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‘ORGANIZING PRINCIPLE’ BEARS FRUIT

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The Rev. Dane Boston, Christ Episcopal Church’s new rector, accepts his congregation’s applause as he was inducted before a packed church Wednesday, Dec. 21. With him are wife Debbie, daughter Eleanor and son Fritz.

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uesday, Jan. 3, William Crankshaw, Cooperstown Central’s new superintendent, will be introduced to students, faculty and staff at assemblies at the middle/ high school and the elementary school. Crankshaw, who has led the Remsen Central district in the Adirondacks, succeed C.J. Hebert, who was killed in an ATV accident near his Cobleskill home last fall. Michael Virgil, the retired Morris Central superintendent, served as interim. TAKING HOLIDAY: Bassett Healthcare Network outpatient health centers, primary care centers and specialty clinics, with the exception of dialysis and convenient care, will be closed Monday, Jan. 2. For available services, see

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Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich reviews her “Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework,” the plan from her first few weeks in office in 2008 that fully flowered during 2016. Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal

College Excels In Construction, Curriculum, Community Leadership By JIM KEVLIN

ext, the Center for Collaboration & Innovation. Four Hartwick College students are currently Stanford University Innovation Fellows, learning to be “agents of change” when they return to Oyaron Hill. Yes, President Margaret L. Drugovich, the energizer college president, is just going to keep on going and going.

And this, at the end of quite a year, where Hartwick completed its record $32 million “Campaign for Hartwick,” began building a $7 million “living-learning center,” adjusted academic offerings and added four new courses (with more to come), and increased incoming Class of 2020 enrollment by a quarter. Foremost, however, was its leadership in accelerating Otsego

County as “The Finger Lakes of Beer,” as its Center for Craft Food & Beverage took its client list over 50, receiving one $250,000 state grant and contributing to the atmosphere that won Governor Cuomo’s $3 million grant so building of Oneonta’s “food hub” can begin in the spring. All of this was recognized, with the college named Otsego Now’s “Partner of the Year” in the spring, and the Otsego Chamber of

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Commerce naming Hartwick the Chamber/Excellus Breakthrough Award winner for 2016 in the fall. For a banner year in strengthening Hartwick College’s financial picture, enhancing its status locally and nationally, and innovating in ways that benefit all of Otsego County and its citizens, Margaret L. Drugovich has been selected as Hometown Oneonta, The Freeman’s Journal, and www.AllOTSEGO. com’s 2017 Citizen of the Year. Please See CITIZEN, A4

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ris, Hall president, who was visiting family in Cooperstown over the Christmas holiday. “We’re losing COOPERSTOWN artists who appeal across multiple By LIBBY CUDMORE generations.” ach year, the tribute reel With the Dec. 25 death of “Faith” played before the Rock & and Wham! singer George Michael, t a banking conferRoll Hall of Fame’s induction 53, Harris reflected on a year that ence in New York ceremony gets longer. has seen many rock icons and Hall City, Bob Moyer, “The rock community is an of Fame members pass away, then president of Wilber aging community,” said Greg HarPlease See HARRIS, A3 Bank, and Doug Gulotty, Greg Harris By LIBBY CUDMORE

his right-hand man, had a problem. “Key Bank was on before us, and they gave this unbelievable presentation,” said Gulloty, who later would succeed Moyer as bank Please See MOYER, A3

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When Stars Depart, Rock Hall Mourns For Year With Music, Artifacts HARRIS/From A1 including David Bowie and Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey in January, Prince and Merle Haggard in April and Leonard Cohen in early December. “When one of our members passes, we lower the flag and we play their music inside the Hall for the whole day,” said Harris in an interview at The Freeman’s Journal & Hometown Oneonta offices. “We also put up their artifacts and images in a memorial exhibition, which stay up for 12 months.” Currently in the case are items from Prince’s “Purple

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Rain” tour, a guitar from Elvis’ guitarist Scotty Moore and several original Beatles scores from producer George Martin, all who died in 2016. “It’s getting pretty crowded in there,” he said. After Bowie’s death, several of his legendary costumes were put on display, and a banner was hung for fans to write tributes. “We sent that to his family,” said Harris. “The idea is to celebrate these artist’s creations more than mourn their passing.” And in June, in honor of what would have been Prince’s 58th birthday, the Hall hosted

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an outdoor dance party, with nationally-renown DJs and EDM artists mixing Prince songs. “We had a couple thousand people, from age 50 to teenagers, show up and dance,” he said. “At the end of the night, we washed the building in purple.” Though Michael was not a member of the Hall, Harris, a Cooperstown Graduate Program graduate, said they had items of his in the collection. “We embrace rock & roll in all formats, including New Wave and dance music.” Rock & Roll is a relatively new form, Harris said, and

as such, many of the earliest founders are getting older. “The clock keeps ticking on all of us,” he said. “In the early days, people didn’t picture rock & roll growing old, but these musicians are still being embraced by younger audiences.” He continued, “Unlike a lot of other artists and celebrities, we live with these people’s music for dozens of years. We may not go back to a movie or other art forms, but we go back to music daily, weekly, when we need something that speaks to our soul. And when that person passes away, it’s extremely powerful, because

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OBITUARIES With Wife Joan, Moyers Were ‘Mr. & Mrs. Oneonta’ MOYER/From A1 president. “All we had was a projector and he was going to talk.” But Moyer had a plan. “We got some T-shirts out of the car and he had me disassemble the projector,” said Gulloty. “He apologized for our equipment failure, threw T-shirts to the crowd, and gave the whole speech. “It was memorable. He knew he couldn’t fight Bob Moyer it, so he had fun.” Moyer, 84, who as president of the former Wilber National Bank – it had 22 local branches, in Cooperstown, Richfield Springs and many smaller communities – was a leading business figure in Otsego County for a quarter-century, passed away Friday, Dec. 23, 2016. (A full obituary was being prepared at press time, and when available will be published on www.allotsego. com.) “He was a community leader,” said Rob Robinson, former Otsego County Chamber of Commerce executive director. “When things had to move forward, Bob was there

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to make it happen.” He was born Dec. 21, 1932. Bob met his future wife, the former Joan Fallon, in Albany in 1960, and married her the same year. In April 1965, he became the assistant trust officer at Key Bank and moved the family, by then including children Terri, Kathy and Scott, to Oneonta. He soon joined Wilber Bank and quickly rose through the ranks. He served as chief executive officer from 1972 until his retirement in 1997, and also held the title of president most of that time, according to his Bloomberg profile. “He was very visionary,” said Gulloty. “Early on, he developed a relationship with IBM that helped create the

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COOPERSTOWN – Anne Marie Sinnott, 88, who lived in Cooperstown since 1983, died peacefully on Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, at Focus Otsego, with family members by her side. She is the mother of County Clerk Kathy Sinnott Gardner. Anne was born in Brooklyn on Oct. 15, 1928, daughter of Thomas and Agnes (Carroll) Collopy. Raised in Brooklyn, Anne met her future husband, Victor C. Sinnott there and they married on April 22, 1950, at Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn. Her devoted husband Victor was by her side every day of almost 67 years of marriage. Anne was very devoted to her family and was much loved by all six of her children – two sons and four daughters. She was a warm and loving grandmother and great-grandmother to her eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In addition to being a voracious reader (often reading several mystery novels at the same time), she loved to bake and take long walks. A true lady, Anne never spoke a harsh word of anyone and lived her life with grace. She will be deeply missed by her husband and her family. She is survived by five of her six children, including Daniel (Cathy) Sinnott of Thompson, PA; Patricia Sinnott of Toddsville; Kathy (Paul) Sinnott-Gardner of Middlefield; John (Zhayde) Sinnott of Rocky Point, L.I., and Maureen (Frank) Heffernan of Northampton, Pa. Also, one sister-in-law Roberta Wood of Middlefield. Anne Marie was predeceased in 2012 by her daughter, Eileen Marie Sinnott. She was also

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Caring, Courage, Practicality, Enthusiasm – The Whole Package

ith the selection of Hartwick College President Margaret L. Drugovich, our 11th Citizen of the Year, the program enters its second decade. And at Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal, choosing our most outstanding Otsego County neighbor has become one of the greatest pleasures of the annual news cycle. Of course it is. What could be more fun – and more satisfying – than choosing the citizens who have contributed the most in the previous 12 months to making our county – our home – a happier, more prosperous, more forward-looking, more problem-solving place? • In thinking back over the last decade, certain qualities emerge. One is caring. That was certainly the case last year, when the four horsemen of the anti-heroin fight were celebrated: Cooperstown Police Chief Mike Covert, The Good

Samaritan; County Judge Brian D. Burns, The Oracle; LEAF Executive Director Julie Dostal, The General, and District Attorney John M. Muehl, The Enforcer. Another quality is courage: The first Citizen of the Year, in 2007, Cherry Valley Supervisor Tom Garretson, comes to mind. To alter his position and oppose wind turbines in his hilly, scenic town was personal – he had to break with family and friends. And yet he did what he thought was right. Another is fresh thinking. The Oneonta Charter Commission (2010) comes to mind, which concluded after a year of study that City Hall simply had to professionalize. Now that’s more important than ever, as Governor Cuomo recognizes “Authentic Oneonta” as a community at a tipping point. Is state government going to throw Internet Age dollars at a Telegram Age apparatus? Certainly not, as Mayor Gary Herzig now understands.

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Another is practicality: The Hager family (2013), Anheuser Busch heirs, saw the possibilities in linking hop growing (Hager Hops) with beermaking (Cooperstown Brewing Co.) with marketing and distribution (Northern Eagle Beverage), and have put

together what promises to be the perhaps most-powerful player in “The Finger Lakes of Beer.” Another is determination. The diminutive Cooperstown Mayor Carol Waller comes to mind, piecing together a successful plan to manage huge crowds that descended on the tiny village during the Cal Ripkin-Tony Gwynn Induction of 2008. (And when the downtown trash receptacles began to overflow, she grabbed a broom to help the village cleanup crew.) • In addition to her trademark energy and enthusiasm, Margaret L. Drugovich demonstrates all these qualities: Caring, fresh thinking, practicality, determination and, yes, courage. In reviewing this year’s Citizen of the Year profile, you’ll see all of those and how they are creating, indeed, a “Beacon on Oyaron Hill.” What Drugovich has done in eight years has stabilized the college, and assured its continuing

contribution to the wellbeing of the Greater Oneonta community, which includes Cooperstown. But it couldn’t happen without bold steps. When the Crash of 2008 hit, she made the painful cuts necessary. When enrollment dipped, she put the pieces in place to turn it around. When challenged by a part the faculty, she built a consensus outcome. No hot-house rose here. No wilting when the sun starts to burn. “The board needs you to lead,” the president reflected in an interview. “The board can support you – but you still have to lead.” The board, yes. And the students, and the faculty, and the community at large. Margaret L. Drugovich’s leadership began paying big dividends across the board in 2016 – and support for all the initiatives that are starting to work can assure support across the board in return.

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From Parents, Learned Lessons Of Contributing To Community CITIZEN/From A1 Quite a year. But all eight of Drugovich’s years in the president’s corner office at Yager Hall have been filled with innovation, beginning in summer 2008 when, newly hired that July 1, she sketched out her “Organizing Principle and Strategic Framework” on a pad on the flight back from Utah after a meeting with Karl Mosch, then chair of the Hartwick trustees. Innovation, and challenges overcome. Richard P. Miller Jr., her predecessor (and later Oneonta mayor), had pulled Hartwick, a spinoff from the Lutheran seminary that began offering classes on Oyaron Hill in 1928, from the financial precipice. But who could have predicted the Crash of 2008 – the bank collapse began on Sept. 18 – and the need to impose austerity measures across campus the following spring? ►Raised On Ohio Farm The future president – she would be the first family member to attend college – was born in 1959 in Harpersfield, Ohio, in Ashtabula County, south of Lake Erie, the daughter of Frank and Mary Drugovich, children of immigrants from

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Yugoslavia, who had met and married in Cleveland. While Margaret and her brother and sister were growing up, the family grew Concord grapes on 35 of their 100 acres under contract with Welch’s National Grape Cooperative Association, and the kids would pull brush in the winter and pick grapes in the fall. Both parents were active in their farming community, he in the Knights of Columbus and the volunteer fire company, she as town clerk, as a “Cinderella” – in the fire department auxiliary – and in the Altar & Rosary Society. When tragedy struck, the Drugoviches could always be depended on to participate in ox roasts and bake sales in support of neighbors. “When your parents

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do these things,” said the daughter, “their children absorb it.” While the teen – “second or third” in her high school class – was working at the Dairy Queen in Geneva on the Lake, she was introduced to a Dominican nun, a sister of St. Mary of the Springs, who offered to help her enroll in Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Conn., down the street from Yale. “Great! Why not?” she thought. ►Off To East Coast So in the fall of 1977, her parents packed up the pickup truck and carried their daughter and her belongings to the East Coast. Thinking back, it must have been a bit daunting for them to leave the Midwest for the first time: “They had never been to New York, never been to Boston.” By her senior year, the voracious student had worked her way through Albertus Magnus’ offering. She walked down the street, knocked on Dr. Rob Contreras’ Yale office, and was slicing rat brains and creating slides to study linkages to overeating. “I loved the order of research,” Drugovich said. Her parents hadn’t graduated from high school, but were always supportive of their book-reading daughter. Her college graduation A grape farm in Harpersfield, Ohio, where the future college president grew up, reading voraciously and working on the family farm.

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– magna cum laude – “was the only time I saw my father cry.” In the decade ahead, she would work in Ohio State’s sleep lab, affiliate with Brown University’s gerontology center, and become executive assistant to Bryant College’s Bill Truehart, the first black president of a four-year college in New England. ►’I See It Different Now’ That almost convinced her never to seek a college presidency. “The presidency is a 24-hour, sevenday-a-week job – from early morning, through the day and into the night,” she said,

although she added, “I see it dency. Generally accepted a little different now.” now, that was “really a big She also witnessed the deal in the mid-2000s.” schism that led to Truehart’s That status had been a resignation. “The Bryant source of discomfort in board divided on an issue an earlier college search, of principle” – the most dif- but was never an issue at ficult to navigate – “and he Hartwick, said Drugovich. got caught in the middle.” That was affirmed in 2010, She learned: when the “Principles Chronicle are in peoof Higher ple’s DNA.” Education Rising to assigned reBryant’s dean porter Robin of admisWilson to sion and spend a week financial aid, exploring Early Mentors: Yale’s how things she moved in 1998 to a Rob Contreras, left, and were going. similar role at Bryant College PresiThe resultOhio Wesley- dent Bill Trueheart. ing headline an, and was said it all, vice president for strategic “For Hartwick College’s communications when the President, an Unexpectedly Hartwick College presidenGood Fit.” Said Drugovich, cy opened up in 2008. “They were amazed at the She had recently complet- openness of the commued her doctorate in mannity.” agement at Case Western If Drugovich was ready Reserve, where she was also for more, so were the a fellow at the Mandel Cen- Hartwick trustees. “They ter for Nonprofit Organizahad lots of priorities – nine. tions, and was burning with And they were big prioriideas. “It was clear to me I ties.” They were impressed was going to need a greater by her enthusiasm and enchallenge.” ergy, but mostly they were By now a mother of two convinced by “my ability to in a non-traditional relation- do what needs to be done.” ship with Beth Steele, now “There is no full preparaHartwick’s director of adtion for the presidency,” she vancement, she wondered if said. “You need to bring her personal status would be your best skills forward and a stumbling block to a presiPlease See CITIZEN, A5

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Breaking ground on the $3 million William V. Campbell Fitness Center Friday, May 10, 2013, were, from left, Geoff Smith, Dewar Foundation trustee; Hartwick Trustee Carol Ann Hamilton Coughlin, ‘86, “It’s Personal” campaign chair; Diane Hettinger, ‘77, acting chair, Hartwick Board of Trustees; college President Margaret Drugovich; Brian Cook, ‘16, student; Megan Fallon, Dewar Union director, and Hartwick Trustees A. Bruce Anderson, ‘73, and Debra Fischer French, ‘80. The center opened in 2015; the $32 million “Campaign for Hartwick Students” launched that weekend was concluded this year, $2.7 million over goal.

Drugovich and Francis Landrey, chairman of the Hartwick trustees, accept a $250,000 check from Senator Seward last January to fully launch the Center for Craft Food & Beverage.

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CITIZEN/From A4 adapt and learn.” A new challenge for the new president was fundraising, and she quickly embraced it. Her approach: Develop relationships. Earn donors’ confidence. “You have to link the need of the institution and their interests,” she said. A case in point was Intuit’s Campbell, who chaired the Columbia University trustees at the time Dr. Jim Elting, a pal and crew teammate from their undergraduate days, chaired the Hartwick trustees. Campbell came to Oyaron Hill as commencement speaker in 2010, and “loved everything about this place. Everything seemed so right.” Drugovich was unable to attend a dinner the night before, so Campbell sat next to Beth Steele, and they hit it off. When the president visited him on the West Coast, he’d ask her to bring her partner along. Campbell was interested in fitness and athletics, so the fitness center seemed a natural. When he donated the $1 million, he was asked why and reportedly replied: Because they – Elting and Drugovich – asked me. The challenge of fundraising had turned into a pleasure: “It’s been one of the greatest privileges of this job, to spend time with

In 2016, Multiple Hartwick Initiatives Came To Fruition

any of the ideas Margaret L. Drugovich outlined in the summer of 2008 during her first weeks as Hartwick College president in her “Organizing Principle & Strategic Framework” flowered in 2016: ►On Jan. 22, state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, announced he had obtained a $250,000 grant for his alma mater to accelerate development of the Center for Craft Food & Beverage, aimed at providing critical testing to ensuring quality and consistency in the state’s fast-growing brewery sector. ►Also that month, Drugovich was appointed to the NCAA Division III president’s council, the latest of number high-level appointments that raise Hartwick’s visibility on the national stage. ►On May 26, Otsego Now declared Hartwick College its “Partner of the Year,” recognizing the Food & Beverage Center would help make Oneonta the entry point for tourism to the “Finger Lakes of Beer,” and exit point for natural crops aimed at closing the $3 billion supply-demand gap in New York City. ►At the end of May, the college president could confirm enrollments had rebounded from 300 in the Class of 2019, a scary 100 short of goal, to 373 in the Class of 2020, 24 percent increase. The vice president/enrollment services, Karen McGrath, recruited by Drugovich the year before, had delivered. people who are truly generous.” Drugovich’s “Organizing Principle” strategic plan aimed at trustees’ priorities that ranged from financial performance to student satisfaction, from employee performance to the college’s “image and reputation.”

In April, Drugovich accepts applause on Hartwick being named “Partner of the Year” at Otsego Now’s annual meeting at the Cooperstown Distillery.

To expedite implementation, the president meets weekly with her cabinet – Vice Presidents Gregg Fort, college advancement; Sydney Rose Leo, finance; McGrath, enrollment; Meg Nowak, student affairs, and Tannenbaum, academic affairs (as well as provost).

►On June 6, work began on a $7 million “learning-living complex,” part of $30 million in on-campus construction and renovations. (This followed the opening of the William V. Campbell Fitness Center in 2015, made possible by a $1 million gift from the Intuit chairman.) ►On July 21, the college announced the record $32 million capital “Campaign for Hartwick Students,” launched in 2013, had reached and surpassed its goal by $2.7 million. Much of that money goes to undergrad tuition relief. ►As the 2016-17 academic year began, Provost Michael G. Tannenbaum announced four new majors – Criminal Justice; Environment, Sustainability and Society, Actuarial Mathematics, and Global Studies – had been submitted to the state Regents for approval. The Regents made it official on Nov. 17. ►On Oct. 20, the Otsego County Chamber of Commerce gave its annual Chamber/Excellus Breakthrough Award to the Craft Food & Beverage center, whose customer list had grown from one to 53 since director Aaron McLeod had arrived in July 2015. ►As if to bookend the year’s accomplishments, in December, Governor Cuomo announced a $3 million grant to allow construction to begin next summer on the Susquehanna Food & Beverage Center at the foot of Oneonta’s Chestnut Street, inspired by Hartwick’s initiative. The vice presidents, in turn, meet weekly with their lieutenants, ensuring forward movement toward goals. “You make (the plan) part of the budgetary process,” she said. “You attach spending to your goals. Many of the initiatives that bore fruit this year

grew out of the original document: The Craft Food & Beverage center, the construction and renovations, the new, market-driven majors. For example, Hartwick’s first master’s degree, translational biomedical research management, aimed at “translating”

promising medical research into medical practice. But challenges can test a president’s mettle more than successes. As the impacts of the Crash of 2008 were becoming clear, Drugovich laid off nine full-time and five parttime staff in January 2009, cushioning the impact when the Dow Jones average fell 54 percent on March 9 and college endowments dove. When a transition in the admission office caused the sharp enrollment drop – a $1.68 million mistake – Drugovich combined layoffs and recruiting McGrath, who brought success at Norwich University. Last spring, recognizing a “no confidence” vote in the Faculty Senate was possible as the administration sought to realign majors to meet future student demands and some professors objected, Drugovich kept the trustees fully in the loop. When the vote came – 41 votes in the Faculty Senate carried the day, although the tally was well short of a majority of the 112-faculty cadre – the Hartwick board responded by extending Drugovich’s contract for another eight years. “The board needs you to lead,” the president reflected. “The board can support you – but you still have to lead.”

Drugovich and her Center for Craft Food & Bever- It wasn’t all work: Drugovich joins DeeJay Chuck age team accept the Otsego Chamber’s award in D’Imperio in determine the best meatballs in October at The Otesaga. Oneonta.

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HANUKKAH SERVICE – 6 p.m. Followed by latke potluck dinner. Temple Beth El, 83 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, http://www. templebetheloneonta.org/ FAMILY FLOAT NIGHT – 6:458:30 p.m. Winter white-out event. Pool will be filled with floats fitting the season with opportunity for snowball fights with friends. Oneonta YMCA, 20-26 Ford Ave., Oneonta. http://www.oneontaymca.org/

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FROSTBITE 5K – 1 p.m. 3rd race of the O’town Triple Crown. Begins on Market St., Oneonta near Sidney Federal Credit Union. Info, http://www.oneontaymca. org/ NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY – 7 p.m. Includes a DJ, the “Woody Pines” perform at 10 p.m., and an hors d’oeuvre buffet, two drink tickets. No dinner. Tickets $30. B-Side Ballroom, 1 Clinton Plaza Dr., Oneonta. Info, http:// bsideballroom.com/agenda-calendar/ NY EVE PARTY – 7 p.m.-midnight. Live music, dance lessons, activities for the children, fireworks at 10:17 p.m. and a dance party from 10 p.m.-midnight. A fun alcohol free way to ring in the New Year. Foothills Perform-

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MLS#107660 $229,900 38.8 Lakefront Acres Double-wide w/stick-built addition, pole barn and storage building. Nearly 2,000’ on State Rte 28. Many possibilities. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#107572 $349,900 Exceptional 4-season Home on Canadarago Lake Few lake homes have this comfort in/out. On one of the best lots currently available. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)

MLS#108359 $329,000 Special Financing Incentives Exceptional 4-BR, 3-bath eyebrow Colonial w/contemporary addition. 6.45+/- acres, large pond and arched bridge. Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#104980 $90,000 Numerous items included in sale! 3 BRs, 2 baths, pond, fabulous views on 5.79 surveyed acres. Take in some nature, hang out by the pond, fish, or just relax. Call Donna Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#106563 $149,900 Private! Lake Views! Near Cooperstown, open LR/DR/kitchen, huge covered deck. Pellet stove in LR, stone fireplace in family room. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#107984 $129,900 1890 Victorian Commanding location, city water and sewer. Antique furnishings considered. 4 BRs, 2 baths, sunroom, office, gorgeous woodwork. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#107854 $199,900 Remodeled Country Home 6 BRs, 2 baths, completely updated since 2007. 5.5 acres, insulated workshop/garage, barn, fenced pasture, large garden. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)

MLS#107692 $129,000 Fantastic Village Victorian! Meticulous former B&B w/4-5BRs, 3 baths, private entrance apartment, 2-story barnw/new overhead electric doors, pool. Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#108782 $284,767 Custom-Built 2008 Home 4 BRs, 2 baths. Fully finished walk-out basement has pellet stove, radiant heat. Family room w/fireplace. 7± mostly level acres. Call Donna Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#107667 $62,000 Build! 3.5-acre lot has private lake access and dock! Best of many worlds. Great views, and low taxes. Deed restricted subdivision, investment protected. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#106384 $249,000 Secluded and Private Hobby farm, Cooperstown schools, 3-BR, 2-bath ranch home with 33 ± acres! Horse barn w/6 stalls. Move-in ready! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#108273 $169,000 Remodeled Village Home The value is here. Priced Spacious 4 BR,invested, 2 bath house close to I-88.heating. Large for less than new issiding, roof, backyard, workshop/garage, small shed. Make Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell) your appointment today. Priced to go this week! Virtual tour: https://vimeo.com/194674639 Virtual Tour: www.RealEstateShows.com/708598

MLS#108232 $269,000 2.5+/-acres, 3 or 4 BRs, 2 baths, post-and-beam barn, additional 14+/- acres available. Country kitchen w/island, formal DR, LR w/built-ins, laundry. Call Katherine Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

MLS#107777 $159,999 Owner Says Sell! Waterfront home w/4 BRs, 1½ baths, was recently renovated. Would make a wonderful family home or dreams park rental. Call Donna A. Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#104054 $99,500 51.08 Acres Stream, 800’+ on State Rte 28, perfect for home, children to play, animals to roam or crops to grow. Between Cooperstown and Richfield Springs. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#106776 $282,000 Best price per sq ft in Oneonta! 4-BR, 3-bath home features radiant heat, solar panels, large master suite. Private, over 3,000 sq ft. Don’t miss this one! Call Carol A Olsen @ 607-434-7436 (cell)

MLS#108867 $379,000 Canadarago Lake 30 acres, 58’ lake frontage, amazing views. Hiking, boating, hunting. Built 1999, this combination of acreage/lake frontage is rare. Call Rodney Campbell @ 315-868-0148 (cell)

MLS#108142 $249,000 4 large BRs (1 w/attached room). Office w/separate entrance. Replacement windows, on-demand hot water, efficient furnace, new roof, 4+ acres. Call Melissa Klein @ 518-705-9849 (cell)

MLS#108342 $74,900 True Diamond in the Rough! Handyman special. This 5-BR, 2-bath house has potential, it just needs motivated buyers! Come see all it has to offer! Call Kristi Ough @ 607-434-3026 (cell)

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MLS#108746 $59,900 Store on first floor, live on second. Working deli until 2015. Make a great liquor store, restaurant, deli or home. Used to be a home, was converted in 1975. Call George (ROD) Sluyter @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

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What a Location! Privacy and incredible views overlooking the City of the Hills to the mountains beyond. This wonderful, move in condition 4-BR Dutch Colonial features refinished oak floors and woodwork. Inviting front foyer opens through French doors to DR, LR w/fireplace and built-in bookcases. Off the LR is sunroom/ den. Spacious kitchen offers abundance of natural light and gorgeous nature views. Mudroom off kitchen has lots of storage. Back BR has ¾ bath en suite. There are 3 additional BRs w/lots of closets, 2 have built-in window seats. Call now! MLS#105837 $187,500

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(7668) Welcoming 4-BR, 2-bath remodeled residence offers large rooms, office, formal DR, gas woodstove, newer windows, laminate flooring, modern kitchen, laundry. Garage, newer roof and electric, rocking-chair front porch. Cooperstown Schools. Hubbell’s Co-Exclusive—$219,900

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