Village Board Races Shaping Up 3 Democratic Candidates Seek Separate Independent Lines COOPERSTOWN – Joining Republican Mary Margaret Robbins Sohns, the three Democratic incumbents for Village Board filed for independent lines on the March 18 ballot by the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday evening. In addition to having her name on the Democratic ballot line, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch will appear on the “Village United” line. Trustee Joe Membrino’s line is “Liberty Party,” and Trustee MacGuire Benton’s, “Many Voices, One Village.”…
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Santa Arrives At Renovated Pioneer Park By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com When Santa arrived at his Cooperstown cottage on Friday, Nov. 29, he arrived at the brand-new Pioneer Park. “The last design I could find was from 1965,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch. “There haven’t been a ton of changes since then.” In 2018, the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce kiosk was updated with a touch screen, and a bike rack and bike repair station were built as part…
COOPERSTOWN VETERANS DAY Mayor Tillapaugh Honors Vets At Cooperstown Center…
Pioneer Park Stage, Doubleday Field Bleachers Part Of Cooperstown Upgrades…
Mayor Tillapaugh, Husband Welcome First Grandchild…
Mayor: Let Committee Study What Flags To Fly Editor’s Note: This was reprinted from the current edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, available at local newsstands. By JIM KEVLIN • Special to AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – As suggestions expand to hanging banners beyond the Pride Flag on the village’s flagpole, Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch is asking Trustee MacGuire Benton to form a committee with two other trustees to develop a policy for all such requests. “We need a policy,…
COLUMN Prosperity, Offerings About Cooperstown Editor’s Note: Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch delivered these welcoming remarks when NYCOM, the New York Conference of Mayors, convened Sunday, May 6, at The Otesaga, for its three-day annual conference. I have had the opportunity over the past year to welcome several groups to Cooperstown – but I have to say this is one of the more intimidating as I am facing a room of peers – elected officials who have all had to provide…
10 PROPERTY OWNERS HONORED After Hiatus, Village HPARB Revives Preservation Awards…
Objective Standards Sought To Control Noise Downtown By PATRICK WAGER • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – The village trustees this evening directed Zoning Enforcement Officer Jane Gentile to explore noise ordinances in other communities for objective standards that might be applied here. “We need some guidelines,” said Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh Kuch, “something that is enforceable and has some teeth to it.” The Village Board has been discussing noise ordinances for some time as a result of bands performing downtown during…
STATE OF THE STATE BREAKFAST This Year, Oneonta Will Bloom With DRI Money, Mayor Says By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – This will be the year, Mayor Gary Herzig said, that the City of Oneonta begins to see the results of the $10 million Downtown Revitalization Initiative grants “In 60 days, we’ll unveil the redesign of our downtown,” he said. “And this redesign is not by City Hall, but by 80 downtown business owners who have submitted…