ATV Driver Passed Ambulance, Tried To Flee, Troopers Report UNADILLA – An ATV rider was issued more than a dozen tickets after he allegedly passed an ambulance with lights flashing along a solid yellow line, then tried to elude troopers who pursued him, according to a press release from Troop C, Sidney. His reckless behaviour led to a car chase, which ultimately put many at danger. In the course of the chase, James T. Joyce, 24, from Colesville, Broome County,…
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SEWARD BRINGS $1M TO DOUBLEDAY REDO $3M More Hoped For From New York State By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – State Sen. Jim Seward, R-Milford, delivered $1 million needed for a $5.8 million renovation of Doubleday Field, long considered the Birthplace of Baseball, which marks its 100th birthday next year. The grant Seward announced today is from the State & Municipal Facilities Program. The Village of Cooperstown has applied for another $3 million – earlier reports had…
Maryland Women Arrested For Milford Hit-and-Run MILFORD – A Town of Maryland woman was arrested by the Otsego County Sheriff’s Department for fleeing the scene of an accident after she struck a Milford woman walking along the side of State Highway 7 near the intersection of County Highway 58A. Mindy Stevens, 35, allegedly struck Evelyn Ruiz, 29, with her car after traveling into the road’s shoulder, where Ruiz was walking west with the flow of traffic, alongside Jermaine Weir, 21.…
Bike Trails To Candy Store, Open House Covers Gamut ONEONTA – Bike trails, a candy shop, blade signs and more winter recreation were all suggestions made during the Comprehensive Plan committee’s open house in the CANO galleries at the Wilber Mansion earlier this evening. “To build a good community, we need input from everyone,” said Ethan Gaddy, an Elan Planning community planner. “This sort of forum works because it’s a non-threatening way to make your voice heard without having to stand…
CHESTNUT-MAIN PLAN A GO Single Traffic Signal On Single Strand Lives Community Sentiment Saves Village Novelty By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Friends of what is, celebrate! The single traffic light on a single strand across the Main and Chestnut intersection has survived the Village of Cooperstown’s first foray into federal transportation funding. “For DOT” – the U.S. Department of Transportation – “it’s going to be a unique solution,” Village Trustee Cindy Falk, Street Committee chair, observed…
Drugovich Leads Tour Of Founders’ Way Hartwick Shows Off Centerpiece Of $67M In Campus Upgrades Hartwick College President Margaret Drugovich, in pink suit in top photo, and the tour she is leading, pause this morning at the campus’ new pergola on Founders’ Way, the brand-new pedestrian-friendly centerpiece of the Oneonta college’s $67 million in upgrades, renovations and new construction now coming to completion. Drugovich led the inaugural tour of the walkway, which replaces Hartwick Drive, (formerly the main driveway into…
CVS Addresses Fears Raised About Sidewalk By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – CVS’ engineers this morning backed away from a handicapped sidewalk plan that some feared would have created an icy hazard for pedestrians during the winter. At a special meeting of the village Planning Board, Pat Mitchell of BHB Engineering said handicapped access to the new store at Chestnut and Beaver will now be from the Badger Park side of the lot.…
Trustees Put Top On Sandwich Board Issue Cooperstown Merchants Get Promotional Tool By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In a unanimous vote, Village Trustees voted to once again allow sandwich boards on Main Street during a special meeting earlier this evening. “I was a survivor of the sandwich board wars years ago,” said Village Trustee Ellen Tillapaugh. “So much of it was jockeying for space. But this law is better, and it’s important that, in our short…
New Parking Lot Packed As Brookwood Is Reborn Traffic – pedestrian traffic – was steady throughout the day and the new parking lot was filled as the 22-acre Brookwood Point nature refuge and non-motorized recreation hub celebrated its Grand Reopening under the auspices of the Otsego Land Trust. Entertainment (such as in top photo of John Sullivan & Friends – Hannah Kubica, right, of Little Falls, and John Phillips, left, of Cooperstown) was the order of the day, plus kayaking (see Brent Baysinger…
READ DETAILS FROM OFFICIAL RELEASE ‘Transformation’ Near, Hochul Says Cuomo Administration Approves All Of Oneonta’s $10M Proposal By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The whole thing. Pretty much everything the Oneonta DRI Planning Committee asked for will be funded through $10 million pledged by the Cuomo Administration, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul told an upbeat gathering at 12:30 today in Foothills’ upstair theater. “At the end of the day, this community will be transformed,” Hochul said of the…
