County Treasurer Ruffles Has Way Out Of Crunch At 194 Main St., Cooperstown, the seat of Otsego County government, there’s been wailing and gnashing of teeth since COVID-19 arrived six months ago. Revenues dried up. Fifty-nine jobs were chopped. The county board waited fearfully as state and federal mandarins declined to pay back money spent on mandated programs in 2019. The county reps pondered raising taxes above the 2 percent state cap, political hari kari. County Treasurer Allen Ruffles cut…
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Barown Set Standard For County Municipalities With Teri Barown, the Village of Cooperstown got professional management right. In 11 years as village clerk, Barown earned the confidence of numerous village boards, of Democratic and Republican trustees alike. When the Katz Administration launched a $10 million redevelopment of the downtown – the Tillapaugh Administration continued it – it soon became clear grantsmanship was too time-consuming for an unpaid part-time board. With NYCOM’s blessing, Barown was promoted from clerk to administrator. A…
LETTER from BRUCE BECKERT Easy Living Makes Nation Vulnerable To the Editor: There’re many points that could be debated. I’ll touch on one. The most crucial for the future of our great country and our grandchildren. SOCIALISM. Radicals, who have no use for this country as it has been, have taken over our Democratic Party. They favor government control over every aspect of our lives. America’s founding fathers fought to prevent this. It’s why our ancestors migrated here. Our soldiers…
Suspect In Mask-Sign Defacement Suspect ID’d By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In the end, damage to 11 of the Village of Cooperstown’s mask-ordinance signs totaled just under the $250 threshold for a felony charge. “The total damage came to $238.74,” said Cooperstown Police Chief Frank Cavalieri. On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Village Police arrested Luke Smith, 45, Cooperstown, for spray-painting Xes across four large and seven small “Masks on Main” publicizing the must-wear mandate between Main to…
Village Administrator Teri Barown Retires By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – In 2016, administering a half-dozen major state and federal grants at the same time, Cooperstown’s part-time, unpaid village trustees concluded they needed more administrative firepower at 22 Main. A Village Board committee – Mayor Jeff Katz and Trustees (now mayor) Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch and Lou Allstadt – invited a team from NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, to assess operations. When NYCOM recommended creating the…
Wenck: CCS Students ‘Happy To Be Here’ By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – At Cooperstown Central School, it’s good to be back. “Last week, the faculty and staff were all saying, ‘We can’t wait until Monday,’” said interim Superintendent Ramona Wenck,. “The kids are happy to be here too. It’s like they say – you don’t know what you have until you’ve lost it.” Divided into “A” and “B” cohorts, students returned to the campus on Monday,…
Freeman’s Journal Village’s Official Paper COOPERSTOWN – At its reorganization meeting Monday, Oct. 5, the Village Board designated The Freeman’s Journal, which has been serving Coopertown since 1808, as an official newspaper. Watch for legal advertising and official notices to keep you apprised of happenings inside 22 Main.…
Cooperstown Man, 45, Charged In Vandalism Of ‘Mask On Main’ Signs COOPERSTOWN – A 45-year-old, Luke Smith, 67 Chestnut St., was arraigned in Otsego Town Court this afternoon on charges of spray-painting big Xes on 12 “Mask on Main” signs late Monday night in Business District. Five of the signs were 24- by 36-inch sandwich boards at the entry to Cooperstown’s downtown, designed to alert visitors that mask-wearing is required on Main Street sidewalks between Fair and Chestnut streets, and…
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Arrest Made In Mask-Sign Vandalism By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – A Cooperstown man has been arrested and charged with criminal mischief after 10 of the Village’s “Mask on Main” signs were found yesterday with black X’s spray-painted on them. According to Police Chief Frank Cavalieri, the alleged vandal, a white male, was arrested following an investigation after the three large signs were found dumped and vandalized in front of the District Attorney’s office. Seven of the…