Naked Main Street
But Help Is On the Way, With New Flagpole
And 10-By-15-Foot Stars & Stripes On Order
By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
COOPERSTOWN – Fueled by what they declared was a misunderstanding of their intentions, the village trustees acted promptly and unanimously this evening to bring back a bigger, better flagpole to downtown Cooperstown's main intersection as quickly as possible.
The Village Board OK'd three decisions proposed by Streets Committee chair Cindy Falk at its September meeting.
• One, to spend up to $2,900 for a 50-foot flagpole to replace the 35-foot one taken down last week to make way for the $1.2 million Pioneer Street reconstruction, causing some public consternation. The pole will be aluminum; iron ones are subject to rust.
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