Editorial Looks Like We Made It Labor Day. The end of an exceptional summer in Cooperstown. Dare we say exceptional? Yes we can, despite the ominous glooms of COVID and recent blooms of algae. Our Main Street businesses are still here. They may not have had their best summer, and they may still be sadly short-handed, but they are proudly displaying their wares and energetically inviting shoppers into their establishments. The Hall of Fame reopened its doors for Induction Weekend,…
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CHRISTMAS SEASON ARRIVES Light Poles Decorated – And Clauses Show Up Who showed up at this afternoon’s 4C’s downtown decorating event – when volunteers get all the streetlights ready for Christmas, a decades-long Cooperstown tradition – but Santa and Mrs. Claus. And Helena Bettancourt, 6, top photo, took advantage of the situation to have her picture taken – by mom Brooke –with the two Jolly Elfs. Inset right, Matt Grady passes decorations to son Kian, 7, as son Gavin, 11,…
MEL’S, TOSCANA’S OPEN Dining Scene Returns To Upstate Downtowns…
GETCHA BASEBALL GEAR HERE 16 Baseball Stores In Cooperstown’s Business District You want baseball gear, you’ve got baseball gear in downtown Cooperstown’s 15 baseball stores. ►Surrounding Doubleday Field Parking Lot: • Cooperstown Doubleday Field Clubhouse, Doubleday Court, (607) 547-1852. Vintage-style baseball apparel. Owner, Ron Brown. • Baseball Nostalgia Inc., 4 Doubleday Court. (607) 547-6051. Vintage baseball cards and ephemera. Co-owners, Bruce Andrews and Pete Henrici. • Cooperstown Factory Store, 103 Main St. (607) 547-5826. Baseball apparel. Owner, Ron Brown. ►Leave…
Bike Rack Under Construction At Pioneer Park; More Planned By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Trustee Cindy Falk foresees a “pocket oasis in the downtown” when the work now underway in Pioneer Park is done. Beginning last week, a trench is being dug to create a foundation for a bike rack and bike repair station, and a final plan for the whole park is now being prepared by landscape architect Michael Haas of Delta Engineering, Endwell.…
SAVE CHILDREN, 200+ DECLARING Cooperstown Rally, March Underway Cooperstown Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch addresses more than 200 people at a rally a few minutes ago in Pioneer Park to protest the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance” policy – now in abeyance – to separate children, an estimated 2,000, from parents who cross the southern border illegally. The protesters at this hour are marching from “the flagpole” in downtown Cooperstown, up Main Street to the county courthouse, and back. At right, Kathleen…
An End, And A Beginning For Cooperstown’s CVS…
UNDERGROUND WIRES LED TO FELLING Vote On Replacement Flagpole May Come Monday, Falk Says By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Trustee Cindy Falk, Streets Committee chair, said a few minutes ago she hopes to have a motion for a new flagpole at Main and Pioneer ready for approval by the Village Board at its monthly meeting on Monday. DPW Superintendent Mitch Hotaling is exploring the options and will be making a recommendation, Falk said. She estimated…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, AUG. 26 On Being Positive BE POSITIVE FESTIVAL – 10 a.m.-10 p.m. The first annual festival for all ages. Activities include speakers, volunteer opportunities, workshops, art, music, food, and dancing in locations in Downtown Cooperstown. Call (607)638-5538 or visit www.facebook.com/BePositiveFestival/ DANCE – 7-10 p.m. Everyone is invited to the multi-cultural and multi-generational dance capping off the BePositive Festival with music by local bands. The Farmers Market, Cooperstown. Call (607)638-5538 or visit www.facebook.com/BePositiveFestival/…
Truck Hits Power Pole, Knocking Out Power To Downtown, Bassett COOPERSTOWN – Truck hit a power pole at the end of Beaver and Fair Streets this morning, knocking out power to some homes and businesses along Main Street, and resulting in Bassett Hospital converting to generator power for less than two hours. NYSEG repaired the damaged transformer shortly after 10 a.m. and Bassett quickly restored normal operations, according to hospital spokesman Karen Huxtable.…