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SOLAR FARM PLAN PROPOSED TO SAVE COUNTY $100K A YEAR By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – The county Board of Representatives this morning heard a presentation on a 10-acre solar farm on Route 11 north of Laurens predicted to save the county $100,000 on its annual utility bill. Daniel Leary of SolarCity, Cranbury, N.J., proposed a “power purchase agreement” on the project at a former gravel pit that, through “remote rural metering,” would allow the county to offset 20 percent…
Pen That Abolished MOSA In County Hands…
TRUSTEES, 4-1, SIGNAL ‘NAY’ TO VILLAGE HOSPITAL ZONE By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – It was only a procedural vote, but the 4-1 tally made it clear: The village’s proposed hospital zone, in preparation since April 2013, is going nowhere. The vote, on Part One of a related SEQR application, was called tonight during the Village Board’s monthly, and turned out to be the only vote related to the Bassett Hospital neighborhood as trustees grappled with regulatory complexities. Only Trustee Cindy Falk,…
IN MEMORIAM: Richfield Springs’ Chet Scerra, 93; Paratrooper Received U.S., Italian, French Medals RICHFIELD SPRINGS – Chester A. “Chet” Scerra, 92, the decorated World War II paratrooper, passed away Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, in Albany Medical with his family by his side. He was born in Herkimer on Nov. 3, 1921, the son of Dominick and Pauline Lombardi Scerra, and he attended Herkimer schools. He married Anne Martellotti on Aug. 8, 1942 in St. Anthony’s Church, with the Rev. Gustav…
Schoharie Gets $1 Million More To Prevent Flooding In Future MIDDLEBURGH – Schoharie County, which to date has received $23.1 million in aid to help with its recovery from damage suffered in 2011 from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, today received an additional $1 million to cope with its continuing revival. The money was announced at a press briefing her this morning, that included U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19; state Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, and Assemblyman Pete Lopez, R-Schoharie. …
Sunny Skies, Harvest Dinner Draw Hundreds Downtown COOPERSTOWN – For the third year in a row, delightful fall weather drews hundreds to Growing Community’s Community Harvest Dinner that continues until 7 this evening on Main Street, which was closed off between River and Fair streets for the celebration. How many was the question on everybody’s lips. There were 40 tables seating 10 each, but dozens more – perhaps a couple of hundred – sitting on adjoining lawns and curbs and coming and…
IN MEMORIAM: Chuck Carrier, 84; Navy Vet Ran Petroleum Company COOPERSTOWN – Charles L. “Chuck” Carrier of Cooperstown and Sarasota, Fla., a pioneer in the development of the modern convenience store, passed away Saturday morning, Sept. 27, 2014, at his home in the company of his family. He was 84. Born June 19, 1930, in Utica, Chuck was the son of Rush and Evelyn (Clarke) Carrier. He attended Albany Academy and graduated from Montclair (N.J.) High School and Colgate University,…
CCS ALUMNI DUELING AT DOUBLEDAY FIELD Lead-off pitcher Sharkey Nagelschmidt, CCS’63, throws the first pitch of a Cooperstown Central School alumni baseball game, the first ever, this afternoon at Doubleday Field. If you hurry down there, you can still catch the final innings. Some 40 former players from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and the 21st century are showing their stuff. The oldest player is Jack Adams, who was on the 1954 CCS champshionship team. Pete Henrici and Frank Miosek…
Rubber Ducky Races Punctuate Huge Turnout At Fly Creek Mill FLY CREEK – The Cooperstown Lions’ Club Rubber Ducky races were a novelty, but clear skies and temperatures near 80 brought the usual throng today to the Fly Creek Cider Mill, where the 1889 Boomer & Boschert water-hydraulic press is in constant motion, turning apples into cider. In top photo, Lion Bill Senif mans the Lions’ booth as Gracelyn DeNigro, 12, of Utica, picks a rubber ducky to compete in…