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Roadwork Races HoF Induction Clock

With Rick Mattice at the wheel, the Village of Cooperstown crew completes paving the first block of Delaware Street, part of a push to complete street paving before this weekend's Baseball Hall of Fame Induction.  Pine Boulevard and the east end of Main Street, beyond the Susquehanna, have already been done.  Scott Sanford, left, controls the flow of asphalt.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
With Rick Mattice at the wheel, the Village of Cooperstown crew completes paving the first block of Delaware Street at 2:30 p.m. today, part of a push to finish the bulk of this summer’s street paving before this weekend’s Baseball Hall of Fame Induction. Pine Boulevard and the east end of Main Street, beyond the Susquehanna, have already been done. Scott Sanford, left, controls the flow of asphalt. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)

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