Town of Hartwick ApprovesRestaurant Application By DARLA M. YOUNGSHARTWICK The former Pizza Hut building on State Route 28 south of the Village of Cooperstown may soon become a combination Dunkin’/Baskin Robbins. Last December, Town of Hartwick Planning Board members reviewed the site plan submitted by Todd Markevicz and Steven Songer of ADP Engineering and Architecture, determining that changes to the property at 23 Commons Drive will be minor. Those changes include: relocation of ADA parking and curb cuts; a new…
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Trustees Plan Moratorium On Dunkin’/Baskin Location Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board is considering a six-month moratorium on the lot at Walnut and Chestnut streets where a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins co-branded outlet is planned. Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh said the trustees needed time to think through a “unique” zoning designation in the village. He pointed out that the lot is the only commercial designation on Walnut Street, where Cooperstown Elementary School is located. The hearing will be 7…
100, Some Tearful, In Village’s Ballroom Dunkin’/Baskin Proposal Riles Up Packed Hearing By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Barbara Tongue got choked up as she talked about the threat of the proposed Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin Robbins on Chestnut and Walnut Street in the Village of Cooperstown. “My family goes all the way back to the time of James Fenimore Cooper,” she said. “It’s difficult to look at that proposal and imagine that on the corner of our street in…
100+ AT H-PARB MEETING Citizens Challenging Dunkin’/Baskin Plan At this hour, more than 100 citizens are gathered in Village Hall’s third-floor ballroom, where the Cooperstown Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board is considering an application for a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskins Robbins co-branded shop at the corner of Main and Walnut streets, just up the street from Cooperstown Elementary School. One of the first speakers, top, was CCS school board member Anthony Scalici (with wife Sydney seated next to him), who contended…
Public Hearing On Dunkin Donuts Scheduled For Oct. 8 At Village Hall COOPERSTOWN – A public hearing on the proposed Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins at the corner of Route 28 and Walnut Street will be held by the Historic Preservation and Architectural Review Board at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 5 pm in the Village Hall board room. Last month, Bohler Engineering revealed plans for the coffee shop/ice cream parlor to HPARB, but was asked to make changes to…
LETTER from TOPHER HAMMOND Stop Dunkin’/Baskin Incursion Into Town To the Editor: Cooperstown residents should stand up against the Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts franchise proposed for the corner of Walnut Street and Route 28. Our town has consistently resisted the invasion of huge corporate franchises for decades, and we should oppose this incursion into our small village as well. So far, we have kept McDonald’s and Pizza Hut at bay, by keeping them several miles outside of town. Anyone who drives…
PUBLIC HEARING SET OCT. 8 Dunkin’/Baskin Decision Hangs On ‘Compatibility’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Cooperstown citizens may weigh in on proposed a co-branded Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins on the corner of Walnut and Chestnut streets when the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board at a public hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. “We hope this will be attended by the people whose properties this will impact,” said board member Roger MacMillan. “And our board decision…
Public Hearing Set Oct. 8 On Dunkin’/Baskin Plan FULL REPORT IN THIS WEEK’S FREEMAN’S JOURNAL…
Dunkin Donuts To Present At H-PARB Meeting Tonight COOPERSTOWN – The Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins co-branded outlet and Main and Walnut is on the Historic Preservation & Architectural Review Board agenda at 5 p.m. today, where representatives from Bohler Engineering, retained by Dunkin Brands Inc., will present on the proposed project. The H-PARB meets in the trustees’ meeting room on the lower floor of 22 Main St. …
Baskin Robbins/Dunkin’s Plan Cooperstown Outlet…