but an ordinary event to celebrate the start of the holiday Christmas wreath wouldn’t be adorned season. With refreshments, a raffle, with jars of Fly Creek Cider Mill jam music by Ah Coopella and Susan Straub, or season tickets to the Glimmerglass and a kid’s art table, “it’s the thing to do Festival. the Saturday after Thanksgiving,” she And, thus, “Adorn a Door,” a said.

Cooperstown tradition.

The day-long silent auction started Saturday, Nov. 24, 124 hand-crafted between $30 and $40 an item, with a wreathes, decorated and donated by minimum increase of $5. “It gets very artists and businesses, were on display Cardinal detail from competitive,” said Erway. “Some stand – many hung on a maze of doors – at a simple, but elegant by their wreath and keep bidding. birch wreath.

Cooperstown Art Association’s 11th Please See ADORN, A3

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arassment charges brought against the father and uncle of Anthony Pacherille, now 18 and imprisoned in Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo Policelli in the Good Friday 2010 shooting of a classmate in Cooper Park, may just be another skirmish in legal disputes of indeterminate end.

In an interview Monday, Nov. 26, the brothers’ lawyer, Frank Policelli of Utica, said he views the charges simply as further support for a civil-rights action he plans to bring early in 2013 against Otsego County’s court system Please See ARRESTS, A6

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he Preservation League of New York State has awarded a $3,000 grant to the Village of Cooperstown to study the best public use for 22 Main, the Village Hall.

The Syracuse-based firm Holmes, King, Kallquist & Associates, Architects will work with “all stakeholders” on strategies for space planning and programming, the league announced Tuesday, Nov. 27.

The Friends of 22 Main, chaired by Lou Allstadt, held public meetings in September 2011 to begin exploring the public’s preferences for the building.

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nce there were no bald eagles in Otsego County.

“In the mid-’70s, there was one nest remaining in New York State,” said Scott Van Arsdale, DEC Wildlife Technician based in Stamford.

“And because of DDT, their eggs were no longer viable.”

But just before 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov.8, Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal drivers on Route 28 near Springbrook were treated This once-rare bald eagle drew a crowd Please See EAGLES, A8 alongside Route 28 at Portlandville.

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Team Experience (CCS Class of 1983-99) proved too much for Team Youth (Classes of 2000-13) at the annual Legends of Cooperstown Soccer Match played, as is traditional, on Thanksgiving Day. Experience carried the day, 3-2 with Matt “Most Legendary” Schuermann, ‘83, scoring the decisive goal. Russell Clarvoe, ‘99, and Chad Welch, ‘93, scored to give Experience a 3-0 lead. Liam Dolan, ‘12, and Jake Chase, ‘11, sparked Youth’s comeback, but the youngsters fell short at the final whistle. Participants includes, front row, from left, Karl Dykstra, John Rathbun, Will Dykstra, Wesley Lippitt, Jake Chase, Isaac Huntsman, Brock Bell, Josh Pearlman, Kimball

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Brienza, Ryan Miosek, Coach Frank Miosek. Second row, from left, are Ryan Huggins, Bob Bauer, Ben Bauer, Julie Dykstra, Chris Gulotta, Matthew Washburn, Brett Pikarsky, Carolyn Clarvoe Jaskolka, Suzanne Clarvoe Evans, Josh Weeks, Benjamin Savoie, Matthew Spencer, Russell Clarvoe. Third row, from left, are Kevin Huggins, Mack Curran, Ed Bauer, Matt Frevelle, Chad Welch, Matthew Grady, Andrew Deichman, Matt Schuermann, Isaac Gomez, Liam Dolan. Back row, from left, are Lucas Spencer, Michael Crampton, Stephen Zeek, Wayne Miller, Chris Grady, Justin Deichman, Tim Hayes, Dan Crowell.

(Absent from photo: Steffaney Wilcox) .

TOPS SERVES UP 100 THANKSGIVING DINNERS Cooperstown Food Bank co-directors Audrey Murray and Ellen St. John, at left, confer with Denny DiMartin, Tops store manager in Hartwick Seminary, on picking up 100 turkey dinners the supermarket provided for the needy at Thanksgiving, including a 10-12 pound bird, stuffing and a can of corn and green beans. At right are Deli Manager Tammy Terrell, Bakery Manager Amy Wood and Eric Dawson from the Produce Department.

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oberta Rowland-Raybold, organist and choir director for the Christ Episcopal Church, is retiring at the end of January 2013 after serving for five years.

“When I accepted the position, I expected that this would be my home until I retired as a church musician,” she wrote in the recent edition of the church’s newsletter. “I can only express to you my gratitude for your friendship, your support of our wonderful music here.”

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Admiring a wreath created by Jackie and Ben Savoie are, from left, Paige Cring, Maggie Schuermann, Ursula Hage and Maureen Schuermann. Jackie Savoie is in the background.

11th Adorn A Door ‘Better Than Ever’

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Santa Claus greets youngsters on his traditional arrival at his cottage in Cooperstown’s Pioneer Park Friday, Nov. 23. He will be hearing children’s Christmas wishes between now and the big day./ FULL SCHEDULE, B1.

ADORN/From A1 Others jump it to $100 right off the bat.”

Artists and businesses are invited to participate, alerted by a press release and the CAA’s mailing list, and they’re not just limited to pine boughs. Decorators can pick up a standard wreath, purchased from Mohegan Flowers, or they can experiment.

The Cooperstown Opera made the biggest wreath of the festival out of rolled-up kid’s drawings from their “What is Opera” workshop. Another was made of coffee filters, and one was made of glass mosaic tiles.

Last year, a hand-felted Santa by Jenny Richmond sparked a bidding war, topping out at $150, the highest price paid for any wreath in the festival’s history. “It was hotly contested,” said Erway.

This year, her quilted wreath wall hanging once again fetched $150.

The second highest bid of the day, $140, went to the Alex and Ika wreath, which included a $100 gift certificate.

But even the traditional pine garlands are far from boring. Geoffrey Foster’s wreath was adorned with hand-carved wooden ornaments, Cantina de Salsa hung tin Day of the Dead skulls and a bottle of hot sauce,

and Ursula Hage offered the high bidder Christmas-themed cookie cutters and measuring cups. “I’m a grandmother,” explained the 4-year Adorn-a-Door veteran.

“I do Christmas cookies with my grandchildren.”

“I tried to use natural ingredients,” said artist Mary Quinn, who donated a wreath for the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

“Fruits, cinnamon sticks and nuts – not the berries though, they’re fake,” she said. “It’s all edible, and it smells good!”

Of course, she said, the fruit won’t last, but she made it with screws so when an apple starts to go brown, “You can just take it off and plug in another fruit!”

And with many of the wreaths came not only decorations, but gifts as well. Clark Sports Center’s wreath included a swim diaper, a tot-sized T-shirt and a year’s membership. And The Book Nook’s wreath was decked out with mini fairy tale dolls and a copy of Mary Engelbright’s “Fairy Tales” tied smartly in the middle.

“Overall, it was a very successful ‘funraiser’,” said Erway. “And the quality of the wreaths get better every year.”

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Think About Our Assets, Aspirations, And Fear Not – But Act

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t’s a budget dilemma every government entity is struggling with – The County of Otsego, City of Oneonta and towns now, and villages and school districts in the spring.

In short, expenses are growing faster than revenues.

“The answer,” said Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller, “is in having revenues grow at a rate greater than expenses. Even this year,” he said of his city, “revenues are up 5 percent, expenses are flat, and we still have a $500,000 deficit.”

The good news, for now anyhow, is that Miller and the budget-savvy city manager Mike Long have kept tax increases under the state-mandated 2 percent. So have county Treasurer Dan Crowell and the county Board’s Administration Committee, chaired by county Rep. Rich Murphy, D-Town of Oneonta.

In both jurisdictions, this has been done through eliminating jobs. Seven positions – or six, if one of two police officer positions are saved – of 135 city jobs are gone; eight jobs are going at the

county. Total savings are expected to be in the $1 million range.

It’s true that we – that’s governments, businesses and individuals – always have enough for our priorities – we just have to keep shortening that priority list.

• Perhaps the best way forward is, not to gnash our teeth or rend our garments, but to envision what success looks like. Our county economy has been more successful than it’s been right now, and it will be again.

Thriving colleges would be an anchor and, happily, they are.

Both SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College are moving forward fiscally and programmatically under Presidents Kleniewski and Drugovich. It’s easy to be optimistic about that piece.

With Obamacare moving forward, Bassett Healthcare and its Fox affiliate can expect to benefit from the deal hospitals hatched with the administration: less reimbursement, but more revenues from expanded coverage for 30 million people. That should start in earnest by 2014.

Construction of the Constitution

Pipeline should begin in the spring of 2015, ensuring a spike in salestax revenues from 600 temporary construction jobs, and then $3-5 million in permanent tax revenues.

Access to relatively cheap natural gas – a quarter the cost of oil right now – will be felt across the local economy.

Of our county’s key tourist attractions, the Farmers’ and Fenimore Art museums are continuing to beat past years at the gate and Brewery Ommegang is turning into a significant magnet.

The Otesaga’s reputation and reach have never been better.

The gold standard for decades, The Baseball Hall of Fame, its gate down to 250,000 from 410,000, has been struggling, but the end of the steroids era (Randy Johnson may be coming as soon at 2014!) and the Hall’s 75th anniversary that same year offers the possibility of an exciting rebirth.

Little appreciated locally, Ioxus, the ultracapacitor-maker in the former Soccer Hall of Fame building in West Oneonta, is growing steadily, and the sky’s the limit if an anticipated $75 billion redo of the U.S. electric grid comes to pass. Just this month, AlwaysOn, which covers the Silicon Valley, named Ioxus to its IM-

PACT Mid-Atlantic Venture Top 100 in “creating innovative and vital solutions leading to legacy industry disruption” – right here in our county’s (Susquehanna) River City.

And, of course, there’s Springbrook, now up to 1,000 jobs. And sales tax, Miller and Crowell will tell you, is back to 2007 pre-recession levels, an excellent indicator things are getting better generally.

• While we’re waiting for all this fruit to fully ripen, however, there are things that can be done that will make our county’s economic rebound just that much more vibrant.

To help make the police-department cuts more palatable to his Common Council, Miller proposed a task force to review OPD operations. County Board Chair Kathy Clark would be wise to ally with Miller and expand that exploration countywide, to ensure that two dozen officers in Oneonta, six fulltime and eight parttime in Cooperstown, the Sheriff’s Department road patrols, three state police barracks, a university police force at SUNY Oneonta, DEC officers and multiple constables are fully collaborating and coordinating. There may be some

savings there.

The issue of municipal consolidation should also move to the forefront. Oneonta’s town-city dynamic has captured most of the ink, but are the two dozen towns and dozen villages that date back to the horse-and-buggy days necessary today?

While it would make better fiscal sense for Greater Oneonta for the two entities to merge into a larger city, there are also benefits if the city were simply to dissolve back into the town, an option that’s out there. Likewise, would it make sense for Cooperstown to dissolve into the Town of Otsego?

Ending town-village duplication would undoubtedly bring savings in Richfield, Cherry Valley, Milford and many of our other villages. If not doing so means degrading our excellent Otsego Manor, this is worth exploring.

The point is, these are the times that try men’s (and women’s) wallets, but they won’t go on forever. Our major institutions, with some exceptions, have bright futures, there’s innovation afoot n our business community, and we can streamline our expensive governments if we wish. If we wish. Fault, such as it is, isn’t in our stars.

‘CITIZEN VOICES’ SPEAK

Without Growth, Services We All Depend On Will Move Out Of Reach Editor’s Note: Citizen Voices, the pro-business group founded by Oneonta businessmen Bob Harlem and Tom Armao last December, has begun issuing position papers. This one, on the impact of low growth on local government, is the second. Your reactions, pro and con, are welcome; send them to info@allotsego.com.

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n our first letter to you we introduced ourselves and briefly explained our concern for the economic well-being of our community. That economic well-being is inextricably tied to our environmental well-being. The two go hand in hand.

There is a clear need to grow our economy and our population.

We say “clear” because of what we see going on around us. Mayor Miller is working to address a projected $441,000 deficit facing the city in 2013. That deficit arises from things beyond his control. Those causes include a declining real-estate property-tax base. The assessed valuation for city property dropped $40 million as the school property-tax rate dropped by 3.06 percent – while at the same time it increased 6.61 percent for the town. As you might expect, that led to some of our neighbors being mildly upset.

Unless our economy grows and our population increases, people will either have to continue paying more taxes, surviving with less in the way of “services” – or leave.

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occurred while the city had a tax equalization rate (set by the State) of 77 percent and the town’s was 100 percent. Right now Milford’s equalization rate is 54 percent and Davenport’s is 72.66 percent.

What is going to happen to folks in those towns when the state asks for a reassessment? What will be the impact on long-time residents of the Town of Milford when the prices being paid by investors, often from away, for rental property to feed the summer demand created by Dream Park are factored into the assessment?

Next year the cost of retirements for both teachers and nonteachers in the Oneonta School District is expected to increase by between 15.5 and 16.5 percent of salary. The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) rate is currently 11.84 percent and it is predicted to rise to between 15.5 percent and 16.5 percent or an increase of over 30 percent. The Employees’ Retirement System (ERS) increase for non-teaching staff is also going up, but it is not as costly as the TRS increase. That combined increase will cost the district about $600,000 and is brought about by

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that pay much needed taxes? In November, a letter to the editor appeared in a local newspaper entitled, “Keep Options Open for Local Jobs.” The author stated, “Don’t turn your back on manufacturing.” Was the author speaking to those of us creating an anti-manufacturing climate for our area, or to those seeking jobs that don’t and won’t exist unless we take positive measures to reverse our downward economic spiral?

As our economic well-being deteriorates, so does our cultural

OTHER VOICES

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

the lower-than-projected return on the investments that comprise the Retirement Fund – a fund that in many ways mimics your 401(k) in that it consists of stocks – many of which are energy stocks.

What new business is coming to town to offset that expense? As we encourage our elected officials to pass moratoria on energy development and transportation (pipeline), and restrictions on road use, are we creating an environment that will entice new business and people – people and businesses

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Indulging in an end-of-school-year ritual for the last time, youngsters leaped from Center Street School’s windows when it closed in June. But what do shrinking enrollments portend?

base. Consider, for example, the unintended consequences of being forced to close the Center Street School – an action taken pursuant to a two-to-one vote. Many of Oneonta’s “grand old houses” will no longer be occupied by young families making their roots in Oneonta. Instead, they will be acquired by investors looking to use them as rental properties. The good news is that they will remain as part of the tax base. Had the school been kept open, instead of facing a 1.81 percent tax increase the city’s residents would have faced a 6.96 percent increase – and the town’s residents what have been ever harder hit.

As one rides through our area, he or she faces an aesthetically attractive view – that is until one looks with a keener eye. The once-farmed fields are now home to golden rod (Is it true that there are longer any active dairy farms in the Town of Oneonta?)

Abandoned homes and homes in disrepair are commonplace and the number of tax-delinquent properties is on the rise. If you were the proverbial canary in the mine what song would you be singing? We hope it would be “America the Beautiful” and that you support the need for the economic activity that made us the greatest Nation on earth.

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recent Letter to the Editor describes Sustainable Otsego as a “far left group whose agenda ... is to keep business ... and energy development out of our county.” In fact, we are pro-business as long as it’s good business, unlike shale gas development. Those among us who want to keep out gas cut across the political spectrum, and include many conservatives. We are better described as populist, not far left or far right.

Populists historically have advocated the interests and values of local communities while resisting the harms that too often accompany big government (the far left) and big business (the far right). Today big business and big government have merged. This

topic is treated at length in my recent book, “Fixing the System: A History of Populism, Ancient & Modern” (Continuum, 2008) Conservatism should be about preserving our local communities and resources; conservative rhetoric is all about individualism and small government. Yet some so-called conservatives betray these principles by embracing the big-business/big-government energy agenda. Far from being conservatives, they are the radicals, advocating a wholesale transformation of our region without recognizing the destructive consequences.

Hurricanes Sandy and Irene have shown that extreme weather is here to stay.

The scientific consensus is that climate change is accelerated by greenhouse gases from fossil fuels, including methane which escapes from all phases of natural gas production.

Since methane is 25 to 100 times more potent a greenhouse gas than CO2, natural gas is at least as dirty as coal or oil.

We need to transition to renewables locally as quickly as we can.

Fortunately, we live in the midst of a vast biomass region, counting field grasses as well as woodlots. We have local pioneering initiatives such as Enviro-Energy in Wells Bridge, making grass pellets, and New England Wood Pellet in Delaware and Herkimer counPlease See VOICES, A7

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Compiled by Tom Heitz from Freeman’s Journal archives, courtesy of the New York State Historical Association Library

200 YEARS AGO

Beware of Counterfeits – There are in circulation, imitations of some of the twenty dollar notes of the Bank of North America, dated the 21st of February, 1812, issued payable to D. Etwein, or bearer. The citizens are cautioned not to receive such notes, without a careful examination.

The editors of papers will render a service to the community by republishing this caution.

November 28, 1812

50 YEARS AGO

ser of Gloversville and Harvey Parker of Brockton. Massachusetts. The entertainment will be high class in every respect. Miss Livingston is a well-educated woman who writes entertainingly for the magazines and newspapers on health and hygienic topics. The price of admission will be 25 cents.

November 27, 1912

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175 YEARS AGO

Ed. Note: John H. Prentiss, editor of The Freeman’s Journal, was elected to the House of Representatives in the election of 1837. He therefore informed readers of his intentions with regard to the newspaper with the following message: “The discharge of public duties imposed upon him by his fellow-citizens, will require the absence of the editor of this paper from this date. Congress will commence on the 4th proximo, and probably continue in session 6 or 7 months, during which time the charge of furnishing matter for the Journal, will be committed to Mr. Wm. L. Crandall, who recently officiated in the same capacity. He is a young man of sound principles, and respectable talents, and the trust is resigned to him in the fullest confidence that it will be discharged, not only with faithfulness, but with ability. The business of the office, in other respects, is committed to the charge of Mssrs. Ezra D. Burr and Pembroke S. Booth, whose acts will be ratified by the proprietor.”

November 27, 1837

150 YEARS AGO

Complaints constantly reach the government that soldiers, with wounds permanently disabling them for active service in the field are sent here (Washington, D.C.) from large cities as deserters. In many instances, the discharges are destroyed, or they are refused the privilege of going to their homes to procure the evidence of their discharge, and in case of soldiers on leave, their passes are taken away from them, and torn up. The only incentive to these outrages is the reward of $5, which the government pays for the arrest of each deserter. There is an effort making on the part of the military authorities to put a stop to these outrages, being not only a swindle upon the government, but causing very great annoyance to the friends and relatives of the victims.

November 28, 1862

125 YEARS AGO

If the old “Cooper Grounds” on which once stood the Hall of James Fenimore Cooper, where are still growing the

November 28, 1962 trees which he planted, and which he owned at his death – could be bid off on Friday by any capitalist with reference to making it in time a memorial place to the name of the great American novelist, and to which perhaps could be removed the monument erected to his memory, there are those here and elsewhere who would contribute liberally to such object. The opportunity should not be lost and we commend it to the prompt attention of real estate owners and others of Cooperstown.

December 2, 1887

100 YEARS AGO

Not in recent years, if ever, have the people of Cooperstown had the opportunity of witnessing a genuine wrestling match. There being no other attraction in this village for Thanksgiving Day, the management of the Star Theatre took advantage of an opportunity to book a company of well-known wrestlers for a performance both afternoon and evening in connection with the regular programme of moving pictures. Miss Cora Livingston, the champion female wrestler of the world, and her company, after closing a tour of the big theatres in central New York this week, were induced to play in Cooperstown. The company also includes Miss Dunne of Kansas City who is the wrestling partner of Miss Livingston; Charles Kai-

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Five women, the first representatives of the fair sex ever to sit on a trial jury in Supreme Court in Otsego County, were drawn Monday morning to consider the evidence in the first jury case to be tried at the November term at the courthouse in Cooperstown. Justice Ely W. Personius of Elmira presided. Sitting with them were seven of the sterner sex which in the past has had a monopoly of this service to the state. No longer in New York state will verdicts be rendered by “twelve good men and true,” for the new law passed at the last session of the legislature allows the ladies, if they wish, to do their patriotic duty. The first five women to hear evidence in a case on trial in Supreme Court in this county were Ruth MacDuff, of Schenevus, Frances B. McCarthy of Oneonta, Theodora Peters of Westford, Edith Vandenberg of Cooperstown and Nellie Balcom of South Hartwick. The matter involved a breach of contract.

December 1, 1937

25 YEARS AGO

Ron Head, Cooperstown’s village justice, is resigning as of March 31, 1988. “It’s time to move on,” said Head, who has served on the bench for a decade. The job has become increasingly more demanding and complicated. Head estimates that the village has handled more than 500 driving while intoxicated cases during his tenure. These cases take time and range in complexity. Head teaches economics, law and history at Cooperstown Central School.

December 2, 1987

10 YEARS AGO

Village residents and tourists may find relief more readily available in the near future thanks to a $50,000 Capital Projects Grant secured by Assemblyman Bill Magee. The money is earmarked for the construction of restrooms on Main Street, according to Mayor Carol Waller. “The need for centrally located public bathrooms has been identified repeatedly, and there was no way that the village could afford such an amenity. We are thrilled,” Waller said. The location of the restrooms has yet to be determined. “We will be relying on the Planning Board to guide us as we go forward,” Waller said.

November 29, 2002

Christmas Tea & Bazaar Saturday, December 1 • 1-4 pm

Holiday Tea in Heirloom Tea Cups • Cookies • Music Needlework • Hand Crafts • Holiday Decorations Grandma’s Attic •

Cooperstown United Methodist Church 66 Chestnut Street, corner of Glen Avenue Handicapped accessible

Charles Schneider, Music Director & Conductor

Saturday, December 8, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

SUNY Oneonta, Hunt Union Ballroom Beethoven Triple Concerto

Featuring internationally-acclaimed guest artists:

Jungeun Kim, Pianist; Peter Wiley, Cellist; Ida Kavafian, Violinist Also on the program: Mendelssohn's 4th Symphony (Italian) and the premiere of Edward Green's "Once Upon a Time."

Tickets are Adult $30/Student $15 at the door or in advance.

Email: cso@oneonta.edu Phone: 607/436-2670 Online: catskillsymphony.net This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

This performance is supported by SUNY Oneonta.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2012

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ARRESTS/From A1 for violating the Pacherilles’ First and Fourth Amendment protections.

“If the exercise of free speech on their web site is criminal, then anybody who has ever been defamed on any web site would bring criminal charges,” said Policelli.

“This is not criminal,” he said, challenging the allegations against his clients.

“And this has been clearly established for years, that you cannot criminalize free speech.”

Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride, who is prosecuting after the Otsego D.A., John Muehl, and in-county jurists were removed from all Pacherille-related cases, said he expects free speech to be an issue of debate.

Both sides were directed by state Supreme Court Judge Martin E. Smith of Broome County, presiding locally, to file motions

by Monday, Jan. 7. And McBride said, “The issues you address I’m sure will be addressed in those motions.”

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The appearance of Tony Pacherille, 45, now of Herkimer, and his brother, Angelo, 55, Town of Maryland, Wednesday, Nov. 21, in Otsego County Court was the result of a complaint dating back to May 2011 that a web site constituted harassment.

That resulted in a July 13, 2011, raid by Otsego sheriff’s deputies on the 43 Walnut St. home where Tony Pacherille and his family then lived and seizure of the family’s computers.

According to a press release from the sheriff’s department, the computers were analyzed by the Utica Police Department Digital Forensics Lab and one was used to set up the web site in question.

A year and a half investigation by the Otsego deputies and Muehl “determined that both Pacherilles were involved in the creation and publication of the alarming, annoying and harassing post,” the release said.

In September, the Town of Otsego Court was asked for a criminal summons for aggravated harassment, second degree, a misdemeanor; Judge Smith signed it in October, and on Oct. 24 the Pacherilles visited the sheriff’s department and were issued summonses, returnable in November.

The release didn’t identify the complainant, but the story was picked up by the Associated Press and the AP quoted the complainant as Tracey Lippitt, mother of the classmate Anthony Pacherille pleaded guilty to shooting. She called postings on the web site “uncalled for” and “untrue,” and said she believes the site constitute cyberbullying.

The new charge against Tony Pacherille, himself a lawyer, follows a $500 he paid in September to resolve charges that he had harassed the Lippitt’s son, Wesley.

Regardless, the Pacherilles appeared uncowed, posting on the Hall of Shame web site over the weekend, “To those who take offence with my attempt to present the truth without adornment, or those who do not like my political satire, I do NOT apologize.”

Hyde Hall Holiday

Sunday, December 2 Noon to 4 pm

Hyde Hall (located in Glimmerglass State Park) 1527 County Hwy 31 Cooperstown 607-547-5098

Buttons $15 On sale now just $10 Get your button at City Hall, Green Toad Bookstore, Artware, YMCA, Greater Oneonta Historical Society, Green Earth, Oneonta Theatre, Daddy Al’s General Store,

Directed by Donna I. Decker, Ballet by Irine Fokine Friday, December 14, 7 pm Saturday, December 15, 1 and 7 pm Goodrich Theater, State University College at Oneonta

Theresa’s Emporium, Home Town Deli & Grocery, Suzanne’s Unisex Salon, Hannaford, Price Chopper or online at FirstNightOneonta.com

$18 general $15 students and seniors Tickets available: Green Toad Bookstore, Oneonta The Eighth Note Music Store, Oneonta Augur’s Corner Bookstore, Cooperstown Rachel’s Framing and Fine Art, Delhi Tickets also available through Decker School of Ballet /FBC 607-432-6290 or www.deckerschool of ballet.org FBC accepts MasterCard and Visa

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29-30, 2012

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VOICES/From A1 ties. Our biomass resources could be sustainably harvested, processed and consumed locally for heating, replacing fossil fuels including gas as well as oil, and potentially developed into a biofuels industry.

Talk about jobs.

Economists call this process import replacement, a proven path to wealth creation. The more dollars circulate locally, beginning with harvesting raw materials, to transporting, processing, distributing and consuming them, the better off we all are. This is the ultimate boost to the local economy and a real energy independence!

Unfortunately, big business dominates Washington and Albany. As a result, current public policy promotes fossil fuels, including shale gas, at the expense of renewables.

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al gas-producing counties of Western New York are among the poorest in the state.

Finally, it is the ultimate NIMBY argument to be against fracking but in favor of drawing gas from the proposed Constitution pipeline. It is still fracked gas. Is it okay to accept the devastation of other communities to get their gas?

It’s time to look seriously at renewables, especially biomass, in Otsego County.

This is not a panacea for national and global problems; we and others rich in biomass cannot supply the world. But a locally selfsufficient energy industry at least frees us of energy dependency, and makes the energy burden for everyone else that much less.

Adrian Kuzminski, Fly Creek, is moderator of Sustainable Otsego.

Cherry Valley’s Annual Holiday Open House Weekend Saturday-Sunday, Dec. 1-2 10-5, Holiday decorations, artwork, gifts, jewelry, refreshments, door prizes.

11-2, Soup and sandwich lunch, St. Thomas The Apostle Church, with Chinese auction with drawing at 2.

Free cookies and cider during Cherry Valley’s Open House and Sharon Springs’ Victorian Christmas!

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Shale gas is no mom and pop operation; it is produced by national and global corporations to benefit distant investors.

Although initially this might be a locally derived product, it would be available to us only after circulating through a complex national and increasingly global system of distribution, storage, refining, pricing and redistribution.

We are told that we will reap great savings in heating costs for homes, businesses, and schools. But what gas company is going to write a contract for 30 years of gas at current prices?

We are told that natural gas will be a boost to local industry. Yet the availability of natural gas for decades in parts of our county – Oneonta and Richfield Springs – has failed to spark any significant economic development. The tradition-

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10-3, Saturday only: Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School’s Holiday Shoppes Participating Merchants: A Dickens of a Christmas • A Rose is a Rose • Cherry Valley Museum • The Rose & Kettle Restaurant • Aris Mixon & Co. gifts • Plaide Palette • The Cherry Branch Gallery • The Tepee • Nectar Hills Farm Store

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8-Noon: Breakfast at the Firehouse. $8 per person 9:30: Cancellation of commemorative stamp, post office. (While there, check our Victorian memorabilia at NBT branch, and buy a Hats Off To Hunger Victorian hat ($10) 10-10:30: Salute To Servicemen, with dedication, reveille, placing of Christmas wreath on Veterans Memorial at Sharon Spring Central School 10-2: Children’s author Cindy West signs “Lily In The Box� at American Hotel 10-5: Tell Victorian Santa what you want for Christmas at holiday-themed Farmer’s Market, Roseboro Hotel. Photo portraits, $10

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11-3: Freshly cut Christmas trees available at Hessian Hill Farm 10:30-11: Bloody “Merry� Toasts to Queen Victoria ($5 each) at American Hotel 11-11:15: ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas dance performance featuring local children, porch of Roseboro (Encore performance at noon) 11-noon: Victorian tea, slide-show presentation by town historian, Stone Mansion. $25; space limited, reserve at www.beekman1802.com (Encore at 3) 12:30-12:45: The Mistletoe Mustache, humorous operetta, porch of Roseboro.

(Encore performance, 1:30) 1-2: Oratorical contest, 9-12th graders, Sharon Spring Center, sponsored by American Legion 2-3: Author Jack Singer (“Justice at 40 Below�) tells tales, slide-show of dog mushing in Alaska. Studio North, South Main. Free 2-3:30: Christmas carols around fire at American Hotel, plus recital of “enhanced� version of The Sharon Springs Christmas Chicken Story 3:30-4:30: Learn Victorian-era group dances. Period finery welcome. Free 4-6: Classical guitarist Harry George Pelligrin performs, New York House. Wine, cheese, $10 at door. (Encore at 7) 4:30: Best Victorian Costume Parade & Contest, 204 Main Street Bar & Bistro. Prizes to best lady, best gent 6-7: Light town Christmas tree. Caroling. Hot chocolate, warm cider, courtesy Sharon Springs Rotary Throughout day: Victorian horse-drawn carriage rides; American-made furniture and design store, Love Decades, opens; holiday meals at restaurants throughout town; much more!

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29-30, 2012

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Shoppers Declare Satisfaction With Mall’s ‘Midnight Madness’

By LIBBY CUDMORE

J

oe Porter, Oneonta, described his “Black Thursday” shopping trip to Walmart as “Hectic – there were fights, lines up the wazoo – it was insane.”

But at the Southside Mall, “Midnight Madness” was the antidote for shoppers who like the “frenzy” of Black Friday, but a bit-more-sedate frenzy.

“Our customers ... love to shop overnight,” said Mall Manager Luisa Montanti, “so we thought we would offer that to them.”

Shoppers – wrapped in blankets, stamping their feet to keep warm and excitedly chattering about what they wanted to buy – lined up for Southside Mall’s first midnight kickoff of Black Friday. “I saw a boyfriend tossing a rubber ball for his girlfriend to chase so she could keep warm!” said Randy Curran.

Shoppers started lining up at 10:30 p.m. on Thanksgiving, many coming over from shopping at Walmart’s 8 p.m. opening.

Many had driven from as far away as Walton or Delhi, but some, even further.

“She came from Pakistan to see what’s on sale!” said Zainav Rifique, whose sister, Zehide, was visiting from their homeland for a week.

As the doors were thrown open, the line of shoppers walked briskly but politely.

No pushing, no shoving. “We’re a happy group,” said Dorothy Norton of Goodyear Lake.

Most of the stores were open for business, although TJ Maxx, Kay Jewelers and JC Penney, in line with their companies’ national business strategies, waited until the Friday morning.

Grace Larkin, a retired OHS teacher,

All

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EAGLES//From A1 to a once-rare sight – a bald eagle, 10 feet from the road, feasting on a roadkill deer and bringing traffic on the busy route to a slow crawl.

“When I started birdwatching, it was unusual to see a bald eagle,” said Tom Salo, former regional coordinator for the state Breeding Bird Atlas. “They’re not so rare anymore.”

Use of the pesticide DDT interfered with the eagle’s ability to process calcium, which made their eggs too brittle to survive nesting. In 1976, the Cornell University and DEC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife began “hacking” eggs – hatching young falcons and feeding them in an artificial nest while they learn to fly and hunt.

So raised, 198 eaglets were released. The experiment was such a success that 16 other states launched similar programs. All bald eagles in Otsego County are either from among the 198 or their descendants.

The last remaining wild pair even got a family of their own. “They raised six foster eaglets,” said Van Arsdale. “They didn’t know they weren’t their chicks.”

There are now eight nest-

ing pairs in Otsego County, and the Appalachian Eagle Project has counted as many as 20 at a time in recent years. “They used to band every eaglet,” Salo said.

“But they’re in such good shape that tracking them isn’t necessary.”

Eagles nest in territories and mate for life. Eagles that aren’t nesting aren’t as easily tracked, as they wander across state and county lines. “Some even go to Canada,” said Van Arsdale.

Otsego County is popular for eagles because of its 44 lakes well-stocked with fish. Nests have been spotted lately at Goodyear and Otsego lakes, as well as in Unadilla and Richfield Springs.

And in the winter, when all the Oneonta and Cooperstown tourists have gone home, migrating eagles from Canada and northern New England stop by to enjoy the warmer weather and to fish on the unfrozen ponds. The Appalachian Eagle Project takes an annual bald eagle trip to Delaware County in January, and Salo said it’s not unusual to see 20 or 30 of the National Birds feeding on fish that come through the dam.

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cheerfully handed out shopping baskets at Bath & Body Works. “This is my fun job!” she said.

Bath & Body Works and FYE had the most shoppers, lured in by $10 Blu-Ray and $5 hand lotions.

New this season was the first for Dick’s Sporting Goods, which was staying open until the 6 a.m. doorbusters. “It’s been very hectic!” said associate Taylor Smith.

By 1:30 a.m. many customers were done shopping, but those who stayed camped out with a Twisted Pretzel, a sub or some chili with Fritos from Magnolia’s Fudge.

By 3:30 a.m. Montanti reported that at least 250 of the earlier shoppers had returned, along with others, to await the results of the drawing. “It was a huge success,” she said. “Stores were surpassing their sales plans and traffic remained steady throughout the weekend. We will absolutely do it again next year.”

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THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29-30, 2012

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO

Wednesday, November 28

GIFTS for one and all!

The merry shops of the Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum are open ‘til Christmas Eve. Hours: Daily 10am-4pm (Fenimore shop closed Mondays)

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SPEAKER -- Noon. Cultural anthropologist Don Hill on “Jim Crow Era Field Recordings 19581961.” Free, all welcome. Alden Room, Milne Library, 108 Ravine Pkwy., SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-2619.

RUMMAGE SALE -- Noon6 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 432-3491.

WORK SHOP -- 6-8 p.m. Family Service Association “Kids in the Middle” Child care, refreshments, limited transportation help provided; reservations required.

United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 432-2870.

HISTORY -- 7 p.m. The Fly Creek Area Historical Society meeting. Tom Heitz presents “Fly Creek Aeronaut,” talk on Leo Stevens, balloonist and one of several inventors of the parachute.

Free, all welcome. Refreshments served. 852 Cty. Hwy. 26, Fly Creek. Info, (607) 547-2501.

Thursday, November 29

RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Rummage Sale: half-off pricing from 5-8 p.m.! Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3491.

WORKSHOP -- 9:30 a.m.noon. Family Service Association presents “Loving Discipline.”

Child Care, refreshments, limited transportation help provided; reservations required. United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 432-2870.

HOLIDAY TRAIN -- 1:15 p.m.

Canadian Pacific Holiday Train stops in Oneonta to collect food donations for North American food banks. James Georgeson railroad crossing outside Neahwa Park, Oneonta. Info, www.cpr.ca.

WORKSHOP -- 4 p.m. Oneonta Concert Association presents, “The Making of Portals” workshop shows how Tim Fain’s multi-media show came together. Free.

Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org.

EMPTY BOWLS -- 5-6:30 p.m.

Hartwick College hosts 3rd annual Empty Bowls soup supper, an event to raise awareness of hunger and poverty in local communities, $15 per handmade bowl to fill with soup. Music Circle, Anderson Center, Hartwick College, One Hartwick Dr, Oneonta. Info, Rozene, (607) 4314833, rozenes@hartwick.edu.

LANDSCAPE FORUM -- 7 p.m.

“Oral Histories of the Land: A Community Dialogue About Our Natural Landscaping.” Post Office Conference Room, Hanford Mills Museum, 51 County Hwy.

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A-9 12, East Meredith. Info, (607) 278-5744.

RAVE -- 7:30 p.m. O-GASM: Experience the Explosion. DJ SnowMiser at the Oneonta Theatre. $10. 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 643-4022.

Friday, November 30

OPEN HOUSE -- 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Book signing and overrun fabric/ rug sale. Thistle Hill Weavers, Baxter Rd., Cherry Valley.

Info, (518) 284-2729.

RUMMAGE SALE -- 9 a.m.-noon Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3491.

MOVIE -- 6:30 & 9 p.m. SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Theatre presents The Borne Legacy. Free with SUCO ID, $3 to all others.

108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3500.

DINNER -- 5-7 p.m. Family Services Association annual pork dinner. $9 adults, $5 kids, under 5 free. American Legion at 279 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-2870.

CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m.

Oneonta Concert Association presents Tim Fain’s multi-media violin show. Tickets at The Green Toad Bookstore and Eighth Note.

The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, www. oneontaconcertassociation.org.

Saturday, December 1

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, rain or shine. Info, (607) 5476195, www.otsego2000.org ONEONTA FARMERS’ MARKET -- 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Locally-grown fruits, vegetables, flowers, more.

Weekly entertainment. Garage Walkway, Main St. Plaza (in front of Clarion Hotel). Info, www.

Oneontafarmersmarket.com OPEN HOUSE -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Book signing, overrun sale.

Thistle Hill Weavers, Baxter Rd., Cherry Valley. Info, (518) 2842729.

COMMUNITY SERVICE -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 4-H SOS helps Sandy victims by sewing hats, gloves, and pillow cases. Materials provided. Please bring machines and supplies. Also accepting donations until 12/10. New Lisbon Town Hall, 908 Co. Rd. 16, Garrattsville. Info, (607) 547-2536.

OPERA -- 12:55 p.m. The Metropolitan Opera Season continues at Foothills Performing Arts Center. Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito. 24 Market St., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 431-2080.

MOVIE -- 6:30 & 9 p.m. SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Theatre presents The Borne Legacy. Free

with SUCO ID, $3 to all others.

108 Ravine Pkwy., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3500.

CHORAL CONCERT -- 7:30 p.m.

The Catskills Choral Society annual Winter Concert Tickets: Adv: $17 Adults/$12 Seniors/$10 Students, At the Door: $20 Adults/ $15 Seniors/ $10 Students.

Limited seating. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, catskillchoralsociety.org.

TRIBUTE -- 9 p.m. Get the Led Out pays tribute to Led Zeppelin.

The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, tickets, (607) 643-4022.

Sunday, December 2

ALTERNATIVE MARKET -- Noon-1 p.m. Market features Heifer Int., Habitat for Humanity, Church World Service and more.

First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8401.

MOVIE -- 1, 6:30, & 9 p.m.

SUNY Oneonta Red Dragon Theatre presents The Borne Legacy.

Free with SUCO ID, $3 to all others. 108 Ravine Pkwy, Oneonta.

Info (607) 432-3500.

FIRE HISTORY -- 2 p.m. Jim Tallman and Al Keck discuss history of the Cooperstown Fire Department, most memorable fires, and modern challenges.

Downstairs meeting room of Village Library Building, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8199.

OPEN HOUSE -- 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Butternut Valley Alliance open house offers local crafts, music, refreshments, presentation of the BVA Excellence Award. Empire Hotel, 136 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2064.

WRITER’S CIRCLE – 4 p.m.

Smithy Pioneer Gallery provides feedback for writers of all levels.

55 Pioneer St, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8671.

HARVEST DINNER – 6 p.m.

Butternut Valley Alliance Fall Harvest Dinner. Reservations requested. The Empire Hotel, 32 Marion Ave., Gilbertsville. Info, (607) 783-2859.

Monday, December 3

TESTING -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free rapid HIV testing. Planned Parenthood, 37 Dietz St., Oneonta.

Info, (607) 432-2252.

SPAGHETTI DINNER -- 5-7 p.m.

Boy Scout Troop 1254 spaghetti dinner. Grand Canyon trip fundraiser. $7 adult, $5 child. Fly Creek United Methodist Church, 852 Cty. Hwy 26. Fly Creek.

PRESENTATION -- 6:45 p.m.

Rachel Stevenson discusses famous art thefts in “Art Theft: Fact and Fiction.” 62 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-1980.

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MLS#86474 - Charming 4 BR, 2½ bath, Cooperstown village home w/updated kitchen, granite countertops, newer appliances, large private yard and garage. $234,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

MLS#85820 - Very nice country home w/3 BRs, 2 baths and 2-car garage, just minutes to the village, and a few miles from both Otsego and Canadarago Lakes. $139,000 Call Kathy @ 607-267-2683

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MLS#87038 - 3 BR, 2.5 bath home on 2.67+/-acres.

3 levels of living space w/open floorplan, outside deck and balconies. Vaulted ceiling, kitchen, DR, LR, 2 BR and full bath. Second flr master suite w/full bath and balcony.

2-car detached garage w/workshop area and storage space. Minutes to Cooperstown and Fly Creek. $205,000 Call Kathy @ 607-267-2683

MLS#85275 - 3-4 BR, 2 bath farmhouse w/2 lrg barns on 1 acre. Completely renovated, w/lots of new: plumbing, replacement windows, metal roofs, exterior paint, furnace and oil tank. Spacious renovated kitchen, hardwood flrs, sun porch, fireplace, clean htd basement w/workshop. $195,000 Call Tom @ 607-435-2068

New listing! MLS#87096 - Cedar-sided Cape on over 8 acres in Cooperstown school district. Open floorplan w/full bath and 2 BR on 1st flr. Kitchen w/slate flrs, spacious master BR w/skylight and cathedral ceiling. Full bath and a 4th BR on 2nd flr. Family rm, office, possible 5th BR and laundry rm. $269,900 Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026

MLS#86265 - Great location! High traffic and great visibility on Main St in Oneonta. 3000 sq ft bldg, numerous rooms, office space, bathrms, clean full basement, parking for 20+ cars, handicapped accessible, very well maintained. $235,000 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234 All offers considered!

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MLS#85578 – Location, seclusion and views make this solid contemporary ideal for working, living, and playing.

Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bring Offers! $239,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633

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MLS#86251 - Ranch home a mile from town with 4 BRs, open floorplan, garage, nice backyard…many updates! $139,000 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234

MLS#84000 - Westford log home on 5 acres with many updates and a large 4-car garage…secluded and close to 801 acres of State land! $186,900 Call Brad @ 607-434-9234

MLS#85154 - Village Greek Revival, 4 BR, 1 ½ bath, 2+ car garage. Spacious rooms, eat-in kitchen, DR, LR, office/den, storage/workshop, original wood floors, newer carpeting, and lrg back deck. Recent improvements include new septic, hwh and newer furnace! Cooperstown Schools. $139,000 Call Kathy @ (607) 267-2683

MLS#86980 - 4 BR apt over a 1000 sq ft commercial office space or storefront. This home features hardwood floors, high ceilings, built-in cupboards and shelves, wood window shutters, and more. Lots of storage including a walk-up attic, 2-car attached garage, and 4-bay garage. $189,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068

If you’re looking for where the wild things are, this 83+ acre natural wildlife sanctuary in Otsego County, just minutes from downtown Oneonta, two colleges and culture, is the place for you! Small, partially remodeled farmhouse with recent updates. Acres upon acres of open space pledged to remain in its natural condition! Come take a look and a hike, and please don’t forget your boots. MLS# 87908 $215,000

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3 bedrooms, 2 baths in Springfield. $78,000 Listing #86266

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The best of both worlds–a charming farmhouse on nearly 4.5 acres, only 2.5 miles to the village of Cooperstown. This 1850s Victorian farmhouse has 4 BRs, 2 baths, a wonderful post-and-beam barn w/horse stalls, and beautiful perennials and stone walls. A welcoming side porch leads to an eat-in kitchen and large family room with vaulted ceiling and fireplace with Jotul woodstove. Private deck off the kitchen is lovely for outdoor dining.

DR, parlor, first-floor BR, and full bath w/laundry complete the first floor.

Wonderful wide plank wood floors throughout. Upstairs are 3 BRs, an office or large walk-in closet, and full bath. Plenty of room outside for gardens and/or animals. Cooperstown Schools. Offered Co-Exclusively by Ashley Connor Realty $349,000

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