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Firefighter Wayde Clapper sports his vintage Cherry Valley Fire Department uniform during the department’s 200th anniversary parade Saturday, June 9.

$2.5 Million Sale Sets Record For Home In Village COOPERSTOWN

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ocal Realtors say Dreams Park proprietor Lou Presutti Jr. paid $2.5 million for the mansion at 10 Main St., which they called a record high sales price in the village.

The nearest contender was historic Edgewater, 1 Lake St., which sold for $1.6 million in 2011, they said.

NEW MARKET: The Fly Creek Farmers’ Market returns for the season 3-6 p.m.

June 19, and every Wednesday into September, across from the United Methodist Church on Route 26. Fresh vegetables, handmade items, farm products.

TROLLEYS ON HOLD: Because the village’s trolley drivers are also school-bus drivers, the village has announced that trolleys will only run weekends through the end of the school year.

FOND FAREWELL: The Cooperstown United Methodist Church will celebrate the 10 years of service of Rev. Sundar and Deb Samuel 2-4 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at a reception at the church.

He has been reassigned to East Greenbush.

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CONSTERNATION ON MAIN STREET

Server Failure Knocks Out New Pay & Display System

By LIBBY CUDMORE

WINNING WAYS

Oneonta’s Taylor Trombley, a Hartwick sophomore, claimed the John Moffat Perpetual Trophy and kept other top honors in Otsego County.

Cooperstown’s Avalon Kubis takes a jump at the 17th annual Farmers’ Museum Benefit Horse Show Sunday, June 9, at Iroquois Farm, on Route 33 south of the village.

Young riders from throughout Central New York participated in the contest.

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t the entrance to Doubleday Field, drivers waited almost 10 minutes to complete a Pay & Display transactions. Families criss-crossed The Freeman’s Journal Main Street seeking A dad and son from a parking meter that Lodi, Calif., scrutinize worked, with no a screen. luck there either.

It was Thursday, June 6 – Day 13 of the village’s Pay & Display machines – and the devices refused to accept credit cards, frustrating visitors and residents alike.

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Energized Schwerd Casts Net For Ideas ‘Commerce Chenango’ Expert Due

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nergized by Sandy Mathes’ economic-development ideas, county Rep. Betty Ann Schwerd, R-Edmeston, is casting her net farther for inspiration on increasing local prosperity.

Schwerd Mathes, former Greene County IDA director, was in the county Wednesday, June 5, and Friday, June 7, at county Board Please See JOBS, A5

Land Trust Plans To Celebrate Deowongo Island Acquisition

Hawkeyes’ Coach Among Winningest Shwan Took Bill Murray’s Advice

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“community dedication” is planned at 11 a.m.

Saturday, June 22, for Deowongo Island, the Otsego Land Trust’s new acquisition in Canadarago Lake.

Speakers will include Tom Porter, spiritual leader of the Mohawk Community of Kanatsiohareke near Fonda; David Arquette, director of the Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force at Akwesasne; Ryan Fagan of the Canadarago Lake Improvement Association, and Land Trust Executive Director Virginia Kennedy.

Free boat rides to the dedication leave between 10 and 10:30 a.m. from the Canadarago Public Boat Launch. Canoe & Kayak Rentals & Sales at 286-7349 is offering discounted rentals.

By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN

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ill Murray may be best known for a movie about golf, but the “Caddyshack” star had a few words of wisdom for baseball coach Daniel Shwam when he was just starting out as the coach of the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks.

Ian Austin/The Freeman’s Journal “We had lost our first six games on the Hawkeyes Coach Dan Shwam has road,” Shwam lamented. “And we lost to the a record-breaking record.

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arly Busse, daughter of Rich and Kathryn Busse, Cooperstown, is among the 15 Frank and Peggy Steele interns at the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer.

A graduate of CCS, Class of 2011, Carly is a junior at St. John Fisher College, majoring in communications.

She is interning in the membership department.

NAZARETH GRAD: Joelle Lachance, daughter of Michael and Carol Lachance, Fly Creek, received a bachelor of music in music education from Nazareth College May 12.

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Perspectives

THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013

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EDITORIAL

Paid-Parking Problems Dramatize Need To Professionalize

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nyone with any pride in Cooperstown would have been ashamed.

Thursday morning, June 6, the machines stopped.

The Parking & Display machines.

Visitors were lined up five and six deep in front of the one at the entrance to Doubleday Field, where they reported transactions were taking 7-9 minutes.

Dreams Park families were crossing Main Street back and forth, looking for a parking machine that worked. Tourists were walking through the coffee shops, asking locals what to do.

After The Freeman’s Journal – a bit insistently, granted – asked ATI, the Troy-based software provider, for a detailed explanation on Monday, June 10, four days after the failure, Parkeon Marketing Director Sean Renn provided Mayor Katz with the letter that appears on this page.

What he didn’t say, at ATI let slip, was that a server failure caused systems to go blank up and down the East Coast, as far away as Virginia – in itself, not reassuring, to say the least.

Nor did the letter go into reports of credit cards being chewed up, or the sometime failure of machines to issue receipts. Nor was there a detailing of the failure to implement the 50-centsper-15-minutes option – essential to allowing local folks without permits to run errands downtown – for several days after the installation.

For now, let’s reserve judgment on assertions by Parkeon that “this is not a regular occurrence.” Let’s hope not! Obviously, if the machines don’t work dependably, they must be pulled out root and branch, as immediately as that may become clear. Meanwhile, any lost revenues should be charged back to the compa-

ny or deducted from the bill.

• From those who receive more, more is expected.

The Village Board has voted, unanimously, to remove between a quarter- and half-million dollars from private pockets this summer. And yet, very little has changed otherwise to ensure the money will be collected efficiently, accounted for accurately and spent prudently.

What comes to mind is the entrepreneur who builds an “automatic” car wash or a Laundromat, thinking all that’s involved is collecting the cash every day or two.

In fact, maintaining such facilities requires excruciating attention.

Village government missed this subtlety, right from the start. The P&D machines should have been tested, then installed, then retested to ensure they were working dependably before the system went live.

Clearly, a system is lacking to inspect the machines daily, and to react to any failure immediately by placing the “Free Parking Today” shrouds on non-

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Welcome to Cooperstown! functioning machines.

• This dynamic – Village Hall extracting more money from the public, and blithefully ignoring the associated responsibility – is part of a piece. For instance: • In recent months, the new – and able – police chief, Mike Covert, in reviewing departmental operations, discovered that more than $400,000 in parking fines had gone uncollected over three years. Village boards had raised fines from $15 to $35, funded a vigorous parking-enforcement effort (probably too vigorous) and antagonized who knows

how many thousands of visitors, who returned, badmouthing us, to the world at large. For nothing.

• Five years ago, when extensive street work on Irish Hill was completed and found to be faulty, the village considered suing the various contractors. Since the village DPW acted as clerk of the works, however, and had signed off on the particulars, there was no recourse. Here we are, in the midst of the next big street project – Chestnut and Walnut – and the village DPW is again clerk of the works.

• The collapse of the ceiling in the Village Library of

Cooperstown – mercifully, only one individual was sent to the emergency room, with relatively minimal injuries – didn’t just happen. Specifically, moisture had seeped through a nearby chimney long in need of repointing and loosened the plaster, which finally gave way. Bigger picture, it was the result of years of insufficient maintenance, common knowledge but unaddressed.

• Yes, we could go on. To cut to the chase: Village government, for too long, has been a hobby for people with too much time on their hands – not exclusively, but sufficiently to notice. No $5 million operation – it’s not an awful lot as these things go, but it’s not a little in a community of 900 homes – would be run by committee, with three, four or five of the seven members being replaced each year.

Let’s stipulate: The current Village Board, person by person, is very good, as good as anyone might hope for. But next March, who knows?

This is not criticism of individuals. Quite the oppo-

Parkeon: Please Be Assured, Outages ‘Not A Regular Occurrence’ Editor’s Note: Mayor Katz received this explanation of the Thursday, June 6, P&D machine outage from vendor Parkeon.

Dear Mayor Katz: I am writing to you to provide a timeline of what occurred concerning credit-card acceptance on your new Parkeon parking meters last week.

This should help you provide accurate information to the public and the press about the system.

Below are our findings: • Parkeon experienced a server outage impacting the meters in Cooperstown starting Thursday (6/6/13) morning.

• During the server outage the meters were not able to accept creditcard payments. However, the meters were still able to accept coin pay-

ments.

• Our distribution partner, ATI, responded to the problem by sending technicians on-site.

• At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, as a temporary solution, ATI and Parkeon switched all the meters to off-line mode, thus enabling credit-card transactions.

• By opening time of the meters on Friday (6/7/13) morning, the server problem was resolved and all meters were again accepting credit cards in an online mode.

Please be assured that this is not a regular occurrence with the Parkeon system. Our meters operate at a 99.9 percent uptime around the country, and globally we accept a credit-card transaction every second through our system.

Parkeon and its distribution partner,

ATI, are fully committed to making the system in Cooperstown work for the long term. Parkeon systems are installed around the world and can be found in some of the largest cities in the U.S., including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle and Miami.

We have been in the parking business for over 40 years and have a client base of over 3,000 cities.

We appreciate the opportunity you have provided to us and we will work hard to ensure that your system works smoothly from here on out. Additionally, we thank you for your patience while we worked through the issues.

I am more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Please feel free to contact me at any time.

SEAN RENN Marketing Director, Parkeon Inc. (856) 220-1577 • srenn@parkeon.com

site. Watch Trustee Cindy Falk: As Streets & Building chair, she is efficient, focused, creative. Listen to Ellen Tillapaugh, as Finance Committee chair, give clear and sensible reports at monthly Village Board meetings, noting where all is well and where trustees need to pay attention. Terrific. She does likewise as Personnel Committee chair.

Mayor Katz has an efficient gavel, and business is being conducted sufficiently briskly – not too briskly; sufficient discussion happens – that monthly meetings that routinely went past midnight are wrapping up 9ish. Sensibly, Lou Allstadt, the retired Mobil executive vice president who took office April 1, has said little to date as he gets acclimated, but much can be expected there.

But next March, who knows? Arguably, the constant churn at 22 Main is why the Gateway Project took a decade to complete and ran way over budget.

It also should be noted that Village Clerk Teri Barown and her assistant, Jennifer Truax, are marvels of efficiency. Again, this is not criticism of individuals, but of a system that is insufficient to the task. More was given, but no more is being given back.

• It’s time, friends, to professionalize village government. It’s time to identify the most efficiently run villages in the state and adjust our operations to parallel theirs. It’s essential, frankly, in this ever-more complicated world, to put a professional village manager in place with sufficient powers to ensure his/her success (and, if it is to remain, that of paid parking).

This Village Board, more than any in recent history, must recognize the necessity for that, and has the scope to finally make it happen.

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The offer of a $25 parking pass isn’t what you think it is. Next will be a new water hike. We are getting taxed through the back door! The tax and spend in this village is following the county. Can we keep paying?

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To the Editor: It’s time to think about the party running the village.

For the last two years one party has had total control.

Have you been happy with the way things are going?

Do you know what’s going on in our village?

Are you ready for parking

James C. Kevlin Editor & Publisher

Mary Joan Kevlin Associate Publisher

Tara Barnwell Advertising Director

Bob Block Director, New Business Development Thom Rhodes • Susan Straub Advertising Consultants Ian Austin Photographer

Kathleen Peters Graphics

Libby Cudmore Reporter

Sean Levandowski Webmaster

Tom Heitz Consultant

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Parking Fees Amount To Double Taxation To the Editor: I believe our Village Fathers are going into the business of making money for the community regardless of how they hurt the citizens of this fine community of Cooperstown.

I for one am not in favor of “double taxation.” We pay high taxes for the privilege of living in Cooperstown, and now they find it necessary to tax us again for the privilege of parking on Main Street so that we can support our downtown merchants.

That’s talking from both sides of their mouth. The chamber asks us to support local business and our Village Fathers are saying, “Yes, support local merchants, but now you have to pay for that privilege.” Does that sound fair? I can understand that our community needs money for repairing our roads, which are really in disrepair, but why tax us again?

Why not excuse the taxpayer from the extra burden and find a way to

put the burden on the tourist? Our streets and roads are crying out for help, so why not find a way to get the money from those that are creating the problem?

I will find it difficult to shop in Cooperstown with this new tax burden and also frustrating new method of raising money for the community.

And if our taxes go any higher we may have to find another Walden Pond.

Our tourists are paying 4 percent for the privilege of sleeping in Cooperstown and we the citizens AND the tourists are paying 8 percent each time we make a purchase.

Where is this money going? Is it easier to tax the people again rather than making certain that we get our fair share of these taxes?

I appeal to our Village Fathers to think again about this unfair responsibility that you are putting upon the citizens of Cooperstown.

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Shopper Says, See You In The Autumn To the Editor: I have been a regular customer at Willis Monie Bookstore for the last 15 years and have visited Cooperstown at least 150 times during that time period; I visit about once a month, even during the winter. When I come to Cooperstown, I often visit other stores to purchase art, have lunch, etc.

Today, I had my first encounter with your new parking system, and it was most unsatisfactory. First, I had no idea whatsoever that I was supposed to pay to park. I parked between the bookstore and the stop light on the corner, and there was no indication whatsoever that there was a meter-of-sorts about six parking spaces away. I only learned about it when I was in the bookshop and customers inside were complaining about the meter not working.

So, I then went to the meter only to find six people hovering around it trying to figure out how it worked. I Please See LETTER, A6

‘Redskins’ Wrong, But Accepting Gambling, Tobacco Money OK? To the Editor: I watched with some dismay the presentation of the $10,000 from the Oneida Nation to Cooperstown Central School, May 16, on Channel 2 News.

It struck me as a contradiction in values for the students. This money, as I understand it, comes pri-

marily from gambling at the casino, the sale of tax-free cigarettes and the sale of liquor. We warn the students against drinking, which is illegal under age 21. We consider gambling, as in pools during March Madness, a punishable offense.

We teach the unhealthy results of using tobacco.

Yet we broadcast with great joy the receipt of money from these sources.

What we have said to these young people is that continuing to use the name Redskins is wrong and it was replaced. Whether that made any sense is not the issue.

The issue is how to explain to them that money makes it OK to overlook the values the school purports to teach? I know that money is tight and that this gift looks like a solution to uniform costs, but is it the right answer?

JAN KERR Cooperstown

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THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013

THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL A-5

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

200 YEARS AGO

Books for Sale by H. & E. Phinney at their Book & Stationery Store, Cooperstown – “Halyburton’s Enquiry into the Principles of Modern Deists,” “Shakespeare’s Works – 8 Volumes,” “Winter in London – A Novel, 2 Volumes,” “Blair’s Lectures,” “Life of Rev. Cornelius Winter,” “Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, 5 Volumes,” “Camilla, A Novel,” “Buchan’s Domestic Medicine,” “Christ’s Second Appearing,” “Smith’s Essays on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion and Figure in the Human Species,” “Fleetwood, or The New Man of Feeling,” “Baxter’s Call to the Unconverted,” and “Bennett’s Letters to a Young Lady on a Variety of Useful and Interesting Subjects.”

June 12, 1813

75 YEARS AGO

100 YEARS AGO

The talking pictures in the Star Theatre Monday evening were attended by a crowd rivaled in size only by the first appearance of “Deerslayer.” The regular pictures and the banjo act were very pleasing – of the “talkies” it can only be said that they are yet in a crude state and it will be some time before theatres will install them as a permanent feature. Those shown in Cooperstown Monday were as good as any shown in the cities, having just completed an eightmonth run in Boston. They came here from Albany and went from here to Cortland.

The talking picture is merely a combination of a moving picture and a phonograph operated in synchronism. The subjects are necessarily simple, because the pictures are limited to the length of a phonograph record.

June 11, 1913

175 YEARS AGO

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

The Democratic Republican Young Men of the Town of Otsego, are requested to meet at the house of C.S. Butts, in the Village of Cooperstown, on Thursday, the 14th inst., at six o’clock p.m., for the purpose of choosing delegates to represent them in the Young Men’s County Convention to be holden on Wednesday, the 27th inst., and also for the purpose of effecting a political organization of the Young Men of the town.

By order of the Committee, June 11, 1838.

150 YEARS AGO

For the Ladies: Women of the East – A Harem Interior. Miss Rogers gives a very brief and life-like picture of the interior of a harem of Mahommed Bek Abdul, the Governor of Azzebeh, whither she was invited.

the slaves red cloth. They wondered to see my plain, long dark riding dress and hat.”

June 12, 1863

50 YEARS AGO June 15, 1938 “They pounced upon me as if I were a new toy for them. They kissed me, one after the other, and stroked my face. They had never seen a European, and told me that no daughter of the Franks had ever entered the town before. They said: ‘Be welcome, oh sister from a far country; this house is yours and we are your servants.’ The ladies wore full, long, trousers with short, tight jackets, made of cloth or velvet, embroidered with velvet, and flowers and jewels in their head dresses. The servants wore cotton suits and

The annual Cooperstown Central School Awards Assembly was held Friday in the high school auditorium. The Bausch and Lomb Science Award, in recognition of outstanding achievement and intellectual promise in the field of science went to Diane Hanson. The English IV Award for a student who shows competence and sensitivity in handling the English language was presented to Thomas H. Troeger. Patricia Gregory was honored for maintaining the highest average (96.2) in Bookkeeping throughout the year. Sarah Butler received the Otsego County Legal Secretaries As-

sociation Award of $10 for the student with the highest average (97.1) in Shorthand.

Robert Chambers was recognized as the art student showing the most promise and ability in the Advanced Art class. Lynn E. Green, Jr. was recognized as the outstanding student in the field of history. National Honor Society Certificates of Merit were presented to Thomas H. Troeger, James E. Green and John R. Sill.

June 12, 1963

25 YEARS AGO

A celebration in honor of Independence Day will be held at The Farmers’ Museum July 4th. A full day of activities will be presented in the spirit of the 19th century. The program will feature a town ball game between the Leatherstocking Base Ball Club of Cooperstown and the Confusion Athletic Club of Schenectady. A reenactment of a 19th century Independence Day celebration will begin at 3 p.m. with a parade through the museum’s village crossroads to the church. After arriving at the church there will be a reading of the Declaration of Independence by Tom Heitz and a performance by the Susquehanna Singing School directed by Kathryn Boardman.

June 15, 1988

10 YEARS AGO

Beginning on Saturday, June 14, Cooperstown Dreams Park will open its gates for its eighth season expecting 38,000 to 45,000 visitors for the summer. The first 64 teams of 2003 from all over the United States and Canada will arrive to kick off the festivities this weekend.

June 13, 2003

Company’s Server Collapse Shuts Down P&D Meters As Far South As Virginia PARKING/From A1 Todd Schroeder, a partner in Troybased ATI, the software provider, told Trustee Cindy Falk a server crash had shut systems down the East Coast as far as Virginia. “It was a severe server malfunction,” said Falk. “Nothing was working at all.”

By 10 a.m., village officers were putting up “out of order” signs on all 13 meters, according to Chief Mike Covert. “I told them, ‘Get out there, keep everyone calm and don’t write any tickets’,” said

Mayor Jeff Katz.

By 12:30 p.m. ATI technicians were on site trying to repair the machines, and took the meters off-line as a temporary solution.

They were functioning again by 3, Falk said.

According to a Monday, June 10, letter of explanation to Katz from Sean Renn, marketing director for Parkeon (whose devices use the ATI software), the machines were still accepting coins; the only problem was with credit cards.

However, Covert said he asked his

officers not to write tickets until 7 a.m. Saturday, until he was confident the problems had gone.

“Our fear was that it was our machines,” said Falk, expressing relief the problem was systemwide. “It was a much bigger picture. They claim it’s never happened before.”

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ATI’s Schroeder had been in the village June 5, training village officials and recalibrating the meters.

“All the glitches were worked out,” said Falk. “They now accept coins and credit cards, and you

can put two quarters in and get 15 minutes.”

Complaints that the instructions were hard to read were also taken into consideration. “We put in a new instruction screen and changed the stickers to tell people to put the receipt in the windshield,” said Katz. “Too many people were just putting them in their pocket and getting a ticket.”

“We’re trying to fix things as they come across, said Katz. “We want it to work as smoothly as possible.”

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And we need more people working.”

Schwerd said she was intrigued by Mathes’ declaration that economic development, community development and tourism require three different strategies.

Mathes, who developed two commerce parks and attracted 1,000 jobs to Greene County, argued that economic development – the recruitment of large employers – is best done by a private-enterprise IDA, using fees from projects for revenue. The Greene County Legislature, he said, put $3 million from the state’s 1990s tobacco settlement in a revolving fund for economic development, but otherwise was hands-off.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2013

OBITUARIES

Barbara Mook Richards, 68; Cooperstown Native Had Prominent Career Higher Ed, Loved Music COOPERSTOWN – Barbara Mook Richards, 68, a CCS graduate who rose to a varied and successful career in higher education, died June 8, 2013, at home in Old Mystic, Conn.

Bobbie was born in Cooperstown, on Dec. 17, 1944, to William and Barbara Mook. She was the oldest of six children, and graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1962. She attended Smith College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and received her B.A. magna cum laude in 1966. She earned a master’s degree in political science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bobbie taught government at Cedar Crest College and Connecticut College, she was the assistant director of development at Radcliffe College, assistant dean of women at the University of Pennsylvania, became director of the Groton campus of the Hartford Graduate Center and in the late ’90s was a development officer for the UConn Foundation.

For the five years before her retirement, she was president of the Coast Guard Foundation and sponsored the Coast Guard cutter Sailfish in Sandy Hook, N.J. A ship’s sponsor is a woman invited to bestow good luck and divine protection over the craft and all those who sail onboard.

Bobbie was also an active volunteer for many worthy causes. She was a member and chairwoman of the Stonington Planning Board, served as executive director of the Noank Baptist Group Homes Inc., was a member of the executive committee of the group Homes of

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Connecticut, and served on the Boards for the Groton/ Stonington Youth Services Bureau, the Child & Family Services of Southeastern Conneticut and the Mystic & Noank Library. She took great pleasure in her role on the Board of Directors for the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra and applied her professional skills to a number of their fundraising activities.

Music was one of Bobbie’s lifelong passions. She played the piano for most of her life and loved to sing.

She performed with the Smithereens during college,

and later with Sweet Adeline choruses and quartets.

During the last several years she sang with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra Chorus. When Bobbie was no longer able to speak toward the end of her illness, she was still able to sing with family and chorus members and found great solace in music.

In the tradition of her mother and both her grandmothers, Bobbie was an avid gardener. The rose arbor she planted for her son Will’s wedding celebration and the countless herbs and flowers that framed so many family celebrations continue to thrive and commemorate her loving care and sense of natural beauty.

She was a devoted daughter, mother, grandmother, and big sister to her five siblings, and the commitment she and her husband Rob had for each other was an inspiration to all who knew them. Whether facing life’s many challenges or turning heads as they whirled on the dance floor, their devotion provided the strong base that supported and nurtured

their large blended family.

It was the strength of Rob’s love that allowed Bobbie to live her life to the fullest even while struggling with her devastating terminal illness. The family faced Bobbie’s illness supporting each other, reflecting back the great love and courage Bobbie always showed them.

She is survived by her husband, Rob Richards of Old Mystic, Conn., and six children: Jennifer Morris of Groton, Conn.; Colin Morris of East Haddam, Conn.; Sarah Morris of Groton, Conn.; Will Morris and his wife Duong of Danbury, Conn.; Dan Richards and his wife Kristin of Devon, Pa; and Tom Richards and his wife Misty of Macon, Ga. In addition she leaves 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 22 at the Mystic Congregational Church.

In lieu of flowers, Bobbie would encourage donations to the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra or the Center for Hospice Care of Southeast Connecticut

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Kenneth Gustin, 59; Known Around Milford as ‘Stub’ MILFORD – Kenneth Gustin, 59, known to friends as “Stub” passed away unexpectedly on Monday, June 3, 2013, at Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown.

He was born in Gilboa, the son of Joseph and Melda Gustin. “Stub,” as his family and friends knew him, was an avid outdoorsman. He loved to hunt and tell his hunting stories. He loved taking care of the many calves that he called his “little girl babies.” He also enjoyed spending time with his cousins, with whom he worked very closely with for 35 years. Stub was always there whenever anyone needed him regardless of who you were or what time of day or night it was.

Stub is survived by his parents; two sisters, Amy and Nick Cudemo of Gilboa and Dorothy and Werner Schwab of Salem;

brother, Joseph and Denise of Conesville; his second family, the Jahnke family of Milford; and the rest of his farm family on Hemlock Valley Farm, Milford; several aunts; uncles; nieces; nephews; cousins; greatnieces and great-nephews; and his two dogs.

Stub was predeceased by several uncles, aunts and both sets of grandparents, Michael and Mary Gustin and Albert and Dorothy Tompkins.

The funeral was Saturday, June 8 at the Hall-Tari Funeral Home, Stamford.

Those who wish may donate in his memory to the Susquehanna SPCA or Milford Fire and Rescue Squad.

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Shwam took the advice to heart. He returned home to Ontario to win the next six games, and kept winning over the next 25 seasons, including a franchise-record 29 straight wins with his first team, the Salt Lake City Trappers. “One of our uniforms is in the Hall of Fame,” he said.

Now Shwam brings that same winning coaching style to the Cooperstown Hawkeyes, who won 5-1 at their Wednesday, June 5 opening game against the Utica Brewers and 9-3 at their Sunday, June 9 game against the Amsterdam.

“I always thought Cooperstown was the best place to play ball,” he said.

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Shwam started his career as a utility player in the California Angels farm system, their minor division. “I played a little second, a little third, some shortstop, some outfield,” he said.

In 1987, he began his coaching career with the Salt Lake City Trappers, who fought hard for their stillunbroken record under his management. “One time, we were 9-0 in the ninth inning,” he said. “We got 10 runs at the top of the ninth to win the game. That doesn’t happen.”

He moved to the East Coast in 1995, managing the Mohawk Valley Landsharks and leading the Newburgh Night Hawks to 55 wins and a spot on the Northeast League Championship. After a three-year stint with the Pioneers and one year with the Catskill Cougers, he took the Jacksonville Senators to two Central League finals and a crown in 2003.

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MLS#81762 – Newer lodge-like home is set high off the road on 15+ open and wooded acres. Stunning views, 3 stocked ponds, ATV trails, bordering a trout stream. Vaulted ceiling w/huge exposed log rafters, central AC, finished basement, 4-car barn/garage. $329,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

MLS#87366 – 19th-century farmhouse w/some renovations is ready for a new owner. 18 acres of beautiful meadows and rolling hills w/trout stream, Barn, garage and pond. $149,000 Call Adam Karns 607-244-9633

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MLS#88868 - 3+ BR home in the Cooperstown school district is being sold as is. Fully insulated, furnace replaced in 2004, updated 200 amp electrical service, 3-car garage. $99,900 Call Donna Anderson @ 607-267-3232 (cell)

MLS#89604 - Restored Cooperstown home features 4 BRs, 3 baths, granite kitchen, master BR suite w/whirlpool tub.

Upgraded radiant floor heat, Andersen windows. Mature landscaping, fenced yard, plenty of parking. Back deck, wrap-around porch, carriage house. Cooperstown Schools. $349,750 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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New Listing! MLS#89660 - 3 BR, 2 bath home w/attached 1-car garage and 2-car detached garage. Eat-in kitchen, wood-burning fireplace in LR, pellet stove, family room.

Replacement windows, new roof, all systems upgraded. $119,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#89549 - Original 1840 farmhouse in Fly Creek on 5.13 acres is an easy walk to the Fly Creek General Store. Creek goes right through property. Spacious lawn, mature trees, hardwood floors, new furnace, paved drive, and 2-stall garage. Minutes to Cooperstown. $269,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

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MLS#85578 - Location, seclusion and beautiful views make this contemporary home ideal. Within minutes of Dreams Park, Otsego Lake and Baseball Hall of Fame. Property is sub-dividable, w/over 200’ of additional road frontage. $229,000 Call Adam Karns @ 607-244-9633 (cell) MLS#88555 - Gentleman’s farm w/charm. Renovated 3 BR/3bath home on 20+ acres w/ponds. Pine floors, stone fireplace, maple cabinets, stainless appliances and granite countertops. 1,650 sq ft barn/garage and large Morton building w/2 BR guest/in-law/rental home attached. $493,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell) New Listing! MLS#89554 - 2 BR, 1 bath home w/wood floors, wood-burning fireplace, newer kitchen, roof and windows. Master BR w/electric fireplace. Co-op electricity!

Back deck, front porch. 9 miles to Cooperstown. $94,900 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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MLS#88200 - Great business opportunity! The Major League Motor Inn close to Dreams Park, Hall of Fame, Fenimore Art Museum, and Farmers Museum. 9 newly renovated rooms. Fully refurbished w/new roof, carpets, windows and more a few years ago. Owners motivated. $279,000 Call Chris Voulo @ 607-376-1201 (cell)

MLS#81749 - Chalet on almost 70 acres w/creek and ATV trails. Cathedral ceilings, loft BR and family room.

Woodstove heats the whole house w/Co-op electricity as backup. Great family home, and ideal for hunters. $199,900 Call Tom Platt @ 607-435-2068 (cell)

New Listing! MLS#89527 - Move-in ready home on 1¼ acres of treed, beautiful lawn and 63’ frontage on Canadarago Lake. 4 BRs, w/bonus BR over the 2-stall garage. The $9,000 T-shaped dock is one of the best on the lake. You must see this lake home! $324,900 Call the Sluyter Team @ 315-520-6512 (cell)

MLS#88772 – Pierstown w/views of Otsego Lake.

Contemporary home features 4 BRs, 3½ baths, gourmet kitchen, dual fireplace, 1st floor BR w/private entrance & full bath, master w/office, Jacuzzi tub/shower, fireplace and balcony. Finished basement, 2+ attached garage and 2+ detached garage. Secluded 40+/- acres surrounded by state land. Sun porch, deck, and waterfall. Cooperstown Schools. $699,000 Call Kathy Fistrowicz @ 607-267-2683 (cell)

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MLS#89063 - Move-in ready, new home in Richfield Springs. 3 BRs, 2 baths, wood fireplace in LR. Lake views and 2-car garage on just over an acre. Call today for your showing. $148,000 Call Jim Vrooman @ 603-247-0506 (cell)

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Monday – Friday $15 per person Saturday – Sunday $22 per person 9-hole rates available Kids under 14 play free with adult Please call for tee time

59 Pioneer Street Cooperstown 607-547-5014 Open Mon-Sat 10 am to 6 pm Sunday 11 am to 5 pm

Welcome Baseball Families!

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Serving lunch and dinner 11 am to closing 64 Main Street Cooperstown 607-547-2100

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Father’s Day BBQ at DiMaggio’s

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Large 18" Pizza $12

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Private chartered parties Daily boat tours Kayak rentals

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We can repair your bimini?

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CAREGIVER HOME CARE availabe for your loved one. Excellent local references. Flexible hours. Overnights & Weekends. Reasonable rates.

Please call (607) 287-4672.

3ClassJune14 YOGA YOGA FIT STYLE CLASSES. Monday nights starting June 16. 5-6 p.m.

Neawah Park Pavillion, Oneonta. $10 per person.

Call Patti @ (607) 28876327 for more invion.

3ClassJune 28 APARTMENTS FOR RENT APARTMENTS ARTMENTS 2 bedroom, one bath, excellent off st. parking, no smoking, pets considered, Cooperstown schools, 5 minutes to Cooperstown. $730/month including heat.

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2 bedroom, one bath, new appliances, Fly Creek, private deck, good off street parking, Cooperstown School, $595 includes heat, snow removal, garbage removal, available immediately. No Smoke, pets possible. Contact Rob Lee 607 434 5177, Benson Agency Real Estate.

SEEKING RENTAL Former Cooperstown Resident looking for Cooperstown village summer rental. We have 3 children & 1 well-behaved dog, excellent references. Clay & Janine Wilcox, (914) 318-0016. Call or text.

3ClassJune 14 LAND FOR SALE COOPERSTOWN LAND FOR SALE BY OWNER: 13 beautiful, surveyed, ready to build acres

near Lake Otsego and Cooperstown in Pierstown.

Great location, fields, ponds, woods, 1,800’ road frontage on two roads. $219,000.00. 607-435-0255 www.CooperstownProperty. com 6ClassJuly5 FO RENT HOMES FOR RENT Available June 1: yearround lease $1250./mo. plus utilities. 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, just 3 blocks from everything: hospital, Main Street, school, shopping!

1823 home, fully restored and updated with new kitchen/stainless appliances, washer/dryer. Contact: Ashley-Connor Realty (607) 547-4045 HOUSE FOR RENT VILLAGE OF COOPERSTOWN. Large 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath with new kitchen, hardwood floors, nice 2nd level deck and good size back yard.

Close to all amenities. $1800 per month including all utilities. Tenant is responsible for phone and internet only. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate.

Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954 House for rent: Newly remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 bath. Country setting, great views, 3 acres. Laundry.

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Cooperstown schools. $1,400 a month. Available immediately. Contact Rob at 607 434-5177, Benson Real Estate.

House for Rent: 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2000 sq. ft, laundry, walk to everything, hospital, grocery stores, main st.

Available now through May 31, ‘13, $1,000/month. plus heat. Contact Rob at 607 434-5177, Benson Real Est. Central Cooperstown Village House for Rent: 5 bedroom, 2.5 bath, laundry, garage, large lawn area, walk to everything. $1600/

month plus util. Contact Rob Lee, 607- 434-5177, Benson Agency Real Estate.

HOMES FOR SALE Lot model blow out sale!!!.

Single, sectional and custom modular homes by Ritz-craft and Titan Homes. www.hawkinshomesLLC. com 46 King Road, Harpursville, NY 13787, (607) 693-2551.F RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT 2000 SQ FT COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT. Located in Cooperstown on Railroad Avenue. Wide open floor plan with phone, high speed internet and power connections spread throughout the space. Electric, Heat and Garbage are included in the asking price of $1800 per month. Offered by John Mitchell Real Estate. Contact Michael Swatling (607) 264-3954

Commercial rental; Near the only stop light in Cooperstown. Plenty of off street parking for clients and employees. Newly renovated. 1/2 bath. 1,400 sq ft. Call Hubbell’s Real Estate for details. 607-5475740.

Turn-key Greek/American restaurant at busy State Routes 7/23 location. Seating for 20 and brisk takeout and delivery in place now.

Lease will be $1,200 per month with tenant purchase of equipment. Plenty of storage space. Low overhead. Contact Rodger Moran at Benson Agency Real Estate. 607-287-1559.

MOVING SALEA Moving Sale. Sat. June 15.

16 Flax Island Road, Otego.

LR, Den & BR furniture, 5 cu. ft. freezer, misc. goods.

Tag sale 9-10 am, remainders auction at 10.

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Adoption Form 4 (Notice of Proposed Adoption) 10/2004 SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear may constitute a denial of your interest in the child, which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the custody of the child. s/Dolores G. Fogarty Dolores G. Fogarty, Esq. Attorney for Petitioners 183 Main St., PO Box 727 Unadilla, NY 13849 (607) 369-3000 4LegalJune27

In the Matter of the Adoption of A Child whose First name is Tristin

File No. X2013-5 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION ________________ ________________

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To: Deborah Burns PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition requesting an order approving and allowing the adoption of an adoptive child whose first name is Tristin, who is alleged to be your son, and whose full name and date and place of birth is set forth in a Schedule annexed to the petition for adoption herein, together with an agreement to adopt and consents to the adoption pursuant to the Domestic Relations Law, has been filed with the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York, Otsego County. A hearing on the petition will be held at the Court, located at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York, on July 16, 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the morning of that day, at which time and place all persons having any interest therein will be heard.

D.R.L. §§ 111(3), 111-a(6),115(9).

Adoption Form 4 (Notice of Proposed Adoption) 10/2004 SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF OTSEGO In the Matter of the Adoption of A Child whose First Name is Bryden

File No. X2013-6 NOTICE OF PROPOSED ADOPTION ________________ ________________ To: Deborah Burns PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a petition requesting an order approving and allowing the adoption of an adoptive child whose first name is Bryden, who is alleged to be your son, and whose full name and date and place of birth is set forth in a Schedule annexed to the

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petition for adoption herein, together with an agreement to adopt and consents to the adoption pursuant to the Domestic Relations Law, has been filed with the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York, Otsego County. A hearing on the petition will be held at the Court, located at 197 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York, on July 16, 2013, at 9:30 o’clock in the morning of that day, at which time and place all persons having any interest therein will be heard.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear may constitute a denial of your interest in the child, which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the custody of the child. s/Dolores G. Fogarty

Dolores G. Fogarty, Esq. Attorney for Petitioners 183 Main St., PO Box 727 Unadilla, NY 13849 (607) 369-3000 4LegalJune27 Legal notice Notice of Formation of BAGGSY ANTIQUES, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 5/31/2013. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

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6legalJuly18 Legal notice Notice of Formation of CHOICE ULTRA LOUNGE, LLC. Arts. Of Org. Filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/3/2013. Office Location: Otsego Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process: Robert A. Gouldin, Esq., 93 Main Street, Oneonta, New York 13820.

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6legalJuly18 Legal notice Notice is hereby given that a license, number not yest assigned, for beer, liquor and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcolholic Beverage Control Law, at 99 Main Street, Village of Cooperstown, County of Otsego for on premises consumption.

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Name of LLC: Autremer 154, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/21/13.

Office Location: Otsego County.

Sec. of State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to principal business location: 122 Mill Road, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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Notice is hereby given that a license, serial number pending, for beer and wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 144 Pro Shop Drive, Springfield , Otsego County NY for on premises consumption.

Legal notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of DB II Holdings, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/28/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC uppon whom process againt it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: 532 County Highway 58, Oneonta, New York 13820. Pur-

Elizabeth Schula dba The Porch at OGC 2LegalJune13 Legal notice WIGWAM, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 05/29/2013. Office in Otsego Co. SSNY design Agent of LLC upon whom Process may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to c/o Trosset Group Attorneys, P.O. Box 28, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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Legal notice Notice of Formation of Limited Liability Company, (LLC) Name: JJAYT ENTERPRISES, LLC Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/13/2013 Office Location: Otsego County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail copy of process to 361 Bush Road, Cooperstown, New York 13326. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

6LegalJuly11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: M&M LAWN MOWING & CONTRACTING LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1312 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6legalJuly11 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: 64 PIONEER STREET LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 29 March 2013.

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SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 192 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

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Legal notice Notice of formation of A.R.T. MECHANICAL, LLC (“LLC”).

Articles of Organization were filed with the Secreatry of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 03/01/2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, P.O. Box 205, Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

6LegalJune20 Legal notice Notice of formation of Northern Eagle, LLC. Articles of organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on April 18, 2013. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Secretary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Northern Eagle, LLC, PO Box 827, oneonta, NY 13820.

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6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: STOCKING STALLS LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 1312 County Highway 54, Cherry Valley, NY 13320. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: KANEMEADE FARM LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2334 County Highway 11, Mt Vision, NY 13810. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: KANEMEADE DAIRY LLC. Articles of organization filing date with

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6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: THE GROVE ESTATES MOBILE HOME PARK LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 25 April 2013.

Office location: Otsego County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 2892 State Highway 51, Morris, NY 13808. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.

6LegalJune13 Legal notice Notice of Formation of Rusk Property Group, LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 04/11/2013. Office Location: Otsego County. SSNY designated as agent of LCC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 371 Raymond Fish Rd, Hartwick, NY 13348. Purpose: Any lawful activity 6LegalJune13

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