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Moratorium On Tourist Rentals Likely Multiplying Lodging Worries Trustees
By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN
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fter a “rash of applications” raise some public concern, the
trustees are moving ahead on a nine-month moratorium on allowing homeowners to rent rooms to Dreams Park families and other tourists.
The Village Board scheduled a public hearing on the measure for 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, and it can then be voted on that evening, blocking additional tourist
accommodations, including new B&Bs, until next March. “It will freeze everything in place,” Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh advised the trustees at their monthly Please See RENTALS, A7
‘SANCTUARY’ LABEL STIRS BACK, FORTH
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s Cooperstown a “sanctuary village” in its attitude toward illegal aliens, as labeled in a headline on www. AllOTSEGO.com? Join the debate/A4
VALUABLE COOPERSTOWN BAT KILN SAVED Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal
Jon Maney, cxecutive director of Hyde Hall, displays a sketch from George Clarke’s collection in hopes that it will inspire other artists to submit their work to the first annual Hyde Hall Art Show in July/
MAYDAY! Firefighters Escape Collapsing Roof
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School Board’s 5 Candidates Facing Debate COOPERSTOWN
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he field has grown to five people seeking two seats on the Cooperstown Central school board, and they will exchange views at a League of Women Voters’ debate at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, in the high school cafeteria. Jeff Woeppel, the Bassett Hospital vice president, will be competing along with Tim Hayes, Kim Jastremski, Bruce Markusen and Gillian Spencer. Polls will be open 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, where residents will also vote on the proposed $19,061,927 budget for 2017-18. SAVING PLANET: Lou Allstadt, retired Mobil executive vice president, will speak on “The Plight of Fossil Fuels and the Rise of Renewables” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, at Templeton Hall.
By LIBBY CUDMORE HARTWICK
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alfway through fighting the smoky blaze that destroyed a newly Cooperstown Bat Co. billet-making mill, Hartwick Fire Capt. Ray Miller sounded three blows of the airhorn: The mayday signal – everyone out! “The building was beginning to buckle, and about a minute later, the roof collapsed,” he said, “Luckily, no one was hurt.” Sitting on his porch a few houses down Poplar Street, Scott Losee said he’d been out back and saw flames snaking up the southwest corner of the building almost to the roof line, then flagged housemate Racael Monroe and she called 911. Fire departments from Hartwick, Hartwick Seminary, Cooperstown, Milford, Fly Creek, Mount Vision, Victoria Claudy/Special to The Freeman’s Journal Laurens and Edmeston responded Cooperstown Volunteer firefighter Mike Donnelly sprays a blaze that destroyed former Phillips to a 6:20 p.m. call. Please See FIRE, A7 Lumber Co. mill in Hartwick, recently converted to bat billet fabricating by Cooperstown Bat Co.
Ainsley’s Angels Fly In Cider Run By LIBBY CUDMORE FLY CREEK
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PASSING SCENE: Ray Han, the noted artist who maintained homes in New York City and Cooperstown for decades, has passed away/OBITUARY, B6 Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
Kirt Mykytyn steers son son Nikolas in the annual Cider Run Saturday, April 22, in Fly Creek.
rowing up with cerebral palsy, Nikolas Mykytyn couldn’t play football and basketball like his brother Jakob played. “He never had his own thing,” said his father, Kirt. But now, he and his dad are some of the most recognizable runners in Otsego County, most recently crossing the finish line at Please See ANGELS, A3
FROM MULLER TO NEAHWA
1st LGBTQ Pridefest Organized In Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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et out the glitter and your rainbow best – Pridefest is coming to Oneonta. “After the Women’s March, I got involved in the Tri-County Women’s
coalition, helping groups to network,” said organizer Elayne Mosher-Campbell. “As part of that group, we realized that it would be a great time to have a Pride event.” On June 11, Otsego County’s first annual Oneonta Pride event will kick off at 10 a.m. with a Please See PRIDEFEST, A3
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