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ome members of the public criticized the timing but others praised the STEM emphasis of CCS’ $6.6 million bond issue to be voted on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the middle/high school. Full story at
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ayor Jeff Katz plans to seek a second term in the March village elections, he confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 3. “I’m definitely in,” said Katz, “if everyone will have me.” The two other Village Jeff Katz Board members up for reelection, Deputy Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Trustee Lou Allstadt, said they also intend to run again. Katz and Tillapaugh are Democrats, but Allstadt said he intends to run as an indepenPlease See RACES, A6
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anta, top, and Mrs. Claus wave to the crowds on arriving at Pioneer Park Friday, Nov. 29. Indiana Dinneen, 2, and brother Maxwell, 4, were visiting their grandparents, Don and Sharon Oberriter, Fly Creek, and were brought by parents Tim and Megan Dinneen to see Santa’s arrival. Young Mia Allstadt, below, visitng grandparents Lou Allstadt and Melinda Hardin with her mom, was a few blinks from falling asleep awaiting the Jolly Old Elf.
Gulotty, Seward Visions Diverge Despite Summit
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A MESSIAH YEAR: The Voices of Cooperstown will present Handel’s “Messiah” at 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Christ Church, Cooperstown. Tickets, $18.00 ($10 for students), available at Augur’s.
Ec-Dev Consensus Being Sought At Marathon IDA Dec. 5 Meeting By JIM KEVLIN ONEONTA
THAT’S JAN. 17: Lou Allstadt and Chip Northrup’s presentation on how there is too little gas for fracking locally will be Jan. 17 at Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, not Dec. 17. Details forthcoming. GOING PRIVATE: Tops Friendly Markets, the threestate supermarket group with a store in Cooperstown Commons, Dec. 1 closed on its sale to a group of senior managers, including President/CEO Frank Curci.
Mayor To Run Again Allstadt, Tillapaugh Also Eye 2nd Terms
Resident Patrick McBrearty, Fly Creek, tells CCS Superintendent C.J. Herbert the $6.6 million bond issue to be voted on Wednesday, Dec. 11, shouldn’t have been scheduled during the Christmas season.
Public Input Mixed About $6.6M Bond
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A Autistic Son Inspires Mom’s Children’s Book By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN
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trip to Glimmerglass State Park and a car ride to New York City was all the inspiration Dr. Anouk van der Riet needed to write her children’s book, “Milan & Jack: An
Autism Friendship Story.” “We go to the beach a lot, and everything that happens to Milan in the story has happened to Sebastian,” she said. “We were driving to New York one day, and I just started writing the story on the back of a supermarket receipt.” Van der Riet, who practices at the Please See BOOK, A6
“long day” of “face-to-face conversations” may determine by week’s end how economic development will happen in Otsego County, according to IDA InHOMETOWN ONEONTA terim Director Doug Gulotty, left, and Gulotty. Seward shared the Thursday, Dec. 5, podium at a press the IDA board, meet- conference last year. ing in the Old City Hall, will consider two candidates for the position of county economic development director, he said. The discussions may affirm Gulotty’s conception of the director as a “facilitator,” or it may result in a strong executive who can be Please See EC-DEV, A6
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