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Mary-Margaret Sohns

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ROBBINS-SOHNS: Village money should improve lives of villagers

LETTER from MARY-MARGARET ROBBINS-SOHNS Village money should improve lives of villagers In regard to the pier in the lake “viewing deck,” I urge the Board of Trustees to stop spending money on tourist attractions. Rather focus on our neglected community. Sidewalks, piers, etc., don’t make a village. Its people do. The viewing deck/dock may sound fun, but it provides little to the community. It is not environmentally friendly and poses numerous liability issues, not to mention potentially risking our water…

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EDITORIAL Let’s Make 2020, ‘Year Of The Cooperstownians’

EDITORIAL Let’s Make 2020, ‘Year Of The Cooperstownians’ It’s Time For Trustees To Ask: What Can We Do For YOU? First, congratulations to Democrat Mac Benton and Republican Mary-Margaret Robbins for a hard-fought campaign for Cooperstown Village Board. Mac won, but both he and Mary-Margaret showed a lot of class – he in victory; she in defeat – after the Tuesday, Sept. 29, tallying showed he garnered 343 votes to her 308. He said her strong challenge will “make me…

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Benton, Membrino, Robbins Vie For 2 Trustee Vacancies

Benton, Membrino, Robbins Vie For 2 Trustee Vacancies COOPERSTOWN – Polls will be open noon-9 pm. today in the fire hall on Chestnut Street for Cooperstown Village Board elections, where three candidates are competing for two seats. Two Democratic incumbents, MacGuire Benton and Joe Membrino, and Republican candidate Mary Margaret Sohns are on the ballot. So is Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, who is running unopposed.…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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