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Under Construction: We are excited to announce that our new website is live!  We will be continuing to add content and make changes over the coming weeks – check back often.…

Oneonta, CCS Candidates Debate Tonight

Oneonta, CCS Candidates Debate Tonight   School board candidates in both the Oneonta City School District and Cooperstown Central School District will appear at public forums this evening at 7 p.m., both sponsored by chapters of the League of Women Voters. The Oneonta forum is in the large instruction room in OHS’ science wing. Cooperstown’s is in the middle/high school cafeteria.…

Joe Torre’s ‘I Love NY’ Ad Lures Visitors to Hall

Joe Torre’s ‘I Love NY’ Ad Lures Visitors to Hall By JIM KEVLIN COOPERSTOWN You may have heard your neighbors remarking on the “I Love NY” TV ads where incoming Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Joe Torre urges us to “join me in Cooperstown.” It turns out conversations about those ads are going on throughout the New York Metropolitan Area, and Torre’s pitch is working.  Brad Horn, Hall of Fame Vice President for Communications, said 160 percent more visitors – yes,…

Digital Sign Ordered For Fire House

Digital Sign Ordered For Fire House COOPERSTOWN The illuminated sign in front of the Chestnut Street fire house is about to be replaced with a digital one from Stewart Signs, “America’s Premier Sign Company,” of Sarasota, Fla. At its April meeting on the 29th, the Village Board gave the go-ahead to the fire department, which is paying for the placard.  The village is exempt from its sign law. Fire Chief Jim Tallman said the sign can play several messages sequentially,…