Baseball Field, Gym Slated For Repair In $5M CCS Project – All Otsego

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Baseball Field, Gym

Slated For Repair

In $5M CCS Project

Cooperstown Board of Education member Marcy Birch listens to Superintendent Bill Crankshaw's description of the $5 million Capital Project in the first public forum on the project. Included in the capital project are improvements to the infrastructure of the elementary and junior/high school buildings and a facelift for the bus garage. Residents will vote on the project in a referendum on Dec. 17. Behind Birch is, left to right, Michael Lachance, Board member Matt Schuermann and Business Administrator/Treasurer Amy Kukenberger. (Jennifer Hill/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

COOPERSTOWN – Rehabbed gymnasiums, new LED lighting, enhanced security and enhanced draining on the "embarrassment" baseball field were all part of the $5 million Capital Project presented tonight at a forum by the Cooperstown Central school board.

"The baseball field’s infield has been a real source of embarrassment and hard to maintain,” said Superintendent William Crankshaw.  “We are doing a complete refurbishment of the soil and grass.”

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