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Work Begins Monday On Main & Chestnut COOPERSTOWN – Beginning Monday, Upstate Companies plans to resume work on the Village of Cooperstown’s federally funded Transportation Enhancement Program (TEP) project, which will include modernization of the traffic light at Main and Chestnut. In addition to traffic and pedestrian signals, the project also includes replacement of sidewalk, a new corner configuration in front of Mel’s @ 22, improvements to mid-block crosswalks, refurbishment of corner business directory signage, installation of two sets of…
EDITORIAL Will Improvements To Main Street Ever End? No, Shouldn’t Begun inauspiciously in March 2014 with the felling of 37 trees on Main Street, a remarkable series of successes has followed in the reinvention of downtown Cooperstown for 21st century tourism. The environmentally sensitive rain gardens, new sidewalks, streetlights, replacement of 19th century water mains and sewerage – even a new flag pole, embroiled in controversy as it now is – have followed in quick succession. • But it’s not…
Pioneer Sidewalks Replaced From Lake To Church Streets Hans Oertel, left, and Curtis Hohenholdt of Upstate Companies. the Mount-Upton-based contracting firm, lay new sidewalks this morning just up from Tillapaugh Funeral Home, the start of a two-week undertaking to replace the sidewalks on both side of Cooperstown’s Pioneer Street between Lake and Church streets. At right, Josh Young, Schuyler Lake, pulls back the tarp in front of Stagecoach Coffee. According to Trustee Cindy Falk, Street Committee chair, the orange striped…