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…
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IN MEMORIAM: William S. Reed, 50; Baystate Native Was Boy Scout Leader COOPERSTOWN – William Stanley Reed, 50, an assistant leader of Troop 14, Richfield Springs, passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 18, 2017, with his family by his side. William was born July 25, 1967, in Southbridge, Mass., son of the late Stanley William Reed and Lela Mae Buell Reed. He was raised and educated in Holland, Mass.…
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Farmers’ Museum Crowd-Sourcing To Fund Retirement Home For ‘Zeb’ By PARKER FISH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A cherished figure at The Farmer’s Museum is hoping to get a new home soon. Zeb, a 23-year-old Percheron, retired from full service two years ago, and museum officials are hoping to raise enough money to build him his own stable to relax in. Following the two busiest shopping days of the year – Black Friday and Cyber Monday – museum officials took…
Hole Being Dug Today, Flagpole Follows Soon This morning, Rob Mulligan of Mulligan Excavating, Cooperstown, is digging a hole, 5-foot, 8-inches deep, to accommodate a new flagpole at Main and Pioneer in downtown Cooperstown to replace the one removed during the just-completed $1.2 million reconstruction of Pioneer Street, which ended yesterday. He said he was told the new pole will be put in place by Thursday. Inset, Village Public Works Superintendent Mitch Hotaling checks the flagpole at the village barn…
Ommegang Seeks Talent For Christmas Commercial By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Lights, camera, Cooperstown! “We see a line of men, waiting in Pioneer Park,” said Larry Bennett, Ommegang’s creative director, as he outlined his vision for a commercial before the Village Board this evening. “What are they waiting for? The camera pans up to Santa’s cottage, and Mrs. Claus welcomes him inside. He goes to Santa, Santa opens his ‘Nice or Naughty’ book, and then hands…
Wreaths-A-Plenty At Adorn-A-Door Kate Trahan, front, and Rosemary Trahan traveled from Canajoharie to take in the sights and smells of the annual Adorn-a-Door event at the Cooperstown Library this afternoon where various families, artists and associations had their elaborately decorated wreaths up for silent auction to benefit The Cooperstown Art Association. The event, and bidding, ends at 4:30pm. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)…
