HOMETOWN HISTORY February 4, 2021 150 Years Ago Home and Vicinity – Donnati’s Great Comet will be again visible in the year 3858. Those who wish to see it may cut out this paragraph for reference. (Ed: 1,837 years hence as of 2021) H.P. Skinner has done another good thing. This he has placed a large and attractive street lamp in front of his store door. Call in for he won’t skin[er] you on a deal. Morris Brothers pay more…
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Week 1, All Agree: Masks Being Worn In Downtown Coop By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Kevin Kress, who was raised in Richfield Springs, brought his family from Little Falls to Cooperstown last weekend, and was neither surprised by the village’s new mandatory-mask law, or that most everybody seemed to be obeying it. “We were in Lake Placid last weekend; they had done the same thing there,” said Kress, who was aware – and undeterred by –…
LIFE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS Mandatory Masks Downtown Only? Why Not Everywhere? By RICHARD STERNBERG • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The below is a letter I received (along with the rest of the Cooperstown Village Board) from a constituent and my response. • To the Members of the Village Board: As you deliberate on proposed Local Law 7, we respectfully request you discuss the following points so your intent and purpose is clearly understood by all concerned. If the purpose…
CLICK HERE TO REVIEW MASK LAW Inputs Brisk, Positive On Village’s Sign Law Mayor: Bassett, HoF Among Supporters By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board has received 19 emails or letters supporting the law that will require mandatory masks in the downtown, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch said a few minutes ago. The law goes to public hearing at 5 p.m. tomorrow (Monday) in the Village Hall’s second-floor ballroom. Those 19 (representing 23 people) expressed “strong support”…
Common Council OKs Black Lives Matter Art On Westcott Lot Fence ONEONTA – Elizabeth Patterson, an Oneonta native and resident of Germantown, has received approval from Oneonta Common Council to hang a display supporting the Black Lives Matter movement on the fence above the Westcott Lot. “The Westcott Lot is a perfect canvas,” said Patterson, owner of Ailish Floral, Germantown. “I want it to be visible to traffic and pedestrians.” Her piece, which will include photos of black men and…
CITY HALL SEEKS TO HELP RESTAURANTS Imagine Dining Out In Middle Of Street By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – The hottest restaurant in Oneonta could soon Be … Main Street? “One thing our ‘Survive and Thrive’ task force is exploring is shutting down streets to traffic for special dining events,” said Mayor Gary Herzig. “We don’t have a plan yet, but we’re looking into what streets we could close when and how that would affect traffic downtown.”…
OUTDOOR DINING ENCOURAGED, TOO Sidewalk Sales OK’d All Summer In Village By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – It may not feel like a “special event,” but this summer, Cooperstown is going to celebrate – with a sale. “By establishing a ‘special event,’ we can allow for sidewalk vending in certain locations,” said Deputy Mayor Cindy Falk told her Village Board colleagues Tuesday, May 26. “A lot of our shops are in smaller spaces, so it may be advantageous…
$5M Redo of Doubleday In Time For Anniversary By JIM KEVLIN• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – “Personally, for me, The Sandlot Kid, in a place of prominence,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch when asked about the most meaningful part of the $5-million-plus redevelopment of Doubleday Field. “He’s so special.” Victor Salvatore’s bronze sculpture of a barefoot farm boy with a bat on his shoulder was installed in 1939, when the Doubleday Field grandstand was completed. “One of the true icons of…
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