ISSUE & DEBATE POINT: Give Federal Largesse To You, Me Editor’s Note: This is citizen Bill Waller’s recommendation in a March 29 letter to the Cooperstown Village Board on how to spend its expected share from the $1.9 trillion Biden Stimulus Plan. Dear Mayor Tillapaugh and the Board of Trustees; I read with interest statements relating to the benefits coming to Cooperstown from the recently enacted American Rescue Plan (ARP). According to press accounts, this could be nearly $350,000. In…
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No Helicopter, But Reservists Back in County For Training For the sixth time in seven years, the Cooperstown Graduate Program has coordinated with the Army Reserves to do field training in the Cooperstown area. According to CGP Professor Cindy Falk, about 30 soldiers from Fort Drum, six cadets from Syracuse University and six CGP students from her Culture and Collections class worked together on training exercises over a three-day weekend, from Thursday, March 25, to Saturday, March 27. “We did…
Youth Has Its Day At Village Hall Benton, Now Bergene, Trustees Under Age 30 By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Newly elected Village Trustee Hannah Bergene was already sold on Cooperstown. But her first Induction Weekend working for the Chamber of Commerce – in 2015, the Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez year – she got sold all over again. Baseball fans were jammed onto the front steps of Chamber headquarters in that yellow-and-white cottage at 31 Chestnut St., trying…
LETTER from LYNNE MEBUST Democratic Chair – Vote Bergene, Falk To the Editor: Tuesday, March 16, is Election Day in the Village of Cooperstown, and I encourage all residents to come out to the fire hall on Chestnut Street between noon and 9 p.m. to vote for Cynthia Falk and Hanna Joy Bergene for village trustee. Cindy has served the village for several years as trustee and deputy mayor and is seeking re-election. Her service, experience and record of success…
Village, County, City Completing Review Of Police Procedures By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With April 1 a few weeks away, it’s crunch time. Following George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis last spring, Governor Cuomo issued an order requiring all 330 communities in New York State with police departments to form Community Advisory Boards to review “policies and procedures” by that date. That covers three governments in Otsego County: • The Village of Cooperstown: Monday, Feb. 22, the Village Board…
Cooperstown Police Advisory Board Plans First Meeting Today COOPERSTOWN – The first meeting of Cooperstown’s Community Advisory Board on policing is at 5 p.m. today in the Village Hall ballroom, and open to the public. The CAB was mandated by Governor Cuomo, after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis and the resulting unrest. The board must review Village Police Department policies and procedures and forward its recommendations to Albany next April l. Members include:…
HERZIG: OPD ALREADY HAS AUTHORITY Cooperstown Plans Mask Crackdown Village Will Require Face Covering On Main, Pioneer Business District By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Village Attorney Martin Tillapaugh is preparing a law requiring everyone to wear a mask in Cooperstown’s business district. He expects to have a draft ready for the Village Board by its Monday, July 27, meeting, and the law in place by mid-August. Tillapaugh was moving forward at the request of Mayor Ellen Tillapaugh,…
Free Parking On Fridays OK’d For Doubleday Lot Merchants Urged: Stay Open Until 8:30 COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board this morning approved free parking in the Doubleday Field lot on Fridays from July 18 to Sept. 5, as part of its “Cooperstown Outdoors” promotion of the downtown. In collaboration with the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, stores will be encouraged to stay open until 8:30, and “Music on Main” performances will be scheduled on Fridays to help draw people downtown. The…
County Got Leg Up On Police Reform Due To Sheriff’s Son’s Case, Psychological Test Upgraded By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – Rebounding from the year-long investigation of Sheriff Richard J. Devlin Jr.’s son, Otsego County may have gotten a head start in meeting the wide-ranging reforms coming out of Albany, said county board Chairman David Bliss, R-Cooperstown/Town of Middlefield. Last year, the county already upgraded pre-employment testing for correctional offices, deputies, parole officers – “anyone who carries a…
CLICK FOR TENTATIVE 2020-21 BUDGET Village Budget Hearing Monday On YouTube Written, Emailed Inputs Due By 6 p.m. 4/13 COOPERSTOWN – The Village Board will convene a public hearing on the 2020-21 budget via video-conferencing on Zoom at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 13. Citizens may view the meeting at the village’s www.YouTube.com channel (Cooperstown Village Hall) or by clicking on the YouTube link for the meeting at www.cooperstownny.org. The budget may be reviewed by clicking link at top of this…