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Eileen R. Littell, 87; Editor’s Daughter-In-Law COOPERSTOWN – Eileen Reeves Littell, 87, daughter-in-law of Walter R. Littell, editor of the Otsego Farmer and an officer in the company that published The Freeman’s Journal, died Oct. 7, 2014, at Memory Care Living in Montville, N.J., after a long illness. She was born on July 7, 1927, in Buffalo, the daughter of Eric and Dearborn (Smith) Reeves. She grew up in Cooperstown, graduated from Cooperstown High School in 1944 and married W.…
Planners Suggest ‘Green Apron’ From Main Street To Doubleday By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Having learned Monday evening that local folks consider Doubleday Field a major “icon” and “destination,” Elan‘s planners this evening proposed a “green apron” leading from Main Street to the front door of baseball’s foremost shrine, dissecting the 130-car parking lot. Instead of dodging cars pulling in and out of parking spaces, fans and tourists could stroll up to the “Home of Baseball” – as Doubleday…
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Copter Circles Cooperstown As K9s Acclimate To Flying COOPERSTOWN – Choppers have been circling Cooperstown all morning. Actually, it’s one chopper, landing and taking off and landing the taking off, getting K9s from the State Police Canine Unit on Chicken Farm Hill Road to overcome any fear of flying. Sgt. Jason Brewer, who has been with the unit for 13 years, explained that the K9s respond to situations around the state, and the training gets them used to the noise…
90 People Envision Future At Cooperstown ‘Charrette’ By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Close to 90 people spent two hours at this evening’s “Design Charrette,” detailing and discussing the pros, cons, dreams and fears of “America’s Most Perfect Village,” as a community visioning effort got underway. “A lot of community happened around this room,” declared Lisa Nagle, a principal in Elan Planning, Saratoga Springs, when the session in the CCS cafeteria was over. The goal is to develop an updated…
Public Invited To Tonight’s ‘Charrette’ To Help Chart Cooperstown’s Future COOPERSTOWN – The public is invited to a “Design Charrette” 6-8 p.m. this evening in the Cooperstown Middle/High School cafeteria, guided by Elan Planning of Saratoga Springs. The goal of the structured discussion under the guidance of Elan principal Lisa Nagle will be to develop a number of consensus goals for Cooperstown’s future. Nagle and her team will report back on the outcomes of tonight’s meeting at another meeting, 6-8…
Hall’s Prominence Surprised Stephen Clark, Homer Osterhoudt By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – Few people realized the Baseball Hall of Fame’s potential when it was officially opened on June 12, 1939, 75 years ago this year. Not Homer Osterhoudt, then a young man in his 20s standing in the lower left of photos taken that day of the throng in front of 25 Main. (Osterhoudt, now in his mid-90s, has attended every induction except three since then.) At the…
Congressman Gibson Due At Cooperstown Field Day COOPERSTOWN – U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson, R-19, will be in Cooperstown at 11:45 a.m. tomorrow to attend Cooperstown Field Day, a first-year celebration of the season, sponsored by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce and Brewery Ommegang. Main Street will be closed for the event, which will include pairings of Ommegang beers and food from local restaurants, as well as rides, games and music.…
TRUSTEES, 4-1, SIGNAL ‘NAY’ TO VILLAGE HOSPITAL ZONE By JIM KEVLIN • allotsego.com COOPERSTOWN – It was only a procedural vote, but the 4-1 tally made it clear: The village’s proposed hospital zone, in preparation since April 2013, is going nowhere. The vote, on Part One of a related SEQR application, was called tonight during the Village Board’s monthly, and turned out to be the only vote related to the Bassett Hospital neighborhood as trustees grappled with regulatory complexities. Only Trustee Cindy Falk,…
